2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee · symptom sheet
Brakes grind, pulse or wear early
- 114owner reports
- 41,000median miles
- $3,000median quote
- 14involved a crash
Newest report Jul 9, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
114 of the 1,999 complaints on this car describe brake wear.
Tick what matches of 114 reports
Brake wear on other Grand Cherokee years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Brake reports cover a wide spread of symptoms. Grinding or squealing is common, and so is a pulsing pedal or a shake through the car when stopping. Others describe pads and rotors worn out long before they expected, a brake warning light, or a pedal that goes soft or sinks toward the floor. The most serious ones say the car didn't stop in time.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the booster (18 reports), the ABS module (13 reports), the pads and rotors (5 reports) and the master cylinder (3 reports).
Recalls and investigations
3 recalls on the brakes cover the 2014 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The affected vehicles had brake booster shields installed under a previous campaign to prevent water from entering the brake booster and limiting braking ability.
The subject vehicles have a brake booster with a center shell that may corrode and allow water to get inside.
Due to a disruption of computer communications and loose alternator ground wires, the affected vehicles may experience random illumination of multiple instrument cluster warning lights, loss of cluster illumination and loss of anti-lock brake system (ABS) and electronic stability control (ESC) function.
All 19 recalls on the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
NHTSA investigations into the brakes on the Grand Cherokee
Brake roter disc/hud separation. Closed mar 28, 2000, led to recall 00V-136.
Brake disc/hub separation. Closed jan 9, 1998, led to recall 98V-005.
Brake disc/hub separation. Closed jan 13, 1997.
None of these investigations covers the 2014 model year.
What owners paid
6 of the 114 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $728 to $9,000.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 19,000 and 69,000 miles, from the 78 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 5 service bulletins or notices for the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
2012-2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE: AT APPROXIMATELY 8.4KHZ THE CUSTOMER MAY DESCRIBE A HIGH FREQUENCY FRONT BRAKE SQUEAL OR SQUEAK *CN
Front Brake Squeak/Squeal Noise This bulletin involves replacing the front brake rotors. The customer may describe a high frequency front brake squeal or squeak, at approximately 8.4kHz. Noise may be intermittent, so not always possible to duplicate.
Front Brake Squeak/Squeal Noise This bulletin involves replacing the front brake caliper guide pin bushings. The customer may describe a front brake squeak/squeal noise at cold temperatures or with cold brakes after sitting.
New Safety Recall Advanced Communication ? P14040214 Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) announced a safety recall on certain 2011 through 2014 model year (WD) Dodge Durango and (WK) Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles.
1 more on the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee page.
What owners wrote
“While on highway, wipers, lights and horn began on their own. Then car shifted to neutral and brakes failed. I was going 70 miles per hour. I was able to get off the highway and have the car inspected by a licensed mechanic. It is the electrical computer or TIPM. The car is unable to start. This issue is a very dangerous safety issue.”
Filed Jan 30, 2025
“My car didnât move i would put drive and it would park and i would try driving and it didnât move then it would move and stop again”
Filed Oct 31, 2024
“It increased speed, then tried to break and the breaks locked up, then I tried to move to not hit the car in front of me and the whole front passenger side control arm snapped off causing me to loose a tire.”
Filed Jun 26, 2022
“The breaka locked up and i went to go around so i wouldnt hit the person in front of me. When i did the front axle cv joint totally snapped off the passenger side that hold the tire on. And i couldnt steer or anything”
Filed Jun 25, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 14 of 114 reports involved a crash and 3 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Seat belt or seat problems 501 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 203 reports
- Airbag warning light or recall 178 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 95 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 89 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 78 reports
- Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 67 reports
- Rolls away in Park or will not shift out of Park 54 reports
- Engine overheats or leaks coolant 48 reports
- Diesel fuel system or injector problems 44 reports
- Transmission drops into neutral or downshifts on its own 43 reports
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 42 reports
- Multiple warning lights come on at once 42 reports
- Fuel pump failure 41 reports
- Traction control or StabiliTrak light comes on 40 reports
- Engine leaks oil 40 reports
- Vehicle fire 34 reports
- "Shift to Park" or "Service Shifter" warning comes on 32 reports
- Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 29 reports
- A/C blows warm or the compressor fails 29 reports
- Suspension noise, struts or alignment 29 reports
- Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking) 28 reports
- Driveshaft, axle or transfer case problems 26 reports
- Headlights too dim or fail 25 reports