2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee · symptom sheet
Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking)
- 28owner reports
- 22,375median miles
- 6involved a crash
Newest report Sep 15, 2025 · checked Oct 2, 2026
189 of the 1,999 complaints on this car are about the brakes. 28 of those describe phantom braking.
Tick what matches of 28 reports
Phantom braking on other Grand Cherokee years
No other Grand Cherokee model year has enough reports of phantom braking for a sheet of its own. See every Grand Cherokee year.
What this problem usually is
Phantom braking is a car that brakes hard on its own, often at highway speed, with nothing in the road ahead. About one owner in five mentions a near miss with the car behind.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the radar or camera sensor (4 reports) and the software (3 reports).
Recalls and investigations
4 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.
When the adaptive cruise control is engaged and the driver presses the accelerator pedal to increase the vehicle's speed more than the cruise control system would on its own, the vehicle may continue to accelerate briefly after the accelerator pedal is released.
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
False positive automated braking. Closed sep 28, 2016.
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.
Qck-connect fuel line fail. Closed may 26, 1995.
Fuel tank leakage. Closed jan 18, 1995.
Quick-connect fuel line failure. Closed may 26, 1994.
Fuel tank leakage. Closed jan 31, 1994.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 14,000 and 55,000 miles, from the 21 reports that gave a mileage.
What owners wrote
No report on this problem is short enough to quote in full.
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 6 of 28 reports involved a crash and 2 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.
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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
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 114 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
- Driveshaft, axle or transfer case problems 26 reports
- Headlights too dim or fail 25 reports