2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Exterior lighting Problems
- Complaints
- 60about this part
- Share
- 3%of 2,052 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 90,694miles
- Trend
- FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 60 complaints about the exterior lighting of the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 3% of the 2,052 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 90,694 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Numerous times when driving everything electrical will go out, the dash lights,headlights radio lights everything like the car is completely off. One time I hit the dash and everything came back on another time just to see I opened my driver door and everything came back on when I closed the door back everything went back off. It started as random but is now more and more often. It happens alway when I am driving.”
NHTSA complaint #11408546, filed 2021-04, 176,000 miles“Exterior headlights and interior dash lights flicker on and off speratically. This happens while driving, stopped and even when parked. I have to flick the light switch on and off to try to get lights to stay on. This is scary when driving at night and I'm sure it irritates the heck out of anyone who see's my lights flickering.”
NHTSA complaint #10825740, filed 2016-02, 96,000 miles“At random times while driving, while in park, and just after startup, all dashboard gauges, lights, and power goes out, headlights turn off, but the engine still runs. I cannot see what is in front of me at night, I cannot tell my speed, I cannot see my fuel level, etc. The outage lasts from 2-30 seconds before every single warning light will illuminate for a few seconds, or flicker on and off, and then return to normal. I replaced the ignition 2 years ago from a previous recall notice. …”
NHTSA complaint #11270987, filed 2019-10, 175,000 miles“While driving all the instrument / gage lights came on then went off several times, while this was going on the vehicle speedometer and tachometer went to zero stayed for a few seconds , long enough for me to pull to the side of the road, then resumed operating. Not sure if direction lighting was responding on exterior of vehicle at the time. Or head lights, as it was daytime. I had difficulty getting people to acknowledge as it's generally a very busy road traveled. Meridian rd puyallup wa.”
NHTSA complaint #11194463, filed 2019-04, 180,000 miles“I was driving and turned on the left turn signal, it was flashing extremely fast and after I made the turn we noticed that some of the interior dash lights were out. Later that night after stopping and restarting the ignition a couple times things seemed back to normal but then it happened again. This has been intermittent since then, but now I have also been informed that I have no brake lights. I checked the brake lamps and they are good and the fuses are good too. …”
NHTSA complaint #10691256, filed 2015-02, 89,387 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10012807Feb 15, 2005Auto headlamp feature may fail to operate as desired.
- 10012798Feb 1, 2005The automatic smart beam headlamp system may not turn off the fog lamps as intended. This condition may be intermittent and could result in a run-down battery. Customer…
- 10011934Dec 22, 2004Fog lamps may fail to turn off as intended upon exiting vehicle. Rapid response transmittal.
Exterior lighting: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1% |
| 2024 | 16 | 6% |
| 2023 | 8 | 2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0% |
| 2021 | 42 | 10% |
| 2020 | 2 | 1% |
| 2019 | 12 | 3% |
| 2018 | 22 | 3% |
| 2017 | 14 | 4% |
| 2016 | 10 | 3% |
| 2015 | 19 | 1% |
| 2014 | 54 | 2% |
| 2013 | 23 | 3% |
| 2012 | 34 | 2% |
| 2011 | 37 | 2% |
| 2010 | 1 | 1% |
| 2009 | 3 | 2% |
| 2008 | 17 | 2% |
| 2007 | 23 | 2% |
| 2006 | 64 | 5% |
| 2005 | 60 | 3% |
| 2004 | 27 | 2% |
| 2003 | 15 | 2% |
| 2002 | 19 | 1% |
| 2001 | 26 | 3% |
| 2000 | 72 | 5% |
| 1999 | 35 | 2% |
| 1998 | 15 | 1% |
| 1997 | 14 | 1% |
| 1996 | 14 | 2% |
| 1995 | 6 | 1% |
| 1994 | 8 | 1% |
| 1993 | 7 | 1% |
| 1989 | 1 | 20% |
Other parts of the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee
928 complaintsBody and structure
405 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
253 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
163 complaintsOther or unknown
137 complaintsEngine
134 complaintsBrakes
96 complaintsAir bags
95 complaintsVehicle speed control
88 complaintsEngine cooling
78 complaintsSteering
64 complaintsFuel system
34 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Nov 1, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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