2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Vehicle Speed Control Problems

Source: NHTSA · Updated Apr 9, 2026 · 60 complaints analyzed

Owners have filed 60 complaints with NHTSA about vehicle speed control problems on the 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 5% of all complaints for this model year. Half of the reports with a mileage happened before 75,500 miles. The words owners use most often: “jerked real” (8% of reports).

What owners describe

Phrases that appear unusually often in these complaints compared with complaints about other cars.

  • Jerked real: mentioned in 5 of 60 complaints (8%)
  • During morning rush: mentioned in 5 of 60 complaints (8%)
  • Shift module: mentioned in 5 of 60 complaints (8%)
  • Hour traffic: mentioned in 5 of 60 complaints (8%)

At what mileage do vehicle speed control problems happen?

Based on 56 complaints that reported the odometer reading.

Under 10k miles5 · 9%
10k–25k miles4 · 7%
25k–50k miles7 · 13%
50k–75k miles11 · 20%
75k–100k miles12 · 21%
100k–150k miles17 · 30%
150k+ miles0 · 0%

How serious are the reports?

Of 60 complaints, 1 mention a crash.

Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicle speed control complaints by model year

Peak: 2014, with 104 complaints
1995: 8219951996: 351997: 361998: 3919981999: 572000: 522001: 3220012002: 382003: 322004: 7720042005: 882006: 522007: 6020072008: 272009: 122010: 920102011: 372012: 352013: 2220132014: 1041042015: 532016: 2220162017: 212018: 382019: 1520192020: 152021: 172022: 1220222023: 182024: 102025: 820252026: 2

n = 1,157 complaints · Source: NHTSA

When owners reported it

Peak: 2012, with 13 complaints
2007: 1200712010: 5201052011: 4201142012: 132012132013: 122013122014: 7201472015: 5201552016: 4201642017: 2201722018: 3201832019: 420194

n = 60 complaints · Source: NHTSA

Related recalls (0)

No safety recall lists vehicle speed control for the 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. A pattern of complaints does not always lead to a recall.

What owners report

Short excerpts of recent complaints, with personal details removed. Full reports are on NHTSA.gov.

Engine stalls no matter what speed i'm going. Happens more often when coming to a stop. It's as if i just turn the key off. When it stalls, i stop and put it in park, turn the key off and start it right back up and take off. It's becoming a dangerous safety concern.

Received Nov 8, 2019 · NHTSA complaint 11279082

Car will stay at 40 mph as if locked into that speed. I press down on the gas pedal but the car will not go any faster. I have to pull over and turn the car off, when restarted it works fine for a while. Then randomly it will happen again. This has occurred roughly once a month for the past year…

Received Sep 19, 2019 · NHTSA complaint 11256700

I would be driving and randomly it did hard shifts then it just stopped. The vehicle would be driving and loose speed and not go over 30 mph. The rpm are at 2500 at 30 mph and i can push the pedal to the floor and it goes no faster

Received Jun 25, 2019 · NHTSA complaint 11222382
Jeep Grand Cherokee
Jeep Grand Cherokee (WL) in Stuttgart. Representative photo; appearance varies by model year. Photo: Alexander-93, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Frequently asked questions

Do all 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokees have vehicle speed control problems?

No. NHTSA has 60 owner complaints about vehicle speed control for the 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee (5% of the 1,108 complaints for this model year). Complaint data shows that the problem is reported, not how many of all cars sold are affected.

Was there a recall on the 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicle speed control?

No recall currently lists vehicle speed control for this vehicle.

At what mileage do vehicle speed control problems start?

The median reported mileage is 75,500 miles: half of the reports with a mileage came before that.

What do owners say about vehicle speed control problems on the 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee?

The most frequent phrase is “jerked real”, in 5 of 60 complaints, followed by “during morning rush” (5).

Other 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee problems

See all 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee problems or vehicle speed control problems across all Grand Cherokee years.