Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT vs Honda Passport: which is more reliable?
The Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT is clearly ahead of the Honda Passport on the federal record: 79/100 against 66/100 across every model year we score.
The record, side by side
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT
- 5 model years scored
- 1,441 owner complaints on record
- about 38 complaints per year on the road
- 0 recall campaigns, 0 safety-critical
- best year 2021 (94/100) · worst 2018 (47/100)
Honda Passport
- 7 model years scored
- 653 owner complaints on record
- about 22 complaints per year on the road
- 37 recall campaigns, 17 safety-critical
- best year 2024 (88/100) · worst 2019 (30/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Grand Cherokee SRT against Passport
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
What owners actually complain about
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT
- Electrical System — 464 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 368 complaints
- Engine — 262 complaints
Honda Passport
- Electrical System — 168 complaints
- Forward Collision Avoidance — 166 complaints
- Engine — 121 complaints
Both nameplates have Electrical System as their largest complaint group, so the choice between them is about how often, not about what.
Years to avoid on each
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT — avoid: 2018.
Honda Passport — avoid: 2019.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT prices at about $31,600 and a Honda Passport at about $40,800 — the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT is roughly $9,200 less, and they return 15.0 against 21.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT or the Honda Passport more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT scores 79/100 against the Honda Passport's 66/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT carries about 38 complaints per year on the road against 22 for the Honda Passport.
Which Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT and Honda Passport years should I avoid?
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT: 2018. Honda Passport: 2019. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT and the Honda Passport?
The largest complaint group on the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT is Electrical System (464 complaints); on the Honda Passport it is Electrical System (168).
Is the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT or the Honda Passport cheaper to own?
A recent used Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT prices at about $31,600 and a Honda Passport at about $40,800, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.