Nissan Rogue vs Jeep Cherokee: which is more reliable?
The Nissan Rogue and the Jeep Cherokee are level on the federal record — 65/100 against 66/100 across the years we score. Which one to buy is decided by the model year, not the badge.
The record, side by side
Nissan Rogue
- 15 model years scored
- 6,107 owner complaints on record
- about 79 complaints per year on the road
- 72 recall campaigns, 40 safety-critical
- best year 2020 (88/100) · worst 2023 (34/100)
Jeep Cherokee
- 6 model years scored
- 2,801 owner complaints on record
- about 68 complaints per year on the road
- 29 recall campaigns, 11 safety-critical
- best year 2023 (92/100) · worst 2019 (25/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Rogue against Cherokee
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
Nissan Rogue
- Power Train — 1,389 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 1,166 complaints
- Engine — 938 complaints
Jeep Cherokee
- Power Train — 1,357 complaints
- Engine — 680 complaints
- Electrical System — 591 complaints
Both nameplates have Power Train as their largest complaint group, so the choice between them is about how often, not about what.
Years to avoid on each
Nissan Rogue — avoid: 2023, 2025.
Jeep Cherokee — avoid: 2018, 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 Nissan Rogue prices at about $30,500 and a Jeep Cherokee at about $27,900 — the Jeep Cherokee is roughly $2,600 less, and they return 31.0 against 24.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Nissan Rogue or the Jeep Cherokee more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Jeep Cherokee scores 66/100 against the Nissan Rogue's 65/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The gap is small enough that the model year matters more than the badge.
Which Nissan Rogue and Jeep Cherokee years should I avoid?
Nissan Rogue: 2023, 2025. Jeep Cherokee: 2018, 2019. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Nissan Rogue and the Jeep Cherokee?
The largest complaint group on the Nissan Rogue is Power Train (1,389 complaints); on the Jeep Cherokee it is Power Train (1,357).
Is the Nissan Rogue or the Jeep Cherokee cheaper to own?
A recent used Nissan Rogue prices at about $30,500 and a Jeep Cherokee at about $27,900, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.