Volkswagen Tiguan vs Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk: which is more reliable?
The Volkswagen Tiguan and the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk are level on the federal record — 74/100 against 77/100 across the years we score. Which one to buy is decided by the model year, not the badge.
The record, side by side
Volkswagen Tiguan
- 15 model years scored
- 1,977 owner complaints on record
- about 25 complaints per year on the road
- 58 recall campaigns, 24 safety-critical
- best year 2016 (89/100) · worst 2022 (40/100)
Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
- 4 model years scored
- 1,116 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)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Tiguan against Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
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
Volkswagen Tiguan
- Engine — 548 complaints
- Electrical System — 457 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 364 complaints
Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
- Electrical System — 385 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 296 complaints
- Engine — 177 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the Tiguan's complaints concentrate in Engine, the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk's in Electrical System. That difference matters more to a buyer than the score gap, because it says which repair bill you are taking on.
Years to avoid on each
Volkswagen Tiguan — avoid: 2018, 2022.
Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk — avoid: 2018.
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 Volkswagen Tiguan prices at about $30,400 and a Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk at about $31,600 — the Volkswagen Tiguan is roughly $1,200 less, and they return 28.0 against 13.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Volkswagen Tiguan or the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk scores 77/100 against the Volkswagen Tiguan's 74/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The gap is small enough that the model year matters more than the badge.
Which Volkswagen Tiguan and Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk years should I avoid?
Volkswagen Tiguan: 2018, 2022. Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk: 2018. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Volkswagen Tiguan and the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk?
The largest complaint group on the Volkswagen Tiguan is Engine (548 complaints); on the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk it is Electrical System (385).
Is the Volkswagen Tiguan or the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk cheaper to own?
A recent used Volkswagen Tiguan prices at about $30,400 and a Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk at about $31,600, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.