46 complaints and three recalls, two of which are small and one of which has no fix published yet. This is the Cherokee at its quietest, and the Power Transfer Unit is still the only question that matters.

A compliance recall specific to the 2022. In Chrysler's words, 'the turn signal self-canceling feature may not function properly,' which means these vehicles 'fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment.' A signal that keeps flashing after the turn is finished stops being a signal, which is why it is a safety campaign rather than an annoyance. Dealers inspect and, if needed, replace the steering column control module, free. Owner notification letters were mailed 8 August 2024 under Chrysler code 24B. Easy to test yourself: signal, turn, and see whether it cancels on its own.

Recall 24V-516 (Chrysler code 71B) covers 2021 and 2022 Cherokees where 'an improperly secured connector for the right-side curtain air bag may prevent the air bag from deploying as intended,' which fails Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 214 on side impact protection and 226 on ejection mitigation. The remedy is to secure the connector, free. The reassuring detail in the campaign record is Chrysler's own statement that 'all vehicles have been remedied,' so on nearly every 2022 this should already show complete. Confirm by VIN anyway, because a car that has moved between several owners can slip through a notification.

Chrysler filed a customer-satisfaction notification for 2022 Cherokees coded ZD3. A customer-satisfaction notification, sometimes called a CSN, is a manufacturer-funded repair program that is not a federal safety recall, so it never shows up in NHTSA's recall lookup and most owners never hear about it. The subject line filed with NHTSA reads, in full, 'Customer Satisfaction Notification ZD3 9-Speed Transmission.' There is no description of the condition or the remedy in the filing, and we are not going to invent one. What you can do with it is ask a Jeep dealer to check ZD3 against the VIN and tell you whether it applies and whether it has been performed. On a car whose transmission is the model's best-known weak point, a free manufacturer program is worth five minutes on the phone. Separately, Chrysler documents a P0244 turbo wastegate actuator fault on 2022 cars.

A checkable symptom with a documented software answer. Chrysler published a reprogramming bulletin covering model years 2021 to 2023 in which 'customers may experience a moan noise or shudder feeling from the rear axle during low speed cornering, most notable in a parking lot or low speed maneuvering.' The remedy is to reprogram the drivetrain control module, the computer that manages the four-wheel-drive hardware, with the latest software. Test it deliberately: slow full-lock circles in both directions in an empty car park. Hearing it is not a sign of an expensive fault, but it does tell you the car is behind on its software.

Every Cherokee uses a ZF nine-speed automatic, the 948TE, from the German gearbox maker ZF. By 2022 the calibration problems that defined the model's early years have been reprogrammed away, and a used-car reviewer's mechanic describes the gearbox as 'pretty reliable actually, although the early models of these were plagued with operational issues mostly caused by software glitches' that were 'rectified in a whole bunch of recalls.' The live issue is maintenance. An owner-mechanic reports that Jeep 'classifies the fluid as a lifetime fluid,' that a dealer told him the car 'does not have a service for the transmission,' and that the unit is sealed with no pan and no dipstick, only a drain and a fill plug. Assume the fluid is original on a 2022 and treat a drain and fill as routine rather than remedial.