Jeep Cherokee Xj Reliability Reddit

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Jeep cherokee xj reliability reddit. My wife and i are looking at jeep grand cherokees. I would say the motor is reliable. I have owned several wj s 1999 2004 grand cherokee with the 4 0 and the 232 transfer case and each of them had over 350 000 miles with one having 373 000 on them when i got rid of them and they still ran and drove like new. The wj blew its motor at 140k.

Plus you should be mechanically inclined if you buy an old jeep. 5 2zj i had 140k and was solid minus the constant replacing of sensors. The grand cherokee 2011 are pretty nice but they have some of the worst reliability ratings of any modern car with lots of electrical issues on top of having to deal with fca dealerships which are pretty widely ridiculed for their service. When i say older jeeps i m talking late 80s and 90s.

The xj was most reliable and easiest to diagnose. If it s an xj or mj then its welcomed here. I would like to have leather apple android car play heated and cooled seats and backup camera. People who own like love abuse jeep cherokee xj s.

Help reddit app. It s also spent it s life being abused by me for the last 40k miles on 33 mud tires and a 3 lift. I am getting lost among the trim options. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.

Newest cherokee xj accessories mickey thompson classic iii wheel tire package with baja mtzp3 radial tires in 35x12 50r15lt for 87 06 jeep wrangler yj tj 1 624 95 1 874 95. The average annual repair cost is 520 which means it has lower than average ownership costs. We are really just looking for a nice suv with leather seats and some room for our two dogs and hopefully sometime next year a child. The 5 9 was very very reliable with the exception to the diffs constantly needing fixing.

Press j to jump to the feed. The severity of repairs is average and the frequency of those issues is low so major repairs are uncommon for the cherokee. It s never given me any issues. Not even burning a drop of oil despite being beat to hell while off roading see photos below.

I ve owned a couple of 90s jeeps and worked on countless xj cherokees over the years. The 2 5 and 4 0 are very similar to begin with. I have a 1999 jeep wrangler 2 5 with 110k miles. The jeep cherokee reliability rating is 4 0 out of 5 0 which ranks it 9th out of 26 for compact suvs.

I had an xj 2 zj 5 2 5 9 and a wj 4 7 ho.