Can'T Believe We Made It!
I drive a 2006 Jeep Cherokee we were heading to Gulfport Mississippi from Slidell, Louisiana about 30 miles away. When I got on the interstate I noticed that I was about 20 miles to empty so I figured okay no problem first exit in MS I will stop. Two miles on the Interstate we hit dead lock traffic we sat in traffic for 20 minutes by the time we made it out of traffic my digital readout said 5 miles to empty. I see the sign for the next exit saying 3 miles I feel at this point I am safe. I then get off the Intersate (digital readout at 1) only to see a sign that reads Gas station 15 miles East. I tell my wife and kids "Well let's just go as far as the car will make it then we will be walking." To my surprise we actually made it to the Gas station with the digital readout saying 0 miles left to empty for 15 miles! I was blown away at this.
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Did you mean Grand Cherokee? Jeep stopped making Cherokees after 2001 and started the (ugh) Liberties.
Look for something other than a Jeep, like an Acura MDX or a Ford Explorer In all seesiuonrss though, transmissions in WJ's (99-04 Grand Cherokees in enthusiast designation) go out in that range, as do differentials, transfer cases, and 4.7L H.O. engines. So the inline 6 will be much more reliable, and get slightly better mileage. This rules out the limited, as it comes standard with a 4.7, though not with the H.O. Oh, steering pumps get expensive too after a while, and figure 2 grand for a transfer case, three for a transmission, and you might get away with 1 for the diff. You will need to replace all three before you hit 150k miles I have owned several of these vehicles, and regardless of how well I took care of them they all hit problems at the same point. Owning a Jeep is all about the adventure and after the adventure, you might get to drive it some seriously, mine have all spent over 25% of their service lives in shops, and all cost more than three times the original purchase price in maintenance (and I had Overlands, so that wasn't cheap). When they ran, they were great, but that wasn't often. If you still want one, get all the parts I mentioned inspected, listen for a humming or grinding when coasting as that indicates a bad differential, and listen for a humming when turning as that indicates a bad steering pump and possibly steering cooler. Oh, and one other nasty thing to watch out for the rear wiper, when it goes, often bends and blows the motor I have no idea why, but it costs like $250 for the part Oh, and my experiences were not all with the same mechanic, one of them I took to a dealer, one to a local chain, and the other to an independent shop. The independent shop was actually the best of the three, but it's hit or miss with them, as Grand Cherokees have weird parts that a lot of mechanics don't know how to work on (like aluminum differentials).