How many miles can a Jeep Grand Cherokee handle?
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I am considering buying a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee, but it has 102,000 miles. I do not know much about mileage, but he told me I could get it for $5,000 to $6,000. It sounded like a good deal to me, any ideas?
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The reason I mention this is for anyone reading this forum with a new 07 or 08 that has the lifetime powertrain warranty...I noticed in my new 07 Laredo 4.7L that it requires differential service every 15,000 miles, which seems excessive to me and not an easy DIY operation, especially on the rear diff buried under the vehicle. However, I am a bit uptight that any warranty claims will want to see something proving that was done. I don't have a debate on the 36k miles service for trannys and transaxles/transfer cases, but I hope buyers are aware of what seems to be overly excessive differential fluid service change requirement (I obviously am a jeep fan buying a 2nd one, but their drivetrain service is a bit old fashioned compared to newer simpler CUVs).
This is a great forum.
Again, thanks for the help.
I also wanted to comment on your leak in the "gap" between the tranny and engine. If I understand it right I think that is the rear seal , reference http://www.trustmymechanic.com/rear_seal.htm which is the only major (ie, 2 day) repair I had done under warranty on my 01 JGC, besides the infamous front brake rotors/pad replacment. That scared me with >12 hrs labor the main cost so I added a $640 extended warranty however it barely paid for itself with just 2 seat heaters and an oil pan gasket repaired and really (knock on wood) nothing other than normal maintenance since.
I hope you get yours resolved and find a reasonably priced trusted mechanic in the process too. Anything with more miles will start costing some bucks, as I explained to my son when he picked up my 01, they are solid safe great to drive with our 4 months of heavy MN winter, but they do cost more in gas and repairs than a little 4 banger 2 door sport car.
All the best.
I just purchased a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with 143,000 miles. This high milage worries me, especially in such a short time. I've had some maintence issues with the Jeep. I've had the roters turned, a heater core replaced, a vaccum leak fixed, oil leak fixed, radiator flushed for the second time and recharged, I don't beleive the macanic (sorry I can't spell) did it right the first time. My concern is the high milage I don't know if I did the right thing when I bought this Jeep or not. Fortunately all repair cost has been covered by the dealer I bought the vehicle from. Its very frustrating to deal with this, seems like my Jeep is in the shop more than its under my carport. My main question is can this Jeep handle these kind of miles, plus the ones I will be putting on it, from around 36,000 miles to present 143,000 are highway miles, not sure if that makes any difference or not. Or do I need to consider getting rid of it quick, like before the warrenty runs out. Can anyone give me some advice on this matter and quick. I don't have any service records on the vehicle, other than what is on the carfax report I had run for myself. I paid $7200.00 for the Jeep, that sounds like a good deal to me, what do you think?
Have it up on floor jacks and have to separate the axles to get to the bearing from the inside.About $100 for parts and grease,oil,etc. but hrs of labor.
Number two Jeep Grand Cherokee had 94,000 miles when I bought it and it now has 294,000. I just put on new tires and it also just had some new fuel injection sensor parts: crankshaft speed sensor, throttle position sensor, air idle control, plus a complete tuneup.
Both Jeeps run a great as the day we purchased them. When we have to, we will only buy another Grand Cherokee (or two maybe). They are great for Michigan driving and we take them about 150 miles further north to our second home, which is 500 feet in from the county dirt road in the Pere Marquette state forest.
As a final note, I change the oil and do most work on them myself. I have used Valvoline MaxLife oil in both Jeeps for the past four years at least. As mentioned earlier, we hope to be driving these same Grand Cherokees for many more years.
How you pay for it probably won't make any difference on the price, but that could depend on the seller a bit.
I am driving the other one daily still, and we bought it 11 years ago. It has 299,400 or so miles and has needed very little work. A transmission oil leak about 90,000. I have replaced the starter twice, the alternator once, the water pump once, and also replaced the sensors on the multi-port fuel injection. Plus the normal tuneups on both of course.
All in all we have been very happy with both Jeeps and are anxious to buy another someday soon.
Has supposedly been well maintained. We have not seen it yet. Look forward to hear back, thnx!
If your buying a jeep there is one thing to keep in mind. If its a Grand Cherokee make sure its not the years that they made them Awd. You cant take them out of 4wd which makes them bad on gas and more expensive to fix. Trust me on this one cause I own one. I took the front drive shaft off just to save in gas. If you get one buy a XJ. Ive owned both and its night and day. They have the same engines but different drive train. 4.0 engine is a great engine tho. Mine has 174000 and it would still spin the tires off it if you want. Power steering boxes and heater cores are a pain tho to fix on Jeeps too! But they are good vehicles over all. Mine is a 93 and still passes N.H. inspections
Oh ya make sure the front bushings and parts are tight cause Jeeps are known for their death wobble. Ive had this happen and its exactly how it sounds. Scary as hell!
I sold my 2001 JGC loaded Laredo 4.0L with Selectrac (shiftable) 4WD to my son late 2007 and he's now got almost 150k mi on it but the only problems have been:
1. Brake rotors replaced under warranty but no brake problems since. Leather seat heaters replaced under warranty 2x and now still work. There were some other minor problems in the 6/60 ext warr contract we bought but nothing major.
2. Since son bought the car he's replaced both front door power window motor/cables and now the drivers (most used) just froze & broke again. That's a problem area for this vehicle. He's also broke the front drivers seat brackets twice.
The car's starting to rust and despite a good engine no oil burning there are a few other borderline problem areas (eg adding a pint of antifreeze every month so suspect waterpump or headgasket's weak) and is planning to move up to a new small SUV soon like Subaru Crosstrek, MX5 etc.
When I sold the 01 JGC I bought a 07 JGC loaded Laredo 4.7L AWD w/shiftable low and it's been a pretty good vehicle as well but only has 71k mi. We got the 4.7 V8 to pull a smaller (3k lb) boat for 5 years but now keeping the Jeep since that was the year Chrysler gave a lifetime engine/tranny/drivetrain warranty so I plan to drive it another 5 years putting on about 10k mi/year. It only gets 15 city/20 highway mpg so with $2 gas no big deal but this won't last and at $4 gas it's expensive to drive BUT for stormy rain and of course MN snow it's an excellent safe vehicle. However, just recently found to fix a tear the leather in the 07 is vinyl, so pre-Fiat Chrysler basically lied, not sure I'll be looking at another Jeep in the future despite both these being safe reliable vehicles.
If they are taken care of, mileage is a non-issue. After awhile, keeping track of the rolling numbers just becomes an indicator of how often to check in and give some routine love.