General Comments:

I've had good luck with my 01 Grand Cherokee. Stock tires drove til 60k miles, but I have had same brake problem as everyone else is having. I'm soon to be on my 4th set of brakes at 95k. Little things seem to go wrong such as the hood no longer will stay up ($80 repair) and my engine light likes to go on once in awhile. I have noticed at the start of 90k, the transmission is starting to slip. The exterior is holding up beautifully (no rust or anything). The interior is holding up very well also. Besides the mechanicals of the vehicle I'd say the car is really built to last. I believe I would buy another Jeep.

Faults:

Driver's window went out at 64000 miles, entire window motor assembly required to fix: $300.

Cooling fan went out at 66000 miles. Being that the fan is hydraulic not electric the fan and shroud must be replaced ($750), as well as a new wiring harness ($60.

10-disc cd player is almost worthless... new cds skip and scratch immediately.

General Comments:

I've had this car for barely 3 months and will be having to put more than $1500 into it already. I love the look and ride of the car, but would never have bought it if I knew it would have these problems so soon.

Faults:

I have been very satisfied with my Jeep, but since last year, I discovered that my tail lights go off when I have my headlights on and use the brakes, which of course is very dangerous, especially driving through the night. I am very surprised that so many people have had the same problem. This should have been definitely a "recall" from the manufacturer as on my Jeep, both sides have a malfunction in the panel, and of course it's not covered on the "extended warranty".

General Comments:

Otherwise, so far, it was always reliable.

Faults:

I've had to replace the brake rotors on my 2001 Grand Cher Ltd at least 5 times. It is the weak link on an otherwise good car. Doing it again at 136K mikes.

Faults:

The front differential was found full of shavings at 48000 during fluid change. Extended warranty replaced the differential.

The climate control module was found defective at 48000. Extended warranty replaced the module.

The heater blend door broke at 50514 miles for the passenger side. A TSB indicates this to be a known problem due to a poor design for several model years and lists part numbers for a redesigned unit. I had to pay $908 for this repair, as the blend door was not covered under extended warranty.

I had a water pump fail, I replaced it myself rather than go through the warranty hassle. With a $100 deductible, why bother?

The 10 disc CD changer is a piece of junk. I am quite within my right to say this, as I was a factory authorized professional consumer electronics servicer for many years. The changer hangs frequently between cd swaps. It is of course not under warranty.

Now, I have a defective Vari-lok rear differential (69000 miles). The assembly is on national backorder since Dec 21 2005, no reliable delivery date yet. I am told by the dealer the entire rear axle assembly must be replaced due to the housing warping. The housing is aluminum. In my opinion a dumb move for a vehicle which has factory trailer towing package and is used off-road.

The driver side leather seat is showing significant pressure point wear at 69000 miles.

The driver side seat heater has failed at 69000 miles.

I also have a defective cooling fan control module (hydraulic driven from the power steering pump) which is waiting on replacement due to the rear differential being on back order. (Extended warranty issue. Both are on the same claim, so the dealer cannot do the repairs separately).

I have contacted the dealer several times, the dealer has talked to the field rep. I have talked to Chrysler corporate twice thus far on this, and it is my humble opinion that Chrysler could not care less about customer service.

General Comments:

This vehicle is serviced every 3000 without fail. It is used, but not abused.

I get 20 mpg on the open highway with the 4.7L at interstate speeds.

Overall, the Grand Cherokee is a great vehicle. Sadly the track record is not so good from a reliability standpoint.

The vehicle handles well, and is very capable off road. (well, it was until the varilok unit failed. Now it acts like an open-spool differential and quite noisy). I am a bit disappointed that Jeep did not see fit to use a true Dana 44 rear end instead of the aluminum version this Jeep has.