Faults:

I have just recently acquired this Jeep, fully serviced at my local Hi Q Garage. They noticed a few issues:

Diff noisy

Diff Seal L/Rear (Wheel Bearings Rear)

Slight oil leak that is not from the engine.

General Comments:

This is my first 4x4 automatic transmission vehicle. One of the biggest reasons I brought this Grand Cherokee was because it has an LPG conversion kit. This helps keeps some of the cost down.

Performance – The performance of this 4x4 is very good indeed for such a big vehicle. The engine note sounds fantastic when overtaking and will give some Boy/Girl racers a run for their money off the traffic lights. But be warned, if you're looking for good MPG look elsewhere, this beast will only return about 19 miles to the gallon. I personally think if you do go for the petrol version invest in a LPG conversion as well.

Handling – The handling is fine for me, but if pushed hard you will feel a lot of body roll through the corners. The steering is light and is very much like driving a smaller car. 4 wheel drive will no doubt help in the coming winter months, when traction is needed in snow etc.

Cabin – This is special equipment version of the Jeep. It comes with leather heated seats, electrical programmable seats, AC, trip computer, electric windows & mirrors, Infinity 185 watt Stereo Radio Cassette with CD auto changer in the boot (excellent sounding too, with 6 speaker set up) etc. It's well laid out and I don’t really have any problems reaching the buttons. It has a really big and airy cabin with good boot space and ample leg room in the back (have had no complaints with passengers just yet). I can also hear a continuous rumble from the rear when the stereo is on low volume (rear wheel bearings)

Body work – Beautiful metallic paint work with no visible signs of rust, all colour coded bumpers with 16 inch alloy wheels (Standard Jeep alloys). Looks superb when polished up.

I brought this vehicle to get me to work and back (15 minute drive), a bit of over kill; yes, but it was going cheap and it did come with stamped service history etc. Although I have not kept it long, I am planning on keeping this 4x4 at least a year. However I have been reading some bad reviews on here from owners about the build quality etc from the Jeep, so not sure about getting a newer rig etc in the future. I won’t be taking it to main dealers to get repairs or services etc; my local garage knows what they're doing with 4x4’s, so I am sticking with them.

Overall I’m very happy with my purchase.

Faults:

Electric aerial packed up after a week. Week later had a rear lamp warning display.

Week later same fault back to garage again!

Started crabbing on full lock back to garage who said this was normal???.

Exhaust started knocking back to the garage again remember all these faults are after only 3 weeks of ownership!

Had a funny judder from rear after long run someone told me this was the rear diff on the way out as the bearings break up when hot???

General Comments:

When I bought this car I took it on a long test drive several times around town mainly and was happy.

Looking back now I think I fell in love with the looks and comfortable seats. I would advise anyone thinking of buying a J.G.C.

Take it for a hard long run and get all the axles to temperature then you will feel any jerks or judders that should not be there.

I am not saying that all J.G.C are bad, but the one I bought and have gladly sold now was bad.

Everytime I got in it I was forever thinking what will go wrong next?and listening for noises and wondering how much will this cost to fix?