2004 Jeep Cherokee CRD Limited 2.5 turbo diesel from UK and Ireland
Summary:
A serious 4x4 but expensive and fairly troublesome
Faults:
Thermostat housing cracked.
2 separate back end leaks.
Shuddered badly when turning left or right from a junction.
General Comments:
Noisy harsh diesel engine from another era.
Parts are hard to obtain and very slow to arrive, even through the main dealer, and are also extremely expensive.
Manufacturers MPG figures of 31.7 are very optimistic. On an 150 mile drive averaging 60 MPH I just scraped 30 MPG.
This aside it does have some good points. It's very comfortable and well kitted out. It is well built and sturdy.
Offroad or in treacherous conditions it's no pretender.
It will tow anything or plough through the deepest snowbound roads without fuss.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 11th September, 2010
10th Jan 2008, 08:09
Same owner, follow-up comments. We have had an exceptionally wet rainy season this year, and my Jeep which has now done over 50 000 km is still performing exceptionally well. It really likes these conditions. Original set of tyres (Wrangler S4) replaced at 50 000 km with BF Goodrich AT, but the old ones do still have a couple of thousand of wear left in them. I have had in the interim three instances in which the vehicle started to lose power, and when I stopped and restarted the engine the problem had disappeared. Dealer unable to diagnose, but the car has not actually let me down. Have done a bit of minor offroading and one trip of heavy bad conditions, and the car did very well in all instances. Just wish I could buy another one because the new model Liberty is not quite as "nice" to look at!