I found an underpriced 2004 Jeep GC Limited 4.7 that looks / runs / drives pretty good. 124k miles. what are the known weak spots with these? would you put your 16YO in one as her first car?
I found an underpriced 2004 Jeep GC Limited 4.7 that looks / runs / drives pretty good. 124k miles. what are the known weak spots with these? would you put your 16YO in one as her first car?
They're not bad. Biggest thing to watch for is cooling system issues. The 4.7 is pretty intolerant of being overheated.
And in 5 minutes I have an intelligent reply from someone with a WJ avatar. I love this place!
All I know is I see a lot of these on craigslist with blown motors. I seem to recall the timing system is also a weak link.
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that's a zj.
AngryCorvair wrote: And in 5 minutes I have an intelligent reply from someone with a WJ avatar. I love this place!
Fueled by Caffeine wrote: In reply to AngryCorvair: that's a zj.
Yep. Mine is a ZJ (98 5.9), not a WJ.
2002maniac wrote: All I know is I see a lot of these on craigslist with blown motors. I seem to recall the timing system is also a weak link.
Most of the ones I've seen broken / dead seem to have died at the hands of neglectful owners, rather than because they just didn't want to live anymore.
But yes, I've heard of issues with timing chains. Nothing terribly common though.
I have owned since new a 2004 Grand Cherokee Special Edition 4.7, tow package. Not as many bells and whistles as the Limited and has cloth interior. 190K miles on it. Rocker rust is the biggest problem with them and seems to be unavoidable in the northeast - mine is almost too far gone. The trim on the door that lies against the window glass also oddly rusts/degrades. I had to replace the cat system a few years ago and took a gamble on a generic system rather than spending the outrageous price for the factory system. It occasionally throws a code because of that but I can reset/clear it. I've never done anything to the power train except perhaps driveshaft work at some point. I would say brake life is average at best. I always enjoyed driving it and the motor pulls strong.
Very capable vehicle, I know for a fact that a stock WJ will ford like 2ft of water, while pulling a 4000lb camper, and come out no worse for wear. At 15mpg they're kinda expensive to feed unless you really need that capability though. Most 16 year olds don't need a low budget range rover sort of vehicle, they need something that's cheap to operate, not fast enough to easily wrap around a pole, and won't kill/cripple them if they do.
rslifkin wrote:AngryCorvair wrote: And in 5 minutes I have an intelligent reply from someone with a WJ avatar. I love this place!Fueled by Caffeine wrote: In reply to AngryCorvair: that's a zj.Yep. Mine is a ZJ (98 5.9), not a WJ.
Next time I'll zoom in. 8-)
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