Faults:

My front brake rotors warped after 12,000 miles. Replaced by the dealer and was told that jeep has had problems with this in the past.

Now at 39,000 the rotors are bad again. Otherwise the car has been fine.

After speaking with many service and parts personnel, the solution was a "quality" set of after-market rotors and pads.

General Comments:

So far so good!!!

Faults:

Battery went bad at 20,000.

Transmission shifts poorly. When down shifting and up shifting it goes from over drive down to 3rd gear without stopping. When up shifting it shifts from 3rd to 4th and directly into over drive. No dealer has been able to find the problem.

General Comments:

The vehicle is well built and is a great car for the money.

The engine is below average on fuel economy.

The transmission does not shift properly in and out of over drive. Apparently inherent with the I6 engine and automatic transmission.

Mileage is between 16 and 22.5 depending on how hard you drive.

Original tires have not worn well (Goodyear)

Faults:

Brake rotors every 15K.

Main seal leak @ 16K.

Driver's seat (leather) started cracking around 20K, had to get it repaired.

General Comments:

Overall, a good buy. It's still a Jeep, with a solid front axle (Mine is 2WD), so it rides like a truck, but we expected that. The brakes really wear fast. Most of the driving is highway with little brake use, but every 16K I've had to replace all 4 rotors. The dealer says that's pretty normal. I would not get the leather seats again. They were nothing like leather seats in my Cutlass.

Faults:

So far everything is great no major things have gone wrong with the car. except for a little leak when I wash it, leaks around the left pillar on the side of the dashboard. but nothing major.

General Comments:

Really nice looking car. great pick up and acceleration even with the 6 cyl is great.

Feels very stable in corners and sharp maneuvers (it all depends on how the driver knows how to handle the vehicle)

Fans kind of loud, but still really nice, when speed is decreased fans seems to slow down a bit too when accelerating fans speed up accordingly.

Faults:

RB1 GPS Navigation got shot & been replaced twice.

Bulb on instrument cluster blown at 18000 miles.

General Comments:

Great car, expensive to maintain. Especially on V8. Too much labor, such as for transmission fluid change, whole pan has to come off, for axle fluid change whole pan has to come off.

V6 a lot cheaper (they got drain holes), but poor on performance.

Faults:

No problems to date.

General Comments:

After owning a Wrangler I thought it was time to "move up in the car world" I had recently gotten married and wanted something with more luxury and more able to support a family. I love Jeeps and wanted the Grand Cherokee.

I didn't want to get killed in car payments and was lucky to find that Jeep was offering about 9000 in rebated because of the 05 model upgrade. I was able to get a Special Edition with a V8 for 24000. (33500 list)

There has been nothing that has gone wrong with this Jeep. It has more than enough power and a recently added 5 spd automatic transmission that helps gas mileage and overall shifting.

Obviously the Jeep is great in the snow with the Quadra-trac full time 4-wheel drive. However I was most impressed with the system in the rain. It holds the pavement incredibly. It has NEVER slipped!

My major complaint is the gas mileage. I get about 15-16 mpg. But it's a full-time 4-wheel drive V8 so what else can you expect.

My other major complaints are really my own fault. As I stated earlier I got the Jeep for 24000. Part of that was the incentives and part was not getting leather...sunroof...steering wheel audio controls. I didn't even know they made special editions without leather!! Oh well.

Anyway...I love the Jeep and would HIGHLY recommend the Grand Cherokee to anyone.

Ps Shop around A LOT and you can get a very good price... be patient!