2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport from North America - Comments

I bought an 03 grand cherokee limited about a year after my mom bought her new 04 grand cherokee. I love jeeps, but I haven't been as happy with mine as my mom has hers. A minor annoyance, when I adjust the power drivers seat it creates a lot of static in the radio. A BIG annoyance, just after the warranty ran out I received a letter in the mail from Chrysler that enabled me to get my brakes checked for free becuase of all the problems reported about how some WJ had bad brakes. Well sure enough mine were way out of wack and the dealer refused to fix it for free because it was just out of warranty. So let me get this straight, if your jeeps brakes are bad because of a manufacuring problem the owner still has to pay for it? how nice. Just this week, my door speaker quit working.

I have a 2000 Jeep Cherokee with 264,000+ actual miles. Other than oil changes, wiper blades, tires and other things that wear out, I've done TWO mechanical repairs to it. Rear bearings in the diff were replaced at 100,000 miles and a thermostat at 260,000 miles.

Everything else works fine. Windows, A/C, heaters, EVERYTHING! Even the headlights are original.

Oh yeah, one more thing, I've towed a 20' boat for over 100,000 miles with it. No problems through mountains, over deserts, even across a few shallow rivers.

My Celica didn't run this well, and I loved that car.

I have a 2000 Cherokee Laredo 4.0 and love it. It has hard city miles on it and I tow a boat. No out of the ordinary problems except...

The old gal slips shifting into 3rd and OD when cold. Any suggestions?

My mechanics says the transfer case is leaking. But this was all repaired a year ago and no leaks on the ground???

I purchased a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee after having constant trouble with my Ford Expedition in March, 2007 and I have had to call for road side assistance twice since then. The first time was for the factory failing to put in enough transmission fluid which locked the transmission and just recently my ignition cylinder broke and left me stranded at a gas station. I really like the car, but I worry that I may have made a mistake in buying it.

I own a 2000 Jeep Cherokee sport and do so because I previously drove a 1991 jeep Cherokee Laredo, which I totalled and rolled three times only to have it pulled onto its wheels and drive away from the accident. I was untouched, no cuts bruises or bumps. The rollover was unavoidable and not caused from a raised center of gravity.

What I am trying to say is, the sense of security sold me automatically on my next vehicle.

There are minor electrical problems, my back windows choose to not work very rarely, and it is due to a glitch in the master window lock. I have 124K miles and my Jeep runs like the tank it is, reliable and rugged.

I have a 2000 jeep Cherokee sport. I bought it totaled from an insuance company and fixed it up. It was hit in the front. it had 86,000 miles on it when I got it. My dad and I fixed it up and 2 years later I have 110,000 miles on it. I love the jeep because how it is designed. it is very simple. the cherokees are a better jeep than the grand cherokees. major reason they are much simpler and have a better automatic transmission. I have don't preventative maintance to my jeep just to make sure I don't have any problems with it and I haven't. it runs awesome, gets 21mpg highway and tows my 14 foot trailer nice. my brother just bought one because he liked mine so much. great vehicle for sure.

Who "Leases" a Jeep? They're meant and are "Owned" with pride, I LOVE my 2000 Cherokee Sport 4X4. Maybe "You wouldn't understand, It's a Jeep thing".

..technically it's a Chrysler thing.

I own a 2000 Jeep Cherokee Classic. Has 145,114 miles, still runs & looks great!

I have had some of the "Jeep" problems.

Passenger window button works when it wants (the driver side controls always work, so not a big deal).

Front speakers went out (wire) due to the doors opening & closing over 9 years of use.

Changed the radiator & water pump around 115,000 miles.

This Jeep has taken me all over the county, and is still my daily driver!

I own a 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport, which I bought used 6 years ago. Personally I love the vehicle, and have had only normal (minor) issues with it. As for the guy who started this thread, bashing the Jeep Cherokee and other American made vehicles, I say to you. One thing I've learned over the years that seem to hold true in most everything manufactured in this world, no matter by whom. "They all make good ones and they all make bad ones". You just had the misfortune of getting one of the bad ones. As a rule, I think you'll find that a majority of the Jeeps are good, solid and reliable vehicles.

I have owned my 2000 Cherokee Sport for 2 1/2 years now. It had low miles on it when I bought it (66000), and now sits at about 85000.

I too have had some issues with this Jeep.

Blown radiator.

New water pump.

Problems with the windows (damn electric windows).

And now it is sitting in the shop with a blown freeze plug and a cracked alternator.

I love my Jeep, don't get me wrong, but I think Chrysler is the biggest con artist of the last 20 years (maybe Bernie Madoff has them beat, hard to tell), because I have owned and drove at least 2 offerings a piece from the big 3, and have never had any problems with Ford or GM, at least nothing major. I also has a 92 Dakota that had horrible electric problems, leaving me stranded on 5 occasions that I can think of. There just has to be a better way to do business than putting together a mess of parts, knowing that sooner rather than later, that that vehicle would be back to have repairs done, therefore lining their pockets a little more.

I just bought my 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport, (93K miles on it) had to get rid of my 2007 Commander (which I agree about Chrysler, had tranny probs with it and they wouldn't give me a loner for free to look at it, Chrysler's policy). Not going off of manufacturers here, but I have the dreaded issues with the 2000 (will deal with the electrical issues), the one I want fixed is the A/C runs cool for 2-3 minutes then hot, the pump has been replaced by the previous owner, any suggestions what else it could be?

You could have a vacuum leak somewhere that is making the A/C kick off. Look beside your battery; there is going to be a black or gray plastic line running from behind the motor to the front bumper where your vacuum canister is, and they're notorious for breaking beside the battery box.

Looking to buy a Cherokee Sport... 99-2001... What issues should I be looking for when test driving?