2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport review from North America

Completely new brakes and rotors, replaced THREE times in just 24,000 miles!!! It will not shift immediately into 4 wheel drive (the lever moves, the dash light comes on) but the vehicle will not engage into 4WD until you drive at least one city block, of course the dealer cannot duplicate this problem. Problems with rough start & idling (even though it is kept inside a heated garage.) The automatic transmission clunks when shifting from 2nd to 1st gear - dealer cannot find problem. Poor seals around the doors & hatchback, might as well ride with your windows open, because it sounds like it and water comes in. The paint job is horrible - round rust patches on the hood since the vehicle was a month old (even though it is garage kept.)

The dealer has been extremely helpful with doing these repairs under warranty, however, one should not have this much trouble with a brand new vehicle. I believe that there are serious design and inferior replacement part (brakes & rotors) problems with the 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport and WOULD not recommend one to anyone. Ride is very rough - like a Sherman tank. Now I am trying to get out of my lease & cannot without huge penalties because I have 3 years of payments left on this inferior crap-mobile!