Front brake rotors severely warped VERY soon after purchase, fixed by replacing with Superslots slotted (not cross-drilled) rotors.
Shocks were rough at purchase, replaced myself with very nice Monroe Sens-a-Tracs all around.
Broken speaker wire to driver's door speaker.
Loose wiring at heater fan motor caused fan to quit, fixed it myself.
Driver's door window mechanism started to fail a short time ago, chatters badly.
Last week the rear wiper motor died.
UPSIDES:This truck is everything I want and need... a severely reliable drive train, comfortable and fun to drive, not TOO big, quick response, nice handling, room for my hockey gear, great towing capability.
It's comfortable on long trips (as long as you don't have to sit in the back seat).
There's a great after market for replacement and upgrade parts for the Cherokee.
DOWNSIDES: It IS a bit noisy and you MUST upgrade the brakes or they will warp over and over, the wiring is crap and will require maintenance in time, gas mileage is lousy if you really put your foot in the gas pedal.
ADDONS: I got MUCH better engine response by replacing the air filter with a K&N filter, running synthetic oil in the engine and rear axle, and replacing the muffler with a Dynomax Super Turbo (catalytic converter is still in place).
If I keep my foot out of the gas pedal I now get 24mpg on highway trips instead of 21mpg before my upgrades.
I spent a lot of time researching vehicles before I got this one and in spite of occasional unexpected maintenance I'm glad I bought the Cherokee.. in fact I wish I'd bought one years ago.
I have friends who got well over 200,000 miles on their Cherokees before selling them.
I just read your review on the 2000 jeep sport. The reason -i myself was having a few problems with my jeep the (not so) funny thing is I have the same problems. could not agree with you more on review. It just strikes me as odd that these are the same problems throughout the jeeps, all I can say is hey all you engineers at jeep, fix the problem and you will have the perfect suv. sincerly bobdaug612.
"have friends who got well over 200,000 miles on their Cherokees before selling them."
Recently turned 256,000 miles in mine, without any mechanical failure at all.
Just had the rear main seal go and the front rotors are warped. car has 81,000 on it and I love it, but the small stuff hurts.
I bought my Jeep two years ago, used. I got a great deal on it from a dealer and used the extra cash to buy the Chrysler extended warranty. Let me say, it was money well spent! Don't get me wrong, I love my jeep. It handles well, has lots of power and is a blast off road!... but, it had 86000 kms (fairly new) when I bought it and with in the first year I had the A/C done twice! I also had the pleasure of replacing the front drive shaft. I do not off road regularly and I definately don't do any thing to cause a drive shaft failure... bizarre?! At any rate, the next year brought on a wheel baring, you joint and radiator. All of these are minor issues although the rad surprised me. Last week I lost my rear wiper motor and am waiting for the warranty replacement! I've had to do lots of rear brake maintenance and had a $340.00 (CDN) tranny flush. (yuck) All said, it's a good vehicle and I expect to get many, many miles out of it. Oh ya, as mentioned in a few of these reviews, my front driver door speaker has been on the fritz since I got the car. Hmm?
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