Engine seized @ 166,000.
Carb never worked right, replaced numerous times, STILL stalls occasionally w/a high performance Weber and rebuilt engine.
Replaced struts.
Needs camshaft.
Like they always say, a Jeep is built, not bought. A great fun ride, but very very expensive and problematic.
Very loud on the highway, even with hardtop. Don't even try to have a conversation with a softtop if you're doing more than 25mph.
Horrible horrible gas mileage. Used to only get about 12mpg and would only run on premium before engine was rebuilt, still stalled constantly.
I don't recommend this as a daily driver. It's more of a mechanical disaster that is fun to drive when it works.
Horrible in the snow.
You have a 15 year old, 4 cylinder, rolling cinder block with 166k on the ticker and you're complaining about it? If you want power & durability, get the I6; if you want good gas mileage, you bought the wrong vehicle. They make decent daily drivers if you have reasonable expectations and any vehicle with that kind of age & mileage is only going to have as much reliability as *you* put into it.
I have been test driving a 1988 Jeep.. that I want to buy for my daughter (she has short legs) very small girl.. This here little jeep runs great with 189,000 miles on it. And the only bad thing I have to say about this little fella is that when I'm going 80 on the highway.. he vibrates alittle... Some one told me to stay under 75 miles an hour.. and boy did that work. Great little jeep.. I think I'll buy it for me...
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