how often does your jeep break?
03-31-2010, 03:43 PM
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Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 liter
how often does your jeep break?
So how many times a year do you think you have to shop your jeep or garage it.? What goes wrong and how much did it run ya.! 
03-31-2010, 03:56 PM
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Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
my jeep breaks fine. just put on new pads... ha ha... depends on how you drive it... my experience is that, after the first water or mud hit that comes to the top of the fender flares, take out a credit card under the name first: X, last: J.
but i can tell you that it's almost never a big expensive repair. that's if YOU do the work. most guys here will confirm this, but we don't like an XJ that stays asleep. it's merely naps between chewing asphalt, gravel, mud, water, concrete, deer, skunk, possum and all else you throw in its way.
but i can tell you that it's almost never a big expensive repair. that's if YOU do the work. most guys here will confirm this, but we don't like an XJ that stays asleep. it's merely naps between chewing asphalt, gravel, mud, water, concrete, deer, skunk, possum and all else you throw in its way.
03-31-2010, 04:33 PM
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Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L Rebuilt Renix "Low Output" haha
the only thing i have ever had problems with on my 89 cherokee is the dang starter! 35 bucks to replace it, and now she runs amazing.... other then that i have owned it for a year with no other breakdowns.
03-31-2010, 05:58 PM
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Year: 2000
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Engine: 4.0L with throttle body spacer and cold air intake, bored throttle body, #784 injector upgrade
You mean it was fixed in the first place?
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03-31-2010, 06:23 PM
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Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 6cyl
ive had my 93 cherokee laredo for about two months now and ive replaced 2 calipers, pads, starter, radiator, and something else lol. but i also use it like a jeep should be used everyweekend. after all the repairs, ive had water come in my driverside window and havent had a problem.....(knocking on wood)
03-31-2010, 06:36 PM
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Only things that seem to break are wheel bearings and axleshaft u-joints. Other than that I can say it seems to be as resilient as my TJ was, that thing never broke till I was up to my chest in a pond!
03-31-2010, 06:47 PM
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Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Nothing so far has made it sit in a shop. Any maintenance I have done was preventive on my part. Brakes, hoses, etc. I spend every weekend tinkering with it looking for a blasted emissions leak that keeps that engine light on. I find something new or different to do to it while I search.
03-31-2010, 06:49 PM
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Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
I had a 93 for 9 years, put something like 125k on it. Never left me stranded once. In those 9 years I replaced:
1 leaking fuel injector
Neutral Safety Switch
Oil filter mount O-ring
Radiator
Temp sensor (the one to the cluster gauge)
Calipers
leaking fueal pressure regulator
Probably had every coolant hose start leaking at some point
serpentine belt (just because it was getting brittle and squealed a lot)
Cat Convertor
Shocks
That's it, in 9 years. Seemed like I could only ever get about 18k out of brake pads...
Not bad compared to most vehicles, IMO.
1 leaking fuel injector
Neutral Safety Switch
Oil filter mount O-ring
Radiator
Temp sensor (the one to the cluster gauge)
Calipers
leaking fueal pressure regulator
Probably had every coolant hose start leaking at some point
serpentine belt (just because it was getting brittle and squealed a lot)
Cat Convertor
Shocks
That's it, in 9 years. Seemed like I could only ever get about 18k out of brake pads...
Not bad compared to most vehicles, IMO.
03-31-2010, 06:52 PM
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Alternator. After mudding. Mechanic says he thinks it was just going to happen anyways, but also it was pretty much submerged through long 100ft puddles. My pic demonstrates. Also hit the puddles going 30-40mph. Shouldn't have. Besides that i'm fixing the rear main seal this weekend, because I don't like leaks lol.