So I am in the market to buy a used 97 Jeep Cherokee Sport. I was wondering if I could get some help to know what I should look for before purchasing the vehicle. Right now it has about 170,000 miles new tires and the body is in good shape. He is asking 3200$ KBB says that in good condition it's worth 2,537. So I was just looking on getting some advice from you guys.

 

Don't worry about advice, take it to a mechanic.

 

How would you rate this year and model? Basically my question is this going to most likely be a reliable Jeep to get? I know it's hard to say because you can't look at it to see.

 

Well, its got the full time t-case in it...its more complicated and stuff but i like it. make sure it works.

 

Probably a new one, with a warranty to boot. When the warranty is set to expire, sell it.

 

97 is a good year... but as posted above.. take it to a mechanic and have him give it a thorough once over...

 

Thank's everyone for the help. If everything is mechanically sound how much would you suggest I ask him for it?

 

2300

 

New tires... good shape.. mechanically sound..

without seeing more pictures and inspecting it myself...

2500 is what I would pay...

 

Here are two more pics..

 

im set at 2500 with that mileage..

 

Pics...

 

Man....built in cup holders im so jealous.

 

I do believe he used the rear carpet for spray painting something lol

 

Yeah for sure! I can see that too. This forum is pretty awesome lol. Also right now he says that the interior lights don't work. I've heard that there are a lot of electrical problems with these types of jeeps. Does that hold true?