kensnelling
Elite Member
First question I have is, is it 2wd of 4wd?
I personally wouldn"t be afraid of the mileage if it has regulas maintenance, our 1998 has 297.000 miles on it and is still going strong. We run 5W30 synthetic and change oil and filter every 3000 miles. Still holds good oil pressure.
The 4.0 L is a good torque engine and will return good mileage. Ours has part time 4wd and gets 18 mpg in the city and 22 on the highway. With 2wd figure a smidge more. with fulltime 4wd figure less.
On the brakes, figure up to $200 dollars depending on if you need rotors or just pads. Also, there are 2 different brake systems, so you'll need to know if you have composite stamped steel/cast iron rotors, or only cast iron rotors.
Ours does have a light lifter tap since about 200k, hasn't gotten any better, hasn't gotten worse. It's a light enough tap my wife can't even hear it.
3 common problems:
Window regulators
CV joint boots (if equipped that way)
If it has ATC it is not uncommon for the doors inside the heater/ac housing to break.
(I know I referenced a 1998 model about engine miles, but these are common problems on the '99-'04 WJ Grand Cherokees. The electrical problems another poster mentioned on the earlier ZJ Grand Cherokee models
are not an issue on the WJ series.)
Price, depends. The one thing I can't factor in is the engine noise as I can't hear it. So the prices I'm going to tell you from around here are for average condition and won't reflect possible engine problems.
2001 GC Limited with 4.0, quadratrac, atc 155k $4500-5000
2001 GC Limited with 4.0, 2wd, atc 155k $3000-3500
2001 GC Larado with 4.0, selecttrac 155k $4000-4500
2001 GC Larado with 4.0 2wd 155k $2500-3000
Note, those aren't necessarily prices I would pay myself. Some options are worth less to me (such as a moon roof, ATC, or full time 4wd), and other options are worth more to me (Overland/Trailrated package, no leather, part time 4wd). Also I'd pay a LOT less down here for one from your area as you guys use more salt in the winter than we do, and the bodies are generally not as nice as the local ones.
Didn't mean for this to be so long, but if you have any questions I'd be more than happy to help.
Ken
I personally wouldn"t be afraid of the mileage if it has regulas maintenance, our 1998 has 297.000 miles on it and is still going strong. We run 5W30 synthetic and change oil and filter every 3000 miles. Still holds good oil pressure.
The 4.0 L is a good torque engine and will return good mileage. Ours has part time 4wd and gets 18 mpg in the city and 22 on the highway. With 2wd figure a smidge more. with fulltime 4wd figure less.
On the brakes, figure up to $200 dollars depending on if you need rotors or just pads. Also, there are 2 different brake systems, so you'll need to know if you have composite stamped steel/cast iron rotors, or only cast iron rotors.
Ours does have a light lifter tap since about 200k, hasn't gotten any better, hasn't gotten worse. It's a light enough tap my wife can't even hear it.
3 common problems:
Window regulators
CV joint boots (if equipped that way)
If it has ATC it is not uncommon for the doors inside the heater/ac housing to break.
(I know I referenced a 1998 model about engine miles, but these are common problems on the '99-'04 WJ Grand Cherokees. The electrical problems another poster mentioned on the earlier ZJ Grand Cherokee models
are not an issue on the WJ series.)
Price, depends. The one thing I can't factor in is the engine noise as I can't hear it. So the prices I'm going to tell you from around here are for average condition and won't reflect possible engine problems.
2001 GC Limited with 4.0, quadratrac, atc 155k $4500-5000
2001 GC Limited with 4.0, 2wd, atc 155k $3000-3500
2001 GC Larado with 4.0, selecttrac 155k $4000-4500
2001 GC Larado with 4.0 2wd 155k $2500-3000
Note, those aren't necessarily prices I would pay myself. Some options are worth less to me (such as a moon roof, ATC, or full time 4wd), and other options are worth more to me (Overland/Trailrated package, no leather, part time 4wd). Also I'd pay a LOT less down here for one from your area as you guys use more salt in the winter than we do, and the bodies are generally not as nice as the local ones.
Didn't mean for this to be so long, but if you have any questions I'd be more than happy to help.
Ken