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4.38 out of 5 stars

Overall Good Quality

rrussell, 03/24/2004
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4dr SUV 4WD
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Second Grand Cherokee that my wife and I have owned. First was a '93 with the I-6 cylinder which was a little under powered for towing a medium sized trailer (17'). The '96 has the 5.2 liter (318 cid) which has been more than adequate. The only problem we have had with the vehicle is an automatic transmission rebuild at 100, 000 miles. I felt this was totally unacceptable for a transmission to fail at this mileage and the response from the dealership was less than what we had hoped for.

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4.25 out of 5 stars

One of the better Jeeps

joe b, 04/21/2002
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4dr SUV 4WD
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

This is the third GC I have owned. Used it off road and put lots of highway miles on it. Just traded it on a new wrangler. This CG came with a transmission problem that took the third dealership to correct. By this time the vehicle was out of warranty and Jeep refused to pay for fix. Cost me over $600. Overall trouble free, for a Jeep.

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4.38 out of 5 stars

Bring it on

JSW, 05/01/2002
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4dr SUV 4WD
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

This vehicle has been problem free. I always service when recommend and change the oil every 3,000 - 4,000 miles. Like any vehicle, if you are good to it, it will be good to you. I have definitely received my moneys worth and will get a good price when I go to sell.

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4.63 out of 5 stars

Reliability to the extreme

crhern, 07/01/2010
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4dr SUV
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

I inherited my Jeep as a gift, it had 210,000 miles on it and everything was still original. Its an inline 6 limited now it has 240,000 miles on it and only the fuel pump and the radiator have been replaced everything else is still good. As many people say move the spare tire! Its annoying I've seen a few grand Cherokees where the spare is mounted on the liftgate like any other SUV and the rear window doesn't open other than those two things its awesome good power and ride, comfortable I'm definitely getting another Jeep in the future so is the girlfriend

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2.75 out of 5 stars

Never Again!

Dee, 06/19/2002
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4dr SUV
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

I will never buy another Jeep. We bought it used with only 15,000 miles on it. We have put at least $4,000 into fixing the A/C over the last 3 years. The switches have never worked consistently. One of the switches went out, at the same time the A/C went out, so all the windows were stuck OPEN for 2 weeks until the part came in. There have been other problems. It seems like we have a repair at least once every 3-4 months. I'll be glad when this piece of junk is OUT of my garage.

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