New Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2011 onwards

I own an earlier model. For warts and all advice go to ausjeepoffroad.com. Plenty of info there and it is a pretty friendly place. It's known as WK2 and the summary is it is powerful, economical and great to drive. Downsides are there can be electrical gremlins. There are sensors coming out the wazoo as in all new cars. There is also a problem with said sensors causing the 4wd system to fail on sand embarrassing quite a few owners. Personally I don't like the position of the parking brake as a foot pedal bumping against my left leg. As a Jeep owner I can say that the brand can be problematical. I really like mine so I will put up with a bit of nonsense from the car because I like it. By nonsense I mean little screwball things that happen to Jeeps like phantom warning lights, fans that stop working every now and then and air con systems that blow hot when they are supposed to be cold unless you twiddle the dials correctly....that sort of crap. Jeeps are great off road standard and all the crd Jeeps are more economical and powerful than a lot of Jap models. I think they look a whole lot better as well. Spares are also harder to come by in Aus but plentiful in the US via the net. If I was buying new I wouldn't worry because of the warranty, but I would extend it out to 5 years. Cheers.

There is also a heap of reading here if you have the time. Bob
http://caravanersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17882

Having 2 Jeeps , a Grand and a KJ , would never go back to an overpriced Tojo , like most vehicles Jeeps are by no means "perfect" but are a lot more reliable than most peoples perceptions , Any diesel Grand Cherokee 05 on will do the job that your after , ,, spare parts are not an issue as everything can be sourced via the net and are actually not often required [unlike Toyota who deem it necessary to have dealers shelves stocked with spare parts for their UNBREAKABLE Toyotas in every 1pub town Australia wide] ,,,, I tow a float with 4 racehorses on a regular basis with my Grand ,, never a problem and at less than 2/thirds of the fuel of a friends Tojo v8 diesel.

I'm a Jeep mechanic, the new Grand Cherokees are a huge improvement on all the previous models and very well priced considering all the standard features. Reliability is also vastly improved over the previous models. Certainly worth a look.

Hi, I have the base model diesel with air suspension & other options (extra's). Only done 2000 klms as I have been away at work. Very happy with it, heaps of power and drives beautifully, $60k all up.
Looking for a caravan now !
Place order to del was 6 months! for Jeep.
Regards
Bob