I was a foreign car technician for almost 20yrs, and have found this vehicle to be very well built. Like a contributor before stated…”take care of the Jeep and it’ll take care of you” Sound words of advice. The interior leather is not of the highest quality and the center arm rest needs to be recovered in synthetic leather.Īll in all, the Jeep performs very well, even in the tough third world environment. I have accomplished this procedure three times now with the same predicted mileage…100k per set. I replaced them with PowerStop brand and they lasted about 100k miles. The factory brakes didn’t seem to last long before warping became an issue. Brakes are indeed a weak point on these Jeeps. I replaced the front hubs and drive shafts at the same time since they were already out of the Jeep. I needed to rebuild my front differential due to excessive bearing wear. Every three years I flush ALL fluids…brake, transmission, cooling, transfer case and differentials. I have always used Mobile 1 synthetic oil and a premium oil filter. The addition of a cold air intake bumps the mileage up another notch too.
This is staying at the speed limit and easy acceleration. Mileage, on the interstate with moderate hills and mountains always averages 22-23 MPG. By adding 31” tall tires I gained 1-2 MPH just by slowing the engine RPM’s Of course I needed to adjust the speedometer with a “tuner”, but also changed the fuel required to regular gas and better performance for highway driving. This is for performance but fuel mileage suffers on the highway. Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland’s have a different axle gear ratio. I added a suspension lift to clear larger tires. Some for performance, some for mileage and some just for looks. Mileage is now over 300,000 with the original engine and transmission. The Jeep had 262,000 miles at export and has had it's typical share of maintenance and repair items. I converted the instrument cluster to metric per import requirements which is why the title wording. First of all, after spending the first 12 years in the USA, I exported my Jeep to Costa Rica. This is the third Grand Cherokee (WJ) and my first Overland.
I purchased this Grand Cherokee Overland, new, in 2004.
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