Nick1994
$100 site donor 2024
Rented a 2019 Jeep Cherokee V6 from last Wednesday until today and put almost 1,100 miles on it. My choice was a Large Sedan which is apparently a Malibu? Weird. But the only choice when I showed up was a Cherokee or an Equinox. I chose the Cherokee without hesitation. Went from Stamford, CT to Bangor, ME with stops in Cape Cod, Boston, and Acadia National Park. 40k miles on the car.
This one is a Limited 4x4, which I find kind of odd because other than power leather seats, I’m not sure the car has a single other feature? And no low-range for the 4x4, so isn’t that AWD?
Anyways, overall I liked the car a lot more than I thought I would. Good overall vehicle.
Pros:
This one is a Limited 4x4, which I find kind of odd because other than power leather seats, I’m not sure the car has a single other feature? And no low-range for the 4x4, so isn’t that AWD?
Anyways, overall I liked the car a lot more than I thought I would. Good overall vehicle.
Pros:
- Engine. Wow, this thing had some pep! Plenty of passing power. This thing would absolutely annihilate my ‘14 Grand Cherokee in a race. No comparison.
- Fuel economy. 25.6 mpg, the computer was always about 2 mpg optimistic. My Grand Cherokee probably would have gotten 17-18 mpg. For a V6 and as hard as I drove it, I was happy with that.
- Overall comfort (other than seats). I forgot to crawl in the back, it looked kind of cramped but I’m tall so the seat was all the way back. Otherwise plenty of shoulder and headroom. Not experienced with CUV’s, it holds 2 full sized suitcases just barely in the trunk. Not sure if that’s good or not. I don’t thing the trunk would close if they’re sitting on end.
- Stereo sound. Was ok I guess, I’ve heard worse. For a “Limited” it should sound a lot better. I wouldn’t be happy if I owned it. Sounds like a base model.
- Apple CarPlay. This one I debated putting in the Cons section, but a software update might fix it. It disconnects from Apple CarPlay all the time. Tried 2 different phones and 2 different USB cables.
- Headlights. Could be better. Could be worse. They seemed like LEDs to me?
- Handling and braking. Nothing special about either, but no complaints. Road noise was fine, a little wind noise but it had already had a windshield replacement so that’s fair.
- Loud HVAC. Makes a lot of sound when it isn’t putting out a lot. But maybe the cabin air filter was plugged.
- Transmission. It will under no circumstances shift into 9th gear on it’s own. It’s useless. It also sometimes goes CLACK hard into 5th gear, and in this gear kind of bangs around if you let off the gas and coast. Reminds me of the failing DSG transmission in my ‘04 VW, just not quite as bad. Also kind of slow to shift into Reverse and Drive.
- 4x4 binding. When making a U-turn or navigating in a parking lot/garage it grinds and binds like it’s in a locked 4x4 mode, which this doesn’t have. My Grand Cherokee is full time 4x4 I believe and doesn’t do this.
- The seats. I want to like the seats, they have a fair amount of cushion and seem like they should be comfortable. But the front of the seat bottom is at a weird incline, even with it set all the way down. If you try to adjust the rear part of the seat up, it raises the whole seat up and then your head is in the roof.
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