Jeep Cherokee - any experiences?

I don't think you will regret your purchase Moonstone. We had one as a courtesy car a few weeks ago, very nice. We moved from Land Rovers to Jeeps, and despite still loving LRs, have never had cause for regret. You seem to get such a lot for your money. We are on our fourth and fifth at the moment (the fourth is actually our first, we have had it for 15 years, too reliable and useful to get rid of!)

Enjoy yourself.

We had a 55 plate Cherokee Ltd. 2.8L diesel (Motari), 5speed auto with a great range of drive modes including full time 4wd. It was a lovely car and we towed around Europe and UK for 7 years. It always felt solid as a rock. Kerb weight over 2tonne.  The model you have would have been produced under Fiat ownership and I'm not really that familiar with it. It may have the Fiat engine which I understand is another really good lump. Hope it's as good as ours was.

Thank you - seems ok so far on the few miles I've done in it.   Towbar fitting booked for Wednesday, then booked the weekend away for a test run with the van on.     Have to say - bit overwhelmed with all the new technology in the car, hope I can cope

First tow yesterday Hull to Pickering.  Averaged 34mph which seemed good to us especially in heavy rain.   Couple of steep hills en route but the Jeep didn't have any problem.  Good acceleration and a steady tow.  Quite impressed so far.

Only one problem - for some reason it wouldn't reverse, although it was probably user error as hubby couldn't find the switch to turn off parking aid.  Mover to the rescue - probably for the best in the dark and heavy rain.  Will try reverse again on journey home.

If it was user on the part of your better half, im sure you offered to leap into the driver's seat to show off your own prowess ..... 😉

'Parking aid' ...... you mean just parking sensors? Don't  know about the Jeep, but not all vehicles are fitted with an 'off switch' & not all vehicles are clever enough to auto turn sensors off when hitched up

I did mean parking aid - there is a camera at the rear as well as parking sensors.  There is a button to switch it off on the control panel but at the time he was just unable to find it.  I was at the rear in position for guiding onto the pitch. The brakes on the car all locked on and the car would not move.   We think we should disable the aid when towing.  The site owner was trying to 'help' and as I said it was dark and pouring with rain and we just wanted to get set up.    Will try again when we we up to go home as it will be light.  

Has anyone got any similar experiences using a reversing camera when towing - obviously works fine when solo.

Moonstone, I have a Grand Cherokee 3ltr crd late 2005 and yes I have had to sort out a few problems but I think that was down to previous owners not having it serviced correctly. But it's a great tug. It's got a 3.5 ton towing limit, the only thing which you will get used to is the light steering. Previous van was 1900kg and current one 1800kg and no problems towing. Enjoy the comfort and cruise controlThe rear parking sensors should be switched off whilst towing

Thank you Crusader for your comments - have noted your suggestion for the parking sensors

a bit late to this post. reverse emergancy braking can be perminantly turned off in setting but be careful when revesing after altering this. i turned mine of so can back up to hitch. the jeep is a great tow and mine pulls 1800kg with ease. see pic.

Had 3 jeep Cherokees 2005 KJ, 2009 KK and the new (Fiat) KL 2014, strangely ignored by the press and clubs as a towcar. I have found them to be excellent value and capable towcars. the KL is one of the few current crop  small/mid sized SUV's that can be specced with low range. Decent noseweight  spec too. 1600Kg with 100Kg noseweight no problem.