Jeep Grand Cherokee 2013 Long Time Owner Review
This 7-yr-erstwhile Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland has seen some proper Utah off-roading.
Every bit much as we love publishing the best new car reviews we can to TFLcar.com and our diverse channels, some of the all-time stories and real-earth experiences come from you all in the TFL community. Case in betoken: Brent's years-long experience with his 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland.
Most Chiliad Cherokees don't see more than a dirt route or maybe the occasional snowstorm, but an awesome group of folks out there in the Jeep community ensure the brand's more luxurious SUV lives up to the name. Information technology doesn't hurt that this owner's in Utah, either, a land that offers some of the most spectacular off-roading opportunities out there.
Here's how Brent introduced his lengthy, extremely thorough have on his Jeep:
Hey, just caught the episode covering the new JGC Long (link here). Every bit a previous owner of a WK and current (7-year) possessor of a WK2, I've had lots of experience with the concluding 15 years' worth of Thou Cherokees. If y'all'd like some deep insight into the outgoing model, I'd be happy to pitch in. I don't need credit or to get paid. Happy to provide opinionated rants, show notes, or real-globe off-road feedback (I'm one of the few that actually takes their JGC off the pavement). I also live in Utah and have direct admission to some of the almost challenging and photogenic off-roading in the world.
Followed by everything he loves and hates about his Grand Cherokee:
Things I love about the 2014 JGC Overland
The 5.7L V8 is an absolutely perfect match for this vehicle. Its eight-speed manual is a massive upgrade over the [previous generation] WK. There were some terrifying transmission programming quirks in the WK2, but a firmware update well-nigh a year in resolved them.
Update: An before typo said the Grand Cherokee had a 10-speed transmission, but it'south actually an 8-speed. Nosotros repent for the error.
This platform is an off-road marvel. The air break is wonderfully compliant at standard summit, and the 4 inches of lift you go with the push of a button is wonderful when in the gnarly stuff. The pause tuning is the perfect mix of a rock crawler and a desert runner. Even so (and contrary to what y'all said in the evidence), raising the air suspension doesn't increase the Jeep's clearance, only the approach and departure angles.
The Quadra-trac 2 system is brilliant. Behaves like locking diffs. Did I mention this thing is an off-road marvel? The turning radius is first-class. Shockingly expert, actually.
Information technology looks great in Park Urban center. Looks slap-up in Palm Springs. Looks great in Moab. The K Cherokee's seats are comfortable, and the leather upholstery is decent. Seat heating and cooling works great. The WK2 is the perfect size for the boilerplate family with 2 adults and two children.
Fuel economy is acceptable for a boxy SUV with a V8 (twenty mpg-ish if you drive 70 on the pike; 18.five mpg @ 80mph). The WK2 can tow far more than you should with a short wheelbase off-roader. Unless you lot seriously overload your trailer, you can't really tell it's in that location. Information technology has a legitimate universal receiver for both towing and attaching baskets, bicycle racks, etc.
Things I hate about the 2014 JGC Overland
My Jeep Chiliad Cherokee has a depression-res resistive touch screen (vomit). Information technology was already grossly outdated when it shipped in 2014. The forrard collision detection is and so bad I have to turn it off — permanently. The navigation is pathetic, and the music app in the infotainment organization is encephalon dead. Many of the infotainment blueprint choices appear to take been made past drunken monkeys. The whole thing is pretty bad as a package.
Interior materials are a mix of wonderful and terrible. In that location's some really nasty painted plastic adjacent to beautifully-polished dark forest (WTF?). The climate controls are flaky at best, and the HVAC arrangement itself isn't great (broad fluctuations). Past comparison, my Audi holds cabin temps so perfectly that the temperature never crosses your mind.
The readout for the estimated range (based on fuel level) reads "Low Range" when you're nearly empty. "Depression Range"??!?!?! That means something totally different (transfer example) and the fact that a *Jeep* left the design room with that flaw is simply unacceptable.
The phone ringer (for incoming calls) is terrible and you lot tin can't command the volume. Choices for which content to display in the digital cluster range from mildly worthless to offensively useless. The infotainment shows you the EULA/release legal-ese every freaking fourth dimension you start the car. Every … freaking … time. The vocalization control is terrible. When vox control succeeds in placing a phone phone call, it puts you through 10 seconds of voice instructions for how to hang up a call before it volition place the call. Over again, every…fracking… time. The backup camera is about waist high. It would be much better equally part of the third tail light assembly.
Finally, overall visibility isn't great. A 360-degree camera system would exist really helpful, particularly off-route. The A pillars are enormous and block a lot of the driver's line of sight.
Your thoughts?
When yous spend a adept chunk of your own money on a car, you want it to exist practiced for your needs. If y'all're looking into a used Jeep Grand Cherokee, hopefully Brent'due south thoughts are helpful. Thank you for sending them our fashion! If you have your own thoughts (and some epic photos — thanks Brent!), send them our style to either info@tflcar.com if you want them published here, or inquire@tfltruck.com if you accept a pickup story.
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