I only knew 2 people that had grand cherokees. 1 new and 1 used from a dealer. Both had their transmissions fail. I think one of the failed twice. No offroading either.
Some of the V8 grands had tranny issues, but the inline 6 cyl models were as solid as the basic Cherokee.
Real jeepers do not usually buy the V8 because the six has as much low end torque as the 8 and they cool far better than the 8.
Talk about failed transmissions.....
1988 Dodge Dakota with the V6 and 904 tranny. Died on my wife at just over 70,000 miles. (I was on a 6-month deployment with the Navy when this happened.) Tranny rebuilt and died again at 98,000 miles. Shortly thereafter I found out (with the help of the guy at the parts store) that Dextron II tranny fluid would “cause premature failure of the torque converter.” And the owner’s manual listed Dextron II as a suitable for the Mopar Type 7176 tranny fluid. Sold it to a friend in 1998 with 105,000 miles and warned him about the tranny fluid. He drove it until about 3 years ago with no trnasmission problems.
Why would Chrysler list a transmission fluid in the owner’s manual that would destroy the transmission? Last Chrysler product I have ever (or will ever) bought.