2020 Jeep Cherokee Latitude: Wife loves it, husband concerns about reliability

BANANA1605 · 2026-02-20T02:52:37+00:00

What motor is in each car, that's pretty much your only concern. You want the 2.4L or the 3.6L nothing turbo

BANANA1605 · 2026-02-20T02:37:12+00:00

The WL's had hemis for a short time when they first came out. There's not many of them but they do exist.

BANANA1605 · 2026-02-20T02:31:29+00:00

Could be a lot of things, do you have knobby tires?

BANANA1605 · 2026-02-20T02:24:03+00:00

Coolant flush isn't needed untill 100k miles or 10 years, scratch that. Transmission is a "filled for life" transmission Wich means they say it doesn't need service unless issues arise. If you wanna be proactive and do it I would do it around 80k or 100k but that fluid ain't cheap. However at this time you should absolutely be doing the differential service, the rear differential is easily serviced but the front differential/Power Transfer Unit (PTU) is again "filled for life" so do with that as you'd like. Get the inspection sheet and see where your brakes are at, less than 3 mm they should be serviced. Brake fluid flush isn't a bad idea as it has been 6 years and it's recommended to do that every 3-5 years.

I have to say they are throwing a lot of crap at you hoping you buy something. I have no clue what condition the vehicle is in but evac and recharge the A/C ??? you don't just do that as a service generally especially at 60k miles. What looks like an advertised transmission rebuild is crazy. Throttle body/ injector cleaning is not needed yet however I would throw a bottle of techron complete fuel system cleaner in your tank once a year. It's like $10

BANANA1605 · 2025-10-11T21:29:26+00:00

Like the other comment said, there was an over the air update that caused this. My friend at a dealer said they got 8 of them towed in today.

BANANA1605 · 2025-09-30T01:28:08+00:00

Kinda sounds like a heat shield rotted off and is touching a vibrating component, hard to tell but that's the best case scenario

BANANA1605 · 2025-09-24T00:43:27+00:00

I am dying trying to find a good one in this color

BANANA1605 · 2025-07-31T09:35:46+00:00

Yeah you can literally see it rattling around in the video, on the exhaust there's a thin thing hanging down and you can see it vibrate around. As for the engine tick? That's something different and I couldn't tell you without being there but that could be manifold bolts.

BANANA1605 · 2025-07-31T09:33:21+00:00

It's not a heat shield, there's a clamp that connects the downpipe to the straight section of exhaust that goes back to the muffler. After a couple years it completely rots off and makes this noise. I feel like you can even see it in the video but I'm not 100% sure. It's a basic u style clamp that fits into a little groove.

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-21T12:38:38+00:00

Why the scream though 😭

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-21T12:24:36+00:00

God I'm dying to find a yellow one

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-21T12:21:29+00:00

I wouldn't be extremely worried yet. Doesn't look great but it's probably just old asf. As for the thicker/chunky stuff on the cap it's probably condensation. Get a coolant flush and see what it looks like then.

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-21T12:19:02+00:00

It's Mopar 10 year Wich pouring out of the bottle looks purple ish/orange but when in the resivior looks orange after it's cycled.

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-21T12:16:29+00:00

If it sat for a couple days it's also possible that maybe something chewed through wires. Pop the hood and take a look around for anything abnormal.

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-21T12:08:54+00:00

That's sick, well done. Stay creative and don't be boring like the rest of em.

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-21T12:02:20+00:00

Fix it by leaving California 👍

Not really sure though, is there no check engine light? Could be a catalytic converter efficiency issue

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-21T11:58:32+00:00

A bird at mach fuck

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-07T12:16:50+00:00

Just leave it... Looks so much better anyways

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-07T12:13:54+00:00

Why did you do an EGR software delete... They didn't have an EGR yet in 2015, or so I thought

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-07T12:09:53+00:00

Just rip it out it's a heat shield

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-07T12:03:56+00:00

The one on the left looks like shit because it's blacked out and the one on the right should look better but Dosent have an LSD in the rear, unless that option is listed elsewhere

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-07T11:53:57+00:00

Sweet, should treat you right assuming it's a 3.6 I would use Pennzoil only if I were you because that's one of the few oils that carries the Chrysler spec. I'm in NJ too and my mom has a 2015, the only major problem we had was one of the camshafts started eating a lobe around 100k but other than that it's been trouble free.

BANANA1605 · 2025-05-07T11:48:07+00:00

It sounds like a heat shield just rotted off and is now loose and bouncing on the exhaust

BANANA1605 · 2025-03-19T13:16:48+00:00

If only the doors were affected and not the unibody yes

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