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dodge_guy
May 06, 2014Explorer II
spoon059 wrote:
My dad owns a 1996 Grand Cherokee with the 5.2 V8. That thing has been one problem after another...
Wiring gremlins kept going through batteries to the point that he installed a cutoff switch and now he manually disconnects the battery every time be drives it.
Exhaust manifold cracked/leaked and he finally got that replaced... then the muffler rusted through.
Last winter my sister went to use it (for the 4wd), it rolled down a hill into a tree. Turns out the brake line had rusted through and when she hit the brakes she pumped out all the brake fluid. Thank God it was literally down a small hill into a small tree... not at highway speed.
Just recently he noticed its leaking oil like crazy. It appears as though the oil pan is leaking.
Granted that sucker is 18 years old, but its got less than 80,000 miles on it. They drive it every other week or so, its a spare car and 4wd for bad weather. The amount of money that he has spent on that thing is absurd. He could have cut his losses a long time ago and just bought a new vehicle.
The Wranglers, on the other hand, appear to run forever.
Just curious, does it sit outside on a gravel parking area?
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