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Originally Posted by thegump
A little back story-Wife and I have been looking for a good daily, camping, towing, safe, reliable vehicle. We had it narrowed down to: 4runners, '17+ Grand Cherokees and GX460's. With the 4runners and GX's having minimal safety features and being pigs on the road we decided to go with a Grand Cherokee.
Anyway, we picked up a 28k mile '18 Grand Cherokee Overland last week. One owner, still under warranty, excellent shape etc etc. Well it's now in the shop for a transfer case fault. No actual drive ability issues just a bunch of codes. It won't be diagnosed until Tuesday and the dealer is covering it in case it's not a warranty issue.
Here's the kicker.. We are now second guessing our decision going with a Chrysler product. The dealer has a 30-day exchange policy and there's a '19 4runner sr5 premium on the lot. No safety features, dated designs etc but toyota reliability. We felt like we did our due diligence with JGC noting issues with the '11-'14s but not many problems on the later years.
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In my anecdotal experience through several friends' ownership of Grand Cherokees, their most prominent safety feature is that they spend a lot of time at dealerships and indy shops up on a hoist. While they're on the hoist - as long as you don't sleep under the hoist - the GC is totally and completely safe. However, they're not much fun while they're on the hoist.
Chrysler products are shite, in general. You might defy the statistics and get a super-reliable one, of course. Just not very likely, though.
The 4Runner is an old-school body-on-frame design. Great for towing, although the GC will tow just fine too.