How's it going everyone, Names Logan. I'm here looking for advice while looking for my first jeep, and 4x4 of any kind. I've been looking for a good affordable 4x4 to use as my daily and take camping and such. I've owned a couple Subarus in the past but never a proper 4x4. The Liberty KJ really stood out to me while looking through my options for a few reason, a good price, I like the smaller size, and I really love the KJ styling, the round headlights remind me a little of my old beloved 2002 bug-eyed impreza wagon.
My budget isn't great at around 3 grand at the moment. I've looked at a couple that I could find in that range with manual transmissions. First was very rough at 150k, it was a hard pass. I looked at one today, a 2002 with 182k on it, very clean though. When inspecting it looks great all around expect underneath at what I'm pretty sure is the transfer case, looked like it had some oil leak issues at some time. I drove it, had a check engine light which I checked at a local store and came up as p0455, emissions leak, not something I'm TOO worried about. Also some slight wobble on the break, again not a huge deal at that price range. The problem came when I tried to change it into 4wd, right away a clunking metal on metal sound started coming from what sounded like the front right, only drove it a couple feet before I switched it out. Getting back to the dealership we couldn't get it back into any of the 4wd selections.
Any thoughts on this issue or advice on how it might be to fix would be much appreciated.
I'm not super into the idea of a 4 speed manual but there are a lot more options around with it. I'm gonna find one to test drive, curious about opinions between auto or manual on these Jeeps.
Would this be alright to post in the general board? seems like it gets a lot more traffic than here but I wanted to be respectful and post here first.
Thanks for your time.
My budget isn't great at around 3 grand at the moment. I've looked at a couple that I could find in that range with manual transmissions. First was very rough at 150k, it was a hard pass. I looked at one today, a 2002 with 182k on it, very clean though. When inspecting it looks great all around expect underneath at what I'm pretty sure is the transfer case, looked like it had some oil leak issues at some time. I drove it, had a check engine light which I checked at a local store and came up as p0455, emissions leak, not something I'm TOO worried about. Also some slight wobble on the break, again not a huge deal at that price range. The problem came when I tried to change it into 4wd, right away a clunking metal on metal sound started coming from what sounded like the front right, only drove it a couple feet before I switched it out. Getting back to the dealership we couldn't get it back into any of the 4wd selections.
Any thoughts on this issue or advice on how it might be to fix would be much appreciated.
I'm not super into the idea of a 4 speed manual but there are a lot more options around with it. I'm gonna find one to test drive, curious about opinions between auto or manual on these Jeeps.
Would this be alright to post in the general board? seems like it gets a lot more traffic than here but I wanted to be respectful and post here first.
Thanks for your time.
