KJ longevity

[steady_eddie]

2003, sport, 3.7 liter, 83,000 miles.
blower motor resistor
brake pads and rotors
About to replace power lock motor, drivers side.

 

[mightybeet]

2004 kj - gas.. highway and regular road conditions. original owner at 8 miles.

forgot how many miles blower motor resistor went kaput.
150,000+ miles water pump goes kaput and relieves itself.
160,000+ miles ****** turns into a play dough factory on the highway.
170,000+ miles climate control check valve and/or hose
179,600+ miles alternator and/or ac are having a clicking match though ac works perfect.

routine change in shocks, recalls, brakes, tires, etc...

 

[desertkj]

2002, Limited, 3.7L, 140K miles.

Radiator
Routine brake service
Rear Passenger Window Regulator
Driver Seat Seatbelt Latch
Oil Pressure Sensor
Driver Sunvisor Clip
Upper Control Arm Replacement
Currently sporadically showing "Airbag" Fault Indicator
Tailgate Rattle (not repaired, due to body flex)

 

[jeepchic79]

2002 Sport 156k , plug`s , thermostat censer

 

[04Liberty]

04 (it's like a sport model but didn't come with sport badging) bought in Nov 05 with like 14,*** something on it. Currently has 61,*** on it.

- 18,*** Ball joint recall performed
- 60,000 Front windshield cracked - replaced
- 61,117 battery died altogether - replaced
- Routine oil changes, spark plugs and tires

That's it for repairs, now modifications are another story.

 

[george0029]

2005 Sport with 29,800 miles.

Repairs
-Oxygen Sensor
-Oil Pressure Sensor
-Ball Joint Recall
-HVAC blower resistor
-Brake rotors & Pads
-Passenger Sun visor Clip (LOL)

 

[chef0069]

2007 with 35,000. Bought with 34789. Had it one week tomorrow.
replace plugs, air filter.

 

[camper97]

2005 3.7 sport
bought in the spring of 09 with 50k miles now has around 61k

-radiator (twice)
-some problem with the belts
-new brakes right after i got it
-and after about a year i got new rims and tires

 

[tommudd]

04 bought new September 04, only driven by me
lets see
lower ball joints
u joints 55000 miles
front drive shaft 113,000
Intermediate shaft and CV ( right side) 135,000
all coil packs 140,000 getting weaker so why not
rear tri link 140,000 wasn't real bad just had a new one laying in the way
1 O2 sensor, torn the wire off roading
front brakes 99,000 not bad yet but had it apart so why not
rear brakes 135,000
right side outer tie rod end 135,000

all in all nothing what I call bad

 

[Marlon_JB2]

No '04 came with Sport "badging" btw.

 

[AlexKJ]

'03 Export KJ Limited 3.7L 4x4 ~43,800mi (70.500 km)

Bought in '07 with ~18,700mi (30.000 km)

Repairs: Idle Air Control Motor @ ~40.400mi (65.000 km)

Manteinance: Just regular (Battery, pads, rotors, spark plugs, oil, filters, diff fluids, tcase fluid, alignments, pcv valve, etc.)

Cheers

 

[mntnbkr]

'02 Limited w/ 114,780 miles (owned since approx 45K miles)

All maintenance & repairs performed by me. I don't know the mileage of all the repairs, but here's the list:

-re-solder tail glass defrost leads (performed by dealer that we purchased from before signing papers)
-blower motor resistor
-speed sensor wires (above rear diff)
-new trans pan (rusted out, pin hole leak) & replaced filter
-fixed cracked hose in PCV system

That was the complete list up until until about 3 weeks ago, then my wife broke the intermediate/CV shaft spline so:

-new cv shaft
-new intermediate shaft
-new oil pan (rusted out, pin hole leak) & gasket
-new (lower mileage salvage) front axle assembly (not a required repair but I figured I might as well)
-new lower control arms LH & RH with all new bushings
-new lower ball joints
-new cam bolts
-new drivers side front wheel bearing
-new rear brake pads & spring kit

There may have been a few other minor hiccups along the way, but nothing notable. Currently though, I'm trying to track down an intermittent A/C issue.

Adam

 

[calamaridog]

02 Limited 4x4 owned since Aug 02 with 137,000k miles

radiator
ball joints x2
window regulator x2
front driveshaft

Overall it has been more reliable than I thought it would be

 

[KJ zGal]

2002 Renegade, 132,000 miles. Bought with 87k.

Serpentine belt
Spark plugs
Master cylinder
Thermostat
Rotors
Head unit replacement

And...coming soon...randomly changing AC temperature repair-.-

Muffler was replaced because I wanted it louder =P
Fog light was replaced after I punched it out sinking the front end of the KJ in a pond I didn't know was under me.
Tires were replaced out of necessity.
Upper control arm replaced due to recall.
Bumper, fender, driver's side wheel flare, grille, and headlight replaced after the KJ took a guardrail to the nose in February of '08 =[

Come to think of it, I've done a lot more to this thing than I thought I had...but still, I've had it almost 3 years and it DOES have a lot of miles on it...xD

 

[boebr1]

06 ren, bought in 09. 54k miles replaced the cat converters about 6 months ago, and now i'm looking at both new front hub/bearing assemblies and upper control arms (cuz the stock ones don't have removeable ball joints) Those bearing and joint issues started before my lift, i just always assumed the noise was from the crappy tires. Had the RH rear door window regulator break... now the window is held closed with 2 screws and a block of wood while I take care of things that are more important to me.

 

[|V3nom|]

04 Limited
127k

front passenger and rear driver window motor replaced(within a week of each other :/)
fuel filter and gas cap
brake rotors only because they were warped
brake pads because i changed the rotors
spark plugs because i went with iridium plugs

pretty much nothing serious, just the normal stuff. only had it since 112k though.

 

[n3tninja]

02 Limited, Auto, 4x4 162k miles bought from company in Oct 06 with 70k something.

normal maintenance, changed all fluids
Ball joint recall repair
Rear diff locked in March 09 surprisingly cheap fix
AC compressor replaced in Nov 09

Need to replace blown door speaker, power mirror switch, and the windshield sometime soon if the crack gets any bigger.

 

[sprsonic]

03 renny 75k, bought new in 03. only thing that has ever gone wrong is a battery and an early jba upper control arm failure at 45 mph, obviously not chryslers fault. other than misc. maint. this thing has been the best vehicle i've ever owned.

 

[67Customs]

This thread does nothing but have everyone jinx themselves.:icon_twisted:

 

[ptsb5a]

I called Chuck to see if he could spare a roundhouse kick, unfortunately he was attending to a prior engagement. So I punched my Hazard switch to get my left turn signals to work again. Looks like I may need a new switch assembly.