Anyone near Wigan who could check a car?

Ashton-in-Makerfield to be precise.

 

What sort of car?

 

Grand Cherokee.

 

I'm over that way now, go to my RR auction, my mobile number is on it,
give me a call before 3pm (after that i cant answer for a few hours)

Ta

 

Thanks, but it's off the list now. 2000 registered but it's the old
pre-99 model, so not the bargain it first appeared.

 

Ney bother.

 

Don't do it. Whenever I see one on the side of the road with the bonnet up I
think "It's a Jeep thing".

Fraser

 

No, it's "a Jeep service centre" thing. I've had my current Jeep for 10
years & 70k miles, & it's only gone wrong once, which was a direct
result of letting a Jeep main dealer touch it (they put the front brake
pads in the wrong sides which caused them to seize on).

The GC does have a couple of issues - front rotors warp as the calipers
are slightly off centre (easily sorted with new calipers - about
$300/pair) & the electrics can go on the fritz due to the loom rubbing
on a bolt in the engine bay near the firewall - also easily sorted once
you know what the problem is. Compare that with the cracked engine
blocks on Range Rovers & Nissans, or blown head gaskets, warped heads &
rattling throttle bodies on Freelanders, & it doesn't seem too bad.

Of course there's always a chance of getting a lemon with any car, but
avoid the ones that have had a new owner every year & that's unlikely
to happen.

 

That cracked block issue isn't that, it slipped cylinder liners. It's
nowhere near as prevalent as made out either.

 

Seems to be both. When I was Googling RRs a few days ago, there were an
awful lot of people with cracked blocks on the 4.6.

These things rarely are ime, with a few notable exceptions.

 

I've had a lot of 4.6's and never had the problem. What is common is an
expensive misdiagnosis of a partially blocked radiator core very common.

 

Krusty wrote in uk.rec.motorcycles:

God, I miss my Jeep. I had a 2006 Grand Cherokee (CRD LTD) for 3 years
but it went back at the end of September (it was leased). I loved that
car, but good sense dictated I should get something a little cheaper to
run. And the problem I had with it was a mysteriously flat battery
after not using it for a week. It was sorted by the dealer with a mod
involving the alarm circuit (I think).

 

Why are alarms such pains in the arse?