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Question Looking to buy a 1996 grand cherokee
Hi everyone I'm new to this site and I'm looking to buy a Grand Cherokee from a dealer, here in Adelaide SA. They go for around $6000 Australian dollars some are 1996 to 1998 with around 175,000 km to 200,000 km can any one please recommend me anything I should look for when buying this cars and how good they are for a family of 5 people, all the help is much appreciated and many thanks in advance.
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What are you planning to use it for? Just hauling kids around or light off road work or touring??
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Hi just want it as a family no off road or touring car cheers
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There once was a "Buying a Used ZJ/G" sticky but it got lost a search should find it for you.
I had one for a few years and no major problems but age will mean you may have to do a bit of maintenance as to get it up to speed, regular servicing and low Kms is a good place to start, have a look under it to see if it has any bash marks. Give the thing a good tramp on the pedal to see if the auto changes smoothly and find a clear area to do some tight figure 8's to see if the CV's are making any noise. Look in the header tank, coolant should be clean with no tide marks from oil or other crap on the sides. Basically the same as for any 2nd hand vehicle. Check the codes by turning the key on/off 3 times , the odometer should display a number or done.
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