S-10 Blazer and Jeep Cherokee common problems?

harvey

My '95 went 373,000 km with no running gear repairs except boots and one set of brakes on the front. When I safetied it for sale to my friend I put the third muffler on it. That's all it took. Etest required nothing.

The buyer and his wife flat-out love my old truck, and in winter drive it more than their late-model BMW.

I Love Jeep cherokees, their only problem is that they're chrysler unibody junk with holes in the floorpans. But, I still love my 4x4 cherokees.

With friends, we own about 20 of them, all of them are lifted and off-road ready. You can't beat the driveline in them, and the 242 4.0L 6 banger is the best engine in the world.

Buy a Honda CRV or Pilot. Next choice would be a Toyota Rav4 or Highlander
or Sequioa Pick which one suits your size and if any needs for towing.

The Jeep Grand Cherokees are nice and my niece has one now her 2nd one. First one got totaled out. Bought them used and previous owners had a long list of parts they replaced and my Dad has replaced many on it too.

Sister has a 1999 Honda CRV bought it new. Might have over 130,000 miles now ? NEVER had any issues with it other than maintenance. She had an old accord before this maybe 300,000 on it ? and it was a good one too. Got us convinced so far. Dad has a 2004 Pilot not many miles but trouble free. Mom just got a left over 2007 CRV. They got the other Sister a used 1999 or 2000 CRV it may have 100,000 on it from previous owner. So far I think Dad may of put a door lock actuator in it. I just got a 2008 Honda Fit to try and save some gas. Haven't ran it much. I hope it holds up as good as my Sisters 99' CRV. Got my finger crossed as I seem to get LEMONS but that has about went away since I quit buying GM's. My 1999 Plymouth Van had no issues in 100,000 miles and my 1996 Dodge Ram bought with 80,000 miles now has 175,000 miles hasn't been too bad. Water pump and intake gasket, valve cover gaskets, rear diff. carrier bearings. The other stuff I consider wear items on a 4x4 u-joints,ball joints. Still doesn't leak a drop of anything on the floor !!!! NEVER had that with a GM.

The rotors are too thin to handle the heat and they warp easily. Lots of folks have the same problems. I have swapped them twice and have bought Bendix premium rotors but they do the same thing as the OEM. We have the 4.0L in-line 6 cyl and other than lousy mileage it's great. We have the towing package so the gearing is lower and it eats gas in the 16~18 mpg range.

I had a Blazer for a while and the 4.3L had a lot more power than the Jeep. The rear seats do a cool trick when they fold by automatically stowing the headrests (Jeep is manual). Jeep rides better in my opinion and has a bit more interior room.

I had a friend that worked for GKN Sintered Metals and they made some of the gears in the transfer case on the Jeep. He always told me that there's one in there that had a bad design and they cracked easily. I have never had a problem though.

My .02

It was the wife"s vehicle. I drove something else to my day job. When we decided to get a new vehicle for her she said she"d probably just get another S-10 Blazer. NO NO NO NO. Looked at a variety of stuff including Chevy, Ford, Honda, Dodge and Toyota. Selected the Toyota. May be the best overall vehicle we"ve owned and I"ve been driving for 55 years.

Bob