# Are Jeeps reliable cars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [May 27, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-jeeps-reliable-cars/49437 "2010-05-27T02:09:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aaaaa1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aaaaa1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/aaaaa1)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-jeeps-reliable-cars/49437/1 "2010-05-27T02:09:31Z")
are Jeeps reliable? ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-jeeps-reliable-cars/49437/2 "2010-05-27T02:16:09Z")
The name jeep is on a lot of vehicles. Most are above average in reliability but like all vehicles they have their weak spots. A “Jeep” usually means the rag top 4x4 by whatever name it had at the time, CJ, Wrangler, etc. As Ricky Ricardo would say, SPLAIN. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-jeeps-reliable-cars/49437/3 "2010-05-27T02:17:01Z")
How many posts are you going to make about this? ---
**Author:** ![geeaea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@geeaea](https://community.cartalk.com/u/geeaea)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-jeeps-reliable-cars/49437/4 "2010-05-27T03:06:43Z")
As far as the TJ (Wrangler) and the XJ (Cherokee) they’re fundamentally pretty reliable. The parts availability is incredible. The engines are rock solid in the 4.0 or 2.5. Transmissions are too. The 4x4 hardware is shared between platforms and is not trouble prone. The vehicles themselves are relatively spartan compared to the Grand Chero and other posher offerings from Fomoco or GM. The bell and whistle list is short. Less to go wrong. They tend to be great vehicles for a long term relationship. They are not economical by most standards.