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Jeep Grand Cherokee 2002: Is the differential up for towing?

I am looking at a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 156,000 km on the odometer. I plan to use it for towing a double horse float and gear around the country, but I have heard differing reports about them regarding problems with the diff and computer locking etc. Are they ok?

The basic mechanicals are durable and generally quite reliable. The front diffs could be troublesome, but Jeep released an additive for the oil to fix that problem. The V8s were also known to crack exhaust manifolds, and the overall build quality generally wasn’t up to the standard of the Japanese competition.

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