Jeep Grand Wagoneer Road Trip! The Good, Bad & MPG After 3000 Miles Behind the Wheel
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- We took the Jeep Grand Wagoneer on a big family road trip and it had plenty of positives and some negatives as well. Come along for the ride as well look at all the pros and cons of this Jeep.
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My nephew and I just did a 3700 mile road trip in a 2024 Grand Cherokee limited rental. Las Vegas to New Orleans and back. It had 321 miles on it when we started and 4104 when we returned it. Never had a single issue and averaged 23.4 mpg. Not great, but acceptable to us. Definitely had the power to run the interstates and pass at 80 mph+. Seemed rock solid during the trip. Never owned a jeep, but this one seemed to be well made and reliable.
The kids liked the new portable jungle gym.
You have been blessed with a wonderful family!
Im always giving My comments about the vehicle being reviewed but this time, Id just like to say how VERY Adorable those sweet little Children were....what a beautiful family you have !
3000 mile review, perfect
Bought a 2023 in March of 2023, check engine light came on in May, 2 dealers and 4 visits later, they bought it back in November of 2023 and gave the majority of my money back. All because they could never solve a check engine light that wouldn’t shut off. Tech was nice but not smooth, screens would freeze or be delayed. Such a shame.
On top of that, you’re still buying a jeep. In my opinion going to the dealer that services basic wranglers to that luxurious behemoth, the dealership service part was lacking severely compared to buying a similarly priced vehicle.
I would stay far away from these vehicles. They’re nice and luxurious, but reliablity is a different story.
Solid review.
So lease it?
Man i can tell you work a desk job.
I absolutely 100% agree ,way too complicated , and too many expensive service issues dow the road ,utterly impractical to say the least, let alone to insure
From the scooter handle in the back I knew this is the review for me
I enjoy watching your videos you always look like you are having fun driving these different vehicles👍🏻
I had one as a rental, the V8 was the best part of it. However all the features like blind spot, lane detection, regular cruise control and adaptive cruise control would error out after a 10 minute use of cruise control. Then nothing would work besides radio and the engine. So loved the engine and drive. Hated everything else. And for that price….hell no
Thanks for sharing your personal experience of your whole family. Great perspective on the vehicle. Not many vehicles can do everything as this car can.
Excellent episode as always!!! 😁
great family Steve.
the thing thats being overlooked is that this tank has AWD and would have gotten the family through a blizzard or a flooded road. thats a big chunk of the price that you pay to have this convenience and safety
Ordered a jeep grand Cherokee after renting one in November. I wonder if that is the early 2023 model my understanding a lot of those have fixes already done. Looking forward to getting my delivery.
I have owned many brands of vehicles in the past and NOBODY does switch gear better than Toyota. The feel of quality in signal stalks, any buttons or dials is super top notch. The worst was Ford.
I agree. I would add I was impressed with the Mercedes stalks, switches, dials. Nissan's are garbage, even the Japanese built ones. I was kinda impressed with VW / Audi switch work and stalks, dials - but I felt like you didn't want to use them too much or too rough because you know they break and will cost you a kidney to fix.
i had a rav4 that had head gasket, transmission, wheel bearings, and 02 sensor issues. i had a tundra with a rusted frame that broke in half on a lift at brake shop. i had a toyota van with tranny issues. an 80s toyota truck that was super uncomfortable. but what does toyota have to do with wagoneer? whats your point?
@@healthyamerican maybe you should read better
Epic road trip!
Was that Buddy the baby alligator?
We saw him last spring!
Don’t let him slip out of your hands onto the water!
God bless your family ❤
Great video and nice Jeep.
Keep it going Jeep with nice engines without EV and Hybrid.
You drove that far to go to Louisiana when Texas is next door? 😮
We've rented wagoneers several times and always enjoyed it. The last time was for a ski trip in Colorado. On our last day there was a snow storm, and the wagoneer got us through the mountains in style. We just ordered a Grand Wagoneer L Series 3. Hopefully the new Hurricane engine proves reliable and hopefully there's fewer gremlins left in the uconnect [insert prayer hands]
Exactly what I want. The XL.
It looks nice.👍
That looks like the perfect roadtripper… I bought a 23 ram DT for the gf and dog for road trips. Definitely fits my needs but for a family I think I would need something else.
August 2024 southern Ontario- Nova Scotia and back so we will see how it does.
I used to drive for a local dealer transporting vehicles between their stores. Once delivered a Grand Wagoneer - sticker was around $100K. Nice vehicle but there is no freakin' way that I would ever pay that much for any vehicle.
Great review. Just can't afford it.
But, perspective, right? The Wagoneer is where most people think of from a pricing perspective - Yukon XL / Suburban, Expedition, etc. The GRAND WAGONEER is just a crazy pricing leap that I don't know how it makes sense.
Man a belated welcome to my state! Where did Y'all end up? Would have been cool to meet you guys!
Very nice review. I agree, I expected a little more from the Hurricane Engine. Off subject, what campground were you guys visiting in Louisiana, looked really nice.
I was also going to ask about those awesome looking vacation 'cabins'. Please put a link on where? and maybe a review on a side channel please
Steve your trip sounded very similar to my honeymoon back.In November. We hit St. Louis, then Nashville, then New Orleans. We drove the tail of the dragon on the way back to Ontario. Unfortunately didn't have our bikes with us. We did it in a new Chevy Equinox. And not a massaging seat in sight LOL. For the price point, I think folks will definitely look at other vehicles considering Jeep has not been able to shake some quality control issues Over the last number of years, just like Land Rover. I'm wondering if you're going to hear back from Jeep regarding some of the issues you found on your trip.
I love my Grand Wagoneer. I have 30k miles on it. The laggy change of the satellite radio doesn’t bother me much. There are 36 presets, I end up just scrolling through them.
Not to mention, with internet, Alexa plays whatever I want if I can’t find anything on the presets.
We have a 2023 Wagoneer Carbide edition and it actually does extremely well for gas MPGs but you have to do it by actual calculations. If you off the screen that calculation is always off by 2-3mpg at least on our Wagoneer. We just did a trip to Gatlinburg during Mardi Gras week and averaged 24-26mpg @ 78-72 mph I know these aren’t the same engines but we have no complaints whatsoever about our SO Hurricane 3.0L. The electronics is a different story we are being told that a system update/upgrade is coming out soon and it’s supposed to be fixing all the bugs with the Uconnect system. Other than a couple little Uconnect issues we absolutely love the Wagoneer from top to bottom.
Next time you in Louisiana I would love to help you out with the show.
Want to test drive that motor option in the half ton
Short wheel base is the way to go. I would just take the third row out.
I'm in 💕 love
Since it required to run premium fuel just buy the Yukon xl with diesel engine and get the better fuel economy because the cost of fuel is comparable at that point
well actually the Escalade ESV is the more comparable vehicle in terms of features and price. but the yukon is really the best middle ground since even with the Yukon XL in the denali ultimate, its still cheaper than the grand wagoneer here by thousands. but yeah, i would get the yukon xl as well, but with v8 just because they are disappearing in the auto world :(
Jeep engineers said you can run regular 87 fuel. You just won't get the power advertised.
Buy a Duramax Escalade and don't look back.... Yes I know GM isn't without it's faults but you'd have all that and 28 mpg. Sure it's not as quick to 60 but it's a land yacht not a sports car. I'd bet the infotainment is better and all the buttons would work lol.
Pretty cool and log road trip. This 3.0 TT engine is very efficient but I prefer V8 burble. Greetings
People are actually reporting better highway mileage with the 6.4 V8 than the I6. However I think the I6 does better in town; but only by a little.
I just bought a ‘22 GWS3 with the 6.4. I guess we’ll see how the mileage turns out. 🤷♂️ Sounds great though!
I hear a stop sell coming
@Steve, choosing from Grand Wagoneer, Ford Expedition Max, and Chevy Suburban, if you were buying to own for 10 years, which one would you pick?
I was rather impressed with the rental Ford in my 3,000 mile trip in it. Easy and precise handling, decent mpg (touching 20 with a loaded up vehicle), and none of the gremlins you experienced with the Jeep, but I don't have much experience with the Suburban, and none with the Jeep.
personally? If you need these extra length ones - I would do the GMC Yukon XL with the 6.2L. If you can live with a slightly shorter one, I'd do the Sequoia, then the Yukon with the 6.2L. The best resale values will be with the Toyota and the GM sisters. IF the Expedition MAX or 'Gator XL came with Powerboost, and held it's resale value better...
Kids are great.
The Aspen 2.0
How was the sound system?
The epa rating is probably not based on a fully loaded vehicle. Probably perfect conditions with a light load of people and fuel.
I have a question on that, and I know, being a fleet vehicle, you don't want to admit to speeding, but where I live, the posted speed limit is 70 and we all have to do 80 to be safe, some of my surrounding states have 75, and you have to do... you get the point. My Toyota's and Lexus' get about 18MPG at those speeds, I'm wondering 'real world' highway driving MPG. Also, we all do it. the 91 Octane thing. My Lexus says it needs it, I took the 1st 5 tanks to experiment - ran 91, then 87, and then settled on 89... Did you slip and put the cheap stuff in on a tank ? and tell us what it did? we all do it, would love to know the results.
How did they mess up cruise control buttons like that? My Ram 1500 has the rubber button feel and there are no gaps for junk to get in and stick it. Why did they go to hard plastic garbage?
Lack of engineering and design integrity and capitulating to the bean counters.
The GMC Yukon XL or Suburban would be my choice...perhaps with the 3 litre diesel. $140,000.00 CDN is just nuts.
And both would be cheaper. Granted, the standard Wagoneer competes with both of those.
i need big yellow wagon from 73 haha
...if you don't mind having a mortgage.... LOL
Or maybe just save up to buy one.
Too bad you didn’t weigh the wagoner loaded with family and luggage. It would have been nice to see how close to the gvwr you were and that would have been a good addition when you were talking about mpg.
iam not a techie person so technology wouldnt bother me lagie or not find a radio station i like iam happyy
I would be more concerned about the cruise control not working.
With something like that you won't be able to afford raising the family you plan to cram in it. 2024 base trim Grand Wagoneer L is 95k USD. (Good review, I bet the kids loved the trip!)
Normal families can barely afford a mini-van... these are for the yachting families...
$120k is strongly in Escalade ESV territory.
I was hoping it would be better. Oh well
well, you certainly can get a deal on them. They are the 2nd worst selling vehicle on the JDRC lot, with the Hornet being the worst. Where I live, they tried everything to move them, people just don't want a $75 to 120K FCA/Stellantis...
For that price i could buy 3 of my suvs and still have enough money left over to take that trip with all 3 suvs i drive
@Truck King: I cannot imagine anyone spending that kind of money on a vehicle made by Stellantis, even the TRX. You experienced quite a few issues. Thanks for the review.
Well that is a little disappointing on the quality. I am looking to get a full size SUV
If you're complaining about mpg with this vehicle you can't afford it.
More frustrating: The satellite radio jumping past stations to get to your channel of choice was done on purpose - that behavior was programmed in.
There is just no excuse for that button issue.
Now the question is, are you tye only person to use this vehicle, or was it brokem by another user?
At the end of the day, a $100,000+ vehicle should be of the highest quality. Amd being from automotive, they have new models in production testing years before release.
As an example, i didn't know what the current Corvette looked like, but my company was making and testing (heat, cold, paint etc) about 3 or 4 various parts. So i knw it was getting the side and hoot vents.
So my 2024 Denali 2500 HD diesel truck get 24.7 mpg at your 100kph on the highway. Yes even in the mountains! Before you buy that "spacious 3rd row jeep" just keep in my the the very nicest 2500 hd truck is under 100k CAD! You could tow your ungrateful kids and 20,000 lbs no probelm ❤😂
It may not be as cool or as fast, but in this situation I would just go with a Toyota Sienna Hybrid minivan.
Its 40% of the cost and gets double the mpg's, and has pretty much the same room.
There are better options out there for the money!
better than a 2024 Sequoia ?
This vehicle is better than the Sequioa.
@@samsosa7164 $40K better? I don't think so. I sadly own 2 Stelantis products, and 3 Toyota lexus products - glitz is skin deep and quality needs to be engineered - something Stellantis hasn't done in decades. Plus, the dealers for these Jeeps - man they suck just getting my Wrangler fixed, couldn't imagine them being able to exceed my Lexus service experience. Maybe my mind is messed up - the Wagoneer is positioned where the Sequoia and the Yukon and the Expedition are... the GRAND WAGONEER is suppose to be a Escalade, Navigator, LX600 level. To me, the Wagoneer is what they should be trying to win with, not a glitzed up 'GRAND WAGONEER'.
Insane the accelerator stuck. I would rent this or enter a giveaway for it, but not buy it.
cool, but a minivan would have been better for road trip
You're not wrong. If you dont need to tow, a minivan would be more comfortable, roomier, and better mpg.
Compare to Land Rover Defender 130.
can you tried to sandwich into a Defender's 2nd row seats? It's Euro - max in size, which is barely full sized here.
We are going the wrong direction with these engines. Engines don't need more HP and TQ, they need be better MPG. Give me 400 hp and 25 mpg. Majority of people will use this as a soccer bus. This engine will shine pulling 8 or 9 k but the vast majority will be as you used it. These power wars need to end. So $120 k, 91 octaine smh.
Just because you cannot afford one does not require a change in direction. They sell every one they make, so you are in the minority. Accept it, and move on.
@@mikek5298 ha ha. Afford one? Funny. I have a gas guzzler and enjoy it. You miss the point due to your arrogant perception. Jet engines, locomotives you name it have increase significantly in power and efficiency more than marginal. Gas engines have increased in power and mpg only marginal. Obviously you too dumb to notice and accept the status , thank God your a purchaser and not an invisionist.
@@mikek5298 Ouch. What a zinger. Exceptional thought went into your response.
Elon Musk "I'm going to build a rocket and it will return to earth and land at any designated sight"... Nasa "Ha Ha. accept this is the way rockets work."
We all see Elon was right with some insight . I'd rather challenge the status quo rather than being just a dumb consumer. I see which category your in.
Afford? Your right. I'm poor. But my wife is really rich
that's brutal about the cheap plastic buttons on the steering wheel of a vehicle Stellantis/Jeep are charging over $100K for, let alone the fact that this is a safety issue. Embarrassing
What’s up with those ginormous headrest? That’s a lot of money for non perfection.. I pay that kind of money I don’t want cheap buttons and tech
This looks like a great vehicle. Just pricy……
Is it just me,or does it look like our guy has lost some lbs/kgs?
Doesn't look like Jeep made the liftgate glass able to open as all Fiat/Chrysler vehicles that should, don't as opposed to a few manufacturers albeit sadly declining for cost savings and looks rather then utility. The straight 6 is a better choice then a V6. Unfortunately Fiat/Chrysler need to work out their bugs and quality issues plagued by so many of their vehicles especially the ones that shouldn't be for the price and technology. Sometimes it feels like the customers are the testing patients rather then when the vehicle is in the manufacturers proving grounds. My advice is save your money and stick with what works rather then looks like it does and you can't beat the Lincoln Navigator and Cadillac Escalade or their standard versions the Expedition and Tahoe/Yukon twins especially the extended versions on all models. The Toyota Sequoia and Lexus GX 550 is the next top choice and the Nissan Armada and Infiniti Qx80 are at the bottom and shouldn't really be considered for the price and old tech. Don't forget the Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse that offer similar interior space and better reliability overall. I wouldn't trust any Fiat/Chrysler product until their reliability rankings increase significantly. Looks doesn't always equate function nor durability nor does name plates. At these prices one should always become more educated and think for themselves and question everything ✌🏽❤️
At $121K, this will not be in the cards for me. I know there are folks out there who can afford it, but honestly how many?? It can't be many. My entire house was only $40K more than that. And this vehicle is only going to depreciate and cost money. At least my home will hold its value, if not go up.
The quality issues from day 1 is just a big no for me. That just says Jeep, trying to be upscale vs. a brand that actually is upscale. Jeep is really trying to make you forget is it in fact a Jeep, essentially banishing all Jeep logos on this vehicle. That's part of the branding.
If this had a less stressed ~550 hp 4.0L twin-turbo V8 it would be the ultimate SUV, pure luxury. This inline-6 is holding it back. 8 cylinders are better than 6.
Packaging is difficult with a DOHC V8, they're physically huge. I6 is perfectly balanced and much easier to work on if the need ever arises.
Powertrain wasn’t the issue he said
@@okcmoparguy724 Then how does BMW fit their 4.4L V8 in the smaller X7? Or how did Toyota fit their giant 5.7L V8 in the 2nd gen Tundra?
@@joseeduardo4327 For that money it is.
17mpg for 95% highway driving is pathetic. They need to start hitting these things with the guzzler tax.
If Jeep wants to play with the big boys like Lexus, BMW and Merc.. then it should have better quality control than a 10 year old Corolla.
since when is bmw and mercedes quality? i can tell you the wagoneer will hold its value more than mercedes or bmw or land rover. in ten years you can find any of those brands for $3500 because they are not reliable and not worth the repair and maintenance costs.
The whistling was anoying
I much rather have Yukon Denali. Better engine, better looks, better reliability.
Cause gm make 3 of the same suv that y
Lol reliability wouldn't go that far that's a stretch
I have a 2500 Denali and a Wagoneer. I looked at the Yukon Denali and the AT4 and the Wagoneer is on a different level. It's more in line with the Escalade but more comfortable.
@@iflyem3582 if it won't all wheel drive and had a 2wd model I think the mpg will be alot better
People who can afford it don't care about mpg.
typical stellantis junk. needs to be $60k cheaper
which brands do you like?
Loads out a super large vehicle and complains about gas mileage
Yet another Jeep product that comes up short. Quality issues day one and miserable gas mileage on premium fuel. Mall crawlers unite!
The sequoia is a great alternative. Much better resale value too.
I felt the same way. Owned 1998 Chrysler intrepid and a 2014 ram 1500. Will not buy a Chrysler again. I’m done with this brand😂
@@QuangNguyen-pf3ehsequoia space is a joke
@@QuangNguyen-pf3ehThe Sequoia is retarded. Toyota made ZERO effort during development. Buying that just supports lazy lazy engineering.
@@markwangontario7573Yup.The best full-size body-on-frame SUVs come from GM and the best full-size truck comes from Ford.
Come back to this in 20 years and let us know how much of the electronic shit no longer works at all. Today's vehicles are built with 100% failure as part of the build quality....all that touch screen shit isn't gonna hold up for the long haul, the automakers are so worried about the environment yet they're building obsolescence and failure right into every single vehicle they build, electrics included.
17mpg, not impressed at all...they should have just left the V8 in them, that big of a vehicle should have the right power plant, a turbo charged smaller engine isn't a fix for a vehicle that needs more displacement...and the V8s could be tuned for a lot more HP, they just detune them for fuel economy EPA nonsense.
At 100k+ a sticking cruise control button...yep typical of Chrysler quality control...err...lack of...heck what do they even call themselves anymore? They've changed hands so many times, even Dodge don't put their names on the Ram trucks anymore.
I miss my Jeep in the winter, but mine was a ZJ, mechanical 4WD system, and old school Inline 6 without the turbo crap. Odd thing was I never had any transmission issues like so many people claim they had, but then again I maintained my vehicle properly....my last ZJ however, the previous owner skipped out what seemed to be every maintenance checkbox they could, and it showed, the engine and transmission in it had issues and it only had 1/2 the miles my first ZJ had.
I think the newest Grand Cherokee I'd care for would maybe be the WK but preferably a WJ.
Some vehicles are made for decadent people. Too many electronics on this thing.
Online maps are stupid. You do not know where you are??