Vehicle

Jeep Liberty

Sold as the Cherokee outside North America, which is the confusion to resolve first — a European Cherokee of 2002 to 2012 is this vehicle and not the KL that carries the name in this catalogue. Body-on-frame gives way to a unibody here while keeping a live rear axle and a transfer case. The 2.8 CRD diesel is the European engine and its turbocharger actuator and EGR cooler dominate its faults; the 3.7 V6 is the American one and is mechanically undemanding by comparison.

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Generations

KJ 2002–2007

Sold as the Cherokee outside North America — a different vehicle from the KL that carries that name here.
- CRD (badge, not an engine)
Body styles

SUV

Platform

Jeep KJ
Engines
2.4 four-cylinder — petrol

3.7 V6 — petrol

2.5 CRD — diesel

2.8 CRD — diesel
Transmissions

5-speed manual · 4-speed Ultradrive 42RLE automatic · 4-speed Chrysler 45RFE automatic · 5-speed Chrysler 545RFE automatic · 6-speed Chrysler NSG370 manual

Drivetrain

Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
KK 2008–2012

The squared-off facelift; the 2.8 CRD's turbocharger actuator and EGR cooler are the European fleet's standing faults.
- CRD (badge, not an engine)
- 42LE / 42RLE 4-speed automatic
- NSG370 6-speed manual
Body styles

SUV

Platform

Jeep KK
Engines
3.7 V6 — petrol

2.8 CRD — diesel
Transmissions

4-speed Ultradrive 42RLE automatic · 6-speed Chrysler NSG370 manual

Drivetrain

Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range

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