Grand Cherokee ZJ
United Kingdom · 1996–1998
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1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
H17EAK 4.0L inline 6 Auto SORN
Vehicle
Year 1998
Variant Limited
Engine 4.0L inline 6
Gearbox Auto
Status
SORN
MOT Dec 2019
Last miles 163,396
Owner
P chaplain
On the register
Added Oct 2026
0 photos
16 MOT records
History of this Jeep
On the road
27 years
first registered March 1999
Recorded mileage
163,396
at MOT, Dec 2018
Miles per year
7,339
average since 2006
Last year
2 mi
Dec 2018 – Dec 2018
MOT record
10 of 16
tests passed since 2006
Time off road
2006–2007, 2007–2009
gap in MOT testing
V5C issued
Jan 2018
current keeper document
Historic status
2039
tax and MOT exempt, 13 years away
1 of 136
1999 Grand Cherokees still licensed in Britain, just 20% of the 670 first registered that year. Fewer than 200 ZJ generation cars remain licensed at all.
Survival data: AutoCensus · DVLA 2025 census
Ownership
I inhereted my ZJ from my father-in-law about 10 years ago. It was my daily for a good many years but it's been off the road for the last 4 as I started to replace the sills and then life got in the way. I'm currently resurrecting it from its enforced hibernation and removing a tonne of moss and lichen as it's been sitting under trees and gone a bit green. It's pretty solid apart from the sills - and the front of the bonnet is starting to blister, but apart from that it's probably one of my favourite vehicles, ever. It's got a decent multi-point sequential LPG kit fitted and runs very well for a motor with 170,000 miles on it although it'll get a thorough service shortly. During Storm Arwen one of the headlight lenses got blown out and shattered so tracking down rhd replacements is proving a nightmare, however I've a Plan B I'm about to undertake and will post results on the FB site shortly.
MOT history
16 tests · 2006 to 2018
Tests passed 10
Passed with advisories 6
Tests failed 6
Pass rate 63%
Items advised 31
Items failed 20
2006 · 70,722 miles 2018 · 163,396 miles
Date Result Miles Advisories
17 Dec 2018 PASS 163,396 —
12 Dec 2018 FAIL 163,394 —
Offside Rear Seat belt not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (c))
Offside Rear Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
15 Feb 2018 FAIL 163,376 7
Nearside Registration plate lamp not illuminating the registration plate (1.1.C.1e)
Battery insecure (1.9.1)
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement front bush (2.4.G.2)
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement saddle bush (2.4.G.2)
Offside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement saddle bush (2.4.G.2)
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases centre box (7.1.2)
Nearside Front Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (3.5.1g)
Offside Front Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (3.5.1g)
Nearside Rear Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (3.5.1g)
Offside Rear Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (3.5.1g)
Offside Rear seat belt inoperative
Oil leak engine area
Oil leak gear box area
Nearside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded to cylinder (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded to cylinder (3.6.B.2c)
both front brake discs corroding
both rear brake discs thin
13 Dec 2016 PASS 140,436 —
23 Nov 2015 PASS 132,831 2
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Offside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Specification
Factory · 4.0 Limited Auto
Engine 4.0 AMC inline 6 petrol
Power 174 to 176 bhp
Torque 290 to 301 Nm
Gearbox 4 speed automatic
Transfer case Quadra-Trac NV249
Drive system Permanent or on demand four wheel drive
Front axle Dana 30 low pinion
Rear axle Dana 35
Axle ratio 3.55 standard, 3.73 possible
MPG urban 13
MPG extra urban 23.5
MPG combined 18.2
Braked towing 3,500 kg

Factory data for the UK 4.0 Limited Auto. Axle ratios and diffs vary per car and should be verified from the axle tag or build sheet.

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