Now that the Cherokee is discontinued

I believe that there is a federal law (or regulation, or something) that says a manufacturer must support a vehicle for a specified time after discontinuation. I seem to remember 10 years. maybe Bill has a link.......

I wouldn't worry about the Cherokee at all. This was a very popular vehicle with many many units sold. Federal law or not, people will be supporting it for a long time.

Earle

Carlo Jr. wrote:

It's still current production in China.

But parts prices I bet will go up. I remember back when I had a '90 Mustang GT. A fog light on that thing would occassionally get taken out by a stone tossed up in front of me. First two or three times or so it broke, the car was still in production and I remember the price for the light assembly was always $60-something. Then, the 'new' Mustang came out in, i forget, '94? Not soon after it came out, I lost yet another fog light in my '90. Went to the dealer to pick up a new one and found out the price had was suddenly doubled to a $120. Same thing happened with a windshield wiper motor. Replaced it once for a relatively cheap price (a rebuilt unit, btw). A year later the replacement went bad (doh! i hate rebuilds!) and so I had to get yet another replacement. Price was over 50% higher. Both motor replacements were from a generic auto parts store and not the dealer.

No. The dealership will continue to service your XJ for about 10 years, give or take a few. There are millions of those on the road, there will be no problem getting them fixed.