Originally Posted by HammerZ71

I've personally seen a '93 ZJ with an AW4 tranny, might be just the very early ones had it.

I've had four Grand Cherokees, the first three ('95 4x2 ZJ 5.2, '98 4x4 ZJ 4.0 and '02 WJ Laredo Sport 4x4 4.0) were all bought new and all were the ex's daily drivers. Never had a lick of a problem with any of them aside from brakes & rotors, but that's because the b*tch would go from full gas to full brake ALL THE TIME! The first two were traded at 3 years old when the 3/36 bumper-to-bumper expired and had less than 40k on them. The last was three years old when we split and had 28k on the clock. I know she traded that one on a new '06 right after we split up.

My current '02 Overland I've had since '06 and bought it used with 61k on the clock. Five years and 40k miles and I've not had to put a dime in it except for maintenance BUT now it's starting to have ALL the issues Grand Cherokees are known for. I've had to do the blend doors, a window regulator and about a month ago a rear caliper seized on me and took out the pads and rotor. Last week the cheesy plastic radiator decided to split at the seam and it's currently parked while I'm waiting for a new radiator to show up at my door.

I'll continue to fix the issues until I see a hint of a problem in the power train...