Towing capacity of '99 Jeep

[John and Ginny]

I have a friend that needs to know the towing capacity of his 1999 Jeep Cherokee with 4 liter straigt 6 cylinder engine, 2 wd, automatic. He has not been able to find out any info. Are there any web sites that might have that data on older vehicles. Thanks for any suggestions.

John

[John and Ginny]

I have a friend that needs to know the towing capacity of his 1999 Jeep Cherokee with 4 liter straigt 6 cylinder engine, 2 wd, automatic. He has not been able to find out any info. Are there any web sites that might have that data on older vehicles. Thanks for any suggestions.

John

[Hitchhiker]

John,

According to Trailer Life, the Cherokee and Grand Cherokee with the 4.0 liter six banger can tow up to 5,000# if equipped with an automatic transmission, weight distributing hitch, and the 'trailer tow' package.

[Two Bit]

We have a 99 Cherokee 4 door as one of our daily drivers (same engine as you describe, auto transmission). When we had a pop-up several years ago, we towed with the Cherokee. It was a 1022 Starcraft with rooftop AC. Not a big pop-up, but not tiny either, double bed and queen bed. It had a 10' long box when closed, single axle, less than 5000 lbs.

Dont tow more than a pop-up of the above size with the Cherokee. It has power and will not overheat, but the short and narrow wheelbase of the Cherokee does not lend itself to a bigger trailer. We had to use very long mirror extensions to see past the pop-up's width and a longer or taller trailer would have caused excessive sway. It dropped the MPG fron 21 down to 13 when towing and with two adults and one dog in the Cherokee.