MG_43
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I am thinking about buying an 89 Laredo and was wondering if there are any inherent problems with this particular year? TIA.
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Problems with 89 XJ?
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MG_43
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- Deer Park, Wa
Is this a bad subject or just no one cares?
Flyfisher
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- Billings, Montana
I have an '89 XJ (Wagoneer Limited) and it has been very good to me. It's got 225,000 on the original engine and transmission. I've heard lots of folks rave about the 4L engine and the AW4 tranny....I'd have to agree!
Don Becker
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- Beaverton, Oregon
'First I've seen it . . . . If memory serves me, rear brakes were a problem in 89. If we knew which engine it has that might get some feedback going . . . I don't know whether, in 89, there was more than one transfer case or transmission . . . .
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- Terra Firma
I don't think rear brakes were particularly a problem in '89, but '89 was the first year the XJ offered ABS, and the ABS system that year is a dog, to be avoided if possible and removed if you get stuck with it.
Don Becker
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- Beaverton, Oregon
Well, my admittedly feeble memory wasn't too far off that time . . . . Don
MG_43
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- Deer Park, Wa
Thanks guys its a 4.0 auto with 231 T/C, a friend has a 88 that went 305,000 without any work to speak of, I know the Puegoet ( just guessing at the spelling) manual trannys were junk. Just wondered if there were any other issues. Thanks
dizzymac
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- New Hampshire
I have a '90...no real probs. to speak of other than the flywheel...it cracked in a few places and had to be replaced, just underwent state inspection today...it passed.
