NEW 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L | Here's What's GOOD & BAD

[@PrimeAutotainment]

Thanks for watching! I really enjoyed my time with this new Grand Cherokee L, despite the nitpicks. See the full review here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4Wtm3yAmst3sJo Night review here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYm9dHyoZtqHg80

[@SirRome-tg1df]

Very nice 👍 in depth review and opinion video

[@finwaydiddy1977]

Nice review just picked up my 2023 Altitude L 4x4 and love it. The Captain chairs actually can move back and provide amazing space. Choose the reliable V-6 which is plenty of power. The 8.4inch screen is enough and yes I only have six speakers but the sound system is just right. Got mind for 4k less than MSRP with white color. Love my blacked out factory emblems , grill, and wheels. The Altitude is the best model in my opinion. Don’t need all those driving modes lol… this is an family vehicle not and off road king. It can do some basic off road but, most I have seen are on the streets. The car drives a little better than my old 2016 Durango in my opinion. I have seen higher end models but, they don’t look as good and really don’t justify the high price. I don’t need 360 camera … lol I know how to drive. I use to own a 2015 Platinum Escalade so I know what it’s like to have all those high features but, most you don’t even use. This thing is a great grocery getter and basic needs especially with 6200 pounds of towing for most people needs. Gas is great too.

[@brianmerrill2362]

Always love the reviews!! Keep going with them

[@PrimeAutotainment]

Thank you!

[@unfoldingthebasics351]

2nd row bench/captain seat option in all trims! 👍🏼

[@rabishankarpal]

Although its big Muscle SUV but Since I own one JGC - L Overland 2021 , few small but very important flaws of this vehicle 1. Safety features - Super bad, Automatic Emergency Braking ( AEB ) and Pedestrian Emergency Braking ( PEB ) does not work 9 out of 10 times, so you can not make any mistake that the safety features won't help you anytime. I already raised to Jeep Wave Case ID and reported to NHTSA about this. NHTSA safety rating yet to published for this vehicle. 2. Small but very important - Gas Fill Door / Gas Cap - does not have Lock. so, when you lock your vehicle , any one can access to your gas tank and You are gone with Sugar ** , How can we avoid public parking areas , we can not keep vehicle in Home Garage only. Jeep has to think - not everyone is trustworthy in public parking. A $65K vehicle can be vandalize just using a cup of Sugar & a funnel. 3. Interior Design - it look luxurious but with bad geometry , longest vehicle in its class - 205" long , 78" wide, but Cargo space less than a SUV of 195" long ( comparing with Telluride, Highlander, Ascent , Explorer etc ). Badly use of space, with 205" long, if vehicle interior done in a very smart and intelligent way, it can give big cargo space and can win the race with its competitors. 4. Mobile App "Jeep" - is only a Paid Subscription, ( complimentary 3 months ), now a days every other company providing at least a year or multi year subscription. Well, yes, a person who can buy $65K , can buy few hundreds bucks of subscription as well. But Jeep has to achieve that level of Super Luxury , Super HiTech to get such respect. 5. Super bad Resale market value - JGC depreciate very badly, compare to its competitors. First 2 years it will depreciate by 40% of the vehicle value , that's too bad for a brand like Jeep. Anyone planning to buy - please consider these above points , if you feel above points are important for you, think twice before you buy.

[@BobBob-db2xq]

The car is beautiful, all vehicles lose value...I'm buying 2 year old to save a few bucks...it is a shame how much cars fall in value 😢 2024 bmw 60,000...2 year old! 30,000...go figure...I'm shopping used😢

[@paintedbird6791]

Only time will tell about the reliability of GCL. I had 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee, visited dealer too many times. Never wanted to buy another Jeep but, this L version looks pretty good.

[@Leahmarie-b4j]

Has anyone had a problem with it starting 3 time it hasn’t started for me and it has a recall

[@Kablemodem]

If you opt for the bench seat you have to give up both of the technology packages. I have no idea why, but when you build the vehicle on the website and choose the bench seat it removes both technology packages.

[@jeepcam84]

Does the catalytic cover by the skid plate ?

[@dmarialexander1519]

can you make a video hyundai palisade vs the jeep Grand Cheokee L i would love it. I own a 2020 palisade limited and not even 60k

[@joebronxer1204]

That Dial for the transmission is so HUGE. Why not save space and use a knob?!

[@Evan-memo]

Not only v8 has nice power but you can tune these engines to as much as you want alot of room also reliability will be way better then the v6 for this heavy truck these hemi engines are used in most pick up trucks and their pick up trucks go 100s of thousands kms with no issues So if i ever get something from gm and heavy i would never ever get anything other then big engine hemi or whatever must be 4.8 and up

[@BobBob-db2xq]

All I will say is don't let mds motor idol to long of period...mine is crap in my ram😢 now I need new motor, or cam and lifters...sad, I loved my ram sport...very fast...or was😂

[@1gr8oil]

Where is the towing option?

[@fuad5118]

What I would like to know once you have a hand on the two row, does it have the this interior cameras when you said you can see ur daughter? And is it possible to recline the back row to have more comfort or you can’t

[@anoplaz]

yay author good video

[@jayhill9259]

LOL, we can tell you love this Jeep just like us. I just bought the Summit L. Your dislikes are hilarious. Lawd knows reaching for that cup in the cup holder was almost a deal breaker for me HAHAHAHAHA. Great video!!!!

[@PrimeAutotainment]

Haha man seriously I loved it. So did my wife. The positives are overwhelmingly better than any small negative. Nice work by Jeep. Thank you sir and glad to hear about your Summit, that’s awesome! 😁👍

[@samerrasheed]

The amount of piano black inside is big no no for me

[@brandon6541]

@@samerrasheed ikr just think in like 1yr or 4 the paino black will be scratched badly

[@sx99cornell]

instead of a V8 that produces a mediocre 357 HP and 390 lb-ft torque with a horrible 17 miles/gallon combined city/highway, Jeep should just give it a turbocharged engine, with a lot more power and also a lot better fuel efficiency. Volvo's 2.0L I-4 produces more HP with its turbos than the V6 here, and its 2.0L I-4 combined with an electric motor produce way more HP and torque than the V8 here, also with a much better fuel efficiency rating.

[@godsavemefromgenZ]

the 6 cylinder is pretty stout, if they added a turbo it would be better than the V8

[@BeastModeFitness11]

Turbos are unreliable

[@sx99cornell]

@@BeastModeFitness11 but as you know, jeep isn't a reliable brand to begin with. And so so many cars nowadays with turbo are a lot more reliable than jeep. Jeep is simply cutting cost here.

[@mlateer]

Curious if the seat tilt works when you have your child seat backward as you had it here?

[@sanmac9621]

You didn’t talk about 3rd row which jeep introduced first time …!!! And gas milage

[@kennethwalton5582]

It looks nice but unless you truly need a 4x4 that’s comfortable, you’ll be better off with a Telluride, Palisade or something comparable for far less money. My 2021 Palisade Limited FWD has comparable features, more interior space and only cost $46,460. Price is going to be Jeep’s problem. It may look luxurious but it has yet to prove that it’s worth the price increase.

[@Icetillidie]

That is true, for families that are looking for a functional reliable 3 row, the competition is better with price and features. What jeep will win with, and was part of the reason we got one to replace our explorer, is the family that want something less common. We would have chose the palisade or telluride, but they are everywhere.

[@novadrive3809]

Far less?? Ummm…can’t get a Telluride or Palasade under $63k where I live. You can get an Overland in high 50’s that offers more.

[@kennethwalton5582]

@@novadrive3809 …..Well, the pricing on the Telluride and Palisade will come back down to normal MSRP levels, but the Grand Cherokee L is already at its MSRP for something comparable and it’s a lot higher than the Telluride and Palisade. Wait until next summer and everything will be back to normal and the Jeep Grand Cherokee L will be $7k plus, higher, in comparison to a similarly spec’d Telluride or Palisade.

[@Icetillidie]

@@novadrive3809 yeah hyundai and kia are really feeling themselves right now, people paying over msrp like they are buying a house🤣

[@genesis3490]

46k how’s that cheaper

[@marnellecorege5595]

I agree with you - the things that were annoying to you were also annoying to me - great review - cheers from Canada

[@gracehayes9608]

its hard to keep clean the (piano black)

[@mohala1271]

Does has hybrid version?

[@LeoTheShortGuy]

Excellent

[@monkeyslap]

Dude, put a folded up towel down or something under the child's seat, otherwise you're going to destroy that leather!

[@rebeccastratton8718]

Did u do a good and bad review for the 2021 Dodge Durango?!

[@PrimeAutotainment]

No I’m sorry I haven’t. I haven’t had the Durango for an extended period of time yet otherwise I would have!

[@stevenrodriguez9655]

Where did everyone get those awesome leather Jeep keychain things?

[@PrimeAutotainment]

This was a “press vehicle” so it came straight from Jeep and already had that leather keychain with it. My guess is it can be purchased as an accessory or something

[@stevenrodriguez9655]

@@PrimeAutotainment It’s really cool and when I bought my Overland I was looking all over for it 😂

[@rrange]

What month/year was this jeep made? Only reason why I ask is because your model has auto brake hold button next to the 4wd low button. I’ve been shopping around in CA and the overland, summit, summit reserve models here in CA do not have the hold button which is driving me crazy because I won’t get a new lease without auto brake hold. It doesn’t make sense why the models in CA don’t have it.

[@nitinbhardwaj9405]

I just ordered a Summit Reserve in Toronto and it also doesn't have the hold feature. I guess it may be attributed to the chip shortage which the industry is going through.

[@easton838]

You should do the Grand Wagoneer III

[@miguelircontar]

I guess in the future I will invest in more gloves so I won’t dirty up my glossy black plastic idk why manufacturers love it ? Lol

[@WhiteWolfos]

They want you to get a new car atleast around another 10 years if not for new parts. Small things like that irks people visually over time as it takes more wear.

[@brandon6541]

@@WhiteWolfos yup another way of making more $

[@abeber87]

Is that not the most ridiculous thing? It’s disgusting.

[@brianreynolds7093]

You're wrong about the price. I just bought a new Grand Cherokee L Summit yesterday, loaded for 64k

[@PrimeAutotainment]

I think that further confirms that it was overpriced. If they’re already discounting an all-new vehicle in a time where many dealers are adding mark ups to the price of other brands….that just shows that Jeep overpriced these. Glad to hear you got one though, the Summit is awesome and it’s such a nice vehicle. Enjoy!

[@brianreynolds7093]

@@PrimeAutotainment you must be the kind of guy that just pays sticker price, no questions asked

[@PrimeAutotainment]

Never. Not for anything lol. I complained about the price, in what way does it make sense to assume I pay full price?

[@michaelhorn4540]

I'll keep my 2011 jeep grand Cherokee hemi limited

[@rhar1044]

When you add a V8, it’s encroaching into Wagoneer territory. if I was gonna go that route, I would just spring the 88K for the GW series I. I only need a midsize SUV so I just recently sold my 2013 Buick Enclave and copped a 2021 Enclave Avenir with zero percent financing and a bunch of additional incentives. The Enclave also has more interior space than the L.

[@dymondgrl5]

Bought this, at 500 miles engine light came on. First week in transmission issues, front seat sewn incorrectly had to have replaced, this is just a few of many issues. First loaner car at 130 miles engine light went on, electronics haywire. Second loaner car, SAME ISSUES! I’ve driven 3 GCL’s and all have major issues, DO NOT BUY THIS CAR!!! My car has been at Jeep for over a month now fixing and replacing parts. A car with less than 1k miles shouldn’t have issues! Especially not 3 of them! We are currently fighting with Jeep corporate to buyback the car because we don’t want the issues. Absolute HELL!

[@RetiredRich]

I bought a GCL limited on 7/23/21 and it’s been in the shop since 7/30/21. I didn’t even have 100 miles on it. They still haven’t fixed it. Supposedly, an engineer is coming in from Detroit to update my drivetrain software.

[@PrimeAutotainment]

Dang that’s a shame! Hopefully it’s all good after that, sorry to hear!

[@RetiredRich]

@@PrimeAutotainment thanks, obviously I’m not a happy camper. Honestly, I like the SUV for the few days and miles I had it for but at this point I kinda wish they’d just buy it back. You know how that goes though, not likely. Still a great video. Thanks

[@MervinGutierrez]

@@RetiredRich Did you get it back yet ?

[@RetiredRich]

@@MervinGutierrez Yes. It took two weeks of the dealer working with jeep engineers to scan and find that the rear hatch module was faulty. However, I'm having a few other quirks. The crazy thing is that it doesn't appear these computerized vehicles have any logs. WTF? They could not find which module was drawing power off the batteries all the time. I love the SUV but don't think I'd buy if I could do it all over again. Thanks for checking.

[@philipc239]

Dislike: rear leg room & price tag 😅

[@stacyholt6529]

HUGE and bland. Really hoping the two row Grand Cherokee has better proportions and looks a little more muscular. Thanks for the review Nolan!

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

Why is everyone hating on the shinny plastic? Hmmmmm?

[@FrostyBeer]

The front end looks odd... not a huge fan. Still like the look of my 14 cherokee

[@vmac5421]

Price tag off the bat is crazy no way for a jeep

[@MrAtillesk]

Overland MSRP is not $66k

[@PrimeAutotainment]

Not the starting price but With the options shown it is. Puts it right up with summit reserve price territory because it has so many add ons with this one

[@RindosRides]

Also the mpg is terrible, the v6 is making only 15mpg combined for me

[@BeastModeFitness11]

Damn really that low ? How

[@RindosRides]

@@BeastModeFitness11 I am just guessing the EPA estimate is wrong. I got a summit reserve so its the heaviest with biggest wheels, should give the worst mileage. I get 20mpg on the highway (on flat road), in the city I get like 4mpg when accelerating and like 12mpg cruising.

[@Icetillidie]

So far the space is the biggest dislike, we will do a full family review soon. But we traded in our explorer for the limited trim jeep L. And right away noticed how the space in the explorer was better. The length of the hood will be make you think the entire vehicle is bigger, but its not.

[@bobart1790]

Took delivery Labor Day, following Saturday brought back to the dealer, passenger power seat switch is bad, salesman did not believe us, he lowered it all the back, and the switch portion for forward lean is dead. no parts avail due to Covid, don’t buy now! Wait. Owned it for 10 days, only seen it for a short car ride. Dealer has 60 on the lot, to cheap to pull one out of a car and replace mine. Chrysler won’t pay the dealer double work to swap and put in my new car. Bad business, save your money.

[@aznmikez.2079]

i'm currently looking for buying the GLC in the overland trim. Do you see any other problems too? I'm hesitant now after seeing some bad reviews.

[@bobart1790]

@@aznmikez.2079 the time I posted that I was livid and totally pissed off, I finally got my new car back last Friday night, in my warranty world our customers are #1, the buy something, and discover we made it wrong or a faulty part, we ship at our expense next day air, and with now questions a value up to $500, CJD is much larger than my employer, to nit pick over a simple switch was pathetic, the service manager had to get approval from the Chrysler to pull a switch from a new car, and wait for double labor (in and out). This all started because as were driving to the dealer that Saturday to drop off our down payment, and our salesman did not believe the switch was bad, so he lowers the seat all the back, and now it would not raise the seat to normal driving conditions. long story short, they had my new car 6 days, and finally got approval. I wouldn’t discourage you not to buy, the vehicle is awesome, but the dealer I choose to buy from needs to pick up the pace. No leaders, all followers.

[@aznmikez.2079]

@@bobart1790 Thank you so much. I am getting an overland soon. I hope you will enjoy your car in the future!

[@noelsilva8887]

Price point is true but if it had a luxury name price would be ok. Imagine now jeep has a $100 thousand jeep coming. Now they taking the American Range Rover title

[@tonesmith909]

Love it all minus the PRICE and the Rims! UGLY. The altitude trim has the nicest wheels imo.

[@1.21Gigawatts_]

Cupholder? Serious?

[@PrimeAutotainment]

It’s called ergonomics. It’s something you deal with every time you’re in the vehicle. I work in people with wrist, elbow, and shoulder pain/injuries and there’s no ergonomics consideration with where they’re located. Obviously it’s minor but it’s still something that could be better

[@enriquetoral3426]

WOW

[@cesarsilverio4168]

Saw this vehicle today and I was so disappointed . Last generation was so elegant. So many versions. The Grand Cherokee was back. But man, this thing looks so generic and boring. I’m upset about this. The new Jeep Yukon.

[@YouTubeFunHandle]

The German badges are less and less among us except some immigrants.

[@samerrasheed]

The amount of piano black inside is awful

[@brandon6541]

Ikr

[@ciolacuovidiu1747]

5.7 L bye, bye, not eco friendly and I think the volvo t8 is more powerfull ;)

[@ciolacuovidiu1747]

In my country in 5 years you would pay one more time the money on the car on eco tax

[@tonybanfield116]

you want some cheese with that wine there buddy

[@PrimeAutotainment]

You obviously didn’t listen

[@michaelv6870]

That 5.7 is a joke. 350 hp out of an enormous engine is embarrassing. And 66 K is GLE money.

[@ROBSOLUTELY]

Jeep is trying to be a luxury brand, rather than an aggressive, utility brand. Why compete against Lincoln and Cadillac when Jeep had a niche that worked well. If Chrysler wanted a luxury SUV, they should have made it a Chrysler brand. Piano black needs removed from all cars. It's ugly and always looks dirty. I believe there are much better options than this Jeep, especially in the price range.

[@russellash8755]

So true, some dealers in my neighborhood have over 200 of these and they are not willing to discount these. They are asking around $750 for lease without taxes for 55K car.

[@rxonmymind8362]

Piano black would be fine if it was made from gorilla glass.

[@Pendragon501]

It's way Way WAY too expensive!!!

[@wwamble]

Ugly vehicle

[@jefferybaxter1225]

Hello Prime Autotainment. Good video highlighting the pros and cons for the new fifth generation Jeep Grand Cherokee L. As for the cons I'm on agreeable terms with you that the use of the piano black was a little too much. I assume Jeep did it like this to go with the flow based on what they saw from the third row seating luxury mid-size SUV competitors. in general piano black aka gloss black is a prime indicator of luxury. In the center console area where the switches and dial shifter are, the use of some kind of metal finish could've been used or a combination of a little piano black and some metal finishes. Maybe in a mid-cycle refresh of this fifth generation of the Jeep Grand Cherokee L we could see that or if not maybe they'll do something like that for the next generation sixth generation Jeep Grand Cherokee L. The price points is a pinch too high, but still less the competitors. The rest of the vehicle is good. I'm glad Jeep has two engine powertrains to choose from right outta the gate. As we all know few more powertrains are on the way starting later on this year and continuing on next year. That 5.7 liter HEMI V8 engine is the one to get now. It's optional on the three top tier trims Overland, Summit and Summit Reserve. I think Jeep should've made that engine standard on the Summit Reserve trim since that's the highest trim level out of the six, but that's just my opinion. Not sure if anyone else would agree on that. Like the previous four generation Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles, this new fifth generation will also do well in sales. This vehicle along with the Jeep Grand Wagoneer will make bold statements across the board. Will be interesting.

[@bradleyr001]

My wife loves all the 'piano' black. To each their own.

[@jackyong815]

Love it! ⁠ In this year the 100th anniversary of Chinese Communist Party #CCP, stoked to know Jeep is now partly owned by Dongfeng of China #MadeInChina2025 #BeltAndRoad #BeijingOlympics2022 #OccupyMars2024

[@rrange]

How is this overland 66k, I found so many summit trims for that price. Also why does this Overland model have auto brake hold button next to the four-wheel-drive love button and other overland and summit models do not.

[@tedrion6420]

because of the 5.7 Hemi

[@evettelyfe]

Adding all the packages. I got my overland to this price. I honestly think the only difference between my overland and what a summit can have is that the summit I think you have the assistant parking and how the interior seats color & stitching style.