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Model year 1997 · XJ (1984–2001)

1997 Jeep Cherokee specs

The 1997 Jeep Cherokee weighs 2,978–3,349 lb at the curb and measures 167.7 in long, by configuration, per Jeep’s own documents.

We hold 8 configurations of the 1997 Cherokee, and Jeep gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations
8
Documents
1

01 / Configurations

Every 1997 Cherokee configuration

8 retail configurations sold in 1997, each with the figures Jeep publishes for it. A number a factory package raises shows under the configuration’s own. Jeep gives figures for weights and dimensions.

19978 configurations
1997 Jeep Cherokee XJ: every configuration with its numbers
ConfigurationCurb weight
2-door 2.5L 4x22,978 lb
2-door 4.0L 4x23,018 lb
2-door 2.5L 4x43,128 lb
2-door 4.0L 4x43,177 lb
4-door 2.5L 4x23,150 lb
4-door 4.0L 4x23,183 lb
4-door 2.5L 4x43,311 lb
4-door 4.0L 4x43,349 lb

MakerSource: Canadian Vehicle Specifications, 1997 Jeep Cherokee (NHTSA vPIC GetCanadianVehicleSpecifications, metric)

A dash means the maker’s documents we have don’t give that number for that configuration, and a column with no number for any configuration of the year isn’t shown. “Door label” means the maker prints it only on each vehicle’s certification label, and “not published” that the maker doesn’t print it, or points elsewhere. “Up to” is a ceiling the maker prints over several configurations; a range is the maker’s own, printed across the grades of that configuration.

02 / What changed

New for 1997

The 1997 Cherokee against the 1996, the previous model year we hold. Only what Jeep’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

  • Added: 8 configurations (2-door 2.5L 4x2, 2-door 4.0L 4x2, 2-door 2.5L 4x4, 2-door 4.0L 4x4, 4-door 2.5L 4x2 and 3 more).
  • Dropped: 4 configurations (2-door 4x2, 2-door 4x4, 4-door 4x2 and 4-door 4x4).
  • Curb weight: 2,978–3,349 lb (1996: 2,890–3,100 lb).
  • Length: 167.7 in (1996: 165.4 in).

03 / Sources

The 1997 documents

1 document behind the 1997 Cherokee’s figures. The maker’s own come first; a third-party page fills in only a number the maker doesn’t publish, and wears its own mark.

Documents last checked . How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

04 / Keep going

More on the Cherokee

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These are Jeep’s published figures for the models it describes, not a weighbridge or a tape measure; your own vehicle’s options change them. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.