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Model year 1998 · XJ (1984–2001)

1998 Jeep Cherokee specs

The 1998 Jeep Cherokee weighs 2,978–3,181 lb at the curb and measures 166.1 in long, by configuration, per Jeep’s own documents.

We hold 8 configurations of the 1998 Cherokee, and Jeep gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations
8
Documents
1

01 / Configurations

Every 1998 Cherokee configuration

8 retail configurations sold in 1998, 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.

19988 configurations
1998 Jeep Cherokee XJ: every configuration with its numbers
ConfigurationCurb weight
2-door 2.5L 4x22,978 lb
2-door 4.0L 4x22,978 lb
2-door 2.5L 4x43,124 lb
2-door 4.0L 4x43,181 lb
4-door 2.5L 4x23,031 lb
4-door 4.0L 4x23,124 lb
4-door 2.5L 4x43,181 lb
4-door 4.0L 4x43,181 lb

MakerSource: Canadian Vehicle Specifications, 1998 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 1998

The 1998 Cherokee against the 1997, the previous model year we hold. Only what Jeep’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

  • No retail configuration added or dropped: the 8 sold in the 1997 are all here.
  • Curb weight: 2,978–3,181 lb (1997: 2,978–3,349 lb).
  • Length: 166.1 in (1997: 167.7 in).
  • Curb weight differs on 7 of 8 configurations sold in both years: −168 to +4 lb.
  • Length differs on 8 of 8 configurations sold in both years: −1.6 in.

03 / Sources

The 1998 documents

1 document behind the 1998 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.