Model year 1997 · TJ (1997–2006)

1997 Jeep Wrangler specs

The 1997 Jeep Wrangler weighs 3,093–3,230 lb at the curb and measures 151.2 in long, by configuration, per Jeep’s own documents.

We hold 3 configurations of the 1997 Wrangler, and Jeep gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations: 3
Documents: 2

2005 Wrangler Rubicon 4.0L 6-speed manual, drawn to scale from its published dimensions.

01 / Configurations

Every 1997 Wrangler configuration

3 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.

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1997 Jeep Wrangler TJ: every configuration with its numbers
Configuration	Curb weight
SE engine n/s transmission n/s	3,093 lb
Sport engine n/s transmission n/s	3,093 lb
Sahara engine n/s transmission n/s	3,093 lb

MakerSource: Canadian Vehicle Specifications, 1997 Jeep Wrangler (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 is the earliest Wrangler model year we hold, so there is nothing before it to compare.

03 / Sources

The 1997 documents

2 documents behind the 1997 Wrangler’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 Oct 9, 2026. 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 Wrangler

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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.