Hey, just looking for some opinions and advice for a friend who is looking at buying an used 09 JKU Sahara. The jeep has 40,000 miles and the original owner is asking $22,000. Never been offroad and the interior/exterior look great.

The catch is that it was involved in a front end collision (drivers side, no frame damage) and the axle, control arms and a few other things had to be replaced for a cost of 12K. The owner was upfront with the accident and has all receipts showing the repair. The jeep drives straight.

Would you buy it?

 

Probably not no. It is nice that the owner was upfront about it but thats a big accident and it can impact parts that werent replaced cause they werent broken yet. Accidents will also make the vehicle harder to resell. Also 22 grand seem pretty high. I bought an 07 jku sahara for 14 grand with 103 000 km.

 

I bought an 07 3 years ago now with 30K miles never offroad for 21 from a dealer. He's out of his mind to be asking 22 for one in a major wreck.

 

Thanks for the info

 

That is not a very good deal considering you can buy a 2013 for $22,450 manual base sport jku. And get a clean , new jeep with a new motor vs old 3.8.

 

If it was a mint condition jku without the accident, then price wouldn't be so bad but with the accident history should be a lot less.

 

Hey Joe,

I know you are looking at a Sahara, but for that price it might not be much more for a new sport. I was looking at used before I purchased mine and realized they hold their value. Decided to get a new one instead. I do have a JK not a JKU.