2019 Jeep Cherokee vs Honda CR-V vs Toyota RAV4 vs Ford Escape Mega Mashup Review 

The Fast Lane Car thanks so much for another great video! I’ll be waiting for the next one

What’s the mpg on the Jeep? Did I miss that comment or was it skipped?

I seen a thing flash up on my screen saying not yet rated by the EPA. I don't know if that's still accurate or not.

archerlucid hasn't been released yet.

The Fast Lane Car Crv, 2018 suv of the year.

JEEP ALL DAY V6 AND TRAILHAWK

This is exactly how I’m feeling!

What did you get?

@@rolexshadow I got crv. Too lazy to fix anymore.

@@agpawpaw5912 I got a 2017 jeep 4 month ago

Devinee Davison im looking at the 2017 Ford Escape SE... the Japanese cars are just so expensive on the used market!

@@brentonwelty502 they are massively overpriced on the used market.

@@paulj9821 They certainly are because of the perception they are so much more reliable, but that simply is not true based on what I've seen of Fords product of the last 10 years. If buying new the Japanese ones are an option, once in the used market the price differential makes it ludicrous to buy most of the Japanese models. Jeep resale values also seem high, Ford is always a good used buy in terms of the balance of quality and value.

Call me at 120000 miles, not being a stick, i have a Ford truck, Toyota car, guess which one pisses me off today?

The Toyota and the Honda last longer. That's why they're more expensive.

He was honest and upfront about it. Still great video.

@@josezavala2309 not good enough for the Jeep haters. You are right he was honest, there is a reason why Jeep want's him to compare there vehicle to the competition.

That’s how I felt ,almost didn’t watch 😂

I know this was 4 years ago but I want to chime in as well. I brushed that off because that happens all the time with reviews. What really made me feel like this video is a waste of time, is that all the way at the end of the video he adds a disclaimer that he's actually a huge jeep fanboy! This means he's heavily biased towards the jeep, whose only redeeming quality is performance, which is conveniently the only thing he chose to talk about... He glossed over or failed to even mention all the things the Jeep gets creamed at and people in this segment care about: reliability, cargo space, fuel economy, comfort, reliability again for emphasis, styling, material quality... basically everything but performance the jeep fails at. Maybe the heavy bias towards Jeep should have also been disclaimed at the start of the video.

Sir Time the front seats are nice, the rear is horrendous

@@NickP16 im about to buy one of those, the titanium 2018. Any thoughts two years later?? :)

Any thoughts on that eacape 17 now???

Prime Autotainment We All Know where the Jeep will be.

How is it ? Im undecided still about buying it ppl wait the trasmission sucks ??

Hi.I am planning to buy a jeep cherokee latitude plus but a bit hesitant because of reliability issues.What trim do you have?

Same here! I am in Canada. When winter comes, over 80% running on the street are various Jeeps ... girlfriends with Japanese SUVs dare not to go out at all

Northern Utah Dashcam the XLE is one step above base (LE). Above that are limited, adventure, and SE.

White is a great color and probably sell most of them either silver or white anyway!

I LOVE MY ESCAPE!

Northern Utah Dashcam love my Ford Escape '14. Ecoboost. Flawless.

Ford Escape pls!! Had 2 they are awesome. Ecoboost. AWD. Best ride & handling by far!

I forget where I heard it, but the reason behind not having a V6 is the fact that, at the time, a Honda CR-V was getting 28 mpg while V6 4WD RAV4's like mine were getting 22 mpg. Even though the V6 sales were great, the economy put Toyota off from putting it in their new 4th gen RAV4.

I had a 2006 Rav 4 with V6 and sold it a year ago with 105,000 miles and never had a problem. I now have a 2.0 turbo Macan which is nice but I still prefer a 6 cylinder. The jeep is the only 5 seat CUV which still offers a V6. Everyone is going 2.0 turbo and pushing 300hp. I just don't trust the long term reliability of a turbo engine.

@@rustyme1122 the issue isn't turbo. The issue is these are economy scale engines with turbo's. So in that sense you are correct, the PSI value is astronomically high in these budget engines due to the turbo. That is going to not only wear the engineer out significantly quicker but most are Direct Injection engines as well and I am sure you know the problems with those. Why do you think Toyota refuses to use Turbo's in there engines.

@@MrPizzapuppy Some of the engine choices become controlled by the governments fuel economy requirements where manufacturers have to have a certain proportion of their vehicles in a certain "band" of EPA figures. Currently Jeep is pushing the turbo 4 heavily in the Cherokee and Wrangler because they'd rather you have that engine over the V6 for the reason stated. Supply wise availability of the turbo has been better in the Wrangler a friend just bought a V6 model new, but had some difficulty getting the spec he wanted with the V6 and was told this was the reason. Toyota likely went 4 cylinder only on the RAV4 for economy reasons, but many miss the V6, a friend bought the Hybrid because he had a V6 and found the 4 cylinder ones lacking when he came to buy a new one and that the hybrid had more go. The irony is that often in real world driving a V6 does not give up much to a hard worked 4 cylinder, or a turbo unit when the boost is constantly needed in terms of mpg. Turbos work well to produce impressive mpg when driven gently and at a constant speed, but when you use the performance they get thirsty. In contrast many find the V6 Jeep gives better mpg than the EPA figures.

@@fiveowaf454 I completely agree with that, it's much like Ford's EcoBoost line, many owners have basically said you can have one or the other, Eco or Boost, but never at the same time.

Yep, this is rather typical of youtube commentators. Most are ignorant fools and to top it off the majority that criticize the jeep have never owned a modern day FIAT jeep. Rather they prefer to parrot what others towing the line say.

Not true at all. I’ve owned 3 jeeps already, mom has had jeeps as long as I can remember and we have never had a single issue with any of them besides my first jeeps heating steering wheel stopped working. We got that replaced free of charge by the local Jeep supplier. I’d say they are extremely reliable

Friend's wife went from Mustang 5.0 to a CRV due to reliability...then traded the CRV due to BORING, then to a Mazda CX5 and loved it but in the shop 7 times!...now has a RAM 1500. trucks are reliable relative to other vehicles, have power, hold value (which covers much of the fuel difference), and are safe and utiiltarian. Compare the new ranger to these when you can...these won't make nearly as much sense!

My crv is now 11 years old and was above the class when it was new. Almost to 200,000 miles!

My wife and I have the same vehicle with about 70k miles and don't care for it. The engine has a shuddering problem. Just had a fuel sensor replaced, due to car not wanting to start after gassing up. It loses screws and is very difficult to work on. Ever try to replace the battery yourself? Give me the Toyota or Honda any day over Ford. Glad you like yours though :)

le4848 they don't make it easy for owners to work on them that's for sure but ford aren't the only manufacturer to do this. In regards to the shuttering, have you tried replacing your spark plugs?

Nemo ours had a engine replacement. And the car rides stiff.

The escape is the best choice here, especially if you grab the 2.0 ecobost.

twoAm no where close. What’s wrong w the cherokee with they’re 2.0?

Every time I've been on a trailride, we always get held up by a broken jeep. And never the same jeep. These are guys that do know their vehicles. When that little annoyance thing fails, they know just what to do to be back on the road in 20 min. Exception to this is the guys with CJs & TJs because they've already replaced all the stuff that fails with aftermarket or Chevy. Meanwhile, the Taco, Frontier, Ranger, Blazer, FJ, even a Rover use the time for a lunch break. If you have to constantly have to fix your modern vehicle to stay on the road, thats a fail. If you are talking a 80s vehicle, sure. Back then it was common to tinker. Today everyone expects them to just work. And they should! Even adjusted for inflation cars are more expensive today. And they are cheaper to produce (if you equipped them with same).

You missed the point he was saying...He wasnt saying his Jeep breaks down,in fact his never broke down or had any mechanical problems ... ALL Vehicles need to be serviced ie: change oil,diff fluid,trans fluid,coolant... Look at your manual,they recommend timing belt or timing chain replacement and water pump at a certain mileage,wheel bearings also need to be serviced/replaced at a certain mileage..Toyota,Honda,VW,Renault-Nissan,GM,Ford,Chrysler,Dodge,Jeep ,Audi,Porsche,Hyundai -Kia etc..Get the point !! If your on a trail and see broken Jeeps,you see that because there are mostly Jeeps on the trail and people buy $500 Jeeps and bag on them rougher than you do..They used to put Chevy Motors in Jeeps because in the 60's and 70's Jeep used GM engines,transmission in some Jeep models,this was before 1987 when Chrysler bought them...You dont see Cherokee's or newer TJ etc with GM running gear...You see some older early 80's and 1970's Jeeps with Chevy 350's because from the factory AMC used GM engines in some Jeeps and or transmissions etc And GM gutless 350's were cheap and plentiful,just about every other Chevy had a 350 in the 70's,You could buy a perfect running 350 for $100 back then..We did and replaced my buddies 305 in his 74 GMC 1/2 ton...AMC used Chrysler transmissions ,Ford carburetors (motorcraft) GM steering columns and Buick engines,in some years..... I owned 1960's cars,1970's cars and 1980's cars and we never had to tinker with them..When they were new they were bullet proof reliable and were so for 150,000 miles..before needing water pumps,fuel pumps ,radiators and they were cheap and easily replaced.. They were trouble free like a modern car(maybe more so in many ways),just oil,gas and go... When they had point ignitions system,sure to be safe general maint was to change the points once a year,cheap and 15 minute job..No tinkering to get them or keep them running...You had to remove the air cleaner and spray carb cleaner in them if you never ran on the highway,or over all jsut good maint..Like a modern car today you add fuel injector cleaner in the tank every oil change,then your injectors last the life of the car usually 200,000 miles etc... What throws people off is they bought used cars pre 6 digit 100,000 plus mile readout and dont understand the odometer they used,even people back then didnt understand until it rolled over then they went ooohhh,ah thats why.... All American cars had a 5 digit odometer after 99,999 they went to 00,000 some had a 1/10th mile reading at the end in a opposite color,so it was 99,999.9 then it went to 00,000.0.....In the 1980's they went to a full 100,000 mile plus readout..Even 1989 some cars still never read past 99,999 miles.. I owned 2 Jeeps,both Grand Cherokee's both had over 200,000 miles and never had a mechanical problem,never left me stranded,never failed to start...Both were the 5.7 Hemi a 2005 and a 2013...Very reliable...I have a Hellcat Challenger with 84,900 miles with zero issues at all,oil changes and new rear tires lol..I even have some collector 1960's and 1970's Mopars..Even after 1 month of not starting them,2 pumps and 1/4 way down they turn the 1st crank...And stay running,because they are in good shape,carburetors work properly and engines running on all 8..My 68 Charger RT was my daily driver until the 1990's..It has over 500,000 miles on the chassis..I restored it,rebuilt the engine twice,1st time at 260,000 miles..2nd time450,000 miles and now it has another 440 thats a 512 c.i monstor that runs low 11's in street form,looks like a stock 68 Charger RT,3.23 gears ,automatic,street tires..We have a drag car with that engine and it runs low 9's high 8's..Set up for racing ..This has a street carb and timing..Runs 93 octane too...The stock numbers 440 Magnum is on a stand in my shop..fYI,i own a couple GM vehicles a few Ford products a Lexus too...I also own a small dealership,late model multi make and a few classics always...I own and know them all and even my Lexus need repairs done as per regular maintenance..Same with Chevy 35's they needed general maint and parts replaced as per manual set by the factory GM engineers !!

and you missed MY point. 1) ALL the jeeps that suffer breakage are JKs. 2)I'm not talking about scheduled maint. I'm talking about poorly engineered crap, like a range shiftlever connector made out of plastic and just pops off, leaving you stuck in low range till you crawl under and fiddle with it. POOR DESIGN. 3) the old jeeps swap in aftermarket & GM powertrains because they want the reliability of a 350, 205, SM465 combo. Because the original stuff always failed them. Same thing with swapping in (minimum) of Dana44s and often grabbing 60s & 70s, again for strength. Yes, if you run small tires and are careful you can run 30s up front, but you have to be careful. Friend of mine has a YJ with the 30 front. He ran 31" for years. Stepped up to 33" and while he loves that he doesn't have to obsessively choose his line, he has still managed to break his front. First time was the Ujoint, 2nd time was internal. Each time he was under 5mph and no wheelspin. He thought he had a good line, it slid slightly, tire got bound on a rock and POP. He was not abusing it. This simply illustrates why folks with older jeeps upgrade everything. Another friend loves Cherokees and Liberties. He's fighting with an engine cooling problem. He's already rebuilt the motor. They already hit all the usual suspects. When I asked him for advice on getting a Liberty he gave me a long list of everythig hes seen on DOZENS of Liberties issues with engine, trrans, and I forget the rest. NO, NONE OF THEM ARE BUYING $500 BEATERS AND EXPECTING THEM TO JUST WORK. And then theres the issues with the dealers. OP admitted he's never had a good experience and while there are some diamonds out there, most of the dealers around me are poor. And again, its because they know the fan-boys and soccer moms will buy them and then bring them back because of lack of knowledge or apathy, figuring most of the dealers around them are crap and they just don't want to bother looking for that 1 good one. When mfrs or dealers know they have a captive audience, they will take advantage of it. When mfrs & dealers know they need to compete to earn the trust of their base, they will work for it, because they know that their customers, while they may have been loyal, will leave if they are treated like crap.

Sorry to say though, I hear too many people around me having serious issues with their Chrysler products. I can go online to say "Cars.com" and find Crv's with over 300,000 miles. Everywhere, even at auctions. It's not just 1 car I find, I can find 20+ for sale with over 300,000 miles. That shows me a pretty good pattern of reliability.

@@01trsmar One Question comes to mind: Did you EVEN go off road with your Cherokees?

Me too!

hard to argue with that!

you are spot on.

ryanloveshonda Says your own opinion?

goitoutdoors maybe the escape will last for 8 years and the crv and rav4 will last 12-17

I'd buy the Toyota over the Honda. Toyota doesn't have a turbo engine (I am leery of turbos for long term durability) and the Toyota has a regular tranny and not a CVT like the Honda has. Plus the Toyota looks better. Toyota all the way, though that said I have a 2011 Honda CRV (non turbo and non CVT).

Jeep has great resale value....

RAV4 sucks

It's the wranglers and Grand Cherokees (model specific) and classic Cherokees with great resale. I see plenty of Patriots, new body cherokees for 30% of new MSRP.

Love RAV4 buyers that drink the kook aid, I owned one and just got one a2019 as a rental. I remember that Toyota driving feel and nothing has changed. Wind noise from the mirrors, tin-ny door closing sound, hated the lane safety crap, goes off for no apparent reason to scare you. At least I couldn't figure it out. Moving over to a left hand turn lane went off, moving over to right hand turn lane went off. Changing lanes went off.

B Cuz Cherokee is the most expensive.

B Cuz Lipstick on a pig is what the Cherokee is

Image ? when I see a new FCA driver I think "what is wrong with you? Did you spend 5 minutes researching reviews on cars ?"

Yeah,I find it annoying when they review a crossover,SUV or van and neglect to show the cargo area.Maybe the could add that into their offroad reviews as well.Maybe somebody wants to take the whole family and supply's to a somewhat remote fishing hole or cabin.Or maybe you get an unexpected snow storm.I don't know. I guess someday I'm gonna have to get my wife a van for her wheelchair.But I keep dreaming of someday loading her chair up and the 2 of us find some pretty trail for at least some light offroading. Not completely sure what automobile will fit that bill.

The brand new escapes are part of the ST line in 2023

DevPack jeep also had 7 inch uconnect and half leather seats . V6 woukd of been cheaper but roman wanted to drive the 2.0

In 2018, the 2.0 Liter is only available in the most expensive Fusion Titanium.

Yeah they compare a $33k jeep against the $20k model of Escape, when the $30k model of Escape comes much closer to matching the specs of the Jeep... seems legit

DevPack but the Jeep does weight more and is in a different class. The Jeep that should have been compared is a Compass! The Jeep is also a lot more capable off road and towing.

DevPack i

Joseph Maroun did you test and compare other SUVs?

Not for all people. Most of my friends, and I, think it is over designed. My wife think it is ugly and she does not want one. Also visibility is poor due to shape.

@@valdius85 Who said ur wife had to get one?? Nobody cares what your wife thinks

The ex and lower model comes with led strips/day lights and led fog lights but headlights/highbeams are halogen. But just today I bought some led replacement lights for 60 on Amazon and was the easiest install ever.

Toyota4Life I would agree with that, but the brand is planning an all-new RAV4 for the 2019 model year, so...... .....and I hope Toyota brings back the V6 option like it once had.

Ford Escape is a Mazda Tribute.

No. It isn’t a Mazda Tribute...do some research before you talk please.

B.S....!

HellBoy Just check this link out mostly all Ford's and Chrysler lol ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YBp9a5vNJO8.html

hmmm yeah I know about FCA....but the only 2 Fords in that list are the ones with the terrible DCT - Focus and Fiesta! the Tacoma also made the list for that matter...

AndrewGaro I'm afraid he didn't even shifted into sport mode

I agree. I didn't like the cvt till I tried "s" on the final test drive. It keeps the rpms more in the meaty portion of the torque, so non of the rubber band effect is there. I have found that if I use mid grade fuel, my wife averages 30 mpg in town. I'm lucky to get 17 mpg in my wrangler JKU.

People always buy jeeps because of fanboys (sadly) and marketing. Jeep marketing knows how to do their job. Superbowl commercial showed that again this year.

Much more reliable now

Jeeps have poor reliability...wow...now that is a shocker...they don"t know what the word means.

God damn the jeep marketing team is badass for sure

Rubbish reliability is more or less the same across all modern vehicles. You have the same chances of something going wrong if you own a GLC or a Sportage.

Agreed The others were all higher end models where are the Escape was a low-mid range model. The 2.0L Escape is quite a bit faster than the 1.5L Escape that Fiat/Chrysler provided in this “comparison”

Agreed

Gotta remember jeep picked out the vehicles to compare to. There's a reason jeep didn't pick the 2t from ford...

I din't get it. He stated right from the beginning that this he was flown out by Chrysler and that they provided the vehicles. What more do you want from him.

The whole front end is changed......the reason you think it looks like the previous gen is because the cherokee now looks very simular to the compass.....

It’s annoying that all car reviews do this. Just features never mind the fact the two American offerings will rattle like an old tool box after a few months and if they do well make it to 70k miles without at least blowing a water pump and probably the trans. Maybe the motor if you’re lucky. The cars.com Cherokee tester lost its motor in under 10k. It’s jeep thing I guess.

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My neighbor traded her toyota camry (because it has 170k miles) for a new ford escape. She wishes she didn't, the ford escape has tons of issue. My favorite is the leaking moonroof. Of course the motor blows up.

Refresh NOT Redesign

Techy Dog And no miles per gallon details. I wonder why?!! Probably because its the most expensive to run.

I kinda lost faith in his being balanced after that

Wake up. Things are done with money and YT does not pay enough money for them to be fully self sufficient. Honda did similar promotions for Passport.

@@christianpetersen1782 no Eisenstein, if you bothered to actually pay attention instead of being so focused on your conspiracy theories then you would have seen that there is no EPA numbers yet cause they have not been issued out yet. The vehicle model year is new.

rainystorm88 the Rav4 drives weak now and same in 20 years. Escape drives best.

Yup Ford will drive best because it will be towed by Toyota and Honda to the graveyard.

Shawn Schroeder Your taillights with the flashers on holding back traffic when it’s stalled.

rainystorm88 "Jeep will do best off road" ahahaha for a moment I thought were liking a compact crossover because "it does well offroad" Keep buying those plastic body cladded, fake skid plate wearing, econoboxes pal

Negative 👎🏽

Walter Gramer that’s the positive thing about the CVT, it’s a boring transmission but MPG is unrivaled when comparing to traditional automatics

It does not meet the rated mpg in city however.

Alfa engines are the best-- some are made by Ferrari

Are you crazy, they are universally praised. Tell you what, when you come back from time travailing in the early 90's, maybe then I will take your wild opinion seriously.

@@paulj9821 Alfa Romeo have always had amazing engines even in the days when the rest of the car would rust and fall apart in no time. The design used in the Jeep is from the Stelvio which has been used in Europe for some time, it should be noted that cars in Europe have been infinitely superior to the US offerings for decades with consumers and the motoring press demanding much higher standards. Even to this day many of the Japanese manufacturers sell different models in the US because they can get away with an inferior product. In Europe Toyotas and Hondas etc. are generally not thought of as anything special and are mostly bought by old people. Those looking for cars that are fun to drive and handle and ride well, generally go elsewhere outside of a few sporty and hot hatch offerings.

@@fiveowaf454 true, it's FIAT from the early 90's I was referencing. My mistake.

Because Honda is boss.

@@jasontruong48 Honda owns Acura