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How To Interpret Jeep Codes / What Jeep Codes Mean
What's a CJ5? Or an XJ? How are these codes interpreted to represent various models of Jeeps?
While Jeep owners would likely tell you, "If you don't already know, then it's not important." The truth is, even diehards had to learn how to interpret these codes for the first time. Here are the production codes that Jeep uses to differentiate between its civilian models and their years of production:
| Code | Descr. | Year |
Features |
Examples |
| CJ | CiviJeep or civilian jeep | '45-'86 |
Round headlights | |
| CJ-2 | "Agrijeep" | flat fender, low hood CJ's with L-134 engine | 1948 | |
| CJ-2A | 214,760
produced |
'45-'49 | flat fender, low hood, "Willys" embossed on the hood sides and windshield frame | |
| CJ-3A | 132,000 produced |
'46-'53 | flat fender, low hood with one-piece windshield design and a vent just below it | |
| CJ-3B | 155,000
produced |
'52-'68 |
flat front fender, high profile hood with F-134 engine | |
| CJ-5 | 611,000
produced |
'54-'83 |
the first V-8 in a short-wheelbase utility vehicle | 1973; 1974; 1975; 1978; 1979; 1984 |
| CJ-5A | based on the M38A1 design | |||
| CJ-6 | 50,000 produced |
'55-'81 |
20 extra inches of wheelbase than a CJ-5 | 1973; 1975 |
| CJ-6A | based on the M38A1 design | |||
| CJ-7 | 379,000 produced |
'76-'86 |
extra wheelbase allowed for wider variety of drivetrain modifications | 1976; 1979; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986 |
| CJ-8 | 28,000 produced |
'81-'86 | "Scrambler" - 103-inch wheelbase pickup with lots of rear overhang | 1981 |
| VJ | Jeepster | '48-50 |
Front end and drive-line from
the Willy's Station Wagon; rear fenders from Jeep trucks |
|
| DJ | Dispatch or delivery jeep | '52-'73 |
Basic postal truck AMC 2WD | |
| FC | Forward Control Trucks | '57-'66 |
Dual rear wheels; heavy duty suspension and
brakes; vertical cutout grille; round headlights |
|
| SJ | Full Size | '63-'92 |
Full-size Grand Wagoneers, full size Cherokees, full size trucks | |
| C-101 | Jeepster/ Commando | '67-'73 |
Part Jeep CJ and part Jeep Wagoneer | |
| MJ | Comanche | '84-'91 | Compact pickup, Cherokee front clip | |
| XJ | Cherokee/ Wagoneer | '84- | Uni-body construction | |
| YJ | Wrangler | '87-'95 | Square headlights; lower and wider than the CJ | 1990; 1991; 1995; 1996; |
| ZJ | Grand Cherokee | '93-'98 | Uni-Body construction | 1994; 1997; 1998 |
| TJ | Wrangler | '97- | Round headlights, turn signals on front fenders | 1997; 2000; 2002 |
| WJ | Grand Cherokee | '99- | More rounded than the ZJ | |
| KJ | Liberty | '02- | Uniframe body; very upright profile |