Factory build sheet
1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
Build 1J4GZ78Y-S · 5.2L 8cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1J4GZ78Y and position 10 reads S. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Grand Cherokee whose VIN starts 1J4GZ78Y and carries S in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 469 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 469 known VINs
- 1 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Jeep with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 5.2 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Four-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- FCA US LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1D
- GVWR
- 5,001–6,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Jeep used the VIN pattern 1J4GZ78Y for 6 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 1993 Limited 5.2L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 131 vehicles code P
- 1994 Limited 5.2L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 272 vehicles code R
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1995 You are here code S
- 1996 Limited 5.2L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 462 vehicles code T
- 1997 Limited 5.2L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 536 vehicles code V $5,500
- 1998 Limited 5.2L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 521 vehicles code W
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 1J4 | FCA US LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | GZ78Y | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | S | Model year — 1995 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
469 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1J4GZ78Y-S shares the specification above.
- 469 Known VINs
- 1 Listed for sale now
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 469 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.