Questions about 03 Jeep Liberty 4x4

My girlfriends father was looking to trade in his 03 Jeep 4x4 in for something new.

He would rather just finance the entire new car and put some cash in his pocket instead of trading it though.

So, I can buy the truck for pretty cheap, I was thinking 2500-3000 tops.

It has the 3.7L v6 engine, 4x4 and automatic trans. 98k miles.

What should I look for in this thing, I have never had a Jeep.

He would take it to the Jeep dealer and they would screw him regularly on the car.

Recently they did rear calipers and brakes/rotors. Tires are fairly new also. Truck has some rust on it.

Ive had a few jeeps and they are definately cool for some things BUT get used to getting screwed for alot of cash for repairs cause its a jeep !!! They are all high friggen maitenance IMO

My wife’s 04 has about the same mileage and we’ve done a water pump and a wheel bearing.

We really like this Jeep. Very capable, decent MPG, quick and pretty agile too.