I think I rented that Jeep, too. I had no idea that Jeeps even came in 2WD models fore that (I owned a Cherokee previously).
Except I was in Portland, for "snowmagedden" during the ice storm, etc. last January, and I did not pre-reserve a car, but choose the Jeep in the line up thinking it would be better in the ice / snow storm that was predicted than other cars.
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Over inflated plastic feeling tires, no snow brush, and terror all around. Oh, yeah, they had put WATER in the windshield washer fluid -- ask me how I found that one out, yikes.
In hindsight, the California plates should have been a clue.