Reliability concerns

[ShadowsPapa]

You're lucky. My wife hates the JT. She drove it once and said that it was the last time.

Oh well, more fun for me I guess!

My wife likes mine - but not enough to get one of her own.
A couple of years ago when shopping for a new Jeep for her, I told her - your choice, Wrangler, Gladiator or Grand Cherokee. Well, she went with what she knows and loves - a 2021 Grand Cherokee.
On long drives she'll drive my JT for hours on end. Colorado Springs to home - she drove almost the entire way and only stopped for fuel and Dairy Queen.
I'll never forget her comment, though, when she was driving my 2020 home from Fort Wayne (before the steering gear change) - as she was leaving town "I hope there's no cops back there, they'll think I've been drinking".
That was it - to the dealer, TSB for steering.

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[22colharper]

Hello all, I hope everyone is having a good Christmas and new years season.

I have been concerned about reliability with the gladiators and now Jeep brand in general. I have a 2021 JT Rubicon. I have been using it some, by no means is it a pavement queen. However, I feel that I do my best to take care of it and am admittedly a maintenance fiend. Despite this I have been disappointed with my JT. This from a 3rd time Jeep owner. My old ZJ was great back in the day and I drove that for 10 years as a daily. Then I got a JK Rubicon and put 150,000 miles on it with zero issues except a door lock on the drivers door causing an issue that was easily remedied.

So with that previous experience I got my JT and was quite happy thinking I would know what to expect. I have been disappointed with the fuel economy, multiple check engine lights, an oil leak, a gear box that just seems to act strangely, a failed alternator, and according to the dealer a problem with the front diff. This is all in one year of ownership.

So the check engine lights have happened twice now. Once it corrected itself in about a day. It was a P0300 indicating multiple misfires, it had been raining and I thought I probably got a little water in the fuel at a gas station. no further issues until last night I got the P0300 and the P0101 indicating an issue with the mass airflow sensor. Granted its super cold right now but still. Also I am averaging about 14MPG.

So far everything has been warranty work, but I am growing concerned about the reliability and that makes me a little standoffish about going out into the back country.

So my question t everyone is am I being overly worried or is this a common experience for every one. It has been more go wrong with a new vehicle than I have ever experienced.

Thanks

Hi I have a 2022 willys sport gladiator with 8421 miles and randomly at times the engine light flashes. it has done this 3 times 2 of the times the engine has started to lose power and shake the cabin. took it into the dealer and they drove it, checked it and said I was describing it as misfiring but it wasn't doing it anymore so it was probably a glitch in the computer. this morning started it and it struggled to stay on for a sec but seems fine now. so idk but for my first brand new car it's giving me doubts

 

[ShadowsPapa]

they drove it, checked it and said I was describing it as misfiring but it wasn't doing it anymore so it was probably a glitch in the computer.

Seriously? You aren't kidding? They actually told you that? WOW - don't let them touch a bicycle with a bent spoke - you probably just need new glasses according to them.
Glitch? That's a hoot.

Did they even bother to see if it qualified for any of the PCM updates from the past year or so?
I'd never go back to a dealer shop that suggested a misfire was a glitch in a computer.

 

[AlohaTx]

Hello all, I hope everyone is having a good Christmas and new years season.

I have been concerned about reliability with the gladiators and now Jeep brand in general. I have a 2021 JT Rubicon. I have been using it some, by no means is it a pavement queen. However, I feel that I do my best to take care of it and am admittedly a maintenance fiend. Despite this I have been disappointed with my JT. This from a 3rd time Jeep owner. My old ZJ was great back in the day and I drove that for 10 years as a daily. Then I got a JK Rubicon and put 150,000 miles on it with zero issues except a door lock on the drivers door causing an issue that was easily remedied.

So with that previous experience I got my JT and was quite happy thinking I would know what to expect. I have been disappointed with the fuel economy, multiple check engine lights, an oil leak, a gear box that just seems to act strangely, a failed alternator, and according to the dealer a problem with the front diff. This is all in one year of ownership.

So the check engine lights have happened twice now. Once it corrected itself in about a day. It was a P0300 indicating multiple misfires, it had been raining and I thought I probably got a little water in the fuel at a gas station. no further issues until last night I got the P0300 and the P0101 indicating an issue with the mass airflow sensor. Granted its super cold right now but still. Also I am averaging about 14MPG.

So far everything has been warranty work, but I am growing concerned about the reliability and that makes me a little standoffish about going out into the back country.

So my question t everyone is am I being overly worried or is this a common experience for every one. It has been more go wrong with a new vehicle than I have ever experienced.

Thanks

I too have a '21 Rubicon and so far I've had several issues (just hit 10k miles believe it or not). In fall of '21 I had roof leak so they replaced back glass and no issues since. My 3rd break light went out summer of '22 and they replaced. Now I just took it in for 2nd Wave oil change and they found a leak on my transmission cooler and at the transfer case. Supposedly will be able to pick it up tomorrow. Maybe not so reliable but I did get the max care warranty for that very reason... I still love the Jeep and don't know what I would trade it in for even if I didn't want it any more (maybe a newer Jeep?).

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