Hurricane six?

[DesertDog]

Down at the Jeep dealership a few days ago. I’ve bought three recently. An ETorque, Pentastar, and Ecodiesel. The Ecodiesel is the only one that’s practical for pulling anything. Great fuel economy too but the reliability has been unreal. Five trips attempted from Salt Lake to Missoula and only actually made it once without a failure. One catastrophic.
The sales manager at Salt Lake Valley Jeep said we will see a Hurricane Six very soon. Incredible specs but… I can find nothing on the Internet to substantiate his claim.
Has anyone actually heard or seen anything?
I’m starting to think he was mistaken or confused.

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[Jrgunn5150]

0 chance.

 

[MaximusTX]

I was just at the local dealership talking with a Finance Manager and he told me that there are some new engine options coming out for the Gladiator but wouldn't say what they are. I'll believe it when I see it. I did a 3000 mile round trip drive on my ecodiesel and had some major issues with the DPF on it. Driving around town it works fine no issues but after about 5 hours on the highway it seems to start having issues no longer clears and the DPF doesn't activate and it fills up and goes into limp mode and you have to do a manual regen to clear it out. Makes for a very long trip when it happens every few hours after that. I was reading that it could possible be due to my build being on 42s with 4.88 gears it can't get hot enough and I need to run the trans in manual mode in a lower gear.

 

[Rahkmalla]

having worked for and with plenty of sales managers and finance managers... they know almost nothing. You'd be surprised how little information even regional reps have prior to official press releases, and regional reps are the ones who are supposed to be informing the dealers.

The only authentic line of communication for advanced information is when a brand has a owners-only convention. I have no concept for how often CDJR/FCA/Stellantis has those, but Ford used to (and may still) do them annually.

 

[sharpsicle]

I love how every time someone at a dealership sneezes around an engine conversation it gets posted up.

Very very very few dealership people actually get reliable information. For the most part, though, they're all just rumor mills and they'll say catchy things to keep you interested in talking with them more.

 

[Jefe1018]

I was in Yosemite a few weekends ago.. a European fellow (tourist, bad English but we made it work) approached me in a rental Jeep Grand Wagoneer, asking if can help check the engine oil. There was a low oil pressure light on the dash… he was looking for a dip stick. The new hurricanes don’t have a dip stick… My guess was it being a turbo motor, the oil thinned at higher rpm when climbing the steep roads around the park, at higher RPM no issue, but after the oil heats up and thins and you idle, the pump either can’t keep up or the sensors are not calibrated correctly, causing the code.

Turns out this is pretty common it seems. TFL did a towing torture test on their Ram 1500 and had this issue as soon as they idled… then the Jeep engineer confirmed they were fixing this moving forward with a software update:



Anyways, I hate to say it fellas… if the ecodiesel can’t stay cool in our engine bays, I doubt a hurricane is the answer.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

It's not going to happen lol.

The only new powertrain variant before platform obsolescence is 4xE.

And the platform might be extending 2 years to 2030.

 

[PBCounty]

I see no reason to be excited by an unproven, more complex engine that runs at higher pressures and temps - especially when the current offering is plenty adequate.

 

[DesertDog]

I see no reason to be excited by an unproven, more complex engine that runs at higher pressures and temps - especially when the current offering is plenty adequate.

I currently have a 2020 Ecodiesel and a 2021 Pentastar. Up I 80 over the Wasatch mountains the Pentastar hardly makes it while revving into the stratosphere, even without towing. My Ecodiesel works but is no longer offered. I won’t do another Pentastar even considering it’s great reliability.

 

[WoolyKris]

Sales people gossip as much as bunch of teenagers at a high school cafeteria…
On the hurricane subject, recently got a chance to drive Wagoneer L down in southern Florida. That thing is just superior to the 5.7 Hemi, smooth power delivery with great torque. The car was loaded with 4 adults and kids plus gear, never felt underpowered, even got decent 17.8 mpg. Initially I was a bit skeptical, but now I’m a convert.

 

[CJ5w4wdSmokyOnMyTail]

I currently have a 2020 Ecodiesel and a 2021 Pentastar. Up I 80 over the Wasatch mountains the Pentastar hardly makes it while revving into the stratosphere, even without towing. My Ecodiesel works but is no longer offered. I won’t do another Pentastar even considering it’s great reliability.

Odd. My Pentastar was fine on I-80 and throughout Colorado on an extended trip there 2 years ago. Even towing a small off road trailer.

 

[ZeeJay]

I’m kinda surprised they haven’t stuffed that 4 banger with the puffer in the JTs yet. Anybody know why?

 

[TheSolarWizard]

Unlike the 392, the hurricane actually does not fit Into the platform as designed.
its my understanding that one will be shown off in the platform at easter jeep next year but that will just be the hype machine for the next gen platform and like lots of previous prototypes, it’ll be extensively modified to fit and not an indicator of otherwise

 

[Mr._Bill]

Unlike the 392, the hurricane actually does not fit Into the platform as designed.
its my understanding that one will be shown off in the platform at easter jeep next year but that will just be the hype machine for the next gen platform and like lots of previous prototypes, it’ll be extensively modified to fit and not an indicator of otherwise

Yeah, but that salesman said...

 

[BlackRuby23]

Up I 80 over the Wasatch mountains the Pentastar hardly makes it while revving into the stratosphere, even without towing.

Your engine is broken. Go take it to a dealership. It's broken. I repeat, your engine is broken. Take it in to get it repaired or replaced.

I am at 6,500 feet, routinely climbing over 8k. My Pentastar easily does 65 without breaking a sweat. I don't travel any faster because I don't like tickets.

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