I found a used Reese Brakeman that had a remote control head. The box is completely hidden behind the knee panel, and when I need to adjust something or want to have the override button available I just leave the pendant plugged in and tucked into the cargo packet in the driver's door. If...
I honestly wonder if there should be alternate cruise programming for the Diesel. I could see that behavior as being normal-ish for the Gas motor, where all the power is at high RPM, but when it revs up to 3000+ RPM with the Diesel it seems like there is less torque and power available and it...
I know my '21 Overland Diesel worked so much harder to hold the same speed when the cruise was on as opposed to cruise being off, while towing a heavy load. It would go for 6th gear under any amount of incline and wouldn't hold 8th unless you were going downhill. Just pedaling it, it would...
I personally like it in my Diesel. It is ready to go in the time it takes me to move my foot from the brake to the accelerator pedal. It isn't overly useful in the country, but is definitely nice to have in a town with lots of stop lights.
I will second the guy that said that it is terrible...
I have a '21 Overland EcoDiesel and I love mine. I get 28-29mpg reliably and have done a fair amount of towing with it. If you are one of those people who still long for the 4.0 inline 6, then the Diesel is going to scratch that itch. Great torque and power, and even sounds like a wore out...
If it were me, I would probably hook the oil cooler to the return line of the turbo. You wouldn't have as much volume as elsewhere, but you would get the hottest oil in the system into a cooler before it had a chance to return to the block. This would definitely help with the longevity of the...
If it were me, I think the fastest way to cooling it down would be an oil cooler that was ran outside of the engine bay with an aux fan attached. Something routed to the underside of the bed, where it would be well protected from trail obstacles would be ideal.
A bigger radiator might be a...
I actually had mixed luck towing at altitude with my EcoDiesel. I was towing a 6x12 U-Haul with ~1000 pounds of stuff in it from Colorado Springs to Central IL about a week ago.
The drive to Colorado with 3 people and 100 pounds of luggage went perfectly and I managed about 28.5 MPG on the...
I know that the one in the Renegade is just stupidly big for the size of the windshield. A lot of it could be that it needs more area because the windshield is almost vertical instead of sloped.
I got to make that trip with my dad and a friend once in a standard cab 1990 Dodge Truck back in the pre-XM radio days. The selection of music driving through the bible belt was...limited. It made for some boring travel on the I70. I am hoping the I80 way is better, but I got a feeling that I...
Scary stories on YouTube usually do the trick for me. I will be making that same trip from IL in a couple of weeks. The best advice I can give is make the wife drive through Kansas while you sleep.
Might I suggest one of those hitch mounted cargo baskets as a base to mount your door holders to. Easily removable when not needed and doesn't eat into your bed space when it is in use.
Would something like this work?
Look at this on eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-17x9-D-Window-Steel-Wheel-5x5-for-Jeep-Wrangler-JK-2007-2018-Outland-/191667978094?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286
This jeep was part of the reason I asked the question. Imagine those wheels with a matte black powder coated finish (or even color matched). Rugged as all get out and cheap.