You just need to go sell the Jeep--Immediately. Whether it's to Carmax, Carvana or your local dealership. Take the option that offers you the most money and walk away from it. You bought the wrong truck at the wrong time, and you will have negative equity to mitigate, but that relatively small...
OP had mentioned overlanding with it. Looking at it from a towing/overlanding perspective, I had the 3.6 HA that I traded off for the 3.0 Rubi. From the very small amount of towing that I've done with the 3 liter, when asking the truck to work, the 3.0 seemed much less stressed in that...
Shocking that your jeep is averaging 12 mpg. With the years of research, and with fuel economy being a key consideration, the diesel overland should have been your only option. My '23 JTRD is the heaviest pig--it has just about every option and it's averaging over 23 mpg. Basically use mine for...
This is good to hear. I am going to start towing my travel trailer distance with the diesel I picked up late last year. It only weighs 3000 lbs, but I was concerned with the overheating talk. Posts like these help dissuade some of those fears.......
Sounds like you got a lemon--I would have traded it off after the second breakdown. I love my diesel so far--we'll see how it tows in a month or so when I take my 16' trailer out. I moved it locally, and at 2800lbs, it wasn't even remotely stressed. I've been conscious about weight tho.
You have...
Agreed--No select trac or mechanical differences at all. I specifically looked for a 2023 that was NOT a far out edition. No offense to those that like the stickers, but they're just a little too much in my opinion. I also think that the only color the unpainted grill looks good on is...
Interested to see what is on the report the SA gives you. It might be an uphill battle connecting the issue to the prior work considering dealerships are experts at covering their asses and the fact that the truck made it almost 3,000 miles before it had this new problem:(
I had mine coated with NHOU boss wax in November before winter and the salt hit. They hit it with the wax and then used their oil product in the frame cavities. After the first winter, it looks great--very small amount of surface rust seen here--
What are you doing comparing a Bronco to a Gladiator? AFAIK--Ford doesn't have a midsize pickup version of the Bronco that could go up against the Jeep Gladiator?!? If you're looking at it from that perspective, you should take a look at Land Rovers or any of the other European SUV models--What...
I was less than impressed with Bestop as well. I ordered a sunrider for my gladiator and one of the nuts was welded off center on the plate that attaches the sunrider frame to the jeep "rollbar". I could have returned the thing--at an expense of shipping and product to Bestop because it was...
Adaptive cruise and auto high beams was actually on my must have list. Not too many '23 Rubicons were equipped. I could only find the one diesel that I had to buy. The windshield has nothing to do with the ACC--Windshield folds down while the hardware stays on the mirror--nothing is mounted to...
That's seriously low miles on your 2020. What are you really gaining tho? Is the plan to do more rock crawling? I traded my 2022 High Altitude for a 2023 Rubicon in November--High Altitude had roughly the same miles as yours, but the new '23 Rubicon had more options than the HA. I paid about...
That's terrible--It looks like they pried the door panels off with a screwdriver and damaged both the door and the panel in the process. They need to replace the entire door assembly--there's no way I would accept that work, BUT if you take it back to them there's a better than good chance that...
Life's too short--I had a 2022 High Altitude with the 3.6. That truck was great and had all the options I wanted except adaptive cruise. Fast forward a year and a bright red rubicon diesel with ACC, cold weather and the trail cam shows up at a small dealership 3 hours north of me. Called them...
16' basecamp. I bought the version without the rock guards to keep the tongue weight down. Lithium battery swap to further reduce it is next on the list. 2800 lbs empty, I haven't towed in heat with it yet, but the 3.6 had no issue pulling it, so I'm hoping the diesel is the same way.....
LOL--Definitely--Some people just can't pull off the brighter colors. They are better off sticking with the more conservative white, black and grey trucks?
The lack of the cold weather package and IMHO not the most exciting color combo--silver paint with the flat black fenders and top are probably other reasons it's still on the lot.........It's crazy, but the '23 Rubicons really have to have a MRSP of $70k in order to be considered well optioned......