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Its not the trailer - I routinely tow the same trailer behind my Ford pickup with a factory TBC and it is completely smooth. What the RedArc does is apply brake fairly smoothly initially and then at very low speeds applies too much brake and the trailer lurches to a stop - not matching the brake...

Many Pentastar engines with VVL last well beyond 100k…

I’d say the Gladiator doesn’t have the best cooling system in the world mainly to keep the unique front end look of the Jeep. Mine has the tow pack with the higher wattage fan. I can’t imagine trying to tow 7700lbs in the mountains. The Redarc trailer brake also doesn’t work exceptionally smoothly.

The box trailer is 102” wide and a flat nose not a vee nose. It’s considerably taller than the Jeep. Of course there’s significant wind drag at highway speed. Approximately 5000lbs is the accurate weight. The Jeep works pretty hard to pull it at speed.

Yes highway driving. Probably slightly uphill. I live in hilly New England.

Box trailer, 5000lbs. Automatic transmission, not in manual mode. 55mph, basically calm wind conditions. Everything within spec.

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Pretty routine on mine if you tow anything much. You can see I’m not at altitude nor is the ambient temp very hot. I’ve actually seen 240 coolant which just plain seems too hot for the engine to last if you keep doing this.

Actually that's not true. Stability Control is what disables automatically in low range. However, traction control continues to function normally in low range, as it actually can be effective when lockers aren't engaged or aren't present. Many people disparage traction control systems - and in...

Going back to the OP's issue - its primarily the transmission. Running the rear brakes down to metal isn't going to prevent you from making it home.

In my experience, at least with newer vehicles, the rear brakes are consistently wearing out quicker than the front brakes. Never used to be that way, and with front brakes doing most of the work, most of the time, it doesn't seem to make logical sense. Dad's F-150 needed rear brakes at 40k...

Frankly, if you are way off the beaten path and go through a bunch of water / mud, you aren't going to be able to "wash out" the brakes for awhile. In addition to the family member with the Volkswagen I referenced, I also am aware of a co-worker who bought a 2015 Mazda CX5 which also required...

Really? How much off-road driving experience do you have? Traction control can be quite useful, especially if you don't feel like using a diff lock for every wheel slip event. Jeep's programming in my experience is better than most. Aside from that, if you frequently encounter mud / water...

A family member's 2018 VW Tiguan needed its rear brake pads replaced at 15k miles. It does happen. If @adamjedgar is off road a lot, the brake-based traction control might be applying the rear brakes more often than you expect.

Yeah, there's tons of people who drive their still-under-warranty Jeeps off road, and through deep water at that...

Get a life dude...who cares.

@adamjedgar I agree with you on the transmission. No water should have any way to enter unless the breather connection is either a.) defective in workmanship or materials for its stated purpose; or b.) not properly installed by the last dealership that worked on your Jeep. As for the avatar...

Uh huh.

In my opinion, that avatar photo looks photoshopped, but who knows. You are naive to think that most manufacturers don't build in a certain amount of fudge factor, though.

No, the liability falls on the manufacturer to build in some leeway. Even fire truck aerial ladders have a rated capacity and a non-published safety capacity, meaning they know it might be overloaded at some point. If Jeep says 30", they should build in a bit of extra fudge factor. And they...