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Mine died last week at exactly 3 years, 4 months from date of purchase of my 2022 Jeep Gladiator. Four months out of warranty. Yay. I spent the weekend sourcing batteries, then installing them. Getting to the aux battery box was a PITA, between taking off the front passenger tire and dropping...

Probably a year after they put it into the Wrangler. I.e. likely 2028. If the Gladiator isn't discontinued. The only reason they did a mid-run refresh was because using the same parts as the Wrangler gives massive economies of scale. Given the modest sales of the Gladiator, around 75,000 per...

Actually, a high revving engine needs a lighter oil than a low-revving engine because the oil needs to be thin enough to make it into places that are moving fast. A thicker oil can't get there in time, causing metal-on-metal action. The rocker issues are caused by bad manufacturing tolerances...

I had that issue with my 2012 Pentastar. It turned out to be the original water pump. When the leak got bad enough to be seen and the water pump was replaced under warranty at 56,000 miles, the loss of coolant stopped. I later had to replace that OEM water pump at 112,000 miles. I replaced it...

I didn't buy my Max Tow to tow at anything near its tow weight rating. I bought it to be able to easily and safely tow trailers of up to 5,000 lbs in a stable and sustainable manner without overstressing the cooling, suspension, or drivetrain. Consider it the "more dakka" theory of tow rating --...

I got 15mpg towing at 60mph with only a slightly lighter load (500lb lighter). I will say that it's ridiculous how efficient this Pentastar is at towing. Like you, I was lucky to get 10mpg towing with a big V8. I wonder if it's got something to do with the variable-lift variable timing valve...

I would say that it is realistic, but not fun. Your engine is wound all the way out, your gas mileage is crap, and you're going 45mph up those grades. We used to tow like that back in the late 1970's when the available engines were so choked by smog equipment that a 400 cu. in. engine had less...

Mighty flat land you're driving across there. Now take it over Donner Summit on I-80 between Sacramento and Reno. You'll have trouble maintaining 45mph with the pedal flat against the floorboard. That said, I'd have no problem pulling that rig with my Max Tow *occasionally*. If I was pulling...

Max tow tows. Towed this trailer at about 4000 lbs gross weight (lots of heavy books at the front of the trailer) with my Sport Max Tow without a problem other than the fact that it accelerated rather slowly pulling that amount of weight behind it. For occasional towing the Gladiator Max Tow is...

Yes. The MItchell One product is cheap but has the information, if you can chug your way through its obtuse organization. AlldataDIY is expensive but is organized exactly like Technet so is easier to navigate if you know those products. Unfortunately both Mitchell One and AlldataDIY are always...

Thanks, that's good to know. I doubt that I will have any reason to do anything wiring-wise since That's not the issue. The issue is that Chiseler/Screwantis doesn't have any product for individuals who wish to have service information about only their car, and don't allow Mitchell/Alldata to...

Well, AllDataDiy/MitchellDIY/etc. now have released the service manuals for the 2020 Gladiators. It will be a while before the 2022 manual is released for my new 2022 bright red Sport Max Tow Gladiator, Flamma the Gladiator. On the other hand, all I want it for is torque specs for various bolts...

The Pentastar is boring. That's both good and bad. As a boring engine, it's easy to maintain and doesn't have a lot of complexity to make it hard to repair. As a boring engine, if you're towing something heavy it's rather underwhelming. As a boring engine, it can be okay unloaded with the right...

1. There are roughly 40 million Pentastars on the road, most trouble-free. It's a well known engine that is easy to repair and with parts in stock at most dealerships. Manufactured in Detroit and in Mexico, any parts not in stock are easy to source. Fairly simple engine with no direct injection...

Did some moving, towing U-Haul's biggest trailer. Flamma the Max-Tow Sport handled it with aplomb.

Jeep sold a little under 90,000 Gladiators last year. That's it. It's hard to justify multiple powertrains for a vehicle that sells under 90,000 copies per year. I'm frankly surprised we even got the diesel.

Dealerships tend to operate the way I mentioned, because they have a *lot* of mechanics and a lot of stratification and specialization. Smaller shops, of course, are different. My friend Tom's shop rarely has a "shop monkey" for the menial jobs, he has two other mechanics and does some wrench...

Everybody starts out in the business at the bottom, doing oil changes and fluid top-ups and other grunt work that doesn't require a lot of mechanical chops. This is because no matter how good your grades at mechanic school or on the certification tests, none of that tells how good a mechanic you...

LED headlights. Just for comparison, the stock dim yellow halogen on the left, the bright white LED headlight on the right.

Added a tonneau cover. Bakflip MX4. Not impressed by the provided hardware and still some adjusting to do but I ran out of daylight.