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I have had 2 Gladiators, three engines and thousands of excuses from FCA. My dealership has been the saving grace in this debacle. When they openly admit that the engines are defective and they buy back my first Gladiator.... that is honesty.

Dealer told me there are hundreds of Gladiators with the damaged cylinders. Can’t believe there are competing defects. All the symptoms are the same.

I just got my Gladiator back after 113 days. New engine. So far runs great. The defective engines are being replaced. Ask your dealership to check with FCA about the hundreds of defective engines with damaged cylinders. Save yourself the aggravation & frustration of repairing symptoms...

Put 50 miles on new engine yesterday. No problems 20 mpg great acceleration. Last 2 gladiators krunked out under 50 miles. Tell your dealerships to check on the bad engine blocks and stop waisting your time. The compression leak down on left bank is the first clue. I believe they know...

Picked up Gladiator with new engine. Fingers crossed!

They replaced my engine yesterday. There are hundreds of Gladiators with the the damaged cylinder walls. Tell your dealer to check into it. Left bank is not holding compression. I feel Jeep is stalling on TSB or recall.

All three left bank cylinders are loosing compression.

I was told that a robotic device that drills and polishes the cylinder walls was defective and damaged the walls.

Day 112. Dealership confirmed crated engine is on location. Start removal and plug n play tomorrow. FCA seems confident the damaged cylinder walls is the issue. Over 400 units have been identified according to dealer rep.

I remember early post in May where guys were saying they broke theirs in hard and the issues resolved themselves. At the time it was thought to be software adaptive learning issue.

Just out of curiosity have you compared your VINs and build dates? My build dates and VIN were very close. The vehicles were pretty much identical... and engine blocks probably came off the same run. My service director is admitting there was a production error involving piston cylinders...

Day 107 good news ! New engine ordered by dealership! Bad news! Arrives September 23... REALLY?

Wow... what is your build date? Mine weee Dec 2019 and Jan 2020

Dealership said it was a robotic Assembly problem. They have replaced phaser cams sensors practically entire top of engine as well as reprogramming.

I bought Gladiator 1 on 4/28/2020 I krunked on day two. Two months later dealership bought it back. I purchased another identical Overland and it krunked day one with 36 miles. They have had it ever since. My understanding is Jeep manufactured defective blocks at one plant. I think the...

Gladiator 2 engine 3

Dealership did compression test and all three left bank cylinders failed. Blown engine at 36 miles

Day 105 Jeepcares called advised new engine ordered for Gladiator 2

Day 108. Star team has requested dealership to do compression test on engine that krunked at 36 miles and first day of ownership. Houston we’ve got a problem!

Clarification on piston cylinder issue... I was told that the cylinder walls were damaged during the robotic boring and polishing process.