There is an open recall on the manual about overheating if the torque/temperature is too high (solution pending), but I've never experienced any issues. Other than gears 5 & 6 having zero power, I really like my MT, very smooth shifting and very solid feel. The MT was the reason I went Jeep!
Please know that if you have bought a MT Gladiator in last few months, it has already had the recall update. I got mine in late March and it already has it. Not sure when the cut off began, but the dealer can tell you.
Can you push start your automatic if the battery dies? Nope. Not saying it would be easy BUT I can do it. Also - driving the 6MT keeps me involved. I can't eat, play with my phone etc. I have to drive. Those are good enough for me. My kids will learn to drive stick too. When they buy their own cars they can do whatever they want but if I'm supplying the vehicle it will be a manual. Finally - with a 6MT you get to have this which just makes me smile:
interesting quote, you have a motorbike in your avatar, is it an auto? here your avatar shows a passion machine that is useless for moving anything other than yourself, requires all four hands/feet to operate and you're dismissing the desires and passions you have for two wheeled experience for those with four wheels? interesting viewpoint, but a wrong one lol, i sold my motorbike once i was able to engage with 4 wheels like i enjoyed with 2 wheels, and since i rode v-twin i used the money from the bike to put a better soundtrack (equally important to me) in the jeep and there's a couple thousand watts and some subs under backseat, as the magnaflow exhaust is pretty good....not quite as good as a v-twin but now with exhaust and stereo that i can hear with t-roofs off...par....and now i'm only insuring and parking one machine and my smiles per mile are just as maxed if not more, and being canadian only could use the motorbike for but mere hours per year in comparison to this manual jeep unicorn freedom machine which i get to drive every day and take everyone and everything with me...so my annual smiles per miles are in another league compared to what motorbike gave me
Don't believe I could agree with this.
Crawling off road with a manual, with its solid transmission of power to the wheels that allows you to do so with your feet off the clutch and brake, is so much better than in an automatic where you're contantly fighting its slipping and surging torque converter.
