Gladiator stuck at dealership for 75 days

[818Gladiator]

I'd recommend you start your Lemon Law procedures. Working through the paperwork does not commit you to going through with it. My 2022 Mojave sat at the dealership here in San Diego for over 4 months while "specialists" came from LA and around the country to diagnose it's problem. It would sit for weeks between some new part or expert arriving with "the answer." Starting the Lemon paperwork mysteriously made the process speed up, and eventually, the problem go away. That was 2+ years ago. I did not accept the Lemon offer, but my legal paperwork clearly documents that I can do so at any time if any similar problem were you reoccur. (They would renegotiate the dollar offer)
For those interested, my problem was, when driving at speed (50+ mph) it , on its own, would do a "noise down, panic stop" reduction of speed. I initially thought it was the brakes coming on or the transmission dropping 2 gears. The dealer was able to replicated the problem a couple of times, but not regularly. The majority of the time at the dealership it sat in the lot, but they did inspect, measure, test: brakes, emergency brakes, engine and transmission and the systems involved with controlling all of the above. The cause was never documented officially. I think the answer was that the engine was stopping for a few second and the fix was they reprogrammed it. It's been good now for 17,000 miles, but I'm holding on to the Lemon Law paperwork.

If it was me I would go there and take it and go home , pull the transmission and change that second gear synchronizer myself.
Manual transmissions are not complicated at all to rebuild. Parts can be ordered heck you can order the whole transmission from @AllMoparParts.com
Back to step 1 get the Gladiator and if mechanic work isnt ypur thing take it to another dealership.

I can work on my own stuff, if it wasn’t under warranty I would have definitely pulled trans myself. I agree that manual transmissions are not complicated. I have done clutch jobs, auto to manual swaps in the past. If I would have known it would be this long I wouldn’t have taken it to the dealer, but hindsight is 20/20. Going to force them to give me a rental today

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[Bandit’s Lair]

Or 2? Despite what Ford or Toyota want you to believe, there is 0 competition out there for a serious wheeler. That said, I don't even go back to the dealer for the free oil changes. Can't be disappointed by their services if you never use them. Fortunately at 180k+ miles between the 2 JLs and the JT we've never had a warranty issue so they never needed to go back.

Completely agree on the “serious wheeler” aspect. I’m confident in the Jeep. I’m still heavy into research to build up our Toyota to be able to keep up physically. I have no concerns with the driveline as it’s pretty stout but the suspension components leave a lot to be desired out in the flexy stuff. Maybe if I win the lotto both rigs will get ProRock 44’s and I’ll cease concerns.

 

[3TDJEEP]

Load up that 550 with fuel tanks. Drive it through the front door. Strike a match and let it burn.

just sayin what you’re probably thinking. Sucks you have to go through that. Hopefully they get it resolved.

Reminds me of that guy that drove his newly bought used Subaru through the dealerships doors because it had mechanical issues and they would not refund his money.




Good luck OP. Sucks you have to deal with this. Only thing I can think of is to go to the dealership and ask to speak with the GM.

 

[Klauss214659]

Have a lawyer send them a "letter".

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