Lost Second Gear Again!!

[Willy’s 2020]

Hey all, Has anyone else have any problems with their manual transmission?? I lost 2nd gear at 3521 miles. The dealership would not tell me what was wrong with the trans, they just replaced it and told me that a team from Auburn Hills came and picked it up. Now I have 9800 miles on it and the same EXACT! thing is happening again!!! It will NOT stay in second gear!! I will be dropping it off at the dealership on Monday the 7th of June 2021. It's going to be the same thing again. They will have to replace the trans AGAIN!!!! This will be the 3rd transmission in less then 10000 miles. This is the first time I have owned a Jeep, but now I am having serious doubts about the Jeep brand. I probably should have stuck to the Ram.

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[Mr._Bill]

There's nothing wrong with the Jeep brand, it's the light duty MT they put in it.

Should've got an automatic.


There are always some failures to be expected. There's not been many reported here. It is quite unusual to have more than one in the same vehicle.

 

[TroutFishingInAmerica]

8000 miles on mine and no tranny problems. Haven't heard Of very many problems with the manual transmission itself. What tires and gear ratio? What kind of driving are you doing? Big loads? I don't know seems strange the same thing happened twice, hopefully this is the last time, I'm bet it will be.

 

[j.o.y.ride]

Should've got an automatic.

I paid Jeep to shift gears for me and haven't had any issues

 

[RavensEyeOffroad]

anyone on this forum experienced the same?

 

[Choatecav]

I have not had any problems with my MT. I have about 1200 miles on it.
These stories do shake my confidence a bit.

 

[NachoRuby]

3513 miles so far. But no issues yet. I'd heard of the weak clutch which was "fixed" with software before I took delivery, but this is the first I've heard of the actual transmission failing. Check on the JL Wrangler side and see if it's a widespread issue.

 

[ARCH3R]

I got my MT Overland just shy of 2 weeks ago. I have had a bit of clunking coming out of 1st gear most of the time since 50 miles. I am at 1400 miles now and still hear it. Getting it looked at this Friday from where I purchased it.

 

[MrKnowitall]

There's nothing wrong with the Jeep brand, it's the light duty MT they put in it.

I’m-a have to disagree there. There is plenty wrong with the Jeep brand- from the bean counters forcing bad engineering solutions, the horrendous service at some dealers, to the obscene option pricing.
the trans is a version of the same unit in the Hilux and Tacoma. It’s as solid as any other Aisin trans.

 

[DanW]

Hey all, Has anyone else have any problems with their manual transmission?? I lost 2nd gear at 3521 miles. The dealership would not tell me what was wrong with the trans, they just replaced it and told me that a team from Auburn Hills came and picked it up. Now I have 9800 miles on it and the same EXACT! thing is happening again!!! It will NOT stay in second gear!! I will be dropping it off at the dealership on Monday the 7th of June 2021. It's going to be the same thing again. They will have to replace the trans AGAIN!!!! This will be the 3rd transmission in less then 10000 miles. This is the first time I have owned a Jeep, but now I am having serious doubts about the Jeep brand. I probably should have stuck to the Ram.

No problems with mine in 47k miles. Yours is the only one I've heard of with this issue. Hopefully they'll get it replaced again for you and you'll be on your way. With the exact same failure, though, I'd be skeptical if they actually replaced it. But crazy stuff happens, so maybe they did.

I run mine HARD and tow a fishing boat frequently. Lots of off-roading, too. Again, no issues. Not one.

 

[sdtkeld]

It could be a tolerance problem elsewhere in the drivetrain that is causing the problems. Replacing the transmission over and over and over again may not be the solution.

 

[NachoRuby]

It could be a tolerance problem elsewhere in the drivetrain that is causing the problems. Replacing the transmission over and over and over again may not be the solution.

Yes if it's happened twice, it's gotta be caused by something else (maybe a broken motor or transmission mount causing too much motion)? I've honestly never seen too many manual transmissions themselves break before. I've never worried or even thought about anything but the clutch before in all my years of driving manuals of all makes.

 

[sdtkeld]

Sometimes you win the bizarro lottery and it sucks.

 

[Chocolyle]

Only issue with my 21 M/T Rubi is 3rd gear. Sometimes I need to jam it pretty hard. Very random when it happens. All others no issues. Only have 1800 miles so far. Clutch catch has worked it self out and is much smoother/higher now.

 

[redrider]

"they came and picked it up" sounds fishy to me. A generic CYA phrasing impossible to verify.

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