Yeah, that’s weird. I’ve experienced some bucking while turning sharp on firm pack, but thinks it’s from the extreme radius difference during the turn between the front and rear. It’s a lot more than a Wrangler.
Ya I don’t think it’s normal. I can see if I was doing it because I was on the throttle and it is touchy at that high of gear ratio but for the Jeep to do it on its own doesn’t seem right. Guess I’ll see what the star tech says. I sent the video to my Jeep care specialist.
It’s not a manual. I had the Jeep in drive and accelerated in 2nd gear to 1500-2000 rpms and lef off the gas completely. It was coasting and surging on its own.
I got that - I was using the MT as a comparison. I think you need to be in a higher gear or not accelerating - just put it in gear and let it creep along at idle.
I can do that but, lets be honest here. Thats not the way it should be and the way i should have to drive it to keep it from lunging/surging.
No i didn't try the offroad+. I'll most likely try it and see what it does or if it helps but I explained my theory to them and there was no further discussions about it other than it was "deemed normal" and thats all they could tell me. It was wierd because everytime the @JeepCares rep called me the first thing she would say was, "this conversation is being recorded". So makes me wonder if there is multiple complaints about it that they can't figure out or are working on or something. If i ever offroad and need to go into 4 low, i'll have to put the jeep in manual mode and start out in 3rd gear. It doesn't do it in that gear and up. I'll have to also try the offroad+ function also.
no I had no change. Still does it and I’m just living with it. I have just assumed it’s because of the rubicon low range transfer case. If I can keep it in higher gears and not 1st gear it doesn’t do it. I think it’a gearing is so low that it surges aheadthen catches up and surges again. There’s a lot of torque multiplication when you’re in first gear and 4 lo. Mine I noticed more going up a slight hill. I never tried it going downhill.
Oh that sucks that it does it going up hill. Mine is controlled while on flat ground or up hill (no problem). I noticed this yesterday when I was in Moab on a long hill descent. I didn't want to ride the brakes so I put it in 4lo and manual mode. On my old rig, I could just coast in a controlled manner. If it was going above 3000 rpm, I would just shift into a taller gear..
