Hi @Glade8torMy Gladiator has been in shop 38 days same issues. Jeep believes it is a VVT
issue due to defective cam phaser. Wonāt buyback this one until they try this. Has anyone had the misfire issue repaired? Was it the cam phaser?
Search misfire on the forum...thereās a couple of threads with great info. No fixes, but many people working through same issue.Purchased my JT in December and experiencing the same issue. Like most of you, love the truck but am pretty nervous/disappointed after reading through this thread. My car is in the shop for the same problem for the second time in as many weeks. While waiting for my rental car from the dealership, the gentleman next to me had the exact same problem to the extent his engine was completely shutting down. Thus, itās obviously not an isolated event and based on thread doesnāt sound like thereās a solution other than lemon laws. Dealership told me today they didnāt have a solution so had to call back to corporate so itās still at the shop as they wait for an answer. . Jeep Cares...what is Jeep doing about this?
Gas was Jeep"s theory with my issues. Except my issues started immediately on the first tank of gas from the factory. At the time they claimed ethanol to be the problem not the solution. So i had to go thru a couple tanks of premium. I thought it was a waste of time, but i had no choice, and of course it was back in the shop shop after the gas 'fix'. One thing i saw that might have made a difference wad altitude. I bought my jeep new in Wisconsin, got the CEL light right away and often. I bought the truck to go to the Tucson gem show, and my dealership service convinced me it would be ok. And it was. As soon as i got above 1000+ feet no CLE, for over 4000 miles. Thru snow ...8000 feet elevation...nothing. Then on the way home, i get to Chicago, and the multi cylinder misfire occurs again. I wad thinking it might be air qualityas wellI got the multi-cylinder misfire problem when I switched to pure gas (no ethanol). Ran through 2 tanks. Misfire problems and no improvement in performance so I went back to regular gas with ethanol. Misfire problem hasn't reappeared after 4 tanks of fuel. So maybe fuel is part of the problem.
Hi there David,Thank you for the help! I'll update the link above once I get the car back and have invoice describing the issue. So far, I've been told only 1 cylinder is misfiring...same one as the first time. Chrysler has asked a technician drive the car with it hooked to their sensors for an extended period of time so they can get a feed of the problem. That said, I'm stuck with a rental throughout the weekend....and likely til Wednesday. They're doing their best to make this right and the dealership and have been very helpful, but remained concerned if corporate can't figure it out I may be dealing with a lemon. Have a trail ride planned for the 10th....so hope it's fixed by then!