2020 Jeep Gladiator Sport S - Can a minor incident disrupt my transmission - AUTOMATIC TRANS ISSUE

[minnaert1]

Good Evening

I am in no way a car guy but I do like to learn. In september I bough a 2020 Jeep Gladiator Sport S used. Seemed great and Jeep has always had a great reputation. I thought thats a reliable Truck. Has to be

However, time has gone that I began noticing the changing of gears being clunky and I know what a bad transmission sounds like. Its scary. Furthermore, I had a minor incident where I was hit on my driver side. It really only dented the running boards and some of the door. Could that disupt or cause an issue to my transmission?

I have noticed low speeds, not moving into gears smoothely. Almost paused and back down. Seems clunky

Any advice for a new guy to the Jeep world?

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[Rahkmalla]

Unless you or the previous owner racked up the miles, you should still be under powertrain warranty at the very least (5yr 60k). Dealership is going to be the best place to get answers unfortunately.

As for a minor accident damaging the transmission, it would be difficult to imagine how such damage would occur without at least a little frame flexing. What you've described doesn't sound like that is the case, but maybe pop your head underneath and look if anything that's supposed to be straight looks less than, or if you can see any evidence of stress around the bellhousing.

 

[DAVECS1]

The ZF8 (and Chrysler's copy of it) utilize accelerometers to determine intervention shift points. My guess is your accident has damaged one of those sensors and the information it is sending is causing weird shift scheduling

 

[minnaert1]

Thank you. I appreaciet the input and will do just that

Take care

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