I call BS! I would ask for the exact code that was thrown.
The dealership acknowledged they were aware of others having the issue, they said they hadn't seen one in their shop until this last week. He never said it just started happening, just that they hadn't had any in their shop until this last week. He very well may be trying to just pacify me, but I don't believe the dealership can do anything about this, and I would rather believe that engineers are looking at this rather then have the dealerships guess about shit like replacing rocker arms and other things. I'd rather have them find and fix the real issue rather than have it reoccur a few weeks later like some people have experienced. I've only been going through this for less than a week and can only start to imagine the frustration that others are experiencing. It does them no good to keep my Jeep for weeks on end as that just get's me closer to 30 days and a potential Lemon Law case. If this doesn't get resolved my Gladiator will likely be both my first and last FCA vehicle.
If you think the FCA engineers are going to have a definitive "fix" in the next few weeks you are being very misinformed. This has been going on for months and we have yet to even hear a peep from anyone at FCA about this. I was told this was escalated from the line to the higher up back in November from the source i have and still no fix.
Still at dealership. No diagnosis as of Friday. Hope to know more on Monday. Will keep everyone posted. Thanks.
WHATS THE LAST 6 OF YOUR VINWell here we go again. Drove the JT for about 100 miles and the CEL came on again while my wife made a half mile trip to the grocery store. I drove to the first stop sign in my neighborhood and came to a stop. The vehicle started shaking “violently” (misfires I assume-I don’t want to overstate the issue). It was bad enough that my 9yo said, “What’s that!?” Then the CEL began blinking and I got the alert chime and the auto-start unavailable light came on. I turned around and went straight home. This time it can’t be about “not having enough gas” because you can see I’m at half a tank. Back to the dealership I go.
Geez ... that’s disappointing.Well here we go again. Drove the JT for about 100 miles and the CEL came on again while my wife made a half mile trip to the grocery store. I drove to the first stop sign in my neighborhood and came to a stop. The vehicle started shaking “violently” (misfires I assume-I don’t want to overstate the issue). It was bad enough that my 9yo said, “What’s that!?” Then the CEL began blinking and I got the alert chime and the auto-start unavailable light came on. I turned around and went straight home. This time it can’t be about “not having enough gas” because you can see I’m at half a tank. Back to the dealership I go.
Good luck. Keep us updated. The general manager from the dealership where I bought mine called the other day because FCA reached out to him. I look forward to talking to him. I’d like to pass on any information that might help get this thing resolved.
Adding to the thread....picked up my new Jeep Gladiator 2 weeks ago. It’s literally been back at the dealers more than in my driveway. ESS light came in the second day I owned the vehicle. Called and returned to dealer. After many hours, they decided to replace secondary battery. After picking the vehicle up, the next day the ESS light returns. Set up another appointment with dealer. Before my appointment, CEL light came on as well. It’s now been at the dealer for 4 days with no resolution. Working with FCA engineers as well. Will continue to update thread as I hear more. 2nd Jeep could be my last. We’ll see if FCA makes this right. Clearly appears to be a known but unresolved issue!
Good luck to you. I got a call from the general manager of the dealership Saturday and was able to speak with him yesterday. He said they are going to bring a loaner car to the house and take my JT back to the dealership to figure out the problem. I havn’t heard from anyone else since. Again, I love the idea of this truck but . . . . .we’ll have to see what happens from here.
Thanks for the update. I wonder if there is a way to get my dealer to see that list.
