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[juxsa]

@pixeldecals

yeah I had checked them out before and it seemed pretty run of the mill. I wish they had a portfolio of what their custom stuff looked like.

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[LuisRecio]

• There is one option for 35" tires that fit the narrow OE rims. I'd keep my OE wheels if I had more than one tire choice, instead I have to drop another $1,300-$3,000 on rims just to fit proper sized tires.
• I was just at the new car expo and a bunch of automakers are going to 18" rims on their off road trucks and SUVs. Please, please, please don't follow that trend. 18" rims don't belong off road.
• Heavier weight springs and better shocks. The Gladiator, like most trucks in the class, is woefully undersprung and underdamped. My Rubicon "off road" truck should not hit the bump stops going over a speed bump at low speed.
• More seat adjustments - I installed the Seat Jacker on both front seats to make it more comfortable. Even my ancient Nissan has manual front and rear height adjustments for the driver.
• Two Words: Dead Pedal.
• In-tailgate storage compartment. It's wasted space and Chevy has a storage compartment built into the Colorado.
• The LED headlights should have a heating element to melt snow in cold weather if you get the LEDs and Cold Weather package.
• Stop giving our contact information to XM and let us turn that crap off. The nagware pop-up ads I get on my infotainment screen make feel shanky. I cannot express how infuriating it is to spend $60,000+ on a truck to be served ads on my screen by a company I've never done business with and never will.
• The little gap between the shifters and the lockers/aux switches would be a great place to keep my phone if it had sides so it wouldn't slide out the ends when cornering.
• Factory optional onboard air compressor, it's way more useful than a winch for most people.
• Keep the metal bed, don't go with plastic/composite the way Toyota has.
• The license plate lights should turn off when shifting to reverse, they glare and wash out the camera.
• The reverse camera screen needs to be dimmer at night, it's blinding inside and makes it hard to see out. This is a safety issue.
• I'm not sure if the gas motors have the same plastic oil filter setup, but that's a stupid and wasteful design. The motor-side of the filter housing should be aluminum so it can't be damaged by overtorquing the plastic cap. The filter element shouldn't be part of the filter cap; that cap should be reusable and you should be able to just change the element.
• Reduce the number of tools needed to work on it. For example, the diesel needs two different sockets to open the oil filter and fuel filter housing (I know the diesel is out of production, this is just an example). Why did I have to buy a whole new set of e-torx sockets to remove my front seats? What's wrong with a normal hex-head bolt there? I'm reminded of KTM, they only use a few sized fasteners and all of them can take either hex or torx tools; you can pretty much take a bike down to the bare frame with about 6 tools - all of which are included in the tool kit.
• Fix the aux battery bullcrap.
• I'd love a powered sliding rear window.
• Basically look at everything a Taser Mini does and do that from the factory.
• Start-stop remembers it's setting between uses.
• Exterior temp sensor that actually reads the current temp. It was colder than Antarctica in my city this week (not an exaggeration) and despite remote-starting, the truck thought it was nearly 50 degrees and didn't turn on the heated seat, heated wheel, or window defoggers.
• A key fob that is smaller than the state of Vermont and doesn't flip open in my pocket and try to stab me in the bollocks. Switchblade keys were cool 20 years ago, not today.
• A fuel cap retention device that isn't a silly plastic hook that keeps dropping the cap into the paint. Put a little cradle on the inside of the door that the cap rests in like every other vehicle that's ever been made.
• Keep making wild colors. I'm 100% over cars that look like the colors were inspired by a pre-1979 East German government housing block.
• 12v DC in the bed as well as AC.
• Tie the hood into the car alarm, the sensors are already there.
• Beef up the steering
• Beef up the rear swaybar brackets that are prone to cracking
• Give every Gladiator the iron steering knuckles from the Diesel.

That's all I've got, but I've only had the truck about 8 or 9 months.

EDIT:

• Retro-appearance decal package, maybe a throwback to the Honcho.

@Underground Graphics made it possible last week for my Gladiator.

 

[kcmudbug]

• Gauge brightness adjustment that goes from 0-100%, not 0-50% and then a click up to 100%. Some of us need that level of lighting between 50 and 100%.
• No more forced Sirius XM, data collection, and ads. I didn't ask for the freeware version, and I wasn't offered a discount if I accepted ads.
• What is the point of buying a new vehicle with a warranty when the dealers won't repair the vehicle - even when it's stock? When it does fail bad enough that the dealer can't deny it, make replacement parts available. Every visit to the dealer shouldn't take a month because they're waiting on parts.
• I'll never buy an extended warranty when the dealers fight warranty work every step of the way and take months for repairs if they do them.
• License plate lights need to turn off or dim in reverse because they blind the camera.
• Tire size and other common mods should be owner adjustable settings.
• All adjustable vehicle settings (like which doors unlock, behavior of aux switches, etc.) should be adjustable in the menu between the gauges.
• Let the stereo just be the stereo so we can change it since the factory stuff is garbage, or give us pre-outs so we can put in something good behind it without facing the dealer denying warranty service.
• Make the radio pick back up where I left off. If I was listening to something via bluetooth, that should be where it goes back to when I get back in the vehicle. The radio locks onto my phone when I start the vehicle, but I can't do anything until go through the menu to manually select that source.
• All HVAC controls should be adjustable from the buttons below the stereo. I shouldn't need the stereo screen to see if I'm selecting defrost, vent, heat, etc.
• Seal up the bed except for a couple drain holes with plugs.
• If you're making a blacked out vehicle, don't put one silver trim piece and silver wheels on it while blacking everything else out - especially since those exact parts are available in black on similarly equipped models.
• LED lights should be standard and they should be heated since most of the country can experience winter precipitation.
• Fold down windshield? I've never known anyone who cared about that (aside from trying to address leaks) except Jeep's advertising division. I've never seen anyone that actually uses this unless it's a one time thing just to say they've done it.
• Seats that adjust to actually support your legs and are more comfortable.
• That dip / groove in front of the shifters needs ends on it so you can put stuff there without it sliding off when you turn a corner.
• How does Jeep make a JL / JT feel smaller than an TJ/LJ? If I'm sitting comfortably, my knees are in the door and the tcase shifter. My JT makes my LJ feel roomy even though it's the larger vehicle.
• No more cheap netting on the doors - especially after seeing how poorly they held up in the JKs.
• If you're going to advertise storage behind the rear seat, you need to remove all of the metal latch loops that stick out of the back wall. Also the bottom of the seat should latch in the up position.
• Fix the temp sensor so it reads the current temp, not when it was last parked.
• It needs at least a 6ft bed option even if that means less cab.
• The keyfob shouldn't be the size of a deck of cards and shouldn't flip out in my pocket / stab me.
• Locker and gearing options independent of trim package.
• Interior that matches. Not everyone wants red dash panels, fancy stitching, etc.
• Rear view mirror shouldn't hang down so low that it blocks the view out the windshield. It should be fairly tight against the top of the windshield frame. Unless I duck to look under it, I can't see the lanes to the right at an intersection. I would argue that is more important than seeing behind me.
• Make the auto headlights work right. My lights shouldn't come on / dash lights dim because I passed a shadow on the highway. I've had vehicles with auto lights since the early 2000s and none of them have ever acted like this.
  

 

[AstroZombie]

Hello Jeep fans!

We are looking for feedback on what features/options/colors/additions/etc. you would like to see in your Jeeps.
Please leave a comment below on anything you'd like to share. Keep in mind, this might not appear anytime soon but we want to know what our owners are looking for to make the ownership experience more enjoyable.

Thank you!

Jeep Cares

better steering components, reliable dealerships and better parts handling. Parts break or fail that's just a fact of life. Waiting for dealerships to have parts available shouldn't be. Leaving a vehicle or 3 days for diagnostics is just ridiculous. Waiting for a year to get a single shock replaced because no one knows the correct part number is lunacy. I have a competitors truck from 2004 and have had zero issues at all. In fact they contact me still if there was a safety recall and fix it. We cannot even get dealerships to answer or respond to regular service issue. I would imagine many Jeep owners celebrate teh day the warranty expires because it means a significant decrease in deal service interactions. I went to the dealer once to buy an oil filter, you know what they tried to sell me? A filter that was not an OE filter and their selling strategy was " it costs less" To be honest if we wanted on that costs less we would go to walmart. Good thing Autozone sells mopar filters. Thanks for listening

 

[Gvsukids]

• What is the point of buying a new vehicle with a warranty when the dealers won't repair the vehicle - even when it's stock? When it does fail bad enough that the dealer can't deny it, make replacement parts available. Every visit to the dealer shouldn't take a month because they're waiting on parts.
• I'll never buy an extended warranty when the dealers fight warranty work every step of the way and take months for repairs if they do them.

License plate lights need to turn off or dim in reverse because they blind the camera.

Sounds like you need a different dealership.

 

[kcmudbug]

Sounds like you need a different dealership.

I'm don't disagree, but it's not for lack of trying. I've been to 3.

 

[Bear Hunter]

Love to see the Hurricane engine... Also, 4.10 gearing in all gladiators with at least 33 in tires on all

 

[adamjedgar]

Hello Jeep fans!

We are looking for feedback on what features/options/colors/additions/etc. you would like to see in your Jeeps.
Please leave a comment below on anything you'd like to share. Keep in mind, this might not appear anytime soon but we want to know what our owners are looking for to make the ownership experience more enjoyable.

Thank you!

Jeep Cares

I have a change that is badly needed...

The transmission breather hose connection on the transmission used behind the 3.6litre pentastar engine. (torqueflite 850RE - maybe others as well im not sure)

Currently its a spark plug type cap (which can easily be removed with fingers) and is not adquite for reliably keeping water out of the transmission.

It needs to be mechanically fastened to the top of the transmission tube via something like a hose clamp so it cannot under any normal circumstances come off!!!!

below is what the current connector looks like (it could easily be called a spark plug cap)

The above is completely inadequite for purpose. This is an urgent change needed ASAP!

 

[juxsa]

@Underground Graphics made it possible last week for my Gladiator.

That's wicked! What did the vinyl set you back? I've got a hypersonic yellow rubi that is screaming for some rad retro style vinyl!

 

[Dog Dad]

You have several wheels available on the Mopar sight you should offer as an option with a few bigger tire options .

 

[AustinKalb]

Apologies if already answered. New Jeep from California driving to Alaska. If I get a flat, can I contact Jeep to come fix it?

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