DanW
Well-Known Member
It may be just me, but I interpret "reliable" to mean that the vehicle drives safely and reliably and doesn't leave you stranded. Not sure that I count small issues like the steering stabilizer (at least in my case, which was never unsafe, IMO.)
In my 51 years on the planet, I've only encountered one vehicle that never had a defect, and I owned it long enough to put 110k miles on it before I sold it. That was a 1990 Pontiac Sunbird. It never even had a light bulb burn out. I've had Toyotas, a Honda, Chevys, Pontiacs, Fords, a Buick, and a Mercedes Benz, and each one had at least something, like a misaligned sticker, trim piece out of alignment, or worse. None were unreliable, though.
But, no vehicle I've owned has endured the bone-jarring abuse of off-roading like the Jeeps I've owned. Not even the 4 Runners, Silverado, or F150. Only my YJ suffered an off-road failure and it wasn't off-roading that cause it, but rather it revealed it. It had a rusted out engine mount that failed. Under 100 bucks and it was back on the trails.
My JL has been on hard trails in Colorado, Moab, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, and all over Indiana in its short life and it is as solid as a rock. The steering dampener and clutch recall (it has exhibited no felt issues) are not reliability issues, IMO. The fit/finish has been down right perfect on it. Not one paint blemish or adhesive drip, anywhere.
In my 51 years on the planet, I've only encountered one vehicle that never had a defect, and I owned it long enough to put 110k miles on it before I sold it. That was a 1990 Pontiac Sunbird. It never even had a light bulb burn out. I've had Toyotas, a Honda, Chevys, Pontiacs, Fords, a Buick, and a Mercedes Benz, and each one had at least something, like a misaligned sticker, trim piece out of alignment, or worse. None were unreliable, though.
But, no vehicle I've owned has endured the bone-jarring abuse of off-roading like the Jeeps I've owned. Not even the 4 Runners, Silverado, or F150. Only my YJ suffered an off-road failure and it wasn't off-roading that cause it, but rather it revealed it. It had a rusted out engine mount that failed. Under 100 bucks and it was back on the trails.
My JL has been on hard trails in Colorado, Moab, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, and all over Indiana in its short life and it is as solid as a rock. The steering dampener and clutch recall (it has exhibited no felt issues) are not reliability issues, IMO. The fit/finish has been down right perfect on it. Not one paint blemish or adhesive drip, anywhere.
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