Motor Trend confirms steering issue fix made to 2020 Jeep JL (gear valve tuning & pump calibration changes)

[c_seabaugh]

I’m no engineer but wouldn’t Jeep likely have made these changes to the steering because of the extra weight of the Diesel engine?

Hey! Wrote the article in question--Jeep has confirmed to me that the changes were made to all 2020MY Wranglers and Gladiators, regardless of powertrain. On the same day our 2020 Wrangler EcoDiesel tester showed up a 2020 Gladiator Rubicon did, too. It also featured similar steering to the 2020 JL.

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[BrandonB00]

I test drove three different 2020 JL's a couple of weeks ago. All three drove differently. Two of them were 4 doors with different engines. I felt one was drifting all over where the 2nd one didn't seem to drift at all.

Exactly this! The jeeps I test drove were fine, I drove a 4 door turbo, I drove a 2 door rubicon. and something else. Steering wasn't an issue. I loved them coming from a 2006 TJ. I've been so disappointed from day 1 with my Jeep.

 

[Rudolph Hart]

Hey! Wrote the article in question--Jeep has confirmed to me that the changes were made to all 2020MY Wranglers and Gladiators, regardless of powertrain. On the same day our 2020 Wrangler EcoDiesel tester showed up a 2020 Gladiator Rubicon did, too. It also featured similar steering to the 2020 JL.

Ok, that answers my point, thank you.

There are owners on here who have concerns about their steering, I’m not included in that, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody else say it’s too heavy.

 

[jespey]

Hey! Wrote the article in question--Jeep has confirmed to me that the changes were made to all 2020MY Wranglers and Gladiators, regardless of powertrain. On the same day our 2020 Wrangler EcoDiesel tester showed up a 2020 Gladiator Rubicon did, too. It also featured similar steering to the 2020 JL.

Might explain why neither my 2020 JLUS nor my wife’s 2020 JLUR have any steering issues. Both track straight on I 95 in Florida with minimal to no input.

 

[BrandonB00]

Hey! Wrote the article in question--Jeep has confirmed to me that the changes were made to all 2020MY Wranglers and Gladiators, regardless of powertrain. On the same day our 2020 Wrangler EcoDiesel tester showed up a 2020 Gladiator Rubicon did, too. It also featured similar steering to the 2020 JL.

Hey, Great to see you on!

 

[oceanblue2019]

New steering box with different valving was something that was being worked on at least for a year; so this could be it.

I know they have made pump flow changes that came in the revised software that came out in conjunction with "AD/AE" steering box so this has been done once before.

 

[entropy]

I doubt FCA would recall every single wrangler JL from 2018. We gotta live with our cheap steering.

 

[BrandonB00]

I doubt FCA would recall every single wrangler JL from 2018. We gotta live with our cheap steering.

Well if we are lucky it's a software adjustment and you can go in, have new calibration parameters loaded to the PCM and drive out. I've asked every dealer I've been to to please re flash my PCM but if they won't admit there is a problem, they are unable to reflash.

 

[sacourtney07]

Jeep: "There is nothing wrong with your steering. That is how it is supposed to feel."

Also Jeep: "Wrangler engineers had made both steering gear valve tuning and pump calibration changes."

Me: "Ohhhhhh"

 

[Dano36]

Mr Seabaugh, I read all your articles and think you do a great job but Jeep snowed you when they told you they fixed all 2020 models. I got my 2020 in December and it wanders about like the TJ's that I have owned. It steers nice and light but has a dead spot and wanders.

 

[SecondTJ]

This info came out back in April...

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...vestream-roundtable.49622/page-8#post-1095548

 

[Bearded_Dragon]

My steering is light, in fact there's practically 0 resistance in the 2" on-center deadspot. But, "drives as designed" per Jeep dealerships, fucking jerkoffs.

 

[c_seabaugh]

Mr Seabaugh, I read all your articles and think you do a great job but Jeep snowed you when they told you they fixed all 2020 models. I got my 2020 in December and it wanders about like the TJ's that I have owned. It steers nice and light but has a dead spot and wanders.

As my dad would say, "Mr. Seabagh is my father."

Sorry to hear about your 2020 model. A bit of an on-center dead-spot and a touch of wander isn't unexpected considering the JL and JT are solid-front axle vehicles. That being said that sounds super annoying. I've got an email out to FCA asking for more specifics on the fixes and changes they've made to 2020MY JL/Ts and hopefully the info will prove helpful to all you guys when they get back to me.

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