aldo98229
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My 2018 JLU Sahara is fully loaded and has 6,400 miles: last December I added a 2-inch Mopar lift and 35-inch tires. I mounted a winch over the weekend; haven’t hooked up the electrical yet.
The Jeep has been mostly trouble-free. But for the past 10 days it’s been having minor electronic gremlins: CEL, TPMS, ESS warning lights all came on, at different times, and eventually disappeared on their own; backup lines disappeared and later reappeared, twice. Over the past month, four or five times the Selec-Trac electronic shifter came out of full-time 4WD and got into part-time 4H on its own, I was backing up every time. I had to disengage the transfer case in the middle of the parking lot and re-engage into full-time 4WD.
I checked the fuses; everything is seated properly.
None of this is severe or long-lasting enough for the dealer to take seriously and want to lift a finger, but still doesn’t give me confidence. Besides, given how bad the only Jeep dealer in town is, I would be wasting my time. Every time I start the Jeep I feel like I’m spinning the Wheel of Fortune.
The used market being what it is right now, I looked into selling the Jeep a few weeks back...but ultimately decided to keep it. I am now growing increasingly tempted to take the money and run.
I wouldn’t know what else to get, though. I want a Wrangler in my garage. I’d have to pay through the nose for a new one, and there’s no guarantees it will have fewer issues; I am seeing too many posts by 2021 JL owners having miscellaneous problems. FCA appears to be rolling them off the line with little quality control these days.
Thoughts?
The Jeep has been mostly trouble-free. But for the past 10 days it’s been having minor electronic gremlins: CEL, TPMS, ESS warning lights all came on, at different times, and eventually disappeared on their own; backup lines disappeared and later reappeared, twice. Over the past month, four or five times the Selec-Trac electronic shifter came out of full-time 4WD and got into part-time 4H on its own, I was backing up every time. I had to disengage the transfer case in the middle of the parking lot and re-engage into full-time 4WD.
I checked the fuses; everything is seated properly.
None of this is severe or long-lasting enough for the dealer to take seriously and want to lift a finger, but still doesn’t give me confidence. Besides, given how bad the only Jeep dealer in town is, I would be wasting my time. Every time I start the Jeep I feel like I’m spinning the Wheel of Fortune.
The used market being what it is right now, I looked into selling the Jeep a few weeks back...but ultimately decided to keep it. I am now growing increasingly tempted to take the money and run.
I wouldn’t know what else to get, though. I want a Wrangler in my garage. I’d have to pay through the nose for a new one, and there’s no guarantees it will have fewer issues; I am seeing too many posts by 2021 JL owners having miscellaneous problems. FCA appears to be rolling them off the line with little quality control these days.
Thoughts?
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