Automatic vs. Manual Sales Split

[blnewt]

Or the most able jeep sold.

FYP Ted

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[m3reno]

Automatic percentages will always be high as 90% of the vehicles on dealer lots are automatics. But if you try and find a manual out there it's usually sold immediately.

 

[Key2023Ex]

I drive a 2023 four door manual and I had to special order it because there were none on the lot. There were few Jeeps on the lot in general. Now there is a recall for the clutch...

 

[John VonJeep]

I like mine just fine (and I’ve had a lot of manuals). ?‍

Well that settles it.

 

[SadRobot]

That just makes me wanna give mine a hug.

If it's a 2dr don't hug the frame too hard or the stud of death might puncture your fuel tank.

 

[hoch]

I’m just glad Jeep is still producing manuals. Any successful businessman will tell you at 3% of sales (if that’s a true figure), they’d cut bait ASAP. Hopefully that doesn’t speak to the overall business strategy at FCA ?

 

[aldo98229]

Six years of recalls, TSBs, fire risk warnings and more recalls will do that to a transmission.

Especially when the automatic is so good.

 

[Albertaktm]

Maybe if Jeep had put a properly engineered manual in there, it take rate would be higher. It's not hard. The JK had one.

True but I very much doubt it has anything to do with the current wrangler clutch issue. For starters. Very few wrangler owners know there is a clutch issue as stated. The number of owners is under 10% now of units made. Issue or no issue. People a getting really lazy. Look at the roof options over the last 20 years. People pay huge $$$$ for those one touch sky tops. Too lazy to take the hard top off. Even the roof panels. Nobody wants to pop them off and leave them in a garage or stuff bag in the back. Get those sun rider pop back things. Looks ugly as hell ripped back and piled up. But it was easy.
Back to the manuals, one of the few car manufacturers in the world that still make a 6 speed manual is VW. GDI Jetta. There are 2 for sale in Canada. Maybe 10 in the US. I like driving and the outdoors too much. Manual and no roof at all! And I live in the land of ice and snow!

 

[UM_Ftown]

Six years of recalls, TSBs, fire risk warnings and more recalls will do that to a transmission.

Especially when the automatic is so good.

I think it's more to do with the engine. I bet if you could get the manual with the 2.0 the 3.6 wouldn't even be considered imo.

 

[aldo98229]

I think it's more to do with the engine. I bet if you could get the manual with the 2.0 the 3.6 wouldn't even be considered imo.

Doubt it.

No need to pass the blame to the engine when the transmission itself has such a dubious record.

 

[Shark01]

Maybe if Jeep had put a properly engineered manual in there, it take rate would be higher. It's not hard. The JK had one.

The reason I never considered one.....and it's not like we don't care for manuals at our place, 4 of 6 cars are manuals.

 

[Deleted member 59498]

I wonder what the actual failure rate is. Never had a problem with my own, I see more 2.0t water leaks and 3.6 engine rockers and cams going to shit than manuals. Plus as far as danger goes seems to be way down on the list. As with many things around here seems to get completely blown out of proportion.

 

[SofiaGirl]

Love my manual ... Exploding pressure plate and all ...

 

[Omarius]

Doubt it.

No need to pass the blame to the engine when the transmission itself has such a dubious record.

I have and will continue to blame Jeep drivers for the manual transmission "issue". Friction generates heat, that's some physics 101. For you to burn a Jeep down, you would have to generate inordinate amounts of clutch slip without stopping. Which indicts Jeep drivers for being comically inattentive, or dense, or having no sense of feel, or any combination thereof. If the first symptom you notice of a bad clutch is the resultant fire, or the molten fragments shot through the chassis, then the buck is on you. If you are attentive, and understand the mechanics of a manual transmission, you will not be burning your Jeep down.

All clutches wear. It's a wear item. When it's worn, it will slip. Most every other car community deals with worn clutches, especially on older/vintage cars, and they do so without catastrophically burning their car down. Take some 80s sports car forum, they have far more worn clutches in their ranks than the relatively new JL. But the only special people that will keep driving it while it slips until it turns volcanic are Jeep people.

 

[Albertaktm]

Six years of recalls, TSBs, fire risk warnings and more recalls will do that to a transmission.

Especially when the automatic is so good.

Yes but many love shifting gears, like myself. The auto is good but so what. I like doing thinks while I’m climbing the mountain Service roads.

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