Chicago Auto Show Gladiator Gets Stuck

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[Stampede.Offroad]

As the title says the Gladiator got stuck. It had to be towed off of the obstacle.

Good reason for the forward facing camera to become standard equipment for Gladiators and Wranglers. No more driving off ledges unintentionally.

 

[viper88]

I found this Youtube video someone recorded. It did not go off the course. It looks like it broke down and died midway on the course. Passengers were actually stuck in the Gladiator while they were trying to get it down. You can see a woman exiting the front passenger side door at about 2:05 of the video.

The beginning of the video shows 4-5 guys trying to push it. NOT A GOOD IMAGE.

WTF? It's embarrassing as hell to break down at it's own display demonstrating it's "go anywhere" capabilities at the Nation's Largest Auto Show. Hopefully it was slow day and not many people noticed. The negative publicity is going to hurt a little. People will question the Wranglers capability to go anywhere. There will be all kinds of jokes. At about 1:45 in the video you can hear someone yell "It's a Jeep Thing" in the background of the video. lol.

FCA better hope this does not get traction and end up on the news or in some car publication. FCA/JEEP might want to spin it and play it off….or straight up lie! lol Make something up about running out of gas or something…Just a suggestion.

FCA…maybe it's time to work on some Quality Control!

 

[Arterius2]

Should have had a whole team of guys to stack rocks for it and push it along like the Gladiator Rubicon trail ride.

So the key to rock crawling is to first master the art of rock laying.

 

[viper88]

So the key to rock crawling is to first master the art of rock laying.

They had to master the art of PUSHING at the Chicago Auto Show.

 

[viper88]

Pretty embarrassing when you are at a world renowned event to show off its capabilities lol

The largest Auto Show in the Nation. FCA better hope it was a slow day at the show and the news or car magazines don't get wind.

 

[Jeepster commando]

I found this Youtube video someone recorded. It did not go off the course. It looks like it broke down and died on the course.

The beginning of the video shows 4-5 guys trying to push it. NOT A GOOD IMAGE. lol.

WTF? It's embarrassing as hell to break down at it's own display demonstrating it's "go anywhere" capabilities at the Nation's Largest Auto Show. Hopefully it was slow day and not many people noticed. The negative publicity is going to hurt a little. People will question the Wranglers capability to go anywhere. There will be all kinds of jokes. At about 1:45 in the video you can hear someone yell "It's a Jeep Thing" in the background of the video. lol.

FCA better hope this does not get traction and end up on the news or in some car publication. FCA/JEEP might want to spin it and play it off….or straight up lie! lol Make something up about running out of gas or something…Just a suggestion.

FCA…maybe it's time to work on some Quality Control!

This appears to be a different video than the one that was originally posted..... Definitely an embarrassing moment.....

 

[Dkretden]

A good example of FCA’s attention to details.

 

[viper88]

This appears to be a different video than the one that was originally posted..... Definitely an embarrassing moment.....

For some reason I did not or could not see the video in the original post?

 

[DaltonGang]

How embarrassing.

 

[jeepingib]

Is this actually 2 different times where a Gladiator failed, or just different angles. Because it looks like it's actually 2 different occasions.

 

[Arterius2]

Is this actually 2 different times where a Gladiator failed, or just different angles. Because it looks like it's actually 2 different occasions.

Moral of the story, try not to show off the break over angle of the thing when it hasn’t got any.

 

[GRAK]

The largest Auto Show in the Nation. FCA better hope it was a slow day at the show and the news or car magazines don't get wind.

It’ll prob be on Jalopnik in the morning

 

[viper88]

Is this actually 2 different times where a Gladiator failed, or just different angles. Because it looks like it's actually 2 different occasions.

I don't know if it's the same or different because the first link did not open for me. I could not view the first link Carlton linked. I found the video I posted on Youtube. There may very well be other videos out there.

 

[aldo98229]

I found this Youtube video someone recorded. It did not go off the course. It looks like it broke down and died midway on the course. Passengers were actually stuck in the Gladiator while they were trying to get it down. You can see a woman exiting the front passenger side door at about 2:05 of the video.

The beginning of the video shows 4-5 guys trying to push it. NOT A GOOD IMAGE.

WTF? It's embarrassing as hell to break down at it's own display demonstrating it's "go anywhere" capabilities at the Nation's Largest Auto Show. Hopefully it was slow day and not many people noticed. The negative publicity is going to hurt a little. People will question the Wranglers capability to go anywhere. There will be all kinds of jokes. At about 1:45 in the video you can hear someone yell "It's a Jeep Thing" in the background of the video. lol.

FCA better hope this does not get traction and end up on the news or in some car publication. FCA/JEEP might want to spin it and play it off….or straight up lie! lol Make something up about running out of gas or something…Just a suggestion.

FCA…maybe it's time to work on some Quality Control!

Notice the signage on the left boasting about “breakover” angles. LOL

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