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[LagunaJim1]

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[OldGuyNewJeep]

Comments?

There is zero evidence that they’ve hobbled anything. I interpret the solution as a limp mode when excess slippage (heat) is detected. The few guys who now have Jeeps running with this change say there’s no discernible difference. One guy commented that the clutch felt more torquey. ?

Ask yourself who would benefit from such a lawsuit. I don’t think it would be manual transmission Jeep owners.

 

[TA1ton]

So first off...if I had a manual, I would want the fix to be a better clutch. That seems to me to be the right way to fix it.

Second...I believe it’s well within their rights to “fix” this issue with a software update. Nearly every car manufacturer on earth has reduced the power output of an engine to keep other driveline components from exploding. In the old days, they had to use an undersized carb or some other restrictive part...now days they just have to write a few lines of code...

Reading the recall notes...I agree that it sounds like it is just a “limp mode”.

If you think Jeep’s fix is bad...when Pintos started exploding, Ford decided to just pay out in the lawsuits because it was cheaper than fixing all the Pintos they had made.

 

[OldGuyNewJeep]

I'm extremely interested to read comments from people who have the fix implemented - is there another thread you can point me to?

Same one you already posted to. Here’s a specific reply: https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...flash-fix-arrives-in-march.66095/post-1414157

I did not notice any change in power or acceleration. I only have 500 miles on Jeep, but it seemed exactly the same.

I’m not gonna hunt the rest.. there’s 28 pages.

It’s way premature to be talking to class action lawyers, IMO.

 

[OldGuyNewJeep]

I did not seek them out - they found me.

Of course they did. They’re predatory. Tell them to go pound sand.

 

[JJMalone]

Too many people abuse their clutches. The best way to drive a stick shift is to slip the clutch as little as possible and drive such that the flywheel and transmission input shaft differential speed is as little as practical for clutch take up. You can tow trailers and get a couple 100k out of a clutch if you do this. Clutch overheating is due to clutch slipping plain and simple. If you aren't aware of if when your clutch is slipping you should be driving an auto trans. Are you able to slip the clutch when pedal is out and clutch fully engaged? Then that should be the reported problem, not the clutch slipping and overheating.

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