Front Brakes Locking Up

[StingJL918]

I have a 2018 JLU Rubicon 2.0. 35” KO2’s. Front brakes started locking up about 2 weeks ago. Happens when I first turn on the Jeep. Basically I’ll start driving and the Jeep only gets to 3rd gear (RPM’s go up) and brakes lock up.

Basically my Jeep thinks that it needs to brake and doesn’t let the transmission go into further gear. I have to pull over and pump the brakes and then it’s fine.

Went to Jeep Dealership and they drove it and couldn’t duplicate the problem. Came the next day and I drove it with the mechanic and we got it to duplicate. Brakes started to smoke. Dealership said they would change calipers and rotors. They then contacted Jeep and were told to “clean everything and lubricate”.

Drove the Jeep off the dealer and the next day did it again. Now they are blaming it on me having 35” tires and want me to pay for recalibrating the speedometer.

Has anyone experienced this?

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[JeepCares]

I have a 2018 JLU Rubicon 2.0. 35” KO2’s. Front brakes started locking up about 2 weeks ago. Happens when I first turn on the Jeep. Basically I’ll start driving and the Jeep only gets to 3rd gear (RPM’s go up) and brakes lock up.

Basically my Jeep thinks that it needs to brake and doesn’t let the transmission go into further gear. I have to pull over and pump the brakes and then it’s fine.

Went to Jeep Dealership and they drove it and couldn’t duplicate the problem. Came the next day and I drove it with the mechanic and we got it to duplicate. Brakes started to smoke. Dealership said they would change calipers and rotors. They then contacted Jeep and were told to “clean everything and lubricate”.

Drove the Jeep off the dealer and the next day did it again. Now they are blaming it on me having 35” tires and want me to pay for recalibrating the speedometer.

Has anyone experienced this?

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[BadA$$Rubi]

I have a 2018 JLU Rubicon 2.0. 35” KO2’s. Front brakes started locking up about 2 weeks ago. Happens when I first turn on the Jeep. Basically I’ll start driving and the Jeep only gets to 3rd gear (RPM’s go up) and brakes lock up.

Basically my Jeep thinks that it needs to brake and doesn’t let the transmission go into further gear. I have to pull over and pump the brakes and then it’s fine.

Went to Jeep Dealership and they drove it and couldn’t duplicate the problem. Came the next day and I drove it with the mechanic and we got it to duplicate. Brakes started to smoke. Dealership said they would change calipers and rotors. They then contacted Jeep and were told to “clean everything and lubricate”.

Drove the Jeep off the dealer and the next day did it again. Now they are blaming it on me having 35” tires and want me to pay for recalibrating the speedometer.

Has anyone experienced this?

I just found this post. I can’t say I have the same issue exactly, but I’m concerned with my issue nevertheless. Excessive brake dust on front right wheel, all others are clean. Dealer called back to say I didn’t clean the factory corrosion inhibitor off that particular wheel and therefore explains the dust buildup. I LMAO and said BS, FIX IT! Thank you for your post and I hope your new Jeep treats you well!

 

[StingJL918]

I just found this post. I can’t say I have the same issue exactly, but I’m concerned with my issue nevertheless. Excessive brake dust on front right wheel, all others are clean. Dealer called back to say I didn’t clean the factory corrosion inhibitor off that particular wheel and therefore explains the dust buildup. I LMAO and said BS, FIX IT! Thank you for your post and I hope your new Jeep treats you well!

Thank you! So far it’s been treating me pretty well. The dealers are so lazy and so hard to work with. They do a thousand stupid tests before they try and do something that actually affects the vehicle. It took me about 3 months to get FCA to approve my trade in.

The dealer finally decided to change what I had said to begin with and my Jeep actually drove fine after but by then I had already gotten approval for my new Jeep from FCA, so I got the original color I wanted to begin with. Loving the sting gray!

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