Jeep Reliability TODAY The TRUTH

[Bob Burd]

I don't think anyone can say I beat the crap out of mine.

[.....]

I really enjoy it on trails like the Rubicon and Moab.

How is the Rubicon not beating the crap out of a Jeep? Or any vehicle? I've watched hundreds of drivers on that trail over the years and it looks like a beating...

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[C.Sco]

I think Consumer Reports should take every vehicle through the Rubicon Trail and then talk about its reliability.

"Owners of the 2024 Toyota Camry report generally good reliability, but in our testing it needed 487 repairs totaling $50,000 after we pulled it through the Rubicon."

 

[BLS65]

This guy sums it up perfectly.

 

[yokramer]

Anything with "THE TRUTH" in the title usually is anything but

 

[2nd 392]

CR’s data comes from their members. All it says to me is that most people who own Jeeps despise CR, and don’t subscribe.

If you want to get the Jeep higher on their list, you could always start a movement with the forum members to have everyone subscribe and rate their JLs as great and reliable.

Yep, this

works well.

 

[roaniecowpony]

How is the Rubicon not beating the crap out of a Jeep? Or any vehicle? I've watched hundreds of drivers on that trail over the years and it looks like a beating...

I suppose it depends on how you drive. My bet is your engine is more strained going to the grocery store than my engine on the trip on the Rubicon. We averaged about 1 mph last year.

 

[BetterThanMine]

Normal people. Not any of us.
Lease it, drive it around with the top down, turn it in for a new one a few years later.

We're going to be seeing a lot of this bullshit in the coming years with all the normies buying Wranglers and expecting them to be like a CRV or an F150. They're quickly replacing the Corvette as the mid-life crisis cars: a bunch of people buying them, bolting on a ton of crap, polishing them up, claiming them as "show vehicles" with stupid themes, handing out ducks, but never going off roading or using them for anything more than a glorified grocery getter.

I get it takes all types, but....

You think Target parking lots are a joke? Have you ever seen an old lady driving her mint Buick through those lots like Furiosa just discovered what Red Circle sales are? They got canes and dont give two shits if you need pampers and choccy milk for the bed wetter. If you gotta jump the island you best be in a Jeep.

 

[Bob Burd]

I suppose it depends on how you drive. My bet is your engine is more strained going to the grocery store than my engine on the trip on the Rubicon. We averaged about 1 mph last year.

I'm pretty sure all that pounding adds quite a bit of wear to the power train, suspension and everything else. I'm sure it's fun, but it's vehicular abuse.

 

[roaniecowpony]

I'm pretty sure all that pounding adds quite a bit of wear to the power train, suspension and everything else. I'm sure it's fun, but it's vehicular abuse.

I don't go fast enough to have any "pounding". Call me old. I know if you beat on something hard enough for long enough, it breaks. Then I have to fix it. I don't like breaking things nor fixing broken things.

 

[Bulletbill]

I'm pretty sure all that pounding adds quite a bit of wear to the power train, suspension and everything else. I'm sure it's fun, but it's vehicular abuse.

Well in fairness, it’s what the vehicle is designed for.

 

[MayThe4x4BWU]

Anything with "THE TRUTH" in the title usually is anything but

 

[roaniecowpony]

I remember some of us that posted early steering issues, were getting chastised on this forum for not knowing that "jeeps drive that way" (like they knew what my past experiences were or even how bad my JL drove). There have even been some that had the audacity to blame owners for the clutch fires and rocker/cam failures.

The "it hasn't happened to me, therefore these things are 'reliable' and you must have brought this on yourself" attitude goes away quickly, when you experience your first major problem.

 

[Mocopo]

The "it hasn't happened to me, therefore these things are 'reliable' and you must have brought this on yourself" attitude goes away quickly, when you experience your first major problem.

As someone who hasn't had any major problems, I can say that statement is entirely untrue!!!

 

[HK1s]

NEW ONES ARE CERTAINLY BUGGY AS F.

I recently had a bug with the e-torque system. my motor generator (no alternator) stopped charging the 12v system. battery ran down to 9.5v and engine starts misfiring. stranded on the road side for some time till someone helped me jump the car. Somehow the system did a factory reset and works again (I know this because all setting are back to factory). How the fuck they still have this sort of issue after years of implementing the system.

Next time just going to unplug the battery and let it sit.

 

[Beachbum66]

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