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Has anyone had an issue with their 2020 JL wrangler not starting? Yesterday I tried leaving work and my Jeep wouldn’t start. It was stuck in the run position and flashing all kinds of warnings and issues. I had it towed to the dealer, which they said the soonest it will be looked is a few days.
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Most common are battery related issues.
 

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I had it happen once. I accidentally left it in reverse when I shut the engine off, instead of park. I was in a hurry, but I did put the parking brake on. For some reason, leaving it like this drained the batteries completely dead. I never did that again. It wasnt an issue, with the manual tranny Wrangler I owned before.
 
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Nothing has been left on and the Jeep was in park. Another odd thing was it kept telling me to push the clutch this is an automatic and there is no clutch.
 

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I have no idea which engine/battery setup you have in your JL. However, short commutes (not enough to fully recharge) or sitting undriven for a few days can weaken the batteries.

Many brand new JLs leave the lots with a new owner and "compromised" factory batteries because it's been sitting too long on the lot.
 

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Nothing has been left on and the Jeep was in park. Another odd thing was it kept telling me to push the clutch this is an automatic and there is no clutch.
well, that is a problem.
 

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It " should" be part of dealer prep to fully charge the batteries before customer delivery just for this reason
 

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It " should" be part of dealer prep to fully charge the batteries before customer delivery just for this reason
I would believe that most dealers will put a quick charge on the battery as they are preping it for the drive home. However, if the batteries are already damaged from sitting on the lot too long they won't hold the charge.
 

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Has anyone had an issue with their 2020 JL wrangler not starting? Yesterday I tried leaving work and my Jeep wouldn’t start. It was stuck in the run position and flashing all kinds of warnings and issues. I had it towed to the dealer, which they said the soonest it will be looked is a few days.
I had a no start/lights flashing issue within 3 months of new. The dealer blamed it on my Tazer JL. The second dealer changed the main battery. nothing changed. The third Dealer reprogramed all the computers per FCA. The day I picked it up it would not start, so they finally changed the small battery, I have not had an issue since.
 
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Just got it back from the dealer it was the 12 v battery. It had a bad cell so they put in a new battery. Hoping all is good now.
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