Push button 4WD for the Wrangler

[Jeeb]

I got into this debate with someone who was going on and on about push button 4WD functionality appearing in more true off-road capable SUVs, and I thought I'd check with all of you on your thoughts....

I LOVE that I have a lever I can pull back into 4HI or 4LO.

Others I've talked to claim I'm just old, living in the past, and should adopt the new way of the 4WD world.

Would Jeep ever change from a lever to a button in a Wrangler? I really hope they don't.

Thoughts?

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[IAJeepguy]

Sure the hell hope not… I like the lever… just something about it.

 

[LCW]

The lever needs to stay! It’s part of the Wrangler DNA like solid axles.

 

[Jeeb]

The lever needs to stay! It’s part of the Wrangler DNA like solid axles.

Totally agree! Leave the buttons and dials to the other brands that claim to be competitors.

 

[KrzybonesJLU]

I’m a first time owner and I actually like it as it is. But you know kids these days they like everything at a push of a button.

 

[KrzybonesJLU]

The lever needs to stay! It’s part of the Wrangler DNA like solid axles.

This is a solid answer

 

[Jeeb]

This is a solid answer

 

[AC87]

Lever, stays. Simple as that. My 4runner had a lever as well, loved it!

 

[driventoadventure]

My only complaint about the transfer case lever is that it is so perfectly positioned that I sometimes find myself grabbing that instead of the shift lever.

Anyone else sometimes wish that the automatic had a steering column mounted shift lever?

 

[AFD]

I really don't care either way, as long as it functions properly and I know what mode I'm in.

Haven't had the 4WD lever since my '86 Cherokee, and while it worked just fine once the gears meshed up, it wasn't exactly a smooth process and it always felt like you were about to break something.

 

[AC87]

My only complaint about the transfer case lever is that it is so perfectly positioned that I sometimes find myself grabbing that instead of the shift lever.

Anyone else sometimes wish that the automatic had a steering column mounted shift lever?

No..... absolutely not.

 

[GATORB8]

I'd think the biggest loss would be for those who flat tow. I don't believe any of my button/knob actuated 4wds have had a neutral position. My Ram has a light for "N" when it switches into low, but it's not a selectable position.

 

[Heimkehr]

There's no shortage of posts by owners who claim to "need" the 8.4" Uconnect touchscreen, leather seating surfaces, adaptive cruise control and all of the other tech encumbrances that plainly dilute what we might refer to as the Wrangler DNA.

With such preferences being so well-documented here, it's fair to ask why the community doesn't just finish the job and go all in for push-button transmission dials and buttons. On that point, here's a fine bit of garment rending already well underway.

I like analog controls, personally. The disconnect on display in this thread will be humorous to observe.

 

[aldo98229]

Soon enough pushing buttons will be so last decade; we will just swipe on the screen to engage 4WD ...

 

[GATORB8]

There's no shortage of posts by owners who claim to "need" the 8.4" Uconnect touchscreen, leather seating surfaces, adaptive cruise control and all of the other tech encumbrances that plainly dilute what we might refer to as the Wrangler DNA.

With such preferences being so well-documented here, it's fair to ask why the community doesn't just finish the job and go all in for push-button transmission dials and buttons. On that point, here's a fine bit of garment rending already well underway.

I like analog controls, personally. The disconnect on display in this thread will be humorous to observe.

There is a big practical benefit to the push button/knob for the Auto Trans and Tcase, it frees up all that room for more console space.

My Ram has both, and it makes the console huge. Ram did an awesome job with taking advantage of it with sliding and flip up storage.

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