galleywinter
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Hello everyone. Long time no see. Funny how after we get our ordered JL we quit checking JL Forums 20 times per day 
Anyway. Had a little issue this morning and thought I would share. Not a gripe or anything. This is my 8rd Wrangler and I've learned to take the good with the bad. On my way to work this morning I got a "Service Shifter" warning. It would only do it when I got down to 0 MPH and go away after I started moving. No biggy. 5K miles and no issues so far other than the missing offroad pages like everyone has. I'll call the dealer when I get to work I thought. I get to work and put it into R to back in my spot and nothing. It won't go into R or P or even back to drive. Nothing. N is blinking. Figured I could push it out of the street anyway but no luck. I prob could have shifted the transfer case into N and been able to move it but I just waited on roadside assistance.
Now here's the part were I'm putting out a PSA before I even hear back from the dealer on what the problem is. I will edit if I'm wrong but.... So I run softop from March-October and topless most of the time. With my previous Wranglers I never sweated them getting wet inside if I ever got caught in the rain. Wipe everything down, wet vac carpet and boom, I've had a detail done. The new re-designed softop is maybe my favorite new feature. So freakin easy. I leave the side panels and back plastic out, unhook the latches and lower the top in 20 seconds, same thing putting it back up. Doors on, windows up, top up, if it rains no biggy, the back will get a little wet but no problem. It's a Jeep. Well it came a soaker last night. Top was up, windows up, doors on but side panels were out and back plastic. Why the back getting soaked would cause a shifter warning IDK. The wiring for the hard top has a rubber plug and it's in place. No water got in that harness. IDK. Now the dealer hasn't contacted me yet but I'm just waiting for the "It's your fault, water caused it, no warranty" call but again. The front 3/4 of my JL was dry and I've never minded the interior getting wet anyway.
PSA part: It looks like our JL's aren't like previous Wranglers and just a little bit of moisture might cause problems. If your like me and run topless and don't worry about the inside getting wet those days are over. Too many electronics I guess. From now on if there's any chance of rain I will be buttoned up. Pain in the butt but..... Now, could the shifter warning and the rain be unrelated? Sure. It's just I've had zero problems, got some rain inside my rig last night and then a warning light and disabled. Just doing the math. What a wet subwoofers has to do with the shifter IDK but I'm sure when the tech calls it will all become clear as mud, errrr rain I'll update when I hear from the dealer. Tod in Arkansas
Anyway. Had a little issue this morning and thought I would share. Not a gripe or anything. This is my 8rd Wrangler and I've learned to take the good with the bad. On my way to work this morning I got a "Service Shifter" warning. It would only do it when I got down to 0 MPH and go away after I started moving. No biggy. 5K miles and no issues so far other than the missing offroad pages like everyone has. I'll call the dealer when I get to work I thought. I get to work and put it into R to back in my spot and nothing. It won't go into R or P or even back to drive. Nothing. N is blinking. Figured I could push it out of the street anyway but no luck. I prob could have shifted the transfer case into N and been able to move it but I just waited on roadside assistance. Now here's the part were I'm putting out a PSA before I even hear back from the dealer on what the problem is. I will edit if I'm wrong but.... So I run softop from March-October and topless most of the time. With my previous Wranglers I never sweated them getting wet inside if I ever got caught in the rain. Wipe everything down, wet vac carpet and boom, I've had a detail done. The new re-designed softop is maybe my favorite new feature. So freakin easy. I leave the side panels and back plastic out, unhook the latches and lower the top in 20 seconds, same thing putting it back up. Doors on, windows up, top up, if it rains no biggy, the back will get a little wet but no problem. It's a Jeep. Well it came a soaker last night. Top was up, windows up, doors on but side panels were out and back plastic. Why the back getting soaked would cause a shifter warning IDK. The wiring for the hard top has a rubber plug and it's in place. No water got in that harness. IDK. Now the dealer hasn't contacted me yet but I'm just waiting for the "It's your fault, water caused it, no warranty" call but again. The front 3/4 of my JL was dry and I've never minded the interior getting wet anyway.
PSA part: It looks like our JL's aren't like previous Wranglers and just a little bit of moisture might cause problems. If your like me and run topless and don't worry about the inside getting wet those days are over. Too many electronics I guess. From now on if there's any chance of rain I will be buttoned up. Pain in the butt but..... Now, could the shifter warning and the rain be unrelated? Sure. It's just I've had zero problems, got some rain inside my rig last night and then a warning light and disabled. Just doing the math. What a wet subwoofers has to do with the shifter IDK but I'm sure when the tech calls it will all become clear as mud, errrr rain
I'll update when I hear from the dealer. Tod in ArkansasSponsored
