I have the lifetime warranty on my Ram and I do my own maintenance. I just have to keep a log and all of my receipts. The newer contracts said something about taking the vehicles in so often to have them looked at by a dealership but mine does not. 2015 time frame.
One big difference - the newer automatic 8-speed vs the automatic 5-speed.
My 2019 highly modified 2.0 turbo has about 80k on its odometer. Knock on wood, not a single hiccup related to the engine.
Yes. The ZF 8-speed is an amazing transmission, and the higher number of closer sequential gears helps to keep the engine in the meat of its torque curve.
Nice Jeep sir! I am leaning towards that Stingray color myself (or perhaps the Granite) and hopefully in the Willys trim. I will look forward to driving both new engines and making a decision!My 2019 highly modified 2.0 turbo has about 80k on its odometer. Knock on wood, not a single hiccup related to the engine.
The 2.0 engine started being used in the Alfa brand vehicles back in 2016, so it's only a bit newer to Jeeps. Also, the 3.6 was highly revised in 2016 for the sole purpose of improved fuel economy. Both are great engines that are on an even playing field, as far as reliability.
I originally thought I'd have my Jeep built with the 3.6, but after a bunch of test drives, the low and mid range torque advantage of the 2.0 turbo couldn't be ignored. Test drive both engines, and confidently choose the one that puts the bigger smile on you face.
Yup. Like said, the transmission is one big difference, probably the biggest difference IMHO.
Yeah, it's so amazing that it's even been able to turn quite a number of die hard manual fans over to the dark side.
The revisions I mentioned above are just a portion of what was changed within the 3.6 pentastar, and it gained roughly a 1-2 mpg improvement in fuel economy. It could've been more, but at the same time, they have to also be concerned with the engine running as clean as possible to meet federal requirements. To accomplish that, they set the engine up to want to run at higher rpms. A higher rpm engine equals more fuel being sprayed per mile vs a lower rpm engine, so that negated some of the potential gains from the engine revisions.
That's cool but it seems like a subjective list. No data and it's a hodgepodge of vastly different engines from different decades. But yeah, seeing the 3.6L mentioned along some other well known engines is a good indication that it's at least respected.
