What’s in your Rear Cargo Space?

[MrMischief]

Love that the Jeep came with the hidden cargo space under the floor. Looking for insporation on what to store in there.

Let’s see some pics of your storage space.

I have a two door, so my cargo space is taken up by the sub.

No pics handy, but here is a video of it

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[mr_sparkle]

How did I never think of that? Thanks a lot for sharing man. Im gonna move them outa there!! Cant believe jeep doesnt have a rear latch you can open.

Wait, you guys lock your Jeeps?

 

[jam_at_msu]

At the moment, my disc golf bag and my skateboard safety gear. And a towel.

 

[jlang]

On the booster cables thought: I stored mine back there too. That was until my sweet wife left it in gear and didn’t shut the ignition off. I came out the next morning and the battery was dead. Well you can get in the front doors with the manual key, but you cannot get in the rear tailgate when the keep is dead, and if you can’t the tailgate open you can’t get into the rear cargo compartment. I’ve now located my cables under the rear seat.

Good PRO TIP

 

[LittleDog]

How did I never think of that? Thanks a lot for sharing man. Im gonna move them outa there!! Cant believe jeep doesnt have a rear latch you can open.

@Hawknz8 this is pretty interesting, so I poked around a bit just now.

Apparently they stopped putting the tailgate keyhole sometime early 2020. My 2020 delivered in '19 has one:

If your tailgate panel is off, you might be able to push the lock release up from the inside. On those jeeps with a keyhole, the tumbler is attached via the orange clip with captive rod in the back to a small lever in the latch assembly:

It might be different for those with no keyhole, but I doubt it, as all of the electronics are in the latch assembly. The orange loop is my own addition, for opening from the inside. My panel is permanently removed.

If you have a keyhole, but for some reason want to disengage it, you can rotate this white retaining clip 90°:

The rod can then disengage from the tumbler, and allow you to lock and unlock manually from the inside, or with the keyless entry, but the key will no longer actuate the lock.

A dime will fit into the white retaining clip, but I immediately fumbled mine into the abyss, permanently increasing the resale by $0.10

Modifying the white clip to be a quick-release would be simple, you just break off a small safety. You could add a twist tie or pin afterwards. I can't think of any reason to do this, as opening the tailgate with the key manually does set off an engaged alarm.

Maybe as an (another) emergency exit?

 

[Cal3san]

Love that the Jeep came with the hidden cargo space under the floor. Looking for insporation on what to store in there.

Let’s see some pics of your storag
e space.

Got a cache of gold, silver and diamonds in there. Also a ton of "BS" for the gullible.

 

[CTMopar]

All this

I believe they meant only in the in floor storage area But cool video.

 

[rfm8os]

On the booster cables thought: I stored mine back there too. That was until my sweet wife left it in gear and didn’t shut the ignition off. I came out the next morning and the battery was dead. Well you can get in the front doors with the manual key, but you cannot get in the rear tailgate when the keep is dead, and if you can’t the tailgate open you can’t get into the rear cargo compartment. I’ve now located my cables under the rear seat.

Like @LittleDog my 2020 also has a keyhole on the tailgate. I had to go confirm as I have proximity locks so I never use the key!

 

[RubiBlueJLU]

Recovery gear. Tree strap, pull strap, d-rings, folding shovel, tire plug kit, Schrader valves, valve stems, gloves, tarp, ratchet straps, bungees, hatchet.

 

[RFR JLR 2.0]

Jack base
Jumper cables
Type S jump starter
Flashlight
Gloves
Ratchet strap
Tie down strap
Tire repair kit
Gloves
Machete
Small hatchet (probably going to cut my finger off if I ever use it)
Rubber gloves (for after I cut my finger off)

 

[Craigzjeep]

Beach toys

 

[agpthng]

I have jumper cables, work gloves and recovery strap.

 

[Deleted member 59098]

This is totally cool a bike fits in back of a two door without seat.

 

[Frank R.]

2 mega-sized heavy-duty trash bags - to cover the front seats when it rains and I'm too lazy to put the cab cover on.

 

[Frank R.]

my disc golf bag

I don't keep my bag in there, but there are always enough cast-off discs under the seats to get me through an emergency round should the need arise.

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