What!!! No more V6 with Auto?

[Timmyjoe]

Maybe I've been under a rock for too long, but pricing out a new Wrangler, I see you can no longer get the 3.6L V6 with the 8 speed auto trans. The pricer forces the 2.0L I4 on you if you want the auto trans.

When did that happen?

Best,
-Tim

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[EbyCreek]

I was able to build a 2024 V6 3.6 automatic on the website.

https://www.jeep.com/bmo.wrangler.2...PBJ,X9,ERC,DFT,DMF,Z1L,SDD,TXA,WFV,K7,UBP,24R

 

[Tool Guy]

I'm not seeing that, looks like 3.6L eTourqe gets the automatic with no problem.

 

[SouthCo]

I just built a 2024 Rubicon X with the 3.6 (no eTorque which is a good thing in my opinion) and 8spd Auto. What model were you trying to build? Maybe it was a glitch and you just need to start over...?

 

[SouthCo]

I'm not seeing that, looks like 3.6L eTourqe gets the automatic with no problem.

I don't see the eTorque with the 3.6 Auto...

 

[Tool Guy]

I don't see the eTorque with the 3.6 Auto...

Yep, my bad. That was on the 2023 build webpage. Don't know why Google took me there first?

 

[Dgr401]

I just went through the configurator and it allowed a v6 w/auto for the Rubicon but Willys and Sports could only get the automatic with the 2.4.

 

[Valpo Jeep]

Seems that not all models offer a 3.6 auto from what I see with the configuration pages. Jeep is forcing you to spend more $$ on a higher trim level to get the 8 speed auto with a V6

 

[Riotfunk]

Only the Rubicon comes with the V6 with the new ones.

 

[aldo98229]

I am disappointed with the 2024 JL lineup. I cannot get the configuration I have now and want: Sahara, V6, auto, Selec-Trac, LSD, rear D44.

If I want a Sahara, I am now forced into the 2.0T, which I don’t want, and forced to give up the V6, the Selec-Trac, the LSD and the rear D44, which I want.

If I want the Selec-Trac, I am forced to get the 4Xe, which I don’t want. If I want the rear LSD I am now forced to get a Willys or a 4Xe, which I don’t want.

In short, Jeep is becoming increasingly heavy handed in pushing us into these very confined configurations. Even if we don’t like them.

I do not know their reasons. It might be to improve their CAFE numbers, to maximize profits, to reduce manufacturing complexity, or some other reason.

Either way, the only way I see them coming out of this rut is if Wrangler sales continue to plummet.

 

[Old Jeeper]

I just built a 2024 Rubicon X with the 3.6 (no eTorque which is a good thing in my opinion) and 8spd Auto. What model were you trying to build? Maybe it was a glitch and you just need to start over...?

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My build is V6, JLR-X with 8 sp and I got a VIN number, waiting for production..

 

[mwilk012]

I am disappointed with the 2024 JL lineup. I cannot get the configuration I have now and want: Sahara, V6, auto, Selec-Trac, LSD, rear D44.

If I want a Sahara, I am now forced into the 2.0T, which I don’t want, and forced to give up the V6, the Selec-Trac, the LSD and the rear D44, which I want.

If I want the Selec-Trac, I am forced to get the 4Xe, which I don’t want. If I want the rear LSD I am now forced to get a Willys or a 4Xe, which I don’t want.

In short, Jeep is becoming increasingly heavy handed in pushing us into these very confined configurations. Even if we don’t like them.

I do not know their reasons. It might be to improve their CAFE numbers, to maximize profits, to reduce manufacturing complexity, or some other reason.

Either way, the only way I see them coming out of this rut is if Wrangler sales continue to plummet.

Supply issues. It will probably change in a few months just like it has been.

 

[djxizodu]

It’s about corporate gas mileage.


auto with v6 is now a $4500 option.

im glad etorque is gone though.

 

[Timmyjoe]

I first tried to build a Willy's and it wouldn't let me mate the V6 with the auto trans, then I tried to build a Sport S the same way, and again it did not let me choose that option. Didn't try it with a Rubi. Maybe it is only available on the more expensive models.

Best,
-Tim

 

[Deleted User 38384]

$52,000 for a two-door Rubicon with a 3.6L automatic and nothing else IS RIDICULOUS!!!

9000 original mile, 2017 two-door Rubicon, front and rear lockers, Dana 44s, sure it's a manual, but that just goes to show that the options are out there for lightly used JKs.

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