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Jeep is launching a $25,000 EV in the US ‘very soon’ to revamp the rugged SUV brand
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Recent? Jeeps have never been reliable
Oh, bullshit. They were fine before the Fiat takeover.
I have 500k on a 98 GC 5.9L and 350k on the wife's 98 4.0L. I doubt they've been down for 5 days total in this millenium and both are driven every day.
I've never owned one, but I thought they were more reliable in the 1980s and '90s. Was I mistaken?
Up to being bought by Chrysler in 1984 they were pretty solid. Because they were so basic. Not much to break, since they were boxes with wheels and that's it. I had a 1990 YJ Wrangler and it was the biggest pile of shit I could imagine being assembled on purpose.
Everything was.
In the 80's and 90's? That was peak junk car era. You'd be lucky to have a car not rust out or need major repairs well before 100k miles.
These fays, IF something breaks, it is extremely expensive to fix, but you can certainly expect to go a lot longer without a major problem.
Nah it was peak technology. We got things like fuel injection and ABS. There were standard radios. Components were simple, easy to diagnose, and inexpensive.
Damn it, I hate how true this statement is.
The Wranglers have been mostly reliable but everything else has had issues. The newer pentastar engines seem to be doing pretty well. Not sure on the latest 4 cylinder engines or the Fiat models but the wrangler has been going pretty strong.
The 3.6L Pentastar is widely known to have the head gasket leak after 100K miles. Should be a recall but Stellantis won’t recognize it.
I thought that was limited to the Pacificas and everything else before they put it into the Wrangler. My understanding was that it was resolved by the time they finally started putting them in wranglers. I hated the older 3.8L engines and was super happy to get the 3.6. I still have low mileage so can’t comment on longevity but I think they may have resolved that.
Nope. Still a thing. Happened to my 7 year old.
How many miles did it have and if you don’t mind me asking, what did it cost to fix? Did you just get the head gasket replaced or did you have to get the heads machined or a reman engine?
115K. Totaled the engine. Too far out of spec to machine. I wasn’t about to put more money into it. It was paid off too which sucked. Found out after the fact that this is a known defect on this engine. Note: it was not a Flex Fuel vehicle, or at least it wasn’t badged that way. Not sure if that affects anything reliability wise.