Jeep recalls 2018-2021 Wranglers/Gladiators with MT

[Dads_bronze_bronco]

They've realized no one wants a manual trans, so they are upgrading them to automatics. Simple software update.

Apparently 42,877 did.

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[Deleted member 3063]

sounds like a class action suit in the making.

 

[RG7]

So the fix is not actually a fix it’s just to nerf power output when things get hot so the crappy parts don’t show us how crappy they are. I get that right?

 

[crowdpleazer]

SMH at the people that get the clutch hot...how? Well...I know

 

[TomH]

Jeep says "this isn't the result of a faulty part. Rather, it's a design issue."

But the design (issue) resulted in a faulty part.

Who ever made that statement should run for congress.

 

[NCOBX]

So counter-intuitive that a software adjustment can fix a clutch issue, showing once again how dependent new vehicles are on electronic sensors and electronic-to-mechanical converters. And of course the utter reliance on computers.

I don’t think it’s a reliance on computers issue but rather using software to “fix” a mechanical weakness.

 

[BrentC]

I don’t think it’s a reliance on computers issue but rather using software to “fix” a mechanical weakness.

Yep, in this case. I was thinking of the matter on a bigger scale. Vehicles are pretty much drive by wire now...

 

[Bronc-OH]

They’ve had nothing but problems with this recent manual trans. I was watching last year at the beginning of ‘Rona 2020 as Gladiator owners with MT were sitting for months because the trans Grenaded amd they didn’t have parts. A year later they finally acknowledge there’s a problem by not actually acknowledging there’s a problem and reducing engine performance as a solution.

Buddy has a JL on 35s with 37k on it, just had to put a clutch in it. 37k seems way to early to me. it doesnt beat it.

 

[AcesandEights]

A clutch is a wear item and it wouldn't be a surprise to me to have one wear out in 37k miles wearing 35" tires.

 

[Ryuk]

If they were under geared, absolutely especially if they were rock crawling.

 

[Gr8Hortoni]

Buddy has a JL on 35s with 37k on it, just had to put a clutch in it. 37k seems way to early to me. it doesnt beat it.

Jeeps had problems with the manuals going back to the JKs. Wife’s 4 door had 37’s and 5.13’s, in just under 2 years and 20k, we put in 2 clutches, 2 throw out bearings and 4 slave cylinders, and that was with the “heavy duty” clutch. Nothing but problems and they never bothered to rectify it on the JL’s. Those transmissions can’t handle anything bigger than 33’s, puts too much strain on them.

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