Posted on 01/05/2021 7:54:36 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
Sway bar disconnect? Engine start/stop? Is the rear locker on this electronic too? To me this is not a vehicle to load with electronic comforts, doesn’t mix too well with water IMO.
Okay. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
No worries, this is what I love about FR: we all learn something every day! :)
The “Rubicon” is named after the Rubicon jeep trail, which is a rock-crawling trail.
Don’t their ads show the vehicles being used that way? Does “off road” really MEAN off road?
Merger of FCA (Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, and Ram) and PSA (Peugeot, Citroen Automobile) formed Stellantis.
Fiat quality is crap. My truck’s differential just went out. Every single Dodge RAM I have bought in the past 20 years has had this problem.
The TM branding of Trail Rated means the vehicles passed a torture test in off-road conditions.
They are supposed to ford thirty inches of water no problem. Many incidents of electrical malfunction are due to water intrusion in supposed waterproof connections exists.
The axle lock system is electrically actuated. A malfunction requires an axle swap as the axle locking assembly is not available separately for replacement.
The dual battery system for the six cylinder power-train results in a plethora of malfunctions, especially if the motorcycle scaled second battery located underneath the engine bay fuse box fails. All models have suffered electrical faults from improperly seated fuses, many instances documented of a complete shutdown of all electrical systems.
An alternator’s internals contaminated with mud seems likely to be more of a submergence type event rather than slop thrown from the wheels. The air intake is just below the hood edge midway along the right side. Wonder what the mud deposit line under the hood looks like?
That is why many buy the less pricey Wrangler Sport, then customize the basic Jeep to their preferences. Crazy to purchase a Rubicon, and then do a $15,000 parts swap of substitutions and additions afterwards.
I’ve been in Moab for Jeep Week, last time we were renting a house next to guys that had jeeps worth $250k. Turbine engines, turbo this and that, pretty impressive stuff. But that said, you roll it...it’s a pile of metal. Too much of the jeep stuff is poser material. That is why I went the UTV route...plenty of posers there too. My rig is smashed to bits, been rolled over 5 times in just one year.
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