Ironically, JEEP is their biggest profit taker. It also scores lowest in brand reliability in many publications. That should be catching up with them soon.
I was in a parts place some time back getting some miscellaneous electric stuff for my Willys.
Somehow, jeep came up. The guy at the counter told me someone is always working jeep electrical systems.
Some things never change.
Jeep and electrical quality never went in the same sentence.
1) Consumer Reports is written by homos.
2) Irono-ronically, the Wranglers in all their iterations have a pretty hight resale value, especially the straight six which was a solid, and easy to work on motor.
3) Full disclosure: I still own a couple, but I drive a Toyota truck for daily duty. I'm nostalgic, but no a complete retard.
Well, why do folks do it? Well, it's a cult thing for sure.
I have a Rubicon - that's top of the line for those not in the know. I modified the grill and put a stubby antennae on it: my statement... that's it. My gas mileage is the same as a previous truck I owned. I have had it two years with not a single issue... a cream puff, as it were.
I've taken it out to the mountains where trucks can't go: Locking front/rear axles (Dana 44), electronic sway bar disconnect, rear stabilizer bar, rock rails, skid plates,electronic roll mitigation and trailer sway damping... I could go on and on. Hence the price... I paid 36k for mine.
I take off the 'freedom panels' and go cruisin'... I love it.
To each his own. Buy your needs. Other rides go faster. My ride goes anywhere and it will pull yours out of a ditch.