Gladiator - Good/Bad?

[gonzoy5]

With a programmer like JScan you can turn it off in the computer so it thinks it was never there.
Get rid of small battery and never, ever deal with it.

-Dan

Thx for the suggestion. You know how muddy forums can be, so I have never found a definitive post on fully disabling, someone always has a “Yeah but..” retort so I didn’t dive much further. That said, knowing your recent builds and adventures, I’ll take your word for it and probably try it out once these new batteries start acting up.

 

[gonzoy5]

We all have our own reasons for owning a Jeep. I'm old...been a Jeep owner most of my life. Current is a 2006 Wrangler Rubicon. ONLY time I've had my roof off is when I removed it to paint it. Mostly dry, dusty roads around here; take off doors and roof and the cab area will be inundated with dust. Not good to breathe that stuff; I see the side by side drivers wearing special dust masks or even helmets that provide filtered air.

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When I want that "open air" experience I get on my motorcycle.

All good! Just having some fun with the post originally asking about the Gladiator experience. Enjoy that Wrangler!

 

[LakeNorman_FJ40]

To answer the question in the original post…

Almost zero complaints in 36K miles. We had the typical hard top rear window leak (tube of silicone to repair) and the auto start/stop feature went out at 35K (new module which was cheap). All other maintenance performed per Jeep (except oil which is done every 3.5K miles). That’s it.

We have an early July 2019 production date JT Rubicon “base” model with hardtop. Only modification was to run 35s from day one. No other driveline or suspension modifications.

Used as a daily driver for 3 years. Now a weekend use truck and still on original tires (5 tire same size rotation). It’s been on many, many trails in/around Death Valley, Tronna Pinnacles, Joshua Tree, Anza Borrego, Rubicon (only early stage portions), and the beaches of the Outer Banks. Not babied but not beat to death nor a rock crawler either.

I’d buy another one. Just not at Stellantis’ current pricing scheme.