2020 JEEP GLADIATOR Complaints

MANUFACTURE SAFETY RECALL ISSUED NHTSA#21V-028, RECALL #Y07 2018-2020 JL & 2020 JT SOFTWARE UPDATE. THE IS STILL NO SOLUTION FROM JEEP. IT'S BEEN OVER 3 MONTHS.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE STEERING CONSTANTLY WANDERS LEFT TO RIGHT. STEERING RESPONSE IS VERY SLOW AND IS VERY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AS VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT OR RIGHT CAUSING DANGEROUS OVER CORRECTION BECAUSE OF UNRESPONSIVE STEERING. THE PROBLEM OCCURS IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND HAD HAD THE PROBLEM SINCE IT WAS NEW. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 5300 MILES ON IT. THE CHRYSLER DEALER HAS NO INTEREST IN TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE AWARE OF THE SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED BY CHRYSLER THAT CONFIRMS THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED.

VERY SPONGINESS, BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. BOTH WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE AND WHEN IN MOTION ON CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN TO A JEEP GLADIATOR DEALER, THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM BUT NOT FIX THE BRAKE PROBLEMS.

DRIVER VISOR AT MOUNT POINT BROKE CAUSING VISOR TO HANG AND OBSTRUCT DRIVER VIEW OF WINDSHIELD. TRUCK HAS BEEN DRIVEN LESS THAN 3000 MILES/3 MONTHS. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. I HAVE ATTACHED PICTURES OF THE CHEAP, WEAK, PLASTIC FITTING THAT SWIVELS AND HOLDS MOST OF THE VISORS WEIGHT.

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE DEC 15, 2020. I HAVE LESS THAN 3,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, AND I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE LESS THAN 3 MONTHS. THE DRIVER SIDE VISOR BROKE AT THE MOUNT, WHICH CREATES A VISIBILITY ISSUE BECAUSE IT HANGS AND OBSTRUCTS THE VIEW TO DRIVE SAFELY. I NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER MOUNT FOR THE VISOR IS ALSO LOOSE/HAS A LOT OF PLAY. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH GLADIATORS AND WRANGLERS AS THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THEM BEFORE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF OWNERS OF THESE MODELS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE ON PRACTICALLY NEW VEHICLES OR AT LOW MILEAGE.

I RECENTLY PURCHASED THE JEEP GLADIATOR AND THE STEERING SEEMS EXTREMELY LOOSE AS IF I DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER 50 MPH. I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY MAKE CORRECTIONS WHEN DIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AS IT REQUIRES INTENSE FOCUS NOT TO VEER INTO OTHER LANES. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP TO ADDRESS THE LOOSENESS AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THE STEERING BOX NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, IN WHICH THEY DID. NEEDLESS TO SAY; BECAUSE, I AM POSTING THIS COMPLAINT, THE STEERING STILL FEELS TOO LOOSE, MAKING ME REGRET PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. THE STEERING PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY, IT IS TOO DANGEROUS.

I HAVE HAD THE JEEP GLADIATOR SINCE NOVEMBER 2019 AND IT HAS HAD MULTIPLE ENGINE ISSUES ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS LEADING UP TO WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS "BLOWN HEAD GASKETS". IT STARTED AFTER JUST A FEW MONTHS WITH LESS THAN 1000 MILES WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. THE ENGINE WOULD ALSO RUN ROUGH. THEY BELIEVED IT WAS BAD FUEL. AT APPROXIMATELY 8 MONTHS THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT AROUND 3500 MILES. THIS TIME THE SAID IT WAS A BAD CYLINDER. NOW AT 14 MONTHS AND AT AROUND 8000 MILES MY HIGH TEMP LIGHT CAME ON OUT OF NO WHERE AND SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. I HAD PREVIOUSLY JOKED WITH THEM THAT THEY HAD JUST DISABLED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AS THAT NEVER CAME ON. I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR AND PULLED INTO A GAS STATION. MEGEE MOTORS HAS FULL RECORDS OF THE ISSUES.

CURRENTLY ON MY 6TH BAD/DANGEROUS STEERING GEAR BOX. 4 BAD ALUMINUM & 2 BAD 'UPGRADED' STEEL BOXES. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED BECAUSE OF THE GIANT DEAD-ZONE OR FREE-PLAY IN THESE BOXES. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE FIXED WHEN THEY SWITCHED TO STEEL CONSTRUCTION, BUT I WAS SADLY MISTAKEN. THE PROBLEM REMAINS THAT THERE IS ZERO QUALITY CONTROL AT THE MANUFACTURING PLANT FOR THESE GEAR BOXES, AND IT'S FCA'S UNETHICAL PRACTICES THAT ARE TO BLAME. IMO. THEY COULD STEP UP TSB 08-074-20 TO A RECALL, BUT THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS. THESE UNETHICAL SCUM BAGS DO NOT CARE ONCE THEY HAVE OUR MONEY. CAN I CALL FOR A REAL FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE FCA ON THIS PLATFORM? WHEN YOUR KIDS RADIO FLYER WAGON HAS TIGHTER STEERING THAN YOUR BRAND NEW $50K JEEP, THERE'S A PROBLEM. ALL THE PLAY IS INSIDE THE STEERING BOX. I SENT ONE OF THESE BAD BOXES TO A SPECIALTY SHOP, AND HERE ARE THEIR FINDINGS........... THE BALL SIZING IN THE WORM GEAR NEEDS TO BE UPSIZED/RE-MACHINED TO GET THE PROPER FITMENT FOR NO FREEPLAY. THE PRELOAD ON THE VALVING WAS INCORRECT, THE VALVE WAS MISBALANCED, BEARING PRELOAD INCORRECT, THE ADJUSTMENT CAP FOR THE VALVING WAS NOT PROPERLY STAKED CAUSING IT TO TEAR UP THE THREADS, AND 'WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE ENGINEERS THOUGHT THAT A STEERING GEAR, BUILT LIKE THAT WOULD BE OK'.

FRONT WHEELS START VIOLENTLY WOBBLING AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY MAKING STEERING AND HANDLING THE VEHICLE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO PULL OVER AND STOP THE VEHICLE MOTION. IT IS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED OCCASIONALLY AND UNPREDICTABLY SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. DODGE SAYS THEY HAVE NO FIX READY.

VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLUTCH PRESSURE PLATE RECALL, I AM PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS JEEP THAT I DONT FEEL SAFE DRIVING AS IT CAN CATCH ON FIRE. THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO FIX RIGHT NOW IS RIDICULOUS. I HAVE DRIVEN JEEPS MY WHOLE LIFE AND NEVER HAD A LIFE THREATENING ISSUE LIKE THIS. IF THERE IS NO SOLID SOLUTION I WILL NEVER GET ANOTHER FCA AGAIN