2020 JEEP GLADIATOR Complaints

THERE ARE NOW 2 RECALLS ON MANUAL TRANSMISSION CLUTCH FAILURES. ORIGINAL RECALL 20V124000 AND A NEW ONE 21V028000. BOTH ARE FOR CATASTROPHIC PRESSURE PLATE FAILURES FOR CLUTCH SLIPPING, OVERHEATING AND FRAGMENTING. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ALL THESE PRESSURE PLATES WHEN THE CLUTCH DISK WEARS DOWN OVER TIME AS IS NORMAL FOR A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND STARTS SLIPPING THEN? IT WILL MOST LIKELY OVERHEAT THESE PRESSURE PLATES AND CAUSE FAILURE THEN. IF THESE PRESSURE PLATES ARE DEFECTIVE THEY NEED TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED AND NOT JUST REROUTE ELECTRICAL LINES AND REPROGRAM THE SOFTWARE TO LIMIT ENGINE TORQUE. FIX THE ISSUE!

DEATH WOBBLE AND VIBRATION WHEN VEHICLE HOT IN DIFFERENT SURFACES LIKE CROSSING BRIDGE WHEELS AND STEERING UNCONTROLLABLE AT HIGH SPEED OVER 40 MPH. UNUSUAL SMELL INSIDE CABIN. THIS HAPPENS ON HIGHWAY AFTER ABOUT TWO HOURS OF DRIVING.

OUR 2020 JEEP GLADIATOR HAS A DEFROST ISSUE ONLY DEFROSTS CENTER AND IN WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SNOW BUILDS UP IN THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE JEEP FORUMS. AIR FLOW ONLY COMES OUT OF CENTER VERY LITTLE ON DRIVERS SIDE AND LITTLE ON PASSENGER SIDE. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP TO HELP WITH ISSUE. THEN WAS TOLD THAT'S HOW IT'S DESIGNED. DUE TO SAFETY MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE LONG DISTANCE WHEN IT SNOWS JUST FIGURED ON ALL ISSUES JEEP WOULD HAVE A FIX FOR .

I NOTICED A STRONG BURNING SMELL DRIVING MY 2020 JEEP GLADIATOR WHILE DRIVING A FOREST ACCESS ROAD IN COLORADO. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN THE CAR FAILED TO MOVE WHEN PUT INTO GEAR. AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS - THE JEEP WOULD GO INTO GEAR BUT THE WHEELS NEVER ENGAGED. IT WAS TOWED FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE DEALER IN DENVER WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CLUTCH WAS "CHARRED". THE JEEP HAD 16,000 MILES ON IT.I HAVE DRIVEN MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS MY ENTIRE LIFE (I AM 60 YRS OLD) AND NEVER HAD A CLUTCH GO UNDER 100K ON 6 VEHICLES

STEERING WANDERS LEFT TO RIGHT START STOP BATTERY WON'T CHARGE REAR DEFROSTER 1/3 WORKS

FRONT WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER DESIGN IS [XXX]. IT ONLY BLOWS AIR STRAIGHT UP THE CENTER. SO, WHERE THE DRIVER LOOKS, WHERE THE PASSENGER LOOKS, AND THE WIPERS THEMSELVES, DOES NOT GET DEFROSTED. ALWAYS COVERED IN ICE. I NEED TO STOP AND SCRAPE THE WINDSHIELD EVERY 10-15 MINUTES, EVEN WITH THE DEFROSTERS ON HIGH. HORRIBLE, AND VERY UNSAFE DESIGN, BY JEEP. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I'VE OWNED MY GLADIATOR 6 MONTHS. I HAVE PUT JUST OVER 6,000 MILES ON IT, AND SINCE THE FIRST WEEK, IT HAS DRIVEN LIKE COMPLETE GARBAGE. IT WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD, AND CONSTANTLY NEEDS OVER STEER CORRECTION TO KEEP THE VEHICLE GOING STRAIGHT. AFTER DOING SOME LIGHT INVENSTIGATION, JEEP KNOWS THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE. THEY ISSUED A TSB REPAIR FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND I HAVE HAD IT COMPLETED. ONCE COMPLETED, THERE WAS NO NOTICEBLE DIFFERENCE. IF ANYTHING IT WAS WORSE. DRIVER FATIGUE IS EXPERIENCED WITH EVERY RIDE IN THE VEHICLE. IT HAS STEERING DEAD SPOTS AT 10 AND 2 ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THE STEERING WHEEL IS LIMP AND UNRESPONSIVE.

THE STEERING IS LOOSE AND TENDS TO WANDER, MOST NOTICEABLE GOING FREEWAY SPEEDS. I AM CONSTANTLY CORRECTING IT.

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE SPEED APPROX 65, TRUCK BEGINS TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY . PULL TO DISABLED VEHICLE LANE.

THE STEERING WHEEL ON MY JEEP GLADIATOR HAS A LOT OF PLAY WHICH ALLOWS THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN LEFT AND RIGHT WITHOUT THE WHEELS MOVING. AND ALSO THE WHEELS CAN MOVE LEFT AND RIGHT WITHOUT TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY CORRECT THE STEERING. I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALERSHIP IN MAY OF 2020 ABOUT MY CONCERN BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL. RECENTLY FCA CONTACTED ME ABOUT A FIX WHICH INVOLVED REPLACING THE STEERING GEAR BOX. HOWEVER I'M HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE REPAIR PERFORMED.