2020 JEEP GLADIATOR Complaints

STEERING LOOSE AND THE CAR CAN NOT BE STRAIGHT,THE STEERING HAVE TO MUCH PLAY AND THE CAR MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE TO TRY TO KEEP IT IN THE LANE,ALSO A BAD VIBRATION AFTER PASS A NO LEVEL SURFACE....VERY DANGEROUS ON THE FREEWAY,ALSO I TURN ON THE CAR AND MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL FROM SIDE TO SIDE WITHOUT DRIVING IT AND THE STEERING BOX MOVE FROM THE CHASSIS AND HAVE A GAP LIKE 1MILLIMETER FROM THE CHASSIS...THIS IS NOT NORMAL

THE DEAD ZONE IN THE STEERING WHEEL IS FAR GREATER THAN WHAT JEEP CLAIMS IT IS. THE STEERING WANDERS OR PULLS. THE DEALERSHIPS REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE 'ITS A JEEP THING'. NO ITS NOT. ITS A DEATH WISH THING. THE PROBLEM IS EITHER IN THE STEERING BOX OR THE TRAC BAR. BUT JEEP WONT FIX IT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE.

AT HI-WAY SPEEDS VEHICLE PULLS OR SWAYS. WHEN YOU MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL TO CORRECT. IT'S EASY TO OVER CORRECT AS THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMS TO HAVE A DEAD SPOT.

VEHICLE WANDERS DURING NORMAL DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS, REQUIRING FREQUENT CORRECTION TO MAKE IT TRACK STRAIGHT. THERE IS ALSO EXCESSIVE PLAY (DEADSPOT) IN THE STEERING, WHICH REQUIRES APPROXIMATELY AN INCH OF STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT BEFORE ANY MOVEMENT OR FEEDBACK IN PHYSICAL STEERING IS FELT. VEHICLE ALSO HAS A TENDENCY TO DRIFT/PULL TO THE RIGHT, REQUIRING CONSTANT (BUT SLIGHT) STEER TO THE LEFT. HAVE SCHEDULED DIAGNOSIS WITH THE DEALERSHIP.

ON THE HIGHWAY STEERING IS HORRENDOUS. SO MUCH WANDERING AND PULLING TO THE RIGHT. THE STEERING FEELS LIKE IT HAS EXCESS PLAY IN GENERAL. I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING IN MY BRAND NEW JEEP GLADIATOR.

STARTING AT JUST OVER 100 MILES MY VEHICLE STARTED DISPLAYING A ELECTRONIC START/STOP SYSTEMS ERRORS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ONE. THE CEL WAS CAUSED BY ENGINE MISFIRES AND SHOW CODE P0300. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT FCA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND IT WAS WELL KNOW, BUT NO FIX IS AVAILABLE. THE MISFIRES CAUSE ENGINE STUMBLE AND INABILITY TO ACCELERATE AS EXPECTED WHEN PULLING OUT OR CROSSING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE NHTSA MAY WANT TO INVESTIGATE AS FCA DOES NOT HAVE AN ANSWER. THIS MAY BE A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING OR SOFTWARE AND SEEMS TO BE LEADING TO OUTRIGHT ENGINE FAILURES FOR MODELS WITH MORE MILES. PHOTO ATTACHED SHOWING THE DASHBOARD WARNINGS THAT CONTINUE TO OCCUR.

STEERING IS LOOSE WHEN DRIVING AND VEHICLE 'WANDERS' WHAT I FEEL IS MORE THAN A MODERN DAY VEHICLE SHOULD. CAN CERTAINLY BE DANGEROUS IF NOT PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION. SOME DAYS ARE WORSE THAN OTHERS. STRANGE IN COMPARISON TO ANY OTHER VEHICLE I'VE OWNED.

IT IS VERY HARD TO KEEP THE JEEP GOING STRAIT DOWN THE ROAD AT SPEEDS OVER 30 MPH. VERY UNSAFE. I HAVE EVEN BEEN PULLED OVER BY POLICE.

ON MY 2020 JEEP GLADIATOR RUBICON ESS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 249 MILES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE WAS P0300 MULTIPLE CYLINDER MISFIRE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER MONROE DODGE AND THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY FOR ESS AND DID A RECOMMENDED PCM FLASH FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I PULLED OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS IMMEDIATELY BACK ON FOLLOWED BY ESS LIGHT. DEALER IMMEDIATELY HOOKED UP THE SCANNER AND THEY SAID THE P0300 MULTIPLE CYLINDER MISFIRE IS BACK ON. DEALER IS SAYING THEY HAVE TO TEAR INTO THE ENGINE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES THAT NHTSA SHOULD INVESTIGATE FOR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. SEEMS TO BE ONLY WITH THE ENGINES MADE IN SALTILLO SOUTH ENGINE PLANT IN MEXICO.

VEHICLE WANDERS DURING NORMAL DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS, REQUIRING FREQUENT CORRECTION TO MAKE IT TRACK STRAIGHT. THERE IS ALSO EXCESSIVE PLAY (DEADSPOT) IN THE STEERING, WHICH REQUIRES APPROXIMATELY AN INCH OF STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT BEFORE ANY MOVEMENT OR FEEDBACK IN PHYSICAL STEERING IS FELT. VEHICLE ALSO HAS A TENDENCY TO DRIFT/PULL TO THE RIGHT, REQUIRING CONSTANT (BUT SLIGHT) STEER TO THE LEFT. VEHICLE, AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, HAS 1456 MILES. IT IS WITH THE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE. I HAVE REFERENCED FCA'S TSB 08-074-20 TO THE SERVICE ADVISOR. VEHICLE HAS FACTORY SUSPENSION, TIRES/WHEELS, AND STEERING COMPONENTS.