2020 JEEP GLADIATOR Complaints

2020 JEEP GLADIATOR AT 1760 MILES NUMEROUS AUTO START STOP FAILURES WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND P300 CODE (ENGINE MISFIRE). TOOK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD BAD GAS AND THEY RESET THE CODE. AT 1900 MILES AFTER NUMEROUS AUTO STOP START FAILURES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BACK ON WITH NOTICEABLE MISFIRES ON COLD START. DEALER CHANGED COILS AND PLUGS. AT 2300 MILES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BACK ON WITH NOTICEABLE MISFIRES. DEALER CHANGED EGR VALVE AND DID A SOFTWARE UPDATE. AT 2850 MILES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BACK ON. DEALER DID ANOTHER SOFTWARE UPDATE. 2 DAYS AND 50 MILES LATER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON WITH NOTICEABLE MISFIRES. CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR 10 DAYS LATER WITH NO FIX IN SIGHT. MANY GLADIATORS HAVE THIS MISFIRE PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 JEEP GLADIATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD GO SIDE TO SIDE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN STRAIGHT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO LOCAL DEALERS (FOX CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 346 GRANT AVENUE RD, AUBURN, NY 13021 AND THE SECOND DEALER UNKNOWN) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND FILED A CASE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130.

AUTO START/STOP UNAVAILABLE WARNING LIGHT ON COLD START. ROUGH ENGINE IDLE UNTIL UP TO TEMPERATURE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON NEXT COLD START. CODE P0300 (MULTIPLE CYLINDER MISFIRE). THIS HAD HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS IS MY THIRD TIME TAKING IT IN AND NOW THEY ARE TEARING DOWN THE ENGINE ON A TRUCK WITH 1000 MILES ON IT. EVERY OCCURANCE WAS COLD START ON ENGINE AND AFTER PUTTING TRUCK INTO GEAR AT LOW SPEED.

VEHICLE WANDERS ON ROAD AT SPEEDS OVER 30 MPH. SLACK IN STEERING WHEEL. USUALLY VEERS TO RIGHT. CONSTANT STEERING ADJUSTMENT WHILE DRIVING IS MANDATORY. ONCE IT STARTS IT'S A BACK AND FORTH CORRECTION IN BETWEEN LANE MARKERS. SOMETIMES LEAVING LANE INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC OR SOFT SHOULDER. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WHILE IN CITY.

AS I WAS DRIVING MY 2020 JEEP GLADIATOR WITH ONLY 460 MILES DOWN I-95 BETWEEN NEW SMYRNA BEACH AND TITUSVILLE. THE TRUCK KEPT WANDERING INTO PASSING LANE AS I WAS ON CRUISE CONTROL AND HAD TO KEEP CORRECTING TO KEEP FROM INTRUDING INTO OTHER LANE. I HAVE DRIVEN MANY JEEPS BEFORE AND EVEN OLDER WRANGLERS NEVER FELT SO LOOSE. THIS IS DANGEROUS !

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2020 JEEP GLADIATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, FLAMES WERE COMING FROM THE BED OF VEHICLE TOWARDS TO THE CAB. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER THE VEHICLE AND JUMP OUT. THE CONTACT STATED THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISH BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. A FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT WAS FILED WHICH STATED THE FIRE STARTED UNDERNEATH THE BED OF VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER DEEMED THE VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS. THE CONTACT STATED LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. A CASE WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12,900.*DT*LN*JB*JB*DT*JB

PURCHASED A 2020 JEEP GLADIATOR RUBICON. I NOTICED THE STEERING IS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE WITHIN THE LANE. THE RESPONSE IS UNPREDICTABLE, AS I ASSUMED I WOULD GET USED TO THE STEERING OVER SEVERAL WEEKS OF DRIVING. NOW WITH SEVERAL MONTHS OF DRIVING, I STILL HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING WITHIN THE LANE. PROBLEM IS WORSENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. REVERSE STEERING IS REQUIRED WHEN EXITING A TURN ON THE FREEWAY. WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT, THE VEHICLE WILL DRIFT OUT OF THE LANE REGULARLY. TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH NO EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS YET. STEERING DAMPER HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT DID NOTHING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION.

MY JEEP GLADIATOR OVERLAND MODEL HAS ALWAYS HAD AN ISSUE WANDERING ON THE ROAD AND PULLING TO THE RIGHT, EVEN AFTER AN ALIGNMENT. JEEP HAS ISSUED A TSB 08-074-20 AND I HAVE CALLED ROCKIE WILLIAMS JEEP IN MT JULIET, TN. THEY HAVE SAID THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO MY JEEP EVEN THOUGH I DEFINITELY HAVE THE STEERING BOX PART #68418449AE THAT SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH PART #68507576AA PER THE TSB.

ENGINE LIGHT HAD BEEN ON SINCE A FEW DAYS AFTER PURCHASE. IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR 3 DAYS NOW, AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD, BY THE ENGINEERS, NOT TO RELEASE IT UNTIL THEY HEARD BACK FROM THEM. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE TWO OTHER JEEPS AT SAME DEALERSHIP WITH SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS PURCHASED ON JULY 25, AND WITHIN A WEEK THE LIGHT CAME ON EVERY TIME IF DROVE IT

REAR LOCKER ENGAGED WHILE TOWING A WINNEBAGO HIKE 170S TRAVEL TRAILER ON THE INTERSTATE IN 2H AT 70 MPH. THE REAR LOCKER SHOULD NOT ENGAGE UNLESS THE VEHICLE IS IN 4LOW. THE REAR LOCKER WOULD NOT DISENGAGE RESULTING IN A ROAD-SIDE ASSISTANCE CALL AND TOW TO DEALERSHIP.