• ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      132·
      6 months ago

      Oh, bullshit. They were fine before the Fiat takeover.

      I have 500k on a 98 GC 5.9L and 350k on the wife’s 98 4.0L. I doubt they’ve been down for 5 days total in this millenium and both are driven every day.

    • SatouKazuma@ani.social
      8·
      6 months ago

      I’ve never owned one, but I thought they were more reliable in the 1980s and '90s. Was I mistaken?

      • gdog05@lemmy.world
        10·
        6 months ago

        Up to being bought by Chrysler in 1984 they were pretty solid. Because they were so basic. Not much to break, since they were boxes with wheels and that’s it. I had a 1990 YJ Wrangler and it was the biggest pile of shit I could imagine being assembled on purpose.

        • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
          102·
          6 months ago

          In the 80’s and 90’s? That was peak junk car era. You’d be lucky to have a car not rust out or need major repairs well before 100k miles.

          These fays, IF something breaks, it is extremely expensive to fix, but you can certainly expect to go a lot longer without a major problem.

    • assembly@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 months ago

      The Wranglers have been mostly reliable but everything else has had issues. The newer pentastar engines seem to be doing pretty well. Not sure on the latest 4 cylinder engines or the Fiat models but the wrangler has been going pretty strong.

      • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 months ago

        The 3.6L Pentastar is widely known to have the head gasket leak after 100K miles. Should be a recall but Stellantis won’t recognize it.

        • assembly@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 months ago

          I thought that was limited to the Pacificas and everything else before they put it into the Wrangler. My understanding was that it was resolved by the time they finally started putting them in wranglers. I hated the older 3.8L engines and was super happy to get the 3.6. I still have low mileage so can’t comment on longevity but I think they may have resolved that.

            • assembly@lemmy.world
              1·
              6 months ago

              How many miles did it have and if you don’t mind me asking, what did it cost to fix? Did you just get the head gasket replaced or did you have to get the heads machined or a reman engine?

              • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
                2·
                6 months ago

                115K. Totaled the engine. Too far out of spec to machine. I wasn’t about to put more money into it. It was paid off too which sucked. Found out after the fact that this is a known defect on this engine. Note: it was not a Flex Fuel vehicle, or at least it wasn’t badged that way. Not sure if that affects anything reliability wise.