r/JeepWrangler

Been considering a 2018 Jeep Wrangler, around 80k miles, priced at $22k. Car looks clean, drives fine, nothing obvious during the test drive.

Only thing is I just checked the history and it shows it was a rental for the first part of its life. After that it had one private owner.

Now I’m stuck on whether that’s a dealbreaker or not. I’ve heard rentals are maintained regularly, but also that people drive them pretty hard, especially something like a Wrangler.

Rest of the car seems fine which is why I’m still considering it, but I don’t want to ignore something that could come back later.

Would you avoid an ex-rental Wrangler completely or is it not as big of a deal as people make it out to be

Which repair shops that specialize in Jeep Wranglers do you like to use in the Cincinnati area? Thanks in advance.

hi all,

2019 jeep wrangler sport 2dr

looking for guidance from your experience, saw a post similar to my issue but dated 2 yrs ago and I didnt see a resolution.

this afternoon ill plug a OBD reader in, I feel like I have a lemon jeep, as I have had already replaced the oil filter housing, cam shaft and some piston assembly with spark plugs.

I already know i have a oil pump issue either the solenoid gets stuck or my pressure sensor is faulty - was planning to start with the sensor....

Anyway, this morning I now have this problem. when it happens, I lose power steering and abs. Turning off and on works, until I have to do city driving and the issue comes back. highway driving is good.

your best guess, is it the ECM, alternator or possibly I bought a battery from cdn tire 1.5 years ago, which my colleagues make fun of me for buying it from this retail store. also I changed the aux battery 3 weeks ago, this time ordered from Mopar.

help...

EDIT: Solved by extrapresent4 - it was indeed loose connection on the canbus behind the glove box.

So my fiancé and I recent bought a 2024 wrangler sport S with 18,000 miles. Due to the location we purchased it at we were not able to get up to highway speeds. On the drive home we discovered it has a very bad wobble at ~70 MPH when hitting any kind of bump while turning.

The dealership (not a jeep dealership) is willing to look into it and discover/fix the issue for us.

I am fairly mechanically inclined, and worked as a tech for two years but do not have much time available as we have two kids under 2. Once the manufacturer warranty is up, I’ll be doing all the work on it, but at this time it’s just not an option.

Should we give the dealer another shot, or do we take it to a Jeep dealership and use our factory warranty? And advice would be very helpful.

Thanks!

I had to replace the oil housing and do some maintenance and now 2015 Jeep Wrangler JKU won't start. I replaced the oil cooling house, put in new spark plugs, new coil heads and a new pcv value and hose. Filled it back up with oil last night and tried to start it. It didn't start and just cranked. like a long dry crank. It also has a delayed start when the key is turned. The rear defrost button light is blinking but i don't have the Christmas tree effect on the dash. I also have a hotoil error but it also shows the mileage. I checked numerous fuses but none of them seem to be blown. I also checked for a missing ground connection, but can't seem to find that either.

I don't know what to do, i work two jobs to support my family and this is taking a toll. any assistance would be so much appreciated. thank you.

I have a 2024 rubicon 4xe.

The other day, while driving in hybrid mode the motor wasn’t on and it was only electric. I went to accelerate- not a lot - and it just felt like the battery had no power, the dial for battery use that goes from 0-100 maybe got to about 30-40 and then the motor immediately kicked in.

It surprised me.

So, to test it further I switch from hybrid to all electric mode (the battery was also completely charged up). Then did the same thing: Accelerated and it got maybe to about 50 on that dial, struggled and then switch to motor - this was the first time I’ve ever had it in all electric mode where the vehicle still switch to use the ICE motor.

The other thing I’ve noticed: I live on a hill and have to climb up off it for the first two blocks to the main road. When I first got the car, in hybrid mode it would usually stay in full electric and not turn on the ICE motor in those two short blocks driving up hill. Now it seems to always switch and start up the ICE motor in that climb.

There is no check engine type warnings on at all on the dash.

So I’m just a little concerned and curious - is my battery power output degraded? If so what would cause this? Is there a way to check? Did jeep maybe do some update I’m not aware of that would intentionally use less battery before switching to ICE motor?