• assembly@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 month 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·
      1 month 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·
        1 month 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·
            1 month 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·
              1 month 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.