That's terrible. I don't go on it anymore because it just made me regret cancelling when I know it's the best for my situation. I heard a while ago someone's 2.7 locked up. I spent hours on that forum before I canceled my reservation. It was a great way to get information since I am new to off roading.
I'll go on there just to scan through the new threads, I was on there more often when I first placed my order. I saw that one too when he was just driving normal (like this one) and it just died on him. They dropped the pan and found a bunch of metal shavings in the oil. I wouldn't regret it at in fact I'd be even more happy you're not having to deal with any of these problems. I think it's more disheartening when you get your hopes up for something like this and it's such a letdown.
I'd rather read damper comments than their "stuff"
Be careful what you wish for. ?
Reading that thread and a couple of others, it seems as though they've turn on themselves. It's like "Lord of the Flies, Bronco Bay."
I understand totally your jumping ship. But I am wondering what the motivation is to sell or trade your Ranger for an SUV; any brand?
Chris you might be right about Jeep having a patent on theirs. I joked several time that it seems like someone is deliberately sabotaging them but now that Ford has taken over the tops I doubt it.
Consumer Reports has bad-mouthed the Wrangler for as long as I remember. If everything they say was true, why does the Wrangler sell so well?
People like to bad-mouth Consumer Reports when they disagree with their conclusions. I like CR, and have been (but am currently not) a member. Their product evaluations, like any other, must be taken in context. They are fairly narrowly focused on safety and value for on-road use. My favorite CR statistics for the Wrangler are that reliability is statistically much worse than average, and that 85% of owners say that they would buy another one. It doesn't take much reading between the lines to see that owners are more interested in attributes other than reliability. That's not a good fit for CR, because they aren't really interested in how much fun it is to own, or the intangible value of the enormous and rabidly-loyal owner community. I was shocked when they recommended the BMW X5 (a notorious money pit) as a good buy, based mostly on its state-of-the-art suite of electronic driver safety systems. If anything, the X5 will probably be less reliable over time than a Wrangler, and much more expensive to own when the warranty expires. For CR's results to be useful, you need to interpret them in your own usage context.
Yes it was a hard watch for sure. If you mean Cliff Notes, which we call them in the US, then absolutely:
