Just purchased an '07 Wrangler Unlimited X in Houston and drove it to Montana for a "shakedown" road trip. In summary: Wow...... (in a bad way).
First of all, I discovered it was only getting 9 MPG out on the highway, so we could only get 125-160 miles per tank. "Experts" claimed it was because of the 35" offroad tires, but I noticed the engine RPM was 3000 @ 70-75 which seems high to me, so I'm leaning toward the gearing being wrong for highway driving. By contrast, my '04 Durango with a 5.7 Hemi was getting 18 MPG @ 70-75 and engine RPM was only 2000.
Then it started puking coolant from the rear of engine bay around Buffalo WY so I bought 4 gals of coolant, put 2 in immediately & we limped into Sheridan while adding coolant every 10 miles or so, then left it with the dealer Sheridan Motors. Next day they diagnosed it as a broken clip holding heater hoses to firewall. As it was Xmas Day, they patched it up & we were on our way.
Next, about 10 miles from home the tranny started slipping in "D" and I could only go maybe 5-10 miles and would have to pull over & let it cool off before continuing. Oddly enough, I noticed it only slips in "D" but not "2". 2WD or 4WD there's no difference.
That's my introduction to Jeeps, LOL. I bought it for us to have a 2nd car here in a remote area of MT and at this point, it's sitting outside and I'm pondering whether to keep it or just set the dam thing on fire as it's been nothing but trouble so far....
First of all, I discovered it was only getting 9 MPG out on the highway, so we could only get 125-160 miles per tank. "Experts" claimed it was because of the 35" offroad tires, but I noticed the engine RPM was 3000 @ 70-75 which seems high to me, so I'm leaning toward the gearing being wrong for highway driving. By contrast, my '04 Durango with a 5.7 Hemi was getting 18 MPG @ 70-75 and engine RPM was only 2000.
Then it started puking coolant from the rear of engine bay around Buffalo WY so I bought 4 gals of coolant, put 2 in immediately & we limped into Sheridan while adding coolant every 10 miles or so, then left it with the dealer Sheridan Motors. Next day they diagnosed it as a broken clip holding heater hoses to firewall. As it was Xmas Day, they patched it up & we were on our way.
Next, about 10 miles from home the tranny started slipping in "D" and I could only go maybe 5-10 miles and would have to pull over & let it cool off before continuing. Oddly enough, I noticed it only slips in "D" but not "2". 2WD or 4WD there's no difference.
That's my introduction to Jeeps, LOL. I bought it for us to have a 2nd car here in a remote area of MT and at this point, it's sitting outside and I'm pondering whether to keep it or just set the dam thing on fire as it's been nothing but trouble so far....