Why I SOLD My Jeep Wrangler 392 (It Let Me Down…)

Would love to see more JK content!

This just reinforces my views of the 392. V8s are great, but weight and power are the enemy of reliability, which Jeep sucks at to begin with.

Fiat.

Honestly I think the JK is the best platform for a super capable crawler/overlander. Price point was reasonable, very little new age tech to worry about, aftermarket support for anything you can imagine. I put super duty axles under it and when my 3.6 goes ill put a V8 in it and run it into the ground👌🏻

Sorry you had a bad experience... My '21 Jeep lasted 14k miles... It was NOT a Wrangler, it was a Cherokee Trailhawk, but 9 lifters failed @12k, then noises from the rear end started, paint started lifting on the hood, b-pillars started peeling... bye bye Jeep. Never again.

Ive got an old cj7 and it has a v8 and almost nothing drivetrain wise is electric. The more computers they put in these newer cars the less I would trust them offload. My jeep is the best $4500 I've spent on a vehicle.

... Stellantis ... they ruined everything.

Hope the buyer's not watching 🤣

You are 100% right. For that amount of money it should be reliable. I got rid of my gladiator because I had a rattle on the b pillar right at ear level and the dealer couldn’t fix it. I love the gladiator and now there talking about putting the 392 in that but I know that’s going to bring the price up to 90 to 95 k . Just like you I can’t justify paying these crazy vehicle price’s anymore and this is coming from a person that has bought over 60 brand new cars in my life . Just way way out of control. Thanks for the honesty. 👍🏻👍🏻

What did you replace it with?

30K+ miles in a year? No maintenance on the transfer case. You went out straight off the showroom floor, the first day, go blast around offroad at zero to 100 miles on the odometer. Yeah geez, wonder why after dogging the whee out of it, it started having problems. Can't figure that out. You're never going to find that vehicle that does all that maintenance free or breakdown free.

That’s why I buy Toyota 😁. Well, done video.

Welcome to new vehicles with all these sensors. My Ram if an abs sensor breaks or is damaged I loose 4 wheel drive. I going to guess your abs sensor breaks was damaged by a rock or something and in return the vehicle lett you stranded. Because a sensor failed

this is what everyone who's financed a 150k-300k rv has experienced since like 2017 - huge money has problems but still brand new. i just got my 2025 rav4 awd hybrid and it goes up the lines i pick no problem and its a freakin hybrid. theres better options out there!!!

Your issue isn’t the Jeep. It’s Stellantis ownership.

We have a V8 4Runner and I absolutely love it. We do tow a trailer and we get about 8 mpg when offroading with our OPUS trailer. So I understand the MPG issue. We used to break axles all the time, but then I upgraded them on both the front and rear and added air lockers and now I absolutely love it. Done many trips and never been stranded. But I was worried taking it out in snow as that was when I would break axles, so I totally get it. This winter we did multiple snow trips in up to 3 feet deep snow and never got stuck and didn't break. Finally I feel totally comfortable again with our rig. I should also note, that we regeard too so it probably drives close to what that 392 does but with a lot less horsepower. She scoots real good now when the trailer isnt on it.

Every dream car I've ever bought I've sold to get another one.

Jeeps being unreliable :o

Designed to fail.

I mean it’s a Chrysler…. This is kinda of what they do

I've been four wheeling for 20 years... I cannot imagine a scenario where I need that kind of horsepower in a jeep. My 6 cylinder 2004 Rubicon goes everywhere...it is the ULTIMATE jeep.

I have a 14 jku .. biggest pos I’ve ever owned.. first and last mopar product I will ever own..

Would like to see 2nd gen toyota tundra Brad 😎

Kinda why I stuck with a TJ/LJ.

same experience, both Stelantis Corp and dealerships gave up on any chance on expecting to keep a customer

The reason Ford has so many more recalls than Stellantis is because Ford is honest and forthcoming about design issues and Stellantis is not. If you buy a Jeep, you will only be notified about MVSS items that they are federally required to address. If it has ANY issue that is not about the steering, brakes, or other safety equipment, they will NOT address it. My 2010 jeep had $6000 of unresolved issues that I had to pay for. I sold it when I was going to have to pay a second time for one of these unresolved issues. These kinds of problems cannot be "fixed", because they are "by design". One shop refused to work on my Jeep because they knew the problem would only reoccur and they would be wrongly blamed for it. Thank You for exposing the truth about this car company. This is why they have the biggest overstock of any car company. I have a Tacoma now (2018 bought new) and it is a Night and Day difference in ownership experience.

Stalantis has destroyed the Jeep brand.

Stellantis quality strikes again,

Electronics do not a reliable vehicle make. Neither does Chrysler-Plymouth. Never seen a reliable Jeep, ever. Never owned one, never will. Iacocca ushered in the “disposable vehicle” era. Still is.

Love the honesty!

Your 2015 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon is what I came to this channel. Now I have a 2016

My sister & brother-in-law has a jeep 392, & they have close to more money in repairs than the initial cost.
I hear stories like yours all the time about Stellantis built vehicles. So this is what the modern day Jeep stands for,

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Sorry but this is 100% the truth, jeep is a bad ass off roader, no doubting that but Stellantis has ruined the reliability of anything they touch.

A quarter tank on a steep decline stall - its's most likely just fuel starvation. V8 pump could be bigger or located differentky , or of a different type than V6. And it probably was less than a quarter - the gauge could show a bit more on a decline.
Had it few times happening to me with a tahoe, when i thought there was a quarter left....

Toyota crushes jeeps.

The fuel pickup is in the back of tank. Makes sense it would run out going down hill when low. Plus side it won’t run try going up hill or under hard acceleration

You don’t do burnouts in sand Spinouts

😎 there are too many problems with everything!!! 😠 so if you want for your adventure and trip it's better to rent and not buy because it will bankrupt you! over time everything will start to fall apart! Appearance is not everything and fairy tales are what people fall for! go for 😍Toyota 4Runner TRD problem free !!! 😊👍

When you go on a decline with less than a quarter tank, the fuel shifts away from the fuel pump, causing the engine to die since it can’t pull fuel from the tank. To avoid getting stuck and needing to pull it down a hill, keep the tank above 1/4 full. Carrying a couple of 5-gallon fuel cans as backup is a simple way to prevent this issue. And the reason it didn't die going up hill is because the fuel was at the fuel pump.

Thanks for talking me out of coveting a 392 lol. Got a 2020 Rubi. Are there hemi conversions that are more reliable?

Taking a Dodge product to far away for AAA to rescue you is a gamble. If any other manufacturer bought the Jeep name I would own one but I'm to educated to ever buy a Dodge

Love your channel, been I while since I watched... thought really hard about moving into a 392JL (Had one gased up and ready to go for a weekend at the dealership), but, thought really hard on the full-time Tcase as well... still loving life with my 2013 V6 manual Rubi... oh, also thought about how much $ I had in the '13 and how much I'd need to put into the 392 to make it what I want (cough, need, ha)... at any rate, the full time case made me walk away... love it in my '19 Grand Cherokee SRT, but, it has never seen dirt much less hard trails. Thank you.

“It had everything”…. Anyway I had to buy a tow package

I know there's some kind of tube inside the tank as well as some kind of floater thing. Maybe the sensor didn't think fuel was inside of it being that you had a small amount of fuel to begin with

Few modifications fix these jeeps. Nothing we havent done before. If jeeps came great out of the box there wouldnt be as big of an aftermarket as there is.

If ur paying 85k plus for a vehicle...it should have no issues for a long time. Period.

This gets old - out of a million jeeps being made ….going to find quality issues. My 2017 Jeep is going on 200,000 miles - literally zero issues with it. I blame the owner and how someone drives it.

Modern vehicles violate the K.I.S.S. theory.

Is it TJ time again?

I don’t have a 392, but I do have a 2023 JLURXR, and a sloped driveway.

When I back up my driveway and park, the fuel level drops on the gauge. If the fuel level is low on level ground, it will dip below empty in my driveway.

If I had to take a wild guess, I would say that it’s either a fuel pickup issue or the ECU tells the fuel pump to shut off due to the extremely low fuel level.