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Itβs a Jeep thing.
The wave, the hair, the mysteriously absent dashboard.
The death wobble, upside-down tendency, the chrystlerness :: shudder ::
I'm amazed the displays outlasted the transmissions.
The Q in Chrysler stands for quality.
Analog gauges don't disappear. Go back to analog.
No no, we need a digital representation of analog gauges!
Clearly you've never owned a car with a broken speedometer cable, or bad ground for the instrument cluster. Or a GM vehicle in the late 90s with the stepper motor issues that caused your cluster to throw a rave when they went bad. They don't dissappear, but they certainly don't work properly.
Which breaks more often?
I mean, I really sincerely adore the digital gauge I'm my 2012 Honda
It's just a led "8 segment" display with a few extra segments to make the numerals look really nice. No fancy graphics logic, and I've gotten really spoiled by it, now if I drive anything else I'll miss it lol
But mine doesn't "disappear" because it's an old Honda and they designed it in a way that isn't dumb π
Can't go wrong with Honda or Toyota.
It's treated me pretty well :)
I even had a part of the hybrid system fail recently and there was a technical service bulletin for it so the repair itself was free. I'm very glad I got the issue diagnosed independently though even though it cost a little money, the independent shop my mechanic sent me to (he the hybrid system was beyond him) was great, and the dealership was kind of a nightmare.
Which like, no surprises there lol π the independent shop even left me a cookie, which was cute cause I left them starbursts, so we traded sweets lol
Analog gauges used to break. On Chryslers they used to catch fire. Doesn't matter what Stellantis does, Americans have an endless appetite for shit vehicles.
Analogue gauges still break. Even aircraft use digital displays these days, including on standby instruments. The issue is quality. If it's built like garbage, it's going to break more quickly and more frequently.
Displays on connected cars are just more susceptible as companies can push broken OTA updates that should never have passed QA, if QA even exists, but again that's a quality issue.
In my 01 Wrangler, the dash lights are on the same circuit as the tail lights so if your tail light fuse blows you know because your dash lights go off.
This could be a recall issue but the #1 hobby of newer Jeep owners is adding stupid LED lights everywhere. I would look into that first to eliminate it as an issue.
the dash lights are on the same circuit as the tail lights
Enguneers.
A lot of cars are wired that way. I think it's a safety feature because it's difficult to know when your tail lights don't work but it's impossible to miss the dash lights
Yup. Like if one of your blinkers is blinking faster than the other, you likely have a bulb out on the side of the fast blinker. Brilliant engineering.
The trunk light on my XJ would only turn off when the brake lights turned on
That world-famous American build quality.
Jeep is owned by Chrysler which is owned by Stellantis. That world-famous Italian/dutch/American build quality.
Bring back our jerbs!
Jeep = shitbox.
Every Stellantis vehicle is a shitbox.
Jeep? They don't exist anymore. Its Fiat now.
Jeep is one of many brands under Stellantis.
Fiat bought Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler. That company merged with Peugot and that new merged company changed its name to Stellantis. Jeep is still owned by Fiat, just with a different name.
Multiple models of Jeep have Fiat Multi-Air equipped engines in them. I know this because I worked at a Dodge Jeep Chrysler dealer when the buyout happened, and after they renamed to Stellantis.
I know this because I worked at a Dodge Jeep Chrysler dealer when the buyout happened, and after they renamed to Stellantis.
My condolences π₯²π«
FIAT did not buy those companies, they merged with them in order to get local government subsidies. Marchionne was the world expert in corporate welfare.
Sounds like you're saying Jeep is one of many brands under Stellantis. Jeep still exists. You can simply go to Jeep.com to see it.
this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2025
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