I almost didn't buy my first Jeep SRT based on some of the "reliability" issues I had read on-line. Anyway, I took a chance and bought a new one, drove it over 40k miles in less than 2 years and never had any problems. (Never took it in for any warranty or service work) I don't abuse the car but I've made a few full blast 1/4 mile runs (probably 20) and am not afraid to dive really fast if the opportunity presents itself. Of course I live in an area where the speed limits are 75mph to start with and very little traffic, soooooo.:grin2: The only maintenance I did was to change the oil (every 5k) tires (~20k), add gas and go.
I had such good luck with the first one, I bought another.
Just curious, anyone else with zero problems with their Jeep SRT after having it a while?
I'm very happy to tout the reliability of my SRT. It's a 2015 that I picked up new and now just under 40,000 miles. I follow the regular service and have not had a single problem to date. Cant say the same for my previous new car; a Lexus LS460 AWD which had regular occurrences of expensive issues: rear seal leak, 3 x rear strut failures, failed servo headlights, wiper mechanism, interior trim, and more. What a disappointment that car was. Although my Jeep's huge appetite of Pirelli's (all-seasons and winters) is making up for some of that, but thats my fault since I like them.
That's probably my biggest (maybe only) complaint about my Jeep(s). They eat expensive tires pretty fast. I can get 20k miles out of a set but that's pushing it. Probably should be swapping them out about 15k. At $500 a pop, they are a good bit more expensive than the tires were for my Corvettes.
I rotated my PZeros almost every oil change. Pirelli says they expect 10,000 miles out of those tires on an SRT Jeep. I got 25,000 miles out of mine and at that point they were completely done. I bought non runflat after that. Not that I would never buy them again but they are heavy, don't last and are expensive although they perform well at the track.
On my 07 the rear end gears and front gears whined from day 1 but I have had a lot of mopars do that. I waited till the 3/36,000 factory warranty was close then had the dealer put in new gears and that's all and I put over 150 passes on the track with no problems and it had cai and dyno tune. Now my 2012 was bone stock and at 33,000 number 8 injector went bad and after 18 days I said ok and traded it in. I have been racing mopars since 1959 and most were real reliable. All were my daily drivers.
I changed my first set of brakes around 65,000km. The fronts were done. I decided to go with racingbrake two piece aluminum hat rotors and their 500 pads. Very happy with these. Way less dust and stop better IMO although I've only been on a road course once. I have 30,000km on these and lots to go. Demon Performance also has a nice set of brakes for wk2s
Front pads replaced at 36K, replacing the rears at the next oil change interval 44K
Sooooooo happy to be done with the stock pads. Yes they stick, but the armageddon of brake dust was just too much for me. I went with the Power Stop ceramics and so far they have been great.
As for tires, somehow managed to get a little over 20K on the original Perelli's and could not wait to get something different. The Yokohama's have made a world of difference in ride comfort and durability.
Front pads replaced at 36K, replacing the rears at the next oil change interval 44K
Sooooooo happy to be done with the stock pads. Yes they stick, but the armageddon of brake dust was just too much for me. I went with the Power Stop ceramics and so far they have been great.
As for tires, somehow managed to get a little over 20K on the original Perelli's and could not wait to get something different. The Yokohama's have made a world of difference in ride comfort and durability.
Zeros. Realistically I have about another 5k in them and they are donezo. Crawling down the interstate in stop and go traffic so I never really get to heat them up.
Yes PZeros. I ran them at the track a bunch of times and never trusted them in the rain so on dry pavement they were fine as I wore them completely out. I just love the ride of the Michelins I have now but they are 295/40R20. They might look out of place but my Jeep is lowered.
New poster here - I have a 2015 SRT and dumped my Pirelli's at about 13k miles. I simply could not tolerate the road noise anymore - it was unbearable. So, I went with the Yokohomas as a follow-on. Of course, I'm still experiencing the same brutal road noise. They were fine for the first few thousand miles - but then it started. Rotating religiously does absolutely nothing. I'm now at 26k miles and it's my primary complaint with this vehicle. Seriously....the road noise is so bad I often want to steer this thing into a friggen' tree.
Another issue is the MDS - horrible. It was not this bad for the first 10k miles, but it has now become unbearable as well. So, between the road noise from the tires and the annoying rumble of the MDS - I have quite the loud ride down the highway. I think it's BS for a vehicle that has a $72k sticker price.
Rotating does make a difference. The negative camber that helps these things handle also tears up the inner shoulder of the tire. When they get to about 40% tread life left you can always peel them off the rims and turn them around regardless of whether they are directional or not. Lots of complaints about road noise on many of the tires which I don't experience with the Michelins. Come to think of it my Jeep is just loud enough I don't hear road noise much at all no matter what tire I'm running. My Nitto NT05Rs do not ride as nice as the Michelins and you can really notice the difference when you first drive off and they are cold. You are right, there are plenty of threads about this and the answers won't change. We own performance SUVs and that comes with certain things that are great and other things that are a pita. Basically, there isn't really a solution to what you're asking. Just suggestions on how to minimize it. Hope this helps.
This is pretty much the understanding I have. Thank you for further clarification. It's just REALLY loud in my instance. Even with rotations occurring every 3/4k
Rotate them in this fashion and maybe you already are...
LF position to RR
RR to LF
LR to RF
RF to LR
edit: there I fixed monkey man!
RR gets the most wear, then LR, then RF and LF the least. I try to remember that when rotating to keep tread depths all the same. Once the inner shoulder wear is pronounced (and it's worse on the front) then I flip them around to spin the other way to get a little more out of them. It's not perfect but I hate not getting what I consider to be a good life out of them. Also, you have to figure in what the labour to do all this is worth and if you run road courses you may not want anything less than the best your particular tires are capable of delivering. You can straighten up the camber to some degree and it helps a bit but the camber is there for handling and if the readings are within spec I wouldn't worry about it. Some guys buy cheap Hankooks or whatever knowing what these things are like too.
Yea, the dealership was even marking the insides of my old Pirellis so they could rotate/adjust them accordingly on my next visit. Unfortunately, nothing worked. I must say, however, I do miss the Pirellis. The Parada Spec-x's have evolved into some noisy beasts over small crevices, holes, etc. These tires, after 10k of wear, appear to be noisy in more ways than just camber-related. Lot's of clunk to them.
Anyone have a another particular tire they recommend that fits the standard 295/45R20?? As we all know, there simply is not a wide variety to choose from for this size and most of the sites I've checked offer the same (Hankook/$$Pirelli$$/Yokohama).
I also went from the stock Pirellis to the Yokohamas and I did experience a ton of road noise with the Pirellis. However, 13,000 miles on my Yokes and I've had no issues with road noise with these tires. And the difference in the ride characteristics and comfort has been night and day vs the Pirellis.
If you are getting what sounds like road noise from the Yokohamas, one thing to at least look into are your brake pads. I was getting what sounded to me like a higher pitch road noise and I came to find out it was actually my worn front pads. They would make this sound around 40-50 mph really loud. When I changed over to ceramic pads the sound (and thank God the brake dust) went away. Maybe worth a look for you?
The MDS is loud and annoying. I have been in other cars with V8 cylinder deactivation systems and have never noticed it like this. My father's Corvette it and I literally never knew when it activated. Super quiet. Not sure why the Chrysler folks can't do the same. One tip, if it is annoying you, is to pull back on the transmission lever and put the transmission into Sport mode. Not the dial keep in mind, leave that on Auto. Change the transmission into Sport mode and it will prevent the MDS from activating. You're mileage will suffer so it's something you just have to decide how important it is to you. I do it every now and they when the MDS is just annoying the crap out of me. Good luck.
I know it is just me, but i think it is funny people buy an SRT and complain about road noise. I never noticed because I listened to the V8 sound and had a smile having a racecar suv. Could careless about road noise, but then again I drive gutted racecars..
Agreed. I find my Jeep pretty quiet actually. Yes the MDS is a bit annoying but it's nice getting 21mpg on the highway too. My mom has a 2017 GC with the 3.6 and it only gets about 22-23mpg on the highway.
^^^ A man of reason and great wisdom!!! Jeeps are funny because they're supposed to be a bit of a luxury SUV (or not, you can argue the luxury part) but then they are also beastly and handle pretty good. I only try to keep mine quiet to maintain the sleeper factor...lol
Nice! It's not to this extreme here but it is like when people complain about a hard ride in a gen5 z28 camaro. I reply then why would you buy a factory racecar? Haha
I see a lot of people complain about Harsh shifting & Suspension stiffness the most. People don't realize that this is SRT, a performance vehicle, not regular Jeep Laredo or Limited, if you don't like it, just get cheaper version of GC, the option is there for you and you'll have Luxury version of GC. Don't get me wrong, there are ups and down with SRT, but I love my 14 GC SRT.
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