Not a Gladiator but we gad a 2018 Grand Cherokee that got traded in for a new Ford Explorer. The Explorer far and away is better than the Jeep. It's faster, gets better fuel mileage, more comfortable inside, and our local Ford dealership has significantly better customer service than our local Jeep group. She liked the Jeep, but now that they are pricing themselves into the larger SUV market, it's no longer apples to oranges.

We only put 50k or so miles on it and the underside was worse than previous cars with triple that.

Another not Gladiator, but a Grand Cherokee. My daughter bought a low mileage 2019 about a year ago and it has been in the repair shop almost as she has been able to drive it, or that is as it seems. Each trip into the shop (suppose to be under warranty) costs her $500-$900. This one is her 3rd Jeep and I suspect it will probably be her last jeep. The first two (also grand Cherokees) were great vehicles.

She needs her Jeep to do her job and it sees a lot of mileage each week, but the list of repairs at this point has become pretty crazy. In less then a year, it has become untrustworthy to her already.

I recently picked up 2022 Wrangler Sport that only had 1k miles on it. The auto start stop system is Rube Goldberg and has an auxiliary battery under the regular battery that will fail. The fuse box had half the fuses not seated and several wire connections were loose. All is easily corrected however.

That said mine is a 6MT and I was looking forward to having a manual as around here they are rare. After a couple weeks of driving it I can say without hesitation do not get a manual. This thing has the worst clutch feel of any MT I have ever driven. As in it has none. It is mush. You can’t feel the engagement point. Also the gear ratios are not optimal. First is fairly steep as you would expect in a vehicle designed for off road but in to 3rd and after the ratios just don’t seem to make sense. I rarely use 5th or 6th unless on the highway. And an added bonus is that all MT Jeeps have a clutch recall with no fix yet. My guess is people are burning them up for the above reason.

I sold my 2020 Power Wagon for what I paid for it new. Picked this thing up for 12k under its sticker effectively new. So I pocketed almost 17k in the downsizing. So I can’t complain. I will keep the thing and live with its faults.

That said you can probably buy a Ram 1500 5.7 for the price of a Gladiator. I would go with the Ram.

Thanks for the info guys.Yeah when we can we'll get a new Jeep Gladiator Rubicon hopefully it'll work out good.And we agree we hate too much technology,especially when it's screwed up! We'll probably go for a cool bright color and big tires.And a 392 Hemi well error probably not she doesn't want me too have too much horsepower ,she wants to stay outta trouble lol!