Faults:

After taking the Wrangler to Utah last summer, I found that the finish on the dashboard started to peel. It was probably a mix of sand and water that created friction when rubbed against the dashboard that caused it to peel. However, since the Jeep was under warranty, the dashboard was replaced free of charge.

General Comments:

My Wrangler is wonderful. I've driven it from the Atlantic to the Pacific and it hasn't caused me any problems. I took it off-road driving in Utah, down the Shaeffer Trail at Canyonlands National Park. The Wrangler handled that with ease.

It's true that the Wrangler is a gas-guzzler. However, it's the cheapest truck that I could find that can act as a convertible, go off-road driving, drive city-streets, clear you out of snow-drifts with 4WD and still protect you from the cold winds and wet snow of Northern Ontario. It's the most economical adventure vehicle there is out there.

My Jeep was factory-made as per my specifications. I opted out of the back-seats package. When you don't have those back-seats, you have a huge space that can be filled with back-packs, or moving boxes etc. Those back-seats don't look like they offer you much leg-room.

Faults:

Nothing has gone wrong to date, which hasn't happened with any other car I've owned. this is only my forth brand new car, but the other three all made at least one trip to the dealer to correct problems within the first moth of ownership... not his one.

General Comments:

The ride is nearly perfect for the poor streets of urban areas. Potholes, road rash, rail crossings, crumbling temp. repairs that have been in place for years, and even well used detours are the Wrangler's home.

What's wrong is that the urban aspect has been neglected. Security is a joke. There is no hood lock or gas lock, only the hard top offers any real interior security, but even then the doors can be taken off in a matter of minutes.

This one has the hard top, which I had to order and wait for as Jeep seems put them on the 4Cyl. only under pressure. taking the hard top off is more trouble, but once off, adding an after market "Bikini" type top is more fun.

Power is, as expected, geared to the low end. Highway driving isn't uncomfortable, its just that any resemblance to power ends once the needle moves into the middle 50's.

General Comments:

It is a great around town car, easy to park, and acceleration is surprisingly lively due to its torquey engine.

I have read that the soft tops are very loud, however the only comment I have received from passengers is "I thought it would be much louder than this". This is most likely due to the top being redesigned a couple of years ago.

For a truck it handles almost like a sports car. It has tight quick-ratio steering and limited body lean.

Driving my Jeep with the top off in the spring or summer gives me the feeling of being on a never ending vacation. And, like all Jeeps, it absolutely shines when the temps drop and the rain turns to ice, snow, or sleet.

It would not be a Jeep if it was not one of the most off-road capable, straight from the factory vehicles made.