Jeep JL Wrangler Auto Stop Start / Tailgate Strength & Current Gear Setting : JL JOURNAL - Q&A 

I never really was into jeeps, but your videos def made me have open my eyes to what they can do. The 18 seems really legit.

The detail on the tailgate is so super cool. Dude your the best Jeep guys in the Country hands down!

Great job with this video! Thank you for sharing this with us! I have a 2012 Rubicon Unlimited that my wife and I shipped to the Island of Molokai a year ago. We need to buy another Jeep for use here in Utah where we live most of the year. I had wanted a JL Unlimited Rubicon with the diesel, but after driving two JL's and after rethinking other aspects related to the diesel, I've decided we'll soon order a 2018 JL Unlimited Rubicon. Thanks for your advice about the tailgate strength on the new JL's! I also like the way you showed us how to tell which gear the automatic transmission is in while on the road. P.S. I'll be 70 in March. My first car, purchased in April 1964 by my father, was a used Land Rover 88" 2.25 liter petrol station wagon. Drove Land Rover products for many years. My first Jeep was purchased via a factory order that arrived in April 2012. My wife and I now own two Jeeps, second being a 2014 Grand Cherokee Overland diesel. We'll soon be a three Jeep family. Even at my age, I can assure you and anyone else, I prefer driving a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon virtually anywhere I go! Jeep---and its employees---are doing a fabulous job building what I now believe are the best dual-purpose on-off road vehicles on this planet. The Wrangler Rubicons are at the top of the 4x4 food chain! Andy McKane, Springville, Utah.

Just made the change on my 2021 JL you made it so easy!!! We start the full build in about 2 weeks. Jeep will be on 37's when we get done with it. Thanks for all the videos they are very helpful and informational specially the Tazer I am going to do it myself now

So glad I came across your channel. Just got my JL a few days ago (owned a JK years ago) and have found your content informative, succinct, entertaining and invaluable. Many thanks. Subscribed!

Great info Eddy. Thanks! I've been following since the early days of wayalife.

We just used your method to display our gears without having to be in manual. Thank you very much We are still waiting for our 600 page manual to learn these things. 400 miles so far. Be well.

Dude, I love your channel. You know a ton about all Jeeps... You are well skilled in making informative videos, without the extra music and crap we don't need. And the most important... is that you are quick to the point and don't ramble on and on.. Great job!!!

I just bought a 2021 diesel JLRU and had no idea about that current gear display, that's an awesome tip!

Awesome and very informative guys. Loving the way you show all the details. Greets from Europe

Thanks! I learned a few things. That bit about the tail gate just saved me about $1000.

Some good info. Thanks for taking the time to share.

I just love your videos. I have a Rubicon JLU on order (8 weeks). Same color as yours. Took one out for a drive today and I was so impressed. I have owned Jeeps for years . (YJ, TJ, Wranglers). I am taking the plunge to a U for the first time. I have ordered both tops, and the liners and every options possible. I found the leather seats awesome. I'll keep watching here while waiting....Cheers Al

Great videos. This model has a LOT covered, As a Jeep guy that loves mods seems a lot of aftermarket will be for just because.

Excellent video as usual Eddie!

Your answering all the questions I ponder.

Thanks, for the Nice Q&A. I like your Videos so much. 👌🏽

Im impressed with the JL 👍

What the hell, Jeep literally thought of EVERYTHING for the new JL. EVERY little detail is so damn impressive and logical.

Very informative and detail really looking forward to see the mod for Jet li and taking it out to moab.

Another excellent video. 👍

Thank you. Great episode

Great Tech tips. I'm New to your channel and a Newbie JL Owner.

Great Q&A. Do these more often especially for repair question. Not everyone can afford $30K worth of upgrades on a $50K. It's interesting to hear the failures of the stock Jeep components. Thanks for all the great vid's. Ya'll are very fortunate to live in such a great off-road area!

Wow an informative no hype no click bait wonderful short and sweet video. Is this 2020? Thanks for the breath of refreshing fresh air! It’s what you tube used to be. You know back in it’s hay day. Where’s Ripley?!?

Great video,great info.

Thanks for this nice video.

Thanks for the video, could you please measure the wind / road nois? BTW I'm still jealous 😎

awesome video

Love to see auto trans temperatures as you put larger tires on.

Great video Eddie!! Here’s a question for ya that I’m sure most people have been curious about: How do you think the aftermarket will handle the new license plate location with aftermarket bumpers, and given the fact the back up camera now resides where most people would relocate it to

Eddie thanks for the work you have put in on these videos. I am really seeing my JKU in a dimmer light. Maybe time to sell my son’s TJ,let him take my JK and get a new one for me! The JL my be the first model of Wrangler that won’t have previous model owners hating on it like TJ drivers do JK’s.

Can't wait to see you run some bigger tires and get your thoughts on how well it handles.

Great idea to make these Q&A videos.

Hope to purchase a white JL Rubi as a towed vehicle for my class A RV. Your videos are very informative. If you can get any information regarding using the JL as a "TOAD", that would be very helpful.

The new JL has beefy axles. Thicker axle tubes, stronger brackets and outer C's massive. Front axle disconnect sucks though(Electronically actuated versus vacuum is better though). 220mm(8.66in) rear and 210mm (8.26in) front ring gears for Rubicon. The refined look has TJ appearance which is a good thing i think. New standard is 35in tire's and need no modding. Wouldn't be surprised running 37in tires without issues. All JL wranglers will have 3rd gen dana 44 rear axle. Ring gears will be different on non rubicons.

I think it would be cool if you left the stock Rubicon axles on and ran 37’s with a basic lift. Do some actually testing of the new FAD and other components. Like the electric steering!

Awesome thanks

I have a question i have to assume the start stop system in your jeep with the 3.6 uses the conventional starter,the belt driven start stop in the 2.0 uses the belt to start the motor,when the belt gets full of mud or soaked with creek water will it slip causing the motor not to restart?

Do not have my jeep yet but i rented a car 2 weeks ago with start/stop and hate it. It had no way of shutting off the start/stop. Glad i have that option. Not getting a tazer anytime soon.

Buy a house or get another Jeep? This is the only place I can safely ask this question because my wife would have my head otherwise. Thanks for these vids. Vicarious living is fun.

I found out from a Jeep Engineer that the auto off for the engine is disengaged automatically when in 4L so you don’t have to worry about the engine cutting off when crawling over rocks!

Found your website back when you were building the TJ, then the JK, now a JL! Looks like you're up in Carson, how is it there to live??? I'm thinking of moving there as I have friends there, and things here in Calif are not getting any better... I'm also thinking of finally selling my TJ and some other vehicles and maybe, just maybe picking up a JL Rubi. So I'll be tuning in on a regular basis to see your progress!

Great video as usual! I do have a question though, can you make a video about the underside of the Jeep, things like axles, suspension, driveshafts, and differences between the JK and JL underneath? I ask because there are not that many videos about where all the magic happens, frankly as the interior is very nice, as compared to my 3.8 JK, underneath the jeep is what i really care about and should be a fun video to watch! I can't wait to buy one especially when the diesel comes out but still keep my JK. Thanks!

My first “mod” was to Disable the stop/start under the hood ... by removing the actuator. 🙂

Just got the new JL Sahara. When I come to a full stop it will turn off but wont turn back on after releasing the break.. I have to put it on park then restart it normally.. is that how its suppose to work? Thanks

Great video! Thanks for answering those questions. I’m worried about the start stop tech. I figure it will put extra wear on your starter, alternator and battery. No bueno. Thoughts? Especially in rush hour traffic with lots of stop and go.

Do you know if the magnesium is treated to reduce ignition?

Really appreciate all your info. Now on to my ? I’ve got a 2018 JL Sport with 345 gearing. Will I have to change my gears if I put 35in tires. It’s pretty much my DD with some light off road adventures. Thsnks

Could you do a video talking about the manual transmission in the JL’s & Gladiators.

The F150, if you buy a plug check for the trailor hitch. It will disable the auto engine off. Might work for the jeep also.

can you get some measurements of the back seat, would also like to know what angle it is, wanting to know if you can fit 2 car seats

Hi, thank you for your videos, Very clear information. Going to so the Fox 2.0 steering stabilizer just based on your video about it. Question for you if you're willing. I have a 37" on my JL 2018 moab with Terflex relocator that it came with. Tire and wheel 145 lbs. Since Teraflex does not have a hinge support for the JL's yet or at all, do you feel that 145 is too heavy for the hinges. From your video, it sounded like it'll hold the orig tire and wheel plus a fold out table of a significant weight. Should I leave the spare behind, I would rather not? Thank you.

As always fantastic. You should get paid by JEEP.

Can you tell me what is the rpm at 60 mph in 8th gear on flat terrain. Also is the rubicon gear ratio going to make the rpm different than the Sahara at the same speed? Thanks in advance, Roger Karstofsky Ps my question is relative to gas mileage on either model.

Any chance of doing an in traffic road test with the Auto start/stop enabled vs similar drive with it disabled. Obviously poor mpg is not going to stop us from buying these rigs but I'd be curious to know if the auto start/ stop is actually effective if you leave it enabled. Thanks.

I have a question regarding installing swaybar disconnects. I drive a 2020 Jeep Wrangler JLU. I've added 35's with a 3.5" terraflex lift. What brand would you recommend for adding manual swaybar disconnects? Thankyou

Does the instrument display always show some sort of exclamation mark or warning sign when the engine auto on/off turned off? I hate having sort of warning sign showing up making me feeling like the car is having problem. Thanks.

I noticed that on an f150 you could permanently disable ess by plugging a trailer test thing into the trailer plug to fool the truck into thinking its towing is this possible on the jl. Saw it on youtube with the f150

Do you happen to know how much weight does the steel bumper (as an option) adds to the overall weight of the vehicle on a JLU Rubicon

If you were going to tow your Jeep behind a motor home is there any modification that you wouldn’t do. We plan on living the RV life 6 months a year and want to wheel where we can. I’m also wondering how the EVO long arm mod would have running 37” tires on road? Love your educational content.

Can you customize the UI or anything on the display/ navigation? Can you even hack it perhaps? Can you put 35's or 37's on it and go up the hill so we can see what gear it is in and RPM and tranny temp and mpg?

Got 2 questions. One regarding the engine cut off. Let’s say you don’t want the engine to cut off. Do you have to push that button every time you start the car or will it remember the setting you set it as before shutting the car off? Two. Regarding the proximity sensor. Will the Jeep actually put itself into Park if the proximity sensor is triggered? And does it get triggered if someone let’s say parks to close to you?

Hi Does anyone know how to engage Auto park back on? My Jl says auto part disabled.

Great Vid @wayalife ! I'm curious about the lag with the start/stop feature. If you were to stop, let the engine shut off and then immediately mash the gas pedal, how quick does it respond?

Hey Eddie, I know it’s an old old video, but if you or someone else sees this, do u know of any way to turn off the start stop feature so it doesn’t reactivate by itself each time i shut off the truck. I hate having to remember to turn it off each time I start it back up.

I purchased a 2019 jeep jl and noticed a slight lunge on starting and shutting the engine off. Has anyine else noticed this and is it normal?

hey I'm a new subscriber who's very close to getting my own JL Rubicon. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with yours. quick easy question, I'm not too fond of the red dash but I want the black seats. what might one do to cover/coat the dash. plastidip maybe?

Am wondering with the auto engine shut off does it do the same when 4 low is engaged ? Or do you have to turn it off when off road

What about the back up camera with a larger spare tire....any mods needed?

stop /start, no function , i off in a " d " drive for my mistake , another day , the baterie low deat ; rechargue mi baterie and not works , again start /stop you can help me ?

Thank you,for the information on the tailgate. I bought some new wheels and tires and the spare weighs 105 lbs. I put new bumpers on so that there’s no bounce on the tire. I’ve been wrestling with reinforcing the tailgate. Do you think 105 lbs is too much weight??

Is there an option to turn off the dome light when the doors are removed?

Can you post a video of night driving with regard to how the LED headlights illuminate the road. Thanks!

Did your on road driving characteristics change after lift. Any flighty feel. My jlur is so smooth on road I’m apprehensive to lift it yet.

What about a 37” spare? Still good with factory tailgate? Or is there reinforcement that should be added that won’t break the bank?

My auto stop/start feature doesn’t seem to work at all. It keeps telling me that the battery is not fully charged even though I drive the JL everyday. Any suggestion as to why this may be?

What’s gonna be your first modification? Where do you think the JL will be weak on the trail?

What brand floor jack do you have? What brand are the yellow jack stands? Where would I place the jack stands on a gladiator if I wanted to do a spacer level? Thanks in advance!

Will the tailgate hinges hold the weight of larger tires?

Asking myself if Death Wobble will still be an issue?..i watched the Dynatrac video about the front axle and it seems that they improved a lot of weak spots. Greets from Europe.

What mods can we expect for the JL?

Why is the autostop beneficial? It seems that would cause more stress on the ignition over time with frequently having to start every time the vehicle comes to a stop.

The auto start stop on my manual transmission JL restarts the engine as soon as you apply any pressure to the clutch peddle.

How fast for it to shift to the 8 and at what rpm? Also would the ARB dual compressor fit under the hood? Thanks

What made you get so involved in jeeps? and why do you love them so much?

Where are the connecting point for the aux switches?

how does the auto-stop/start really save gas? I thought the starting a car wastes as much gas as sitting at idle for the duration of the average stop light, or atleast that was the theory before auto-stop/start was a thing. Even if it did save gas wouldn't it burn up the starter?

You may have already answered this but does the manual trans also show what gear one is in on the dash display? (not sure one would really need it but....).

Wayalife first thank you for all the work you've done over the years making such great videos. As an owner of both JK's and this new JL ,what is your perspective on the interior size between the two models? I'm 6'4 with a family of 4 and considering replacing my Tundra (enormous interior) with a JL or just getting an old jeep for a toy to play in when I can. I've been going around and round for two years, but the new JL seems to be nudging me off the fence...

Man you should get pay for that voice.. nice vid!

I had some 33's on 17x9.5 Black Rhino's installed by a local #DirectOffroad shop on my existing stock JLU spare tire mount. The total weight of tire and rim is around 78#. My OEM tailgate bump stop is about an inch short of reaching the spare. Do you think I should extend the bump stop so it contacts the spare just to be on the safe side? I really haven't noticed any rattle and 99% of the time I'm on paved streets. Thank you.

What is the average gas mileage are you getting? Around town and highway only? Thanks.

do you know what the option "Hinge-Gate Reinforcement by Mopar" at 675$ is??

Did you get the V6 or 4 cyl engine in the JL ?

6th gear on the highway, is it an 8th speed or not yet released?

The stop start features come back on after shutting the vehicle off, is there a way to disable it longer or completely?

Does the auto start/stop setting hold when you turn off the Jeep or do you have to disable it every time you start the Jeep?

So a 33 (285/70/17] spare weighing 60lbs would not be an issue mounted on a 2018 stock JLU. Correct?

That automatic start will definitely wear out the starter prematurely over time how much gas are you really saving.