Sounds ominous, I know they had a lot of issues early on, but I thought its been pretty good in the last few years. Supposedly this is on the 10 best engines list ever. I know that just probably as much hype as bs, but it was like a popular mechanics and engineers pick. I hope its a good one......
Wow, you guys are really down on this setup.....
Do you have a thread of actual failures? Failures to me means the motors had to be replaced/Swapped, Service Issues means it required maintenance repairs at the dealer. Which are you seeing the most?
I don't have one single thread, but a quick look on the forums you'll see quite a bit of failures mentioned. I know @John and @TC Diesel have posted hard data numbers, so I'll let them chime in with those.
Just so you know I had a complete failure of a 3.8L V6 in my 2007 Jeep Rubicon, because the Cooling fan seized up on the highway and never triggered a Over Temp Warning, but did get high enough to blow out a little known O Ring causing all the coolant to go into the crank case or most of it out of the radiator. So since this was first time is a long time I took this jeep on a road trip I though maybe it just leaked out and checked all clamps and replaced the fluid. Next day about 3/4 through the day of offroading the engine stalled and would not start, finally got it started and limped it back to my sons house and then to his dealer, to find out the crank case was full of the antifreeze and of coursed thinned out the oil and killed all the crank bearings. *Rebuild motor at 88000 and $5000 later not counting the $500 to get the jeep home to my dealer and car rental home. So yeah I understand the difference.
You are right that does seem a little high for out right failures, I wonder what years did they have the most trouble, near the start with slowly getting better or up and down over the years.
FCA states
Its got 124K on the od, I got the extra warranty until 225K just in case.
probably 1000X industry standard.