2024 Jeep Gladiator Mojave And How It Could Be Better?

[@betweenthepines4000]

Remember too, the Mojave does have slightly softer spring rate but the front approximately 1” lift is due to a spacer attached to the front Fox jounce bumper. The springs are not taller like some believe over the Rubicon. I have a 22’ Mojave, 3.5” , 37” , winch, alu cab etc. absolutely love this truck, nothing on the market interests me to ever sell it.

[@Jason-Samko]

Great info! And your Mojave sounds amazing. These gladiators really are in a league of their own. Love mine! But I do think jeep missed an opportunity to make the Mojave the ultimate gladiator buy simply giving us the front locker and sway bar disconnect. Then we wouldn't have to choose.

[@371kenny]

It also has a thicker frame and cast iron steering components that no other other gladiator has.

[@Jason-Samko]

I think its just frame reinforcements welded on in spots. And your right about the steering knuckles (forgot to mention that) and there are some other small differences like wheel offset to clear the shocks etc. Its an amazing truck But I think jeep missed the opportunity here. Rather than make it a Rubicon or Mojave decision why not make the mjoave the top trim with all the rubicon features included!

[@bradjohnson5323]

@@Jason-Samko or better yet put the new 3.0L inline six in the Mojave.

[@Jason-Samko]

@bradjohnson5323 that's would be amazing. I have a video coming out next week called gladiator disappointments. I do it for all trucks and try to talk about thier short comings. Not many on the gladiator but in that video I did mention putting a hurricane in it would make it blow right past all the numbers all the other midsize trucks have. Taking the gladiator from dead last in hp and torque numbers right to the top!

[@371kenny]

One last thing. I think it would be cheaper and easier to add a front locker and manual sway bar disconnect to the mojave than to add everything the mojave has to a rubicon. Just a thought.

[@Jason-Samko]

Agree 100 and I'd rather have the Mojave with a front locker. If the Mojave had a front locker it would be the one I would buy in a heartbeat. I'd sell my rubicon tomorrow and go get one if they made it happen

[@371kenny]

@SamkoWorkShop I meant after market do it yourself. Lol. I know you trade you trucks in all the time tho.

[@Jason-Samko]

@371kenny very true about doing it yourself. But with how all trucks are made today and the crazy cost for parts and labor now I won't own a vehicle without an extended warranty. And I stalling a after market front locker would void the warranty. I'd much rather it come from the factory for the warranty and resale value.

[@dominica2765]

Thanks for the video. Hope you and the family are well. It doesn’t have the lower transfer case either lower gearing like the Rubicon 4:1

[@Jason-Samko]

I believe it now comes with a 4.1 gears for 2024. That's what made me think about what the Mojave could be if they simple gave is the front locker and sway disconnect! It's already so close, why not kick it up a notch. I think jeep missed an opportunity with this by not doing that.

[@dominica2765]

I agree with that thanks for the videos. I enjoy them.

[@371kenny]

@dominica2765 in 2024 it now has 4:1

[@chrisE815]

For me, the 33s are all I need but damn these trucks need to ship with lower gearing! 4.88 should be a build option, as it is with the wrangler. I have yet to use my 6th gear (double overdrive).

[@ammo4uragingjudge559]

Man I just test drove gladiators last weekend at Jimmy Britt. Drove a 23 Rubicon and a Mojave x 24. They salesperson sent me a email of the Mojave price and actually raised it by $1000 when I got there. I’ll wait till they deep discount later. For my use a Mojave would be better than a Rubicon. I have a wrangler Rubicon. That Mojave suspension is crazy when you push on it. I was at the Dublin Ga dealer.

[@Jason-Samko]

When I bought mine I talked 2 both Jimmy Britt dealerships and neither of them could come close to any of the deals I was working. I get my service done there. But dont think Id ever buy anything there. when I told them they were still 6 grand off on what other dealerships are working with me on they said "we have to do what we have to do to keep the lights on".

[@nordlandak6853]

Just wait until the big discounts come. Intelligent people know this when it comes to jeep and Ram. I actually think the new Ram engine going to be good.

[@Jason-Samko]

Agree on all counts. Have a video coming out next week on how ram and jeep work and the right way to buy them. I personally think ram and jeep are some of the smartest buys and very high quality on every level. I could go on and on about how great ram is.

[@fchrisb804]

What about the reinforced frame?

[@Jason-Samko]

@@fchrisb804 yep mojave has frame reinforcements thst other models do not

[@371kenny]

My local dealer already has 2024 gladiators $5000 off msrp. I told them I'll wait. In November with jeep incentives they'll be $20,000 off. Lol

[@Jason-Samko]

Agree 100% and very smart thinking. I have a video coming out next week on the right time and way to buy jeeps and rams

[@bradjohnson5323]

@@Jason-Samko Bought a 2023 Mojave a little over a month ago with a sticker close to these, but I got it nearly 20k off that. At that price it's great, at 70k I can't see why anyone would choose it over a Ranger Raptor well equipped for 58k (assuming Ford sell those without a markup).

[@Jason-Samko]

@bradjohnson5323 agree 100% when the deals happen on the gladiators they are absolutely best buys. It's more truck than most people could ever imagine if your an off roader. Biggest hold back is price when deals can not be had. And the Mojave is su h the perfect platform for the "ultimate " gladiator and all it needs is the sway disconnect and front locker. I'm guessing that would cost jeep about 200 bucks I'm parts per gladiator. And the Mojave vs gladiator or the fact that we as customers have to choose between the two options would disappear.

[@DanielDaniel1]

Picking one up next month. I’m fully expecting to pay about 47 w/ taxes, 15-16k off msrp

[@Jason-Samko]

Outstanding

[@ericjames7680]

Need your help please. Just found your videos as I was researching a JEEP for a future purchase. When I research them I am finding so many people having issues with a few things. For example, what about the dry start up issue because of the oil filter being empty when you first start the engine? Is the $400.00 accessory needed to be purchased and installed that has the special valve ? Also since you are in there, what about the plastic oil cooler that people are havening cracked due to heat? Then some talk of electrical issues and some say they have a generator and others say no they have an alternator? Too, the Corning Gorilla glass people are cracking them too. The rear final driver sensor people say they need to replace it? So I really thought I would like a new Jeep and do not want to buy one every year as some people do because they are afraid to put too many mikes on them and worry if the engine can even last 100,000 miles or so? Or am I being swayed by some people that have just had bad luck? Hope you understand my concern and offer some good advice. I am into motorcycles too and so far this JEEP is reminding me of some of the KTM models that there are so many issues you need to know and correct before you go any where with one. Thank You Sir!!

[@Jason-Samko]

Jeeps are the most abused vehicles made today, they are the most modified vehicles today. I live in south Georgia where it's 100 degrees half the year and never had a heat melting anything. I did not and would not ever install a catch can or any oil after market stuff. The rear locker sensor issue is only for people that regear it for 37to40 in tires and screw up the reassembly. The electrical issues are only by people that are diy adding lights winches and other gizmos and not wiring it correctly. Or they are driving thru 40 inches of water and corrosion cables. The pentistar 3.6 has 14 million motors on the road today with less than a .03% failure rate. And jeep gladiator now has the best midsize truck resale value . Tacoma best it before but not anymore. Of all the trucks out there if I was to buy a truck to trust more than any other off road it would be a jeep. And for longterm reliability it would also be a jeep do to the cheap cost of parts and ease to repair it.

[@ericjames7680]

@@Jason-Samko But isn't the oil filter being dry at each start up cause a dry start? Or are you suppose to press on the brake and throttle together to just SPIN the motor? I am finding new owners that are already having top end problems?

[@ericjames7680]

@@Jason-Samko But isn't the oil filter being dry at each start up cause a dry start? Or are you suppose to press on the brake and throttle together to just SPIN the motor? I am finding new owners that are already having top end problems?

[@Jason-Samko]

@ericjames7680 the pentistar has been out for a decade and 14 million of them on the road. In my opinion if it needed something for a dry start issue Mopar would of put it on long ago from the factory.

[@DUNEATV]

I’d rather have the Rubicon…sway bar disconnect, front locker and the lower geared 4.1 transfer case…

[@371kenny]

Mojave has 4 to 1 now

[@Jason-Samko]

Yep love my rubicon. But would not mind the frame reinforcements, the shocks, etc. Why couldn't jeep simply have added the sway bar disconnect and the front locker to the Mojave and made it the top shelf version. I'd buy it!

[@DUNEATV]

@@Jason-Samko totally agree

[@DUNEATV]

@@371kenny I’m not seeing that anywhere

[@371kenny]

@@DUNEATV go to build and price 2024 gladiator. Click mojave. Then standard features. Then mechanical. It's on there now.

[@markfletcher5457]

Cool info.

[@Jason-Samko]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@travroy]

I just saw a new 2024 Gladiator Rubicon X for $56K. Prices are slowly returning to sanity.

[@Jason-Samko]

@@travroy very nice

[@wdwilson6321]

they have already made what your asking for ......POWER WAGON....I own one so i know

[@Jason-Samko]

Power wagon is an amazing truck. Too big for my places I spend all my time. But always loved the pw and always will. And love that ram made it even back in the day when other manufacturers refused to.

[@awesoman09]

They should have put 392s on Mojave’s.

[@Jason-Samko]

Agree 100%. Would also love to see the new hurricane twin turbo inline 6 in the Mojave. I bet it would fit and would really take this truck to a desert racer

[@bradjohnson5323]

@@Jason-Samko maybe they derate it due to reduced cooling potential but if a 392 or even the EcoDiesel fits, I can't see why the 3.0L straight six wouldn't.

[@Jason-Samko]

@bradjohnson5323 agree. We know the 392 could. But epa won't allow it anymore. But if thr 392 fit the hurricane should (I'm guessing and hoping).

[@371kenny]

@SamkoWorkShop any word on how that hurricane is holding up. I've know 3 people with the eco diesel (yes the one they supposed to have fixed) an they still blew up before 100k miles.

[@Jason-Samko]

@371kenny no idea on the hurricane yet. But being an inline 6 I expect it pull hard down low and last a long time. Always loved inline motors and the best motors in history have been inline

[@djjd3027]

For whatever reason these aren't selling well. My guess is by the end of summer they will be offering some serious rebates, incentives and price drops.

[@Jason-Samko]

They do every year that's how ram and jeep works

[@thebrownthomascrown917]

There is no way a Jeep should be priced so high. I say less options and gimmicks, lower the price back down to earth and let buyers customize as they want.

[@Jason-Samko]

They are priced very high. all jeep and ram trucks are. But good news is they negotiate and offer great deals that really knock down the msrp if you know when to buy them. I have owned many jeep ram vehicles and never got less than 15% off msrp. On my ram 2500 it was 20% off and on my little jeep renegade it was 38% off (my best car deal I ever negotiated).

[@husker_nation]

All vehicles are priced high, doesn't matter who it's from. Also, most people who buy Jeeps don't use them for what they are capable of and become mall-crawlers instead of getting outdoors and using them on trails.

[@gayasianmale]

I’m glad it’s confirmed. I’m planning to buy the use Gladiator this coming December and I’m planning to trade it in for a 2026 Jeep Gladiator Sport S 4xe. Hopefully, Jeep will iron out the bugs with the 4xe counterpart.

[@JR-ut1yx]

Absolutely agree 👍 😊

[@rolandser9701]

It is that you are giving out wrong information

[@Jason-Samko]

Not one thing I said was wrong information

[@rolandser9701]

I think you should’ve done a little bit more research before you made this video. There is absolutely a lot that you’re missing so sad.

[@Jason-Samko]

Sorry you didn't like it

[@byronrios4005]

What a ripoff….

[@Jason-Samko]

For some maybe. For those that know how to buy them, not so much of a rip off. And a vehicle nothing out there can compare to.

[@byronrios4005]

@@Jason-Samko the Jeep has great off road capabilities but reliability is not good…….The economy will force massive down force on prices period I could see the Rubicon going down to 40 k no problem…..The economy will not get better

[@Jason-Samko]

@byronrios4005 I put jeep reliability on the exact same level as gm, ford and toyota in 2024. Actually (personal opinion) I put jeep at the top, the gm, then toyota, then ford in 2024.