Recent content by Roadkill

Stopped by the forum to see what the intervening years had brought in terms of advancement to the 4Runner line (*ahem*), and I saw the notifications that this thread had another burst of activity. Heh. Haha, not really with the diesel. In the summer I can get no-shit >600 miles between...

Heh, I was going to say... "lack of power" (or torque) is not a common complaint for the diesel Jeeps (e.g. they have the same tow rating as the V8 engine models). I wonder what his experience was related to.

Like I said, great people here. Thanks for the heads up. Yes, I got one his skids during his initial manufacturing run and have been using it for over a year. Underbody protection is always a good upgrade, and I have an eye-roll especially dedicated to the EPA for insisting on DEF/SCR emissions...

Welcome to the pain of attempting to reverse engineer PIDs. I have had some success with my Jeep and developing new PIDs for Torque based on the OBDII spec, but generally you are off in the weeds when doing this—especially if the sensor you want is not part of the J1979-DA spec. To answer your...

Well, philsey, I'm actually surprised how long this thread persisted. I mean, I thought it essentially died a year before you posted that message, so I didn't see your post until today. One necro deserves another, I suppose. I was reticent to post the followup, because I really like the...

I'm going to necro this thread because I was about to post the same thing. I just got back from the Big Island and there were Toyotas everywhere. I've never seen so many 4Runners in one place. Yes, it really was strange to see government officials driving 4Runners... Detroit has a lock on the...

Haha, I don't know. However, I did find our thread's doppelgänger: 2014 Grand Cherokee Diesel vs 2014 4runner

I believe we are in agreement: this is effectively the definition of "resting on laurels". If you prefer, you can substitute the allegory of the tortoise and the hare. Your assessment is correct. However, to your point, what would happen if the JGC engineers/developers began to address these...

My take on Jeep's reliability issues is that they are suffering from what the software development industry calls "technical debt". In stark contrast to the 4Runner, the JGC seems to have significant changes every model year. They seem to be so fixated on adding new features that they never stop...

Sweet deity, and I thought I was an (erstwhile) lurker. 26 posts since 2007? That deserves a tip of the hat.

You are correct: I was inquiring about those defects. I really was/am interested... especially regarding claims that the manufacturer wasn't honoring the warranty. However, as you can see, that post you quoted was mine as well. I was attempting to explain that I wasn't basing my opinion on a...

It's unfortunate that truedelta doesn't seem to have any data on 4Runners beyond the 2011 model. Also, just to be pedantic, I don't think that's exactly what those numbers mean. I presume you were looking at the truedelta "reliability" stats, ie. Toyota 4Runner Reliability Comparisons Jeep...

Thank you for covering for me and posting the informative graphic. I should have explained the term.

That may be; I don't have any experience filing a lemon claim. However, there often seem to be two angles of relief: 1) Multiple failures to resolve the same issue (usually 3 or 4), or 2) Number of aggregate days out of service This is what I was reading for CA's law, which is in line with some...

This is a generic question, but if someone had a brand new vehicle that has spent 45+ days in the shop then why wouldn't they lemon it? Presuming your coworker is from CA, I just checked California's law and it seems that 30 calendar days out of service (aggregate) is the threshold. Is it just...