Maybe you lucked out and didn’t get the update before they killed it.
I hope they do a gradual rollout and they don’t push updates to the entire fleet at once (that would be irresponsible), but from the amount of people experiencing issues since Friday…
I’ve been thinking of buying/leasing a 4xe Wrangler since I rented one back in September for a couple of weeks and enjoyed it. However, stuff like this makes me concerned since I already know Jeep/stellantis have sub-par reliability compared to other car manufacturers.
A OTA update that makes the car undrivable is one thing. A bug that causes the power train shut off at highway speeds is unacceptable. Seems like multiple failures caused something like this to happen. Not only did they not QA an update properly, but the mere fact that a Infotainment/Telematics firmware update could kill the motor/engine while driving is crazy. In addition, the fact that they roll out an update like this on a Friday before a holiday weekend is also absurd.
There should be some sort of health check across all the car systems/ECUs before allowing the car to drive.
Stuff like this makes me more likely to look at Rivian instead (although they’ve had reliability issues too).
I saw this post while sitting in a 2024 4xe which was not bricked, so it doesn’t appear to be all of them.