Reliability after 80,000 miles

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Mar 20, 2019 | 10:09 AM

#21

Nedoerr

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Originally Posted by Darealwoody

I’m at 180k in my 2011 I got her new. I can honestly say, that valve cover gaskets, the heater pipe behind the intake and the one under it, the water pump, fuel purge valve (under hood), thermostat housing, coolant temp sensor, coolant bleeder line, transmission pan (plastic😡😡&#128545

even tho it’s a ZF transmission which are tanks. The pan with Built in filters ain’t ****.,.... and ignition coils and plugs are the things I’ve had to do to mine.

No timing chain tensioners? That’s amazing for a 2011.

Mar 20, 2019 | 02:11 PM

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Darealwoody

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None at all! They’re good cars but the components are plastic other than that, good cars

Mar 20, 2019 | 10:56 PM

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u102768

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Originally Posted by clubairth1

I have been looking for exactly when the tensioners were updated.
Do you have any serial number information? First I heard the problem was fixed on the 2013 and up models but then someone checked part numbers and found they changed sometime in 2014 model?

This is what is in the parts manual:

Mar 21, 2019 | 01:44 PM

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XJ8JR

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From: Spring, TX

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Originally Posted by Darealwoody

even tho it’s a ZF transmission which are tanks. The pan with Built in filters ain’t ****.,.... and ignition coils and plugs are the things I’ve had to do to mine.

180k miles on a 2011! That's awesome to hear as those seem to be most issue-prone.