I spoke to the Jeep Engineers at camp Jeep he told me the electronic pedal is so they can make ESP work properly and the slow decelerate is to burn off all fuel when you let off the gas pedal quickly (emissions). They can also control the pedal in each of the different modes (2hi, 4hi, 4low) Long term he said they could add climb and decent to the mix as well as hill start. because they have full control over the gas pedal.

Guess it all makes sense "buttons" for better off road control and assistance not to mention I believe the Gov is already mandating some type of ESP on all vehicles by 2010 IIRC.

You can prob thank the gov and lawyers for most of the TJ to JK changes.

 

Yes, blessed be the almightly governement, bow or be scraped aside.
Funky brainless do-gooders!

Did the engineer leave any doors open for contact?

I realize that what you said was a necessary evil, but being as this is a true offroad vehicle there should be more user options like the ones you said were addable. I would like to see these tied into manual switched options ane would especially like to get my hands on the program itself.

One thing I'd like to see is a manual throttle control like in the old jeeps.

All this protecting us from ourselves mentality sucks.

 

7-8 seconds to go from 2500 rpm back down to idle? Something is very wrong there. I would not even drive the Jeep, but rather have it towed back to the dealer for service. That sounds extremely unsafe to drive like that.

 

I've noticed the long rev down too, and dislike it in all driving situations. It makes the 1-2 shift very long since it takes so long for the RPM to drop after hitting the clutch, but the worst is when offroad and trying to decend a steep hill. If you try to just bump the throttle a tad to speed up it goes racing down the hill and you have to slam on the brakes. It takes for ever for the RPM to drop back to idle so you can continue engine braking down in a controlled manner.


In the TJ I told the wife to not touch the brakes or clutch while going down hill, just use the throttle to controll your speed. That is NOT possible with the JK cause the second you tap that throttle the damn thing takes off.