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Pedals not aligned with seat and steering wheel

8K views 36 replies 18 participants last post by  joeyaltitude15 
#1 ·
Hi chaps!

Has anyone else noticed the pedals in the Jeep Grand Cherokee WK2 are not aligned very well with seat and steering wheel? I feel both pedals are too far over to the left. In particular, I feel I am crossing my right leg over more than is comfortable to operate the brake. Because I am a nerd, I took my laser level and compared the Jeep's pedals with the wife's Sorento. Indeed, in the Sorento, both pedals are biased towards the right side of the centerline of the seat, whereas in the Jeep, the brake pedal is to the left of the seat centerline and the accelerator is in only a little to the right of the seat centerline. I believe the main reason for this is the overly large transmission tunnel forcing the pedals outboard.

So anyway, I was just wondering if I am the only person to have noticed this and found some discomfort from it. Indeed, it wasn't something I was immediately aware of.

~Tom
 
#4 ·
Add me to that list of people who thinks the same. I hate it! I have to sit a bit more to the left of the seat to be comfortable.
 
#5 ·
Yep...I agree with this. Especially when wearing tennis shoes or dress shoes. It doesn't bother me as much with flip flops, but it is annoying. There are certainly some odd things with this truck and the quality is nowhere near the Audis I've owned, but I still love it. A lot more fun than my 99 4Runner I gave up to get my V8TH. I'm sure it won't last as long as my 4R did though.
 
#8 ·
It's by no means a deal breaker IMHO. I just use the farrrrr right of the pedal and my foot kind of wedges between accelerator and transmission passage. Then my knee kind of rests above. I also don't sit in stop and go traffic so don't have to use brake pedal too much.


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#11 ·
I am not sure it is a dealbreaker either. Vehicle comfort is very much an individual thing and no one car is right for everyone. I did not notice the pedal offset for quite some time and it is generally on longer trips that I feel my feet are cramped and pushed over to the left hand side. Overall, I much prefer my V8 Jeep over the wife's Sorento even though her pedals are perfectly placed!
 
#16 ·
I hadn't really paid attention to it until this topic came up. Driving a '14 compared to a '95 did take a bit of time getting used to, where I had blamed it on the "plush pillow" seats of the '95. Measured it and sure enough...

Having driven more than a few sports cars, with really really ugly pedal placement, seems like a nit to me. On longer drives in open territory, I tend to use cruise anyway so I can rest my feet/legs a bit. ..and avoid tickets.
 
#19 ·
Methinks the pedal placement is designed keeping two footers in mind. :( I do not like using cruise control because I am afraid that i might fall asleep at the wheel. :)
 
#25 ·
It does not bother me on normal driving. But in a stop and go, it really is painful.

So, in the last 2 days, I measured few car's pedal position. The cars included my wife's Cayenne S, a Honda Pilot, VW Tiguan, BMW 530i (?). The jeep's brake pedal is dead center from the steering wheel and extends 1" from center. Other vehicles I measured have the brake pedal more towards to the right of the steering wheel. So, from the center of the steering wheel, the Cayenne's extend 2.5", Pilot's extend 2.25", Tiguan's extend 2.25" and BMW's extend 2.5".

The space between the brake and accelerator pedal are similar, around 3" (+/- 0.25").

It is a good thing I don't run into a lot of stop-and-go traffic. If I did, I would definitely mod the pedals by welding a wider plate over the brake pedal (extend by 1" to the right). I know I know, this will make it close to the gas pedal, but from driving sports car for many years, I am used to having them closer for heel-toe shifting and driving. Perhaps, the gas pedal can also be moved to the right by, say, 0.5". Again, I would only do this if I am always in stop-and-go traffic (or trade the Jeep for something else). :)

Cheers,
-A
 
#27 ·
I have had my Jeep since June 2013 and I am still not used to the pedal position. There is no comparison with my feet comfort when driving my Jeep verses the wife's Sorento. I still like every other aspect of the Jeep. I just think the transmission is too large for the size of the vehicle.
 
#31 ·
I've been posting over on another Jeep forum about this same issue. I've had my 2014 GC Limited for a year and 37,000 miles now and I have yet to find a comfortable seating position. At first I didn't understand why. I tried washers under the seat rails, ripping the foam out and replacing it with memory foam, even buying a new oem seat pad from an overland model. I finally figured out what it was. The pedals! They are way too far left! It really is such a disappointment. The car has been perfect otherwise. I really can't stand the pedal alignment though. I adjust my seat position once every 5 minutes when I'm driving to try to get comfortable. I also blame the transmission well for this issue. It is such a shame, comfort is my top priority in a vehicle. It consumes me everyday. I would dump the thing if I weren't underwater on the loan. To anyone thinking of purchasing a Grand Cherokee, please make sure you take it for a long test drive to ensure you're ok with the pedal placement.
 
#36 ·
I saw your picture on the other Jeep forum and I can see how cramped your feet are. I'm not a big chap but my legs are thick from the gym and I really need more space to separate my feet. Going on 30,000 miles in mine and still not comfortable. For any long trip, i feel much better taking the wife's Sorento.
 
#33 ·
I noticed it right away on my 2012 WK2.

I eventually got "used" to it for the most part. I still feel my right foot doesn't rest in the properly place on the gas pedal (only partially on it).

If I place my foot in what I consider the proper spot on the gas pedal, then I have to move my foot too much to reach the brake. :(
 
#34 ·
Thankfully, I've always braked with my left foot. Always made sense to me due to quicker reaction time and it spreads the work done between my two legs/feet.

Dan
 
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