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New '16 shifter - fit in a '14?

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#1 ·
Apparently I'm one of the many who cannot STAND the bouncy-backy shifter in the '14. I want something more precise (tired of going past a gear I want, or not far enough because some electrical contact doesn't think I did it right). I see the '16 has a redesigned shifter that actually MOVES and actually STAYS in a different position for each gear.

Anybody know if the shifter will retrofit / plug in to a 2014? Not looking to change anything (D/S mode, paddles, etc) besides that one handle and its tactile operation.
 
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#2 ·
How would anybody know this? The '16 isn't even out yet, then even when it is it will take someone to buy the parts and try swapping. At this time the only people that would really know are the Jeep engineers. I do not know any Jeep engineers ;-)
Best case scenario is they made this a simple change and all the changes are within the shifter itself and its plug and play. The new one is also fully electronic so obviously they didn't go back to cables and linkages, so there could be a chance.
Easiest way to find out would be to somehow get a 2016 and open up the console and take a look at the connectors.
 
#8 ·
I am very surprised that so many people are complaining about the 14' shifter. It is sooo easy to use it. Real deep push back and forward and holding for a second before release it is jumping park-drive and drive-park. Short push with no holding is switching between gears next to each other. Go practice for a few minutes to get used to it and done. Happy driving.
I am scared that people will start complaining the truck is too fast and Chrysler will start switching Hemi with 4 cyl banger:eek:
 
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I am very surprised that so many people are complaining about the 14' shifter. It is sooo easy to use it. Real deep push back and forward and holding for a second before release it is jumping park-drive and drive-park. Short push with no holding is switching between gears next to each other. Go practice for a few minutes to get used to it and done. Happy driving.
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Funny you mentioned this...I've only had my 15' a few months but was checking out some test drive videos on line a few days ago & honestly didn't know the shifter worked this way.
As you referenced - a deep push back from reverse to drive and and deep push forward from drive to park makes all the difference in the world! No more wrong gears. :thumbsup:
 
#14 ·
All this hype about the 2016 shifter? Let's have some photos of this bad ass?

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The redesigned shifter was one of the main things that convinced me to hold off ordering and wait for a 2016. But now I'm holding off ordering and waiting for a 2017 because I want Carplay and Android Auto.

Wonder what will make me hold off and wait for a 2018?
 
#31 ·
Yeah actual shifters for automatics are on the way out...well except for the grand Cherokee where too many people bitched and now they are going backwards while other manufacturers are doing things like the Acura one above.
 
#46 ·
I can't disagree.. but a lot do..

The so-so 14-15 shifter, and "fixing" the shifter yet moving the sport mode switch to the instrument panel reinforces my thinking that none of these designers ever actually drive these vehicles.

And if you want to talk about a shifter with a learning curve, let me tell you about the well-worn Hurst pistol-grip 4spd in my brother-in-law's 73 Challenger ;)
 
#52 ·
The new shifter ?...I can live with that.

The new sport button in the dash....dont like it at all.

Then again, I have a 2014 GC with 60 thousand kilometres and running as good as new so no plans to change it at least until the new restyling reaches the market..and for what i heard that wont be until 2017 or 2019 ?...lets hope my GC will last as it is until then.
Rgds.
 
#54 ·
...until the new restyling reaches the market..and for what i heard that wont be until 2017 or 2019 ?....
Platform refresh is for the MY19 JGC which will appear in the second half of calendar 2018 in the current plan.
 
#53 ·
Yeah, it really is a give-with-one-hand-take-with-the-other situation. I generally hate the way the 14-15 shifter works, but I really do like going into sport mode with a quick bump on the handle. And I'm also a little bit skeptical about combining the steering and suspension modes with the transmission mode change ... oh well.
 
#56 ·
And I'm also a little bit skeptical about combining the steering and suspension modes with the transmission mode change ... oh well.
Probably some programmer who never drove a Jeep, saw the word Sport and said, all iterations of Sport go here, without knowing what it actually does. :)

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