Mechanic Reacts to Jeep Fails

We asked real mechanics to break down some of the worst Jeep fails we could find on TikTok.

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[MYSTERIUSx]

Hey northern Canadian here. The first clip is a perfect example of why snow tires are so important in the snow. Off road tires are designed to “paddle” through dirt and mud for traction. Snow tires are designed to hold snow to the tire. The friction between snow on snow is much higher than snow on rubber.

Long story short, the Toyota was able to get traction due to the simple fact he had snow tires (tires with tread that doesn’t have too much empty space to hold snow).

[K-Anator]

8:03 - "... that's a Compass, that's not a Jeep!"

Truer words have never been spoken.

[victoresarey]

It's never ceased to amaze me that jeep people spend thousands of dollars and don't even take the jeeps off road, what's the point?

[pabr]

There is a reason rally cars use thin tires with spikes and not giant offroad tires, here in Norway most people outside the cities use spiked winter tires and ambulances has special tires with much more spikes then permitted on regular cars.

[keithhepworth]

In the first video Justin very quickly points out the problem with the Jeep. The tires are shedding the snow instead of packing into the tread gaps, like the Toyota’s tires. Dedicated winter tires have sipes that hold snow which provides superior grip over big knobbies.

[lalosangron]

Angelina looked so proud with the "stuck between a rock and a hard place"

[fuzzycuffs]

Always happy to see Angelina, and awesome to see Natasha back

[righty-o]

Angelina really knows her shit , no joke. Like she knows what's on page 300 kinda thing. Impressively thorough 🤘

[boyce]

The death wobble can happen to any truck with a solid front axle, it usually means you need to do some maintenance to your steering components.

[blackc]

As a resident of east tn, i completely understand the mall crawler sentiment. We get invaded by the jeep crawl every year, plus locals.
And ive become convinced theres some kind of starter pack for em.
Painted handles/hinges, "grrr face", obnoxious headlights, gadsden flag stickers/plates, and the giant jack thats never been used because the base is pristine. 😂
I still would totally buy a 80- 90s cherokee for winter though.

[toddknight]

Growing up in the mountains, I always loved to see how many Jeeps got stuck in snow. Your lifted Wrangler with mud tires doesn't mean you can tackle winter conditions.

[HabsFanForever]

Props to Natasha on not liking the "angry eyes"

[radiantphoenix_]

7:00 I saw a wrangler no doors no top or nothing and it was pissing rain. I was also pissing myself laughing. The dude's wife/gf was in the passenger seat absolutely freaking out.

[jacobbainter]

a trick i learned a while back about death wobble in jeeps is that a lot of time you can stop it with new parts but it will come back. it tends to be that the steering box is loose and able to wobble around which transfers the wobble to the wheels. tightening the steering box bolts will often times solve the problem

[bedlamite]

On the first one: M/T tires suck on road in the winter, big tread blocks have no traction. 4 Runner had BFG KO2 which are 3 peak rated.

Death wobble: they don't do that when the tie rods aren't worn out. Fix the worn parts and get an alignment.

11:13 He's sitting on the axles and skid plate. Those were some deep ruts going in. My TJ has 35's and I wouldn't have gone through that.

13:05 Mall Rated means you have low profile tires. Off road tire diameter is at least twice the rim diameter.

[rustywater]

I know on M1 Abrams tanks that get mired that bad (sunk into mud), you have to tie a log or something to a track piece and 'drive' the log all the way under the tracks to relieve the vacuum caused by moving it.

[jimschaef]

I experienced the death wobble riding shotgun in my buddies old CJ going 75mph on a highway over pass once. Legit one of the scariest moments I've ever had on the road. We got off the high way as soon as we could and rode home with a friend. You don't know true fear until you narrowly avoid flying off the side of a high way 100 feet off the ground lol.

[edherdman]

Very cool to see Natasha again and the shout-out back to Matt's teaching on static ropes is good too. Great work by the whole Donut team, including the editors!

[Freddie]

Nolan: "Almost like a tractor."

The old MBs, CJ-2As, and I believe the CJ-3Bs as well, had implements that you could hook up to them and use them like a tractor.

[philblakely]

Conrats to tall the Donut crew. This is the most successful second channel launch I've seen.