How often do people salt their popcorn?

 

Mine is a 2013, and has never leaked. So no, it is not very common. I am basing that on many years in this Forum, and the quanity of complaints from our members. But yes, it has happened to some and more that once for the same person. MOPAR has lowered the Radiator cap pressure on their replacement caps to 17 lb's. So when you replace it, make sure that you install a new MOPAR 17 LB. Pressure cap on it.

 

Recently bought a 09 with 68K miles and the radiator had a leak. Crack in the side.

 

2007 with only about 62k miles a couple months ago, developed a crack on the bottom. Don’t know if it’s common but it happened with mine.

 

I remember when I came back to the forum in 2017 there was a long thread on the heater core and radiator leaks affecting the 2012-2013 models.

this was it.

Heater Core, No Drivers Heat and Casting Sand

I have a 2013 with 14,000 miles. The water pump was replaced in August at 9,600 miles due to the chirp. I am currently getting blast furnace heat on the passenger side, Luke warm on the drivers side. I took it to the dealer today and they called, said it was fixed and blamed it on a sticky...

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Well unlike @Old Dogger I am on my 4 radiator in less than 100,000 miles. So take your pic.

 

My 2015 still has the original radiator at 130,000 miles, and there are no leaks. I also ran the original radiator cap until about 120,000 miles when I switched over to the new 17lb cap.

 

I think the rad problems were more of an issue with the 3.6 Gen 1s.
im at 52k no issues.

 

Ok. So, in this brief poll, we have all kind of mileages per radiator. Thanks for your insides. I wonder then what could exacerbate the radiator lifespan. Geographical location temperature, usage, incorrect coolant.. etc? Replacing one could cost about $800, correct?

 

Cant provide any data to back it up but I suspect some of the radiator failures may be due to how many times the Jeep has been worked on where the hoses have been required to be removed. I havent had a failure with the radiator in my Jeep 2Dr (yet) but had two in my XJ. The failures occurred after work done to replace a water pump and later an engine. In both cases, the plastic tank cracked by the lower radiator hose.

 

There were several revisions to the radiator. I treat it like the oil cooler…I expect a certain amount of life out of it but still a maintenance item for us. i bought one and put in on the shelf just like the Dorman Oil Cooler.
neither which I have needed thus far.

Class Action Lawsuit 2012-2017 radiator

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No leaks here...

 

I have a 2017 jkur with 55k on the odo.
Started smelling coolant about 1.5 years ago. Took it to the dealer. They said there was a small crack on the side cap of the radiator drivers side. Thay acted as if this was common. Said to watch it and replace if it gets worse. Starting to think i may want to buy onr as a backup.
Luckily the vehicle has an extended warranty.

 

yes that is the common location.

 

I'm on my 3rd radiator on my 2014 with 113k and going into the shop tomorrow for another mysterious coolant issue.. fingers crossed it's not my head gasket

 

Mine was leaking at about 9k miles. Dealer replaced it under warranty and has been good since. 60k on the Jeep now.

 

Drop Mopar stop leak tablets in there... that's what the factory does.

 

Had the radiator replaced on my '09 with 200k miles. My Jeep service guy was amazed that it was the original radiator.

 

2011 JK 3.8L - replaced rad due to leak at 150K

 

My 13 JKU had 140k miles when i traded her in with original radiator. i have 54k miles on my 2nd JKU with original radiator.

 

Still on the factory radiator on my 17 JKU with 50k miles, and the wife's 2014 is on the factory one as well at 94k miles. No leaks or issues.

 

My 2016 has 35K miles. When I'm in front of the Jeep and the engine is hot, I'm getting a whiff of coolant from the hot air coming out of the grill slots. Can't find a leak. Nothing dripping from the rad. I''ve been watching the level in the coolant reservoir for about a month now and it doesn't seem to be dropping.

I fiigure it's a tiny pinhole leak,,, But, I guess it's just a matter of time until it gets bigger. Should get off my ass and replace the rad

 

Good chance you would see it for sometime. Most of the time it is behind the fan shroud and up high. The coolant will evaporate before it hits the ground.

 

Mine was replaced at aroud125K

 

Replacing one could cost about $800, correct?

Had the one in my 09 replaced for around $400 just a couple of months ago.

 

$800 if you have the dealer do it but that was yesterdays pricing. Who knows what it would cost now. $1000 after taxes?

 

2014 with 63k and leaking. Very small leak but I have a new radiator just haven’t put it in yet