Yes, that's hands, button, and fob free. It's definitely a great feature, but sometimes mine has a mind of its own...😎
Most unexpected good and bad thing about my 2021 TH
The most unexpected good thing for me is the hands free power lift gate. I was aware of this feature, and expected to like it, but I LOVE it! So convenient to just bring bags from the grocery store and walk up and put them in the car without setting bags down or trying to hold them with one hand and arm while I fumble in my pocket for the key fob. I do photography as a hobby, and expected to like hands-free when carrying bags of equipment to and from the car, but even in more mundane tasks, I really like it. I had noticed that the other car I was considering, The Subaru Forester, didn’t have hands free, but it wasn’t a deciding factor in choosing the Cherokee. If I had known how much I would like it, I would have made it critical!
I also really love The adaptive cruise control, but expected to feel that way. This is my first car with ACC.
I was aware of the weak gas mileage on the Jeep, but the financial hit I worried about isn’t happening because my V6 uses regular gas and my old car with better mileage used premium. On the other hand I find it annoying to fill up my tank so frequently. I don’t like to run the tank down very low, so I have ended up with a practice of filling the tank when I return any time I leave my immediate urban area. I wish the gas tank on the Jeep was bigger!
something I worried about that hasn’t been a concern is the transmission. In test drives, I considered the nine speed transmission barely adequate. But it does seem to have improved after the first thousand miles, and though I still don’t consider it a great or smooth transmission, it is good enough, and the occasional bobble doesn’t make a problem.
Overall. I do love my TH with the comfortable ride and the (seeming) go-anywhere capability!
I also really love The adaptive cruise control, but expected to feel that way. This is my first car with ACC.
I was aware of the weak gas mileage on the Jeep, but the financial hit I worried about isn’t happening because my V6 uses regular gas and my old car with better mileage used premium. On the other hand I find it annoying to fill up my tank so frequently. I don’t like to run the tank down very low, so I have ended up with a practice of filling the tank when I return any time I leave my immediate urban area. I wish the gas tank on the Jeep was bigger!
something I worried about that hasn’t been a concern is the transmission. In test drives, I considered the nine speed transmission barely adequate. But it does seem to have improved after the first thousand miles, and though I still don’t consider it a great or smooth transmission, it is good enough, and the occasional bobble doesn’t make a problem.
Overall. I do love my TH with the comfortable ride and the (seeming) go-anywhere capability!
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Welcome from Utah!!! Congrats on the new Trailhawk. Canuckistan huh??? I'm guessing that is out there on the prairie, shout out to the "Berts"!!!LOL...😎The lift gate is nice for sure but as far as my favs things about this new TH (my first jeep) is being able to turn off the seatbelt nag and the heated steering wheel (live in Canuckistan).
The one thing I wish you could do is turn off the start-stop permanently. However, you seem to be able to fool it by coming to 'rolling stops'. I'm guessing it's because it thinks you're going to turn or something. Sometimes I forget about turning it off (previous car didn't have this bs 'feature').
Anyways, all in all they put together a very nice machine. It's almost worth the painful payment. lol
Well damn the bad luck!!! Wow one more thing I'm glad I got when they were still available for Trailhawks. Power liftgate, 2.0T, heated and cooling ventilated, power on both, memory seats (that's huge!!!), and I think a couple more I'm missing. I smell a classic KL in the future!!! Sorry, I couldn't resist...LOL!!!😎
I think the "easy exit" thing is on all, or most with the power seat, and or seats, plural in my case. @WASOON the memory seats, and mirrors is amazing!!! They actually adjust independently to which ever key fob is used. I have my settings, and my wife has hers. Also nice when someone messed with your seat and mirrors, you just push the button, and it goes right back. If you have them, you will have three buttons on the drivers side door handle. It also has a setting to tilt the side mirrors down a little when you are in reverse that can be enabled...It's all another great feature that's actually been around for a long time, my 04 Mercedes had them. And I think most higher end trim models of most cars have them, Jeep was just a little late to the party, as usual...Then, they dropped the ball again!!! Glad I have it. I guess I'm spoiled, but a new Trailhawk is not in my future without everything I have now, that's now no longer available. Major Big Brass Bumble for sure, but then again, how many top executives and board members in any large corporation, actually know what the hell is actually going on nowadays anyway, or even care??? Not many!!! They just care about the multimillion dollar salaries, and not what the customers want...⚡😎@WASOON , The Memory Seats were only on the Trailhawk Elite, Limited, High Altitude, and Overland in 2020.
The Memory Seats option also gives you the Easy Exit feature that can automatically move the seat rearwards when you turn the ignition off.
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