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Rugged Performance Meets Everyday Utility There’s no midsize truck on the road like it. The 2 026 Jeep Gladiator combines the brand’s legendary off-road capability with the practicality of a pickup. As America’s only open-air truck, it offers a unique driving experience that’s perfect for adventurers and everyday drivers alike. Whether you’re taking on rugged trails or picking up equipment for weekend projects in Breese, Illinois, the Gladiator delivers unmatched versatility. more Off-Road Capability That Defines the Jeep Brand Trail-Ready Engineering The 2026 Jeep Gladiator is built for off-road enthusiasts. With its reinforced frame, up to 35” all-terrain tires, and advanced suspension systems, models like the Rubicon and Mojave are ready to tackle challenging terrains. The Mojave even boasts the exclusive Desert Rated® badge, ensuring it can handle sand dunes and desert landscapes as easily as highway drives. Trail-Ready Engineering Equipped with features like the TrailCam™ Off-Road Camera and segment-exclusive Integrated Off-Road Trail Guides, the Gladiator ensures you’re prepared for any adventure. These tools make navigating tough trails easier while adding confidence to your off-road journeys. Everyday Features for Comfort and Convenience Open-Air Freedom One of the most exciting aspects of the 2026 Jeep Gladiator is its customizable open-air design. The removable top, quick-release door hinges, and foldable windshield provide an unparalleled sense of freedom. Whether you’re exploring the countryside or enjoying a sunny day in Breese, Illinois, this feature enhances every drive. Interior Comfort and Technology Inside, the Gladiator offers premium materials and cutting-edge technology. Available heated, 12-way power front seats ensure comfort on long trips, while the class-leading 12.3” touchscreen with Uconnect® 5 NAV keeps you connected and entertained, and on track with connected navigation. With the most USB ports in its class, staying charged on the go is never an issue. Utility That Works as Hard as You Do Impressive Towing and Payload Capabilities The 2026 Jeep Gladiator excels in utility with a maximum towing capacity of 7,700 lbs. and a payload capacity of up to 1,720 lbs. on Sport S models. Whether you’re hauling equipment or towing recreational gear, this truck is designed to handle it all. Durable Steel Bed The Gladiator’s five-foot steel bed is built to last, featuring integrated tie-downs and an easy-lift tailgate for added convenience. This durable design ensures that your cargo stays secure during every journey. Safety Features for Peace of Mind Safety is a priority in the 2026 Jeep Gladiator. Advanced features like Adaptive Cruise Control, Blind Spot Monitoring, and Rear Cross Path Detection help protect you and your passengers on every trip. The high-strength steel chassis further enhances safety by providing a solid foundation for the vehicle. Ready to experience the 2026 Jeep Gladiator for yourself? Visit K & J CDJR in Breese, IL to explore this rugged yet refined pickup truck. Whether you’re looking for off-road capability or everyday utility, the Gladiator is ready to meet your needs. Check out our inventory today at K & J CDJR

When freezing temperatures and winter storms roll into Breese, IL, making sure your Jeep is ready for the season is critical. Jeep vehicles are engineered for all-weather capability, but proper winter maintenance ensures they continue performing at their best when snow, ice, and slush hit the roads. Below are key steps to help keep your Jeep safe, reliable, and winter-ready. more Winter Tire Preparation for Maximum Traction Tire readiness is one of the most important aspects of Jeep winter maintenance. Drivers of Wrangler, Renegade, Compass, Cherokee, or Grand Cherokee, Jeep recommends maintaining proper tire pressure and ensuring your tread depth is sufficient for winter traction. Winter or all-terrain tires provide better grip in cold temperatures and snowy conditions. Cold weather lowers tire pressure, so checking PSI regularly is essential. Many Jeep models offer available Selec-Terrain® Traction Management, which includes Snow Mode for improved stability on slippery surfaces. If your Jeep is equipped with 17-, 18-, or 20-inch wheels (depending on the model and trim), make sure the tires mounted on them are rated for winter or all-season performance. Battery and Fluid Checkups Cold temperatures can reduce battery performance across all modern vehicles—including Jeep SUVs and trucks. A weak battery can fail without warning in freezing weather, so having it tested before winter arrives is an essential step. In addition: Replace windshield washer fluid with a winter-grade formula to prevent freezing. Verify coolant/antifreeze levels since the cooling system protects the engine from extreme cold. Ensure engine oil is fresh and appropriate for winter conditions based on Jeep's service recommendations. Protecting Your Jeep’s Exterior Winter roads in Illinois often mean exposure to snow, road salt, and moisture. To protect your Jeep: Apply a high-quality wax or sealant before the season begins to help guard against salt corrosion. Consider Mopar® accessories—such as splash guards—to help reduce salt and slush spray. Inspect your wiper blades and replace them if they leave streaks; visibility is essential during winter storms. Many Jeep models offer available features like Rain-Sensing Windshield Wipers and Heated Exterior Mirrors, which enhance winter driving convenience. Heating and Safety System Checks Before temperatures drop further, make sure the following systems are functioning correctly: Heating and defrost systems, including rear-window defrosters Heated seats and heated steering wheel (available on many Jeep trims) Driver-assist technologies, such as Blind-Spot Monitoring, Rear Cross-Path Detection, and available camera systems While available features vary by Jeep model and trim, all modern Jeeps include safety technology that plays a crucial role during winter driving—so confirming everything is operating properly is a must. Get Your Jeep Ready for Winter in Breese, IL Preparing your Jeep for winter doesn’t have to be stressful. Focusing on tire readiness, battery and fluid checks, exterior protection, and safety system performance helps ensure your vehicle can tackle ice, snow, and freezing temperatures with confidence. For professional Jeep winter maintenance, inspections, or Mopar® parts and accessories, visit K & J Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Breese, IL. Their certified technicians can help ensure your Jeep is fully prepared for whatever winter brings.

Maintaining your vehicle is essential to ensuring it has not only a long life, but top performance for all the years you drive it. For a Jeep, that can be even more important, as Jeeps are built to handle rough terrain and hard driving, especially when they have the Trailhawk badge. The last thing you want is to get stranded in the great outdoors! Regular Jeep maintenance can help to ensure you can always tackle any terrain, anywhere, any time. Check out a few examples of routine Jeep Maintenance you can get at K&J CDJR. more Fluid Checks Vehicles contain a wide range of fluids that are essential to your vehicle's health and performance. They range from transmission fluid and coolant to oil, brake fluid, and steering fluid. As your car ages and you drive it, these fluids start to get thick and sludgy, becoming less effective at what they do. Bad or old fluids can even harm your engine. Part of routine maintenance is having your fluids checked and when necessary, changed. When you bring your vehicle to us, our factory technicians will test your fluids and levels, and when they need to be topped off or refilled, we’ll take care of it. We can also take care of your filters to keep fluids cleaner, longer. Tire Checks Tires wear down over time as well, their tread lessening, which makes them less able to grip the ground. When you’re navigating rocky or uneven terrain, that’s a big deal. In addition, tire rubber can get hard and cracked over time, becoming more prone to a blowout. Regular checkups with our technicians will help to ensure your tires are always in tip-top shape, providing the traction, grip, and stopping power you need, when you need it. When we check your tires, we’ll also check your alignment to ensure your car stays on the straight and narrow, and your tire wear remains even on all four wheels. Brake Checks Let’s be real: your brakes are the single most important safety system on your car. Without your brakes, you can’t stop. That might seem like stating the obvious, but your brakes wear down over time just like any other part of your vehicle, and they need to be checked regularly to ensure you’re safe on the roads. When you stop in for routine maintenance the technicians will check your brake pads and rotors for signs of wear, as well as your other system components like your brake lines, to ensure there’s no holes or splits to cause them to leak fluid. Only through a thorough inspection of all system components can you have the confidence you need in your vehicle’s reliable stopping power. At K&J CDJR, we offer a wide range of routine maintenance service to keep your Jeep Trailhawk running like the first day you drove it off the lot, no matter how long you own it. We know that Jeep means adventure, and it means go anywhere, do anything. Our services have one purpose: and that’s to keep it performing just like that. Get in touch with us today to schedule your next maintenance appointment.

Your Dodge has a powerful, highly efficient engine that delivers peak performance. Even Dodge components will eventually wear out and need replacement. As your Dodge dealer, we want to give you a few examples of the Dodge engine maintenance we provide to keep your engine running perfectly and delivering the power you expect. Check out some examples of engine care for your Dodge Durango provided by your Dodge dealer which may or may not be available at a local garage. more Spark Plug Replacement Dirty or worn plugs have a major impact on your Dodge Durango engine performance. A spark plug screws into each engine cylinder, and ignites at a precise moment to cause the compressed fuel-air mixture to burn in a regularly spaced series of controlled explosions. These mini-explosions provide the energy that allows your vehicle to move. The plugs wear out due to age or other engine issues, like a fuel-rich engine, a damaged ignition coil, or electrical problems. If a plug can't ignite the mixture correctly, misfiring or stalling occurs. This wastes fuel and lowers performance, and continued misfiring or stalling will damage the cylinder, pistons, and other engine components. We'll check your plugs and replace damaged ones to fix this issue. Blocked Catalytic Converter The converter is part of your exhaust system. Once combustion occurs in a cylinder, its exhaust vent opens, and the gases and other combustion remnants are dumped into the exhaust system. These gases are dangerous and highly toxic, and the converter changes them into less harmful gases and water before they're expelled from the tailpipe. Carbon is a byproduct of the conversion process and gradually builds up inside the converter. It will eventually block the exit from the converter, forcing the gases back into your engine. These gases increase your engine's internal pressure and can cause it to shut down, potentially suffering damage in the process. Our technicians can remove these blockages to protect your engine, and its performance will return to normal. Radiator Flushing The radiator is the center of your engine's cooling system. Engine heat is absorbed by fast-moving coolant and transported to the radiator. The coolant enters rows of thin metal tubes, and the heat is removed by air flowing over the tubes. Once the coolant has cooled, it circulates through your engine again. Coolant also absorbs dirt and other debris in the engine and transports it with the heat to the radiator. When the coolant flows out of the radiator, it deposits this debris at the bottom. As time goes by, the debris will build up and eventually block the radiator. If this happens, your engine will overheat within minutes. We'll flush the radiator to remove the debris, and the cooling system will work effectively again. Don't risk engine damage. Contact our service department today at Griffis Motors in Philadelphia, MS.

Some of the most important car maintenance you'll ever take care of is that related to the winter weather. From winter tires for driving in snow to preventative maintenance that will keep you from breaking down at the worst possible moment, here's a winter car maintenance checklist. Winter Car Maintenance Checklist 1. Winter Tires for Driving in Snow Tires for winter are different from regular tires. They're made of a special type of rubber that performs better in the cold and has deeper grooves to give you better traction in snow and ice. more 2. Wipers for the Bad Weather Your wiper blades should always completely clear the windshield every time they swipe. We'll take a look at your wipers to see that they're in good shape for the winter and make sure they're not too old and dry. Old, dry wipers tend to crack with extreme temperature changes. 3. Preventative Maintenance for Safety No one wants to be stranded in the middle of a snowstorm, and there is some preventative work you can have done to minimize any chance that that might happen. We'll take a look at your battery and the terminals and wires and test it to make sure it's holding a charge the way it should, so you're not going to get left with a dead battery on a snowy night. We'll also take a look at all the cables and belts in the vehicle to make sure that they're in good shape. If there are a few years old, constant temperature swings tend to make them brittle. If they're in good shape, we may just lubricate them. If they need to be replaced, we'll take care of that. 4. The Most Important Car Maintenance: Brakes Nothing is more essential to your safety than good brakes, and when the snow flies and there's ice on the road, you need your brakes more than ever. Now is not the time to find out that a leak in the line or a worn down brake pad is doing anything to compromise your braking or make it take longer to come to a stop. We thoroughly check the system for you. 5. Ready for Anything Our last tip is to be ready for anything in the winter by packing a winter emergency kit. You can find lots of lists for these online, and what you choose will be personal to you; but at the least, you need a first aid kit, drinking water, some snacks for you and your pets, extra blankets, a snow shovel, and a flashlight with extra batteries. For winter work on your car, come see us at K & J Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Breese, IL today.

Off-roading safely requires precise control and handling of your vehicle. It's also important for regular daily driving, as driving a car that's out of alignment can be both challenging and dangerous. Going to the dealer for your Jeep wheel alignment regularly is the key to making sure you don't experience any major issues with your car's handling or safety. Jeep Wheel Alignment: What Is It? Wheel alignment refers to the position of your wheels in relation to the center line of your car. The wheels can begin to tilt so that one edge of each wheel is pressed hard against the ground, while the opposite edge is barely touching the ground or not touching it at all. The wheels can also turn so that they're facing the left or right when you're aiming to drive straight. When you visit the dealer to get a wheel alignment, the dealer corrects the issues we've mentioned by adjusting your suspension system. The suspension system is what connects your wheels to the vehicle. Once the suspension is adjusted, the angles of your wheels and tires also change. The adjustment gets the tires back into their normal position, perfectly in line with the centerline of your car. more Why Is Wheel Alignment So Important? When your vehicle is out of alignment, it can be challenging to control the car's movements. This is because the wheels and steering wheel can get out of sync with each other. You could hold your steering wheel as if you're driving straight, but the wheels could be pointing to the left, meaning trying to drive straight gets you to veer left. This makes it a lot harder to handle your car, especially when you need to make a precise or very slight movement. Correcting your steering angle to compensate for your misaligned wheels can be challenging. Having to remember to change how you hold and move the steering wheel can take some of your concentration off the road. Plus, not having full, easy control over how your car moves is also a threat to your safety. What Can Happen When Your Vehicle Is Out Of Alignment? As well as your car pulling to one side, you'll notice other issues when your vehicle is out of alignment. You might start to see the tread on one side of each tire wearing down faster than on the other side. You could also notice that your steering wheel is vibrating while driving or off-center when driving straight. Getting your wheels aligned can fix these problems. Are your wheels tilting or turning incorrectly? Come by K & J Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM in Breese, IL to get your wheels back in line with your vehicle.

The "experts" and every automotive website go on at length about the importance of regular oil changes. However, the experts have a point. Getting oil changes according to your vehicle's recommendations will help you get the best service and most miles from your Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep or Ram. We offer five ways a Dodge oil change helps your vehicle's engine last longer. more 5 Ways Your Dodge Oil Change Ensures Engine Longevity 1. An Oil Change Preserves Engine Performance Forty years ago, manufacturers recommended oil changes every 3,000 miles or so. Times have changed. Engine oils are higher quality; they don't break down as often and provide better lubrication. Depending on how you drive your Dodge Charger or Ram 1500 Classic, you'll need to change your oil at intervals of 7,000 to 10,000 miles. Our service department can answer your questions about the maintenance schedule for your vehicle. 2. An Oil Change Uses the Correct Oil for Your Engine In years past, oil viscosity or "weight" was important, but it's downright crucial for getting the best performance from your vehicle these days. Engines are much more complicated and the most recent models require a certain type of oil so they will give the best service. Our service department technicians can discuss the recommended oil types for your vehicle and address your concerns about the environmental impact of the oil type you choose. 3. An Oil Change Reduces Engine Friction One great benefit of changing your vehicle's oil when recommended is that it reduces friction inside the engine. Less friction means a more efficient engine, which translates into better gas mileage. No one wants to pay more for gas if they don't have to, so this is a fringe benefit of changing your oil when you should. 4. An Oil Change Cleans Out Engine Debris If you want to keep your engine in good shape, changing the oil at the proper intervals will help you do that. You don't want to be stuck on the highway with avoidable engine failure. Regular oil changes help flush the "crud" out of the crankcase, including sludge, dirt, debris, metal bits, etc. that can damage your engine. 5. An Oil Change Protects Engine Parts Changing the oil at the recommended intervals helps protect your engine's components. Fresh oil keeps the parts lubricated, which helps cool the engine, reducing its workload, and further contributing to its efficiency. If the engine doesn't work as hard, or run as hot, it lasts longer and provides better service. Your new Jeep Cherokee is a pleasure to drive, and we want to make sure it stays that way. Contact K & J Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, in Breese, IL, to make an appointment for your recommended oil change today.