Someone told me that the 2.0L were manufactured in the USA, and SOME of the 2.4L were manufactured in Mexico. Is there any difference in reliability between the two engines?
Don B.
I've been on this site for 12 years and I've seen very few engine problems, so I don't think it matters where the engine was made.
I always thought that both of these engines were built down-the-road from me in Dundee, Michigan. Our Patriots came with the regular 2.0 and 2.4L engines, not the later Tigershark version.
Here's an article from allpar: Dundee Engine Plant, Michigan: the former GEMA factory
"The Dundee plant, where Chrysler made a point of hiring highly educated workers, produces all of the company's four-cylinder engines - the 2.0 and 2.4 liter "World Engines" (in both Tiger Shark and standard form), and the Fiat 1.4 liter engines used in the Fiat 500 and Dodge Dart. Until recently, the plant operated under a separate contract.
During 2013, Chrysler built a flex line at Trenton Engine, capable of building V6 or four-cylinder engines; that is to be the source of the TigerShark 2.4 for some time, while Dundee finishes building out the original 2.4 engines and the 2.0 series. Once Patriot and Compass end production, Dundee is expected to convert to Tiger Shark, and the flex line at Trenton should be devoted to V6 production, allowing a reduction in overtime at Trenton and its mirror plant in Mexico."
Here's a second article that confirms that some 2.4L Tigershark engines are/were made in Mexico: The Chrysler Tiger Shark and World Gas Engines: 1.8...
"In January 2015, Chrysler reported that the 2.0 was made in Dundee, Michigan, while the 2.4 was made in Dundee, Saltillo (Mexico), and Trenton (Michigan)."
Here's an article from allpar: Dundee Engine Plant, Michigan: the former GEMA factory
"The Dundee plant, where Chrysler made a point of hiring highly educated workers, produces all of the company's four-cylinder engines - the 2.0 and 2.4 liter "World Engines" (in both Tiger Shark and standard form), and the Fiat 1.4 liter engines used in the Fiat 500 and Dodge Dart. Until recently, the plant operated under a separate contract.
During 2013, Chrysler built a flex line at Trenton Engine, capable of building V6 or four-cylinder engines; that is to be the source of the TigerShark 2.4 for some time, while Dundee finishes building out the original 2.4 engines and the 2.0 series. Once Patriot and Compass end production, Dundee is expected to convert to Tiger Shark, and the flex line at Trenton should be devoted to V6 production, allowing a reduction in overtime at Trenton and its mirror plant in Mexico."
Here's a second article that confirms that some 2.4L Tigershark engines are/were made in Mexico: The Chrysler Tiger Shark and World Gas Engines: 1.8...
"In January 2015, Chrysler reported that the 2.0 was made in Dundee, Michigan, while the 2.4 was made in Dundee, Saltillo (Mexico), and Trenton (Michigan)."
Yep, I knew the 2.4L was made in Dundee. Wasn't sure about the 2.0L, but it makes sense it'd be made in the same place as it is in fact the exact same aluminum engine block with different size cast iron cylinder liners. Good ol' Dundee. Been through there many a time, though I've never stopped at that Cabela's, despite the fact it used to be the only one in Michigan.
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