Wouldn't you be covered by the 7 year / 70K mile warranty? If so, it will cost you $100 and getting alternate transportation for a week or two.
the 7/70 from what I understand was only offered to the 2nd owner of the vehicle, if they wanted to pay for the extra coverage, not the original owner which I am. Mine came with a 3 year 36k warranty, I've got less than 36k but past the 3 years.Jough said:Wouldn't you be covered by the 7 year / 70K mile warranty? If so, it will cost you $100 and getting alternate transportation for a week or two.
Oh I gotta look into that :spin:Eric said:read the fine print in the warranty, I may be wrong here, but if a repair was done under warranty, and the repair fails. I think the repair starts a new 3-36 on the repair.. I think this is how I would approach this with chrysler. DC replaced My soft top and back window out of warranty cost me a hun deductable
I know, I've often regret selling my 01 to get my 05 LJ, the guy I sold it to hasn't had a single problem with it. I think Jeep hates me.KaiserJeep said:For what it's worth, you have had some very bad luck. I have owned seven of the I-6 engines including the two I still own in my 2001 WJ and 2003 TJ. I got 150,000 miles or more out of the first five engines, the worst failure was one water pump, and I had no engine internal failures at all. Number six is presently at 100,000 and number seven is at 45,000 - also with no major problems.
KaiserJeep said:For what it's worth, you have had some very bad luck. I have owned seven of the I-6 engines including the two I still own in my 2001 WJ and 2003 TJ. I got 150,000 miles or more out of the first five engines, the worst failure was one water pump, and I had no engine internal failures at all. Number six is presently at 100,000 and number seven is at 45,000 - also with no major problems.
Bad news. Sure read a lot of failure stories on this.kevin719 said:I know, I've often regret selling my 01 to get my 05 LJ, the guy I sold it to hasn't had a single problem with it. I think Jeep hates me.
bob1340 said:Bad news. Sure read a lot of failure stories on this.kevin719 said:I know, I've often regret selling my 01 to get my 05 LJ, the guy I sold it to hasn't had a single problem with it. I think Jeep hates me.
Do you know what oil the Jeep has used both by the previous owner and you? It seems to me these flat tappets are very touchy on what oil is used. Ditto with gasoline. I know that motor is the last flat tappet motor built and most went to rollers back decades ago. ACEA 3 oil and good gas is a must on these motors in my opinion.
I also agree that they may have done something wrong in the repair. Regardless of what the warranty says I'd scream like a little girl in a bath tub full of worms about this.
I don't think Jeep did either!kevin719 said:I used regular dino oil for the break in, and after that switched to synthetic, mostly Mobile 1. I didn't know about the lack of zinc in oil, and how much our engines needed it until recently.
mine made it about 45 miles on October 17th. (I didn't see this thread until today.)aogmitch said:Total miles from start of missing til repair was about 30 miles.