How do you convince an automaker to do a recall? Do you have to file a class action suit? If you go out to your parking lot and look at almost any jeep wrangler, 4 cylinder engine, you will see that the front bolt for the exhaust manifold is broken off. This will often lead to exhaust leaks and may cause the vehicle to fail a safety inspection. The head mechanic at the jeep dealership told me that all wrangler 4 cylinders do this. He went on to say that he has done a hundred of them. The dealer ship wants hundreds of dollars to fix this. I have asked around at other auto repair shops and the cost is not that much less. If all wrangler 4 cyls do this, and it is a safety issue, why isn't it a recall issue? Mica calfee flower mound, texas
2001 Jeep Wrangler engine complaints
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2001 jeep wrangler has corrosion in the electrical box, air bag is corroded, problems with the wheel bearings and oil leak.*mr on the day of purchasing the vehicle there was a brake problem. There was a leak behind the passenger seat which caused the corrosion.
I bought my wrangler in october 2000, which was a new 2001. Up until this year, 2004, I have been losing coolant fluid from the reserve bottle. The dealership which the vehicle was purchased, bill deluca chrysler, plymouth, jeep, inc., in havehill, ma, tested it right through my warranty expiration. It was not until I broke down in ct, where another jeep dealership, georgetown jeep dealership, told me about a dye test should be performed. When I went back to my original dealer, I had to argue with them to perform the dye test, because they wanted to pressurize my jeep...again. When they performed the dye test they found the head gasket leaking and told me I had to pay for it. Eventually, through complaining the this problem should have been found on my previous visits before my warranty expired, they did a "good will" job. I still ended up paying a good portion. Two months later my engine seized and it was described, from deluca dealership, as a major engine failure and I would require a new engine. When they brought the problem to their chyrsler rep., the person told them I only needed a short block and not the full engine. Though I was told I needed a full engine, I was only given a short block. I asked the dealership if I still had full engine warranty and I was told yes. As time went on, I was still losing coolant. I eventually moved to another state. When I brought it to a new jeep dealership, georgetown jeep, in norwalk , ct, they could not find anything at first. I gave them the okay to dismantle my engine to look deeper. What they found was a crack in my engine. They told me it was insane I did not receive a full engine. Chrysler and deluca refused to pay and I ended up paying $2000. I was told this crack was there for quite a long time and possibly upon inception of the vehicle. I have wrote to chrysler and they still refuse to help standing by their original word. Customer service would not even help me after repeatedly calling.
Car has stalled 4 times in the middle of traffic.
While driving at 65mph on flat surface and no warning vehicle will shut off, and will be hard to start back up. Dealer notified.
Consumer states the camshaft sensor is binding and breaking, causing the vehicle to stall.
Vehicle will shut off while driving at any given time. Consumer took vehicle to dealer and left the vehicle there for a month. Dealer could not find the problem. Consumer took back vehicle, and had not drove vehicle since.
The engine light has illuminated on 6 occasions, on the 5th occurence, consumer was informed that there was a 1-lb pressure leak but there was nothing to worry about, the engine light was reset, however the engine light illuminated again, now the engine is running rough.
The vehicle caught on fire in engine compartment. Claim number 13-7491-024.
While traveling at or above 40 MPH, engine will stall unexpectedly, causing a loss of steering and braking control. Dealership has examined vehicle and determined tat camshaft was faulty. This component is on national back order. Please provide any additional information / attachments.
While vehicle was parked with the engine off, the vehicle caught on fire, possibly engine related.
The service rep stated the problem arised from a camshaft sensor binding and breaking. I was a little confused so she showed me the broken part. The problem occurred because the signal from the sensor was lost do to its shaft binding and some of the fins snapped off. This could have been very dangerous since it stalled the vehicle. It could of happenned on the interstate during rush hour traffic 5 minutes earlier. Daimler/chrysler didn't share my concerns and stated I had a warranty. Copy of my complaint to daimler and reply available by e-mail.s.
Vehicle was purchased on nune 25, and engine light came on on june 26. Took vehicle to dealer, and they said it was a catalytic converter problem, consumer stated that on june 28, engine light came back on.
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