I'm so irritated I could scream. I bought a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee from a friend. His girlfriend was getting rid of it. She had issues with it and brought it to the dealership several times to fix the problems, they could fix it. I found this all out after I purchased it, nice, thanks! SO my husband and I put some time and money into it, thinking we could fix it. We have friends that are mechanics and it would be fine, NOT.
We put a new battery in it, replaced minor stuff, brakes, electrical stuff and it drove fine for about a week. Then the engine light came on. Right when I had it scheduled to have it inspected. Long story short, brought it to our local mechanic, he ended up replacing 2 sensors, banks 1 n 2, replaced and replaced a leaky gasket in the exhaust. Told us to drive it around until the scanner read only 1 code. In NY State 8 codes have to be working to pass, so we got it down to 3, and have been driving it around, mainly in the dark for over a week. Until the engine light goes off, then I can bring it in to get it inspected. Still waiting......
I am writing here to express my disgust and how pissed I am that these car companies make these vehicles that can't tell you what or when something needs to be replaced until a light comes on. Then when it does, you have no idea what the hell it is or how long you need to drive it before it is right and the light goes off. WTF is wrong with these car companies today? They are all money hungry, greedy bastards.
I sunk $2,000 in this Jeep already, parts, time, labor, gas driving it around and still can't pass inspection, again, WTF!!! I am now without a inspected vehicle, have to get rides to work, paying insurance on a car I can't drive. Who gives a sh*t.. not the car makers, that's for sure. I am at my wits end, I don't know what to do anymore. I am not sinking one more red cent into this Jeep and will probably sell the dam thing as is and save up money to get a foreign car again. I had a 1998 Volvo that ran like a top had it for 12 years, gave it to my son for college, back in 2016 and he still has it, with no issue, Asshole USA car manufacturers, don't know how to make a good car!!!! Back to a Volvo, never again buying an American made car, all pieces of sh*t.
Well it happened again. I originally had this problem in December of 2012 and it cost around $3000 to fix a $20 part because of the poor design and all the labor involved. The same bolts on the same manifold broke again. They told me when it was fixed the first time that it would be better than it originally was. In less than 3 years the bolts they replaced after drilling out the originals broke again. Now they want to charge me even more this time to fix it. Truly unbelievable. Waiting to hear back from a supervisor at Chrysler. I'm pretty sure this is the definition of a manufacturers defect. Very sad that a dealership service department can't even fix there own vehicles correctly for whatever reason.
A $20 dollar manifold gasket seal and bolts cost close to $3000 to fix. The bolts busted on the vehicle causing the leak. The poor design of the vehicle doesn't allow for a normally easy fix. The engine needed to be dropped and the bolts needed to be drilled out of the engine block. A lot of labor and I was told it would be better than ever. They were wrong.
at around 45,000 miles we had to get exhaust manifold replaced. Of course this was a special manifold that cost $575 dollars and luckily was covered under warranty. But now it is apparently bad again and will cost ME the same. This jeep has been nothing but problems.
- Joe G.,
Louisville, KY, US
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I'm so irritated I could scream. I bought a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee from a friend. His girlfriend was getting rid of it. She had issues with it and brought it to the dealership several times to fix the problems, they could fix it. I found this all out after I purchased it, nice, thanks! SO my husband and I put some time and money into it, thinking we could fix it. We have friends that are mechanics and it would be fine, NOT.
We put a new battery in it, replaced minor stuff, brakes, electrical stuff and it drove fine for about a week. Then the engine light came on. Right when I had it scheduled to have it inspected. Long story short, brought it to our local mechanic, he ended up replacing 2 sensors, banks 1 n 2, replaced and replaced a leaky gasket in the exhaust. Told us to drive it around until the scanner read only 1 code. In NY State 8 codes have to be working to pass, so we got it down to 3, and have been driving it around, mainly in the dark for over a week. Until the engine light goes off, then I can bring it in to get it inspected. Still waiting......
I am writing here to express my disgust and how pissed I am that these car companies make these vehicles that can't tell you what or when something needs to be replaced until a light comes on. Then when it does, you have no idea what the hell it is or how long you need to drive it before it is right and the light goes off. WTF is wrong with these car companies today? They are all money hungry, greedy bastards.
I sunk $2,000 in this Jeep already, parts, time, labor, gas driving it around and still can't pass inspection, again, WTF!!! I am now without a inspected vehicle, have to get rides to work, paying insurance on a car I can't drive. Who gives a sh*t.. not the car makers, that's for sure. I am at my wits end, I don't know what to do anymore. I am not sinking one more red cent into this Jeep and will probably sell the dam thing as is and save up money to get a foreign car again. I had a 1998 Volvo that ran like a top had it for 12 years, gave it to my son for college, back in 2016 and he still has it, with no issue, Asshole USA car manufacturers, don't know how to make a good car!!!! Back to a Volvo, never again buying an American made car, all pieces of sh*t.
- Linda M., Middleburgh, NY, US