Every car manufacturer has some cars that have issues whether they cost $20,000 or $100,000. Anything mechanical will, especially as they get incredibly comp!ex. Most JL owners have no problems, you just have the luck of a bad draw.
Not sure what you are trying to say with this post, other than, "it's no big deal". I don't buy into that "It's a Jeep thing". I expect a vehicle to work, the same way FCA expects my payment to come through. If my payment is late, and I tell them to wait for the weather to warm up, and they will get their payment, it wouldn't fly. I expect to get what I paid for, not the reliability of a Pinto at the cost of a JLUR.
Then I'd say you have unrealistic expectations. Any mechanical item with two or more parts is subject to breaking/not working. That's a fact no matter what expectations are. As has been pointed out many times on this forum, the vast majority of owners don't have substantial problems. And since I owned a Pinto I know that people actually complained about them also. A lot of whining about exploding gas tanks but I was hardly burned.
I still don't understand the point of you posting any of this. This is a forum to bring up issues. If the expectation of a car starting when you are trying to use it is too high, I guess I do have high expectations.
Hi TrassaE95,
Sorry I just saw this. I would have told you to return it. I am on my third time now of this happening in 6 weeks. I had a terrible experience the second time this happened with a local dealer who tried to "buy" my Jeep back and sell me a truck that would have more than doubled my payments for 72 months. I called corporate this time, and I am supposed to have a case manager call me back at this point. It wouldn't start tonight, and it is in my driveway. The second time this happened, I also tried to start it in the evening, and it started right up the next morning. Took it to the dealership, and they told me that if it starts, they can't do anything about it. I have a feeling it will start tomorrow, and told corporate that. They were nice about it and said they would escalate it and I will hear back in 2 business days.
It may be the ECU controlled smart alternator, ( the dealer charged the battery )the CPU will not allow the alternator to charge battery beyond 80% via engine, the other 20% has to come from any regeneration, to test this and get your battery fully charged disconnect the small sensor attached to the negative lead of the main starter battery, this causes the alternator to charge at a standard rate of between 13.8 and 14.3 volts, this will fully charge your battery, try it for a few days and see if it resolves your problem, I have been running hack for the past 6 months on my Merc to get rid of stop/start. Rob.
Thanks for the response. The dealer has had the vehicle for over 2 weeks now, and Jeep corporate is involved. They ruled out a battery issue, and have told me they have no idea why it won't start. After 12 days of sitting there, not working, it started. They didn't do anything to fix it. It just had to sit.
