Dave91gt
Well-Known Member
Sharing a similar case that a coworker just went through. I saw she was driving a JLU and went to congratulate her. Needless to say, the conversation went a different direction.
Turns out, the JL was a loaner from her dealer as an investigation was underway due to a fire in her Jeep Renegade.
Short version: she bought the Renegade new a couple years ago. Since new, she had strange electrical glitches. Headlights start flashing, ghost tire pressure alarms, stereo faults, rear hatch ajar alarms forcing the parking break on, etc. All documented. Dealer wasn’t sure what the issue was as they couldn’t reproduce it.
She was driving on the interstate with her 18 month old grandchild in the back and smoke started coming from HVAC vents. She pulled over and pulled her grand baby from her car seat. Called 911. By the time the fire truck arrived, the interior was fully burning.
She called insurance with the details. They advised her to go to the dealer and they would work with FCA. The dealer gave her the Wrangler free until the investigation was over. That was two weeks ago.
The insurance investigation concluded the fire started behind the dash and FCA is also investigating.
She wasn’t in a good mood to talk about her Jeep experience. All of this story came after another coworker was telling me his story of his wife’s JLU meeting for buyback due to death wobble and other continuous trips to the dealer.
Was NOT a positive Jeep day for me.
Turns out, the JL was a loaner from her dealer as an investigation was underway due to a fire in her Jeep Renegade.
Short version: she bought the Renegade new a couple years ago. Since new, she had strange electrical glitches. Headlights start flashing, ghost tire pressure alarms, stereo faults, rear hatch ajar alarms forcing the parking break on, etc. All documented. Dealer wasn’t sure what the issue was as they couldn’t reproduce it.
She was driving on the interstate with her 18 month old grandchild in the back and smoke started coming from HVAC vents. She pulled over and pulled her grand baby from her car seat. Called 911. By the time the fire truck arrived, the interior was fully burning.
She called insurance with the details. They advised her to go to the dealer and they would work with FCA. The dealer gave her the Wrangler free until the investigation was over. That was two weeks ago.
The insurance investigation concluded the fire started behind the dash and FCA is also investigating.
She wasn’t in a good mood to talk about her Jeep experience. All of this story came after another coworker was telling me his story of his wife’s JLU meeting for buyback due to death wobble and other continuous trips to the dealer.
Was NOT a positive Jeep day for me.
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