That shouldn't matter. If the problem is recognized prior to expiry, warranty still applies.
Aluminum can in fact, corrode. Whether it's aluminum oxide, which under the paint it probably isn't. But it could be filiform corrosion, which comes from improper paint treatment and happens when the paint starts separating from the surface. Or, even more likely - galvanic corrosion. Which happens with dissimilar metals. The difference between the atoms at a molecular level can move between the metals and cause corrosion.Washed the jeep over the weekend and noticed small bubbles in the paint at one of the rear door hinges. I am over a year and have roughly 27k miles.They are hard underneath and the paint is not loose and pretty sure they were not there last time i washed the vehicle. It cant be rust under the paint since the doors are aluminum. All other hinges are fine. Has anyone seen this issue?
Same thing happened to me when we called to get it documented. They told me they had no openings until the spring . I wanted it looked at now. They said no.
Is this the same Dealership you get your Jeep serviced at? If it is.. go and try to speak with the General Mgr. (Im assuming you’re getting brushed off by the service mgr). Explain to the GM that you have your vehicle serviced there, what the issue is and that you dont feel you are being treated fairly. Usually GMs are very Professional and care about Customer issues. If for some reason you dont get any results with the GM,, try and find out who the Owner is (usually you can look this up on your State Business website) and send them certified Letter complaining about their Management. Being a pain in the ass sometimes gets results.
11 weeks. Geez! That’s insane
Curious as well.
I dropped mine off at the dealer last week, after waiting about 5 weeks for them to get me a slot at their contract body shop. Called the body shop that is doing the work yesterday and they haven't even started on it yet. Said they "might" get to it by the end of this week or early next week. The way they explained it to me was that they work on the Jeeps that come to them from this dealer when they have time so the "appointment" that the dealer gives you is informative and decorative only. At least the dealer put me in a '22 Grand Cherokee loaner until mine is out of the shop.
I took the car to my local jeep dealership which is who and how I was approved for the warranty work to get it repainted. My local jeep however does not have a body shop on site to do the work so they sublet the work out to their "trusted partner shop" which was across the street and who actually did the work. Still fighting with jeep to reimburse me for my rental for the 17 days but was able to have somebody repoen my case so I could submit additional paperwork that disproved why they denied me. Fingers crossed this gets somewhere.
