W5MQS
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- Mitch
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- Temple, Texas
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- 2018 Granite Wrangler Rubicon JLU; 2020 Mercedes GLB 250; 2013 Red Ford F-150 4x4
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They can't pay mechanics enough because the cost of living in California is so f***ing lopsided compared to the rest of the country...tax this...tax that...a fee for this and a fee for that. Jerry Brown, or whoever that ya-who of a governor is that's running the show over there, needs to get a grip. An exact copy of my house in California on a piece of property the exact same size would be 10x the cost of what I paid for it here. California is pretty and it's a nice to place to visit for a couple of days but it wouldn't be missed...at least by me...if it fell off into the Pacific. Ok...I'm off my soap box...in other news, the Off Road Pages appear to be back! <mic drop>I live in the South San Francisco Bay area. *EVERY* single dealer in the area has a 2 month wait for warranty service. Every. Single. One of them. And this isn't new. This has been true for at *least* two years now.
The problem is that Chiseler Corporation doesn't reimburse them enough to pay mechanics enough to get mechanics to stay. So they're always churning through mechanics and never have enough mechanics. There is also the issue that Chrysler products have a large number of recalls and warranty issues to begin with.
My 2012 Wrangler needs to go in for emissions testing. It's still under emissions warranty of course, but if it fails the emissions test, it'll be 2 months before the dealership can look at it to fix it under that emissions warranty. During those two months, I won't be able to drive the vehicle because it won't be legal to drive.
Why would I subject myself to this when other makes here in the Bay Area don't have this problem? I mean, if I had a Chevrolet, I could take it to the local dealer *tomorrow afternoon* for an appointment. Answer: I won't. My 2012 Wrangler is going to be the last Chrysler product I own, because what's the use of having a nice new vehicle, if you can't get it serviced when you need it serviced? I'll just keep my 2012 going as long as I can by relegating it to second vehicle / toy status and buying a new (to me) daily driver, and that new JL 4 door that I've been looking at? Oh well.
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