This is just my personal list of things that are not right with my Jeep for record keeping purposes. I have 9000 plus miles at this time of post. 6 months ownership. 2012 OS Min Grey/saddle 3.6 quadralift..
Night one- right rear suspension creak. Dealer replaced passenger rear shock due to " bad bushing from the factory".
2 months later intermittent squeaking being heard over random bumps. ( cold weather ). weather warmed up and creaking went away.
Creaking and squeaking have returned all sides front and rear.
Suspension has deteriorated to very little "absorbtion" . ( shock / struts feel wishy washy in between the slapping episodes )
Very loose suspension feel, clanking banging. Although clanking and banging is too harsh of a term I dont know how to describe the "loose" suspension feel. Not quite banging but metal on metal sound where you can tell the "nuts and bolts?" that hold things together are loose/damaged.. just as an explanation of the feel.. ( edited added here: Slapping. This is a good term to describe the suspension. )
TPMS sensors are not equal to each other. on an air gauge I can read 34 all around but the TPMS has been off a full 2 psi on at least one or 2 of the sensors. Need to revisit with a proper calibrated air gauge for certainty.. but they are in fact off from each other to some degree as much as 2 psi.
Paint on the entire vehicle is splotchy in light other than the sun. You can see very light splotches where the spray is not even. Some lights and some parts of the car show it more tha others. When the sun is out and you are looking dead on the mettalic sparkle is beautiful and even from the head on view and this uneveness can not be seen so easily.
Passenger rear door has a paint 'pimple" where the paint has "popped" like a pimple exposing the metal underneath a tiny pimpleling effect.
The whole car has the "Orange Peel" effect and is clearly dull at any angle except head on. Even then it is still noticeable.
Passenger rear door jamb has a gathering of paint defect that sticks out like a little dirt mound.
Paint on the hood has chipped off barely noticeable until you run your hand over it.
Passenger side front/rear door needs to be re-aligned as it is slightly off and you can see the line of the jeep does not flow correctly front door to rear door.
Rear power hatch is misaligned and slightly hittting bumper area. small chip in paint noticeable where the main contact is happening.
dashboard leather looks to be very lightly sprayed and has the same splotch effect as the paint on the car. More easily seen in sunlight for the dashboard.
Driver seat starting to wear quickly. No major damage yet as I use a Jeep towel seat cover but very noticeable. I also use the exit level and lower the seat 85% of the times. I use the vehicle back and forth to work, Very light use.
Center Armrest I happened to wipe one spot with water on a soft rag and I removed some color from it. Didnt try rubbing any further after I saw it.
The spray on the different parts of the seats are not all consistent with each other.
Door armrest areas look very lightly sprayed and is not a full finish.
Sunroof ( Pano ), had a weird creaking noise that was not there until recently on last downward pull while closing. No water damage seen yet but the noise is very unsettling. Not a major issue at this point, just a note that it is there.
I think thats it for now, if I think of something that I missed I will update.
7/5/2012
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7/5/12 driver side door, black wood has crack under the finish, defect from factory, no damage on the clear finish. Minor but once you see it ..lol
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7/5/12 POI the radio had lost sound through the speakers for both the phone and the radio after using the phone. Randomly for a few times. Fixed itself it seems. Hasnt malfunctioned in 3 months now. Usually a shut down and restart of the engine helped this sympton. At least twice the shut down and restart of the vehicle did not help. Then after one or 2 nore stops and starts she went bak to functioning.
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7/5/12 added: a condition that hasnt returned, a few months back while getting ready to go into the car wash, the vehicle raised itself up to the first off road height. It hasnt happened again since..
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7/6/12 added: how could I forget.. on take off there is a thud from the rear.. and
on stopping there is a click felt in the steering wheel which is now more feelable after initially feeling it a few months back. Most prominent on a quick stop.
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7/6/12 How can I forget the radio locking up intermittently while plugging in iphone. And phone intermittently locking up and not releasing the phone icon..
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7/8/12 oh roght the engine whir noise at 60 to 70 mph under slight acceleration/incline.. i dont mind it actually..
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8/3/12 adding back hatch glass opening randomly on start ups.
Night one- right rear suspension creak. Dealer replaced passenger rear shock due to " bad bushing from the factory".
2 months later intermittent squeaking being heard over random bumps. ( cold weather ). weather warmed up and creaking went away.
Creaking and squeaking have returned all sides front and rear.
Suspension has deteriorated to very little "absorbtion" . ( shock / struts feel wishy washy in between the slapping episodes )
Very loose suspension feel, clanking banging. Although clanking and banging is too harsh of a term I dont know how to describe the "loose" suspension feel. Not quite banging but metal on metal sound where you can tell the "nuts and bolts?" that hold things together are loose/damaged.. just as an explanation of the feel.. ( edited added here: Slapping. This is a good term to describe the suspension. )
TPMS sensors are not equal to each other. on an air gauge I can read 34 all around but the TPMS has been off a full 2 psi on at least one or 2 of the sensors. Need to revisit with a proper calibrated air gauge for certainty.. but they are in fact off from each other to some degree as much as 2 psi.
Paint on the entire vehicle is splotchy in light other than the sun. You can see very light splotches where the spray is not even. Some lights and some parts of the car show it more tha others. When the sun is out and you are looking dead on the mettalic sparkle is beautiful and even from the head on view and this uneveness can not be seen so easily.
Passenger rear door has a paint 'pimple" where the paint has "popped" like a pimple exposing the metal underneath a tiny pimpleling effect.
The whole car has the "Orange Peel" effect and is clearly dull at any angle except head on. Even then it is still noticeable.
Passenger rear door jamb has a gathering of paint defect that sticks out like a little dirt mound.
Paint on the hood has chipped off barely noticeable until you run your hand over it.
Passenger side front/rear door needs to be re-aligned as it is slightly off and you can see the line of the jeep does not flow correctly front door to rear door.
Rear power hatch is misaligned and slightly hittting bumper area. small chip in paint noticeable where the main contact is happening.
dashboard leather looks to be very lightly sprayed and has the same splotch effect as the paint on the car. More easily seen in sunlight for the dashboard.
Driver seat starting to wear quickly. No major damage yet as I use a Jeep towel seat cover but very noticeable. I also use the exit level and lower the seat 85% of the times. I use the vehicle back and forth to work, Very light use.
Center Armrest I happened to wipe one spot with water on a soft rag and I removed some color from it. Didnt try rubbing any further after I saw it.
The spray on the different parts of the seats are not all consistent with each other.
Door armrest areas look very lightly sprayed and is not a full finish.
Sunroof ( Pano ), had a weird creaking noise that was not there until recently on last downward pull while closing. No water damage seen yet but the noise is very unsettling. Not a major issue at this point, just a note that it is there.
I think thats it for now, if I think of something that I missed I will update.
7/5/2012
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7/5/12 driver side door, black wood has crack under the finish, defect from factory, no damage on the clear finish. Minor but once you see it ..lol
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7/5/12 POI the radio had lost sound through the speakers for both the phone and the radio after using the phone. Randomly for a few times. Fixed itself it seems. Hasnt malfunctioned in 3 months now. Usually a shut down and restart of the engine helped this sympton. At least twice the shut down and restart of the vehicle did not help. Then after one or 2 nore stops and starts she went bak to functioning.
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7/5/12 added: a condition that hasnt returned, a few months back while getting ready to go into the car wash, the vehicle raised itself up to the first off road height. It hasnt happened again since..
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7/6/12 added: how could I forget.. on take off there is a thud from the rear.. and
on stopping there is a click felt in the steering wheel which is now more feelable after initially feeling it a few months back. Most prominent on a quick stop.
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7/6/12 How can I forget the radio locking up intermittently while plugging in iphone. And phone intermittently locking up and not releasing the phone icon..
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7/8/12 oh roght the engine whir noise at 60 to 70 mph under slight acceleration/incline.. i dont mind it actually..
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8/3/12 adding back hatch glass opening randomly on start ups.