I feel I must chime in. No one knows what damage the water in the modules has done. The water has basically caused a short.I have seen automobiles with this kind of damage totaled. When the water hit the module how do they know it did not send a charge through the whole vehicle. What about the brake module,it got to the radio.I would not feel safe driving the vehicle after such water damage has been done. There is more amperage is a 12 volt system than in the outlet you plug your coffee pot into. More damage can be done. On a 12 volt system failure to components might not show up for a year. I would contact Chrysler and tell them you want another new vehicle or your money back.Then contact a lawyer.This is BS for them to try and put your replacement back together. As I said I would not feel safe driving a JGC or any other vehicle that has had water damage of this sort. No one knows the damage that might have been done.
I am a home builder in Atlanta but my background is in electrical engineering. I would also contact my insurance company and finance company if it's financed. Tell them what is going on.See if your insurance will still insure it!
It is not worth the chance that sometime in the future something like a brake or other electrical module or harness might fail due water damage.
Do you remember how it felt when you lost your steering? Imagine how it would feel to loose your brakes at 50mph.
Get them to take it back!
Sorry for the rant but this is just unbelievable that you are putting up with this for so long on two different new Jeeps.
Gotta agree with you on this one. Auto's these days are run by tech and computers and who the ef knows what sort of damage could have been caused by bad engineering or installation. As for the amount of time they have had it, I would be more pissed than you are right now. Not to say that, that is good, but I would be all up in their business for this.
I told the dealer that I am not happy, and then my wife stormed the dealership saying that we want out of the whole deal. She is waiting to hear back from the owner.
Man, I hope you get out of it. Its almost a joke at this point. If they don't want to let you out, i'd also be all up in every local news station showing them the video and rattling off your story about the dealership. Now, of course that is the nuclear option, but keep that in your back pocket unless all else fails.
Local stations love the "bad car dealership" story. BREAKING NEWS BREAKING NEWS
According to my dealer and to the Chrysler corporate guy I talked to, it is Chrysler making the decisions. According to the people AMC and others have talked to, it is the dealer. With my last Jeep, it was Chrysler who made the call to buy it back.
Update: My wife has had success in talking with the owner of the dealership. He says he will convince Chrysler to buy it back, and if that does not work, he will figure it out on his end, but either way, I am getting rid of my second 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
That's an excellent question... this happened so suddenly, that i have no idea... I gotta start searching around a bit. No offense, but I think everyone I know would b*tch slap me if I got another Chrysler product.
I know, right... that's how I convinced myself to get the overland, after the issues I have had with the first one. I figured there was no way I could get two duds in a row.
My wife actually has an X1, that she really, really likes... so she called her dealer and told him to price out an x5 for me. That would definitely be on the very high side of what I could swing.
That is certainly something that only you can decide. Just wondering if they had some left over's from 13 with the 6 and not the 8. Either way, man, 2 new rigs in a row. Thats so bad luck or bad product.
If I had two lemon Grand Cherokees, and got out of both, I'd get a base Porsche Cayenne with 8 speed automatic transmission and heated multifunction steering wheel. I wouldn't need all of the extra options. I got my Overland for the looks and interior looks and Nappa leather, not for the options, well maybe I'd get bi-xenon headlights too. Porsche base model looks good in my opinion especially the interior, uses quality materials, and is about the same price of an Overland V8, except the Cayenne V6 is faster than Overland V8. And the Cayenne has very accurate steering / holds the road. Every other vehicle out there doesn't interest me.
If I had two lemon Grand Cherokees, and got out of both, I'd get a base Porshce Cayenne with 8 speed automatic transmission and heated multifunction steering wheel. I wouldn't need all of the extra options. I got my Overland for the looks and interior looks and Nappa leather, not for the options. Porsche base model has all of that and is the same price of an Overland V8, except the Cayenne V6 is faster than Overland V8. Every other vehicle out there doesn't interest me.
Ya know, I always just assumed that the Cayenne would be out of the price range, but never really looked into it. If what you say is true, then it kinda is a no brainer. That is unless you really wanna go off roading with it. But if it is going to be a 95% tarmac queen, then why the hell not?
I test drove a Cayenne when I was shopping a couple of years ago. It had an MSRP of $54,115. The Overland V8 I bought was $46,015 and I liked both, but I preferred the price of the Overland and the exterior styling. Now the MSRP of an Overland V8 is about $50,000.
It's $51k for one with no options at all after just picking a color and that's with a manual transmission. The least expensive Cayenne V6 at my dealer in Pittsburgh is $58k. Problem is, when you buy a car for that much money, you expect a navigation, sunroof, memory seats, an automatic transmission and some other niceties that even a Kia comes with.
I looked up the porsche real quick and seems to be slower on paper than the 2014 V8 grand cherokee maybe that's old specs? 300 hp @ 6,300 rpmTop Track Speed: 142 mph0-60 mph: 7.1 sFuel Consumption (Highway): 22 mpg
Info is from porsche mobile phone website
JGCCayenne on this forum has both a WK2 5.7L V8 Hemi and a newer style Porsche Cayenne V6 with automatic transmission, and he said the Porsche is definitely faster.
That Porsche he has must be really lite or maybe not 4x4 maybe his is the higher up model turbo or something definitely not the one you're referring to in this post.his grand Cherokee must not be a 2014
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