Simply need to vent.
Once proud owner of a 2012 WK2 SRT8. Purchased certified used with 5900 miles in early 2013. Fast forward 4 years, 45k miles and I am flat out disgusted with the QC of these rigs. Honestly, things in my opinion that simply should not happen on newer, 'premium' vehicles.
I've had the infamous carbon fiber interior pieces pull from the dash - repaired myself with epoxy when FCA dealerships played the finger pointing game
I've had the flaking OEM wheels - bought factory reproductions when repair on the factory wheels would have been $$$$
Corrosion on the front of hood - still there
More blindspot monitoring sensors go bad then I can remember
The list goes on. Recently, the rig started to develop a rough idle and eventually threw P0306. Went through a long list of test and checks but unfortunately I got the pleasure and experience of dealing with the piss-poor MDS lifter design failures first hand.
In all my years of car ownership, I've never had such a lack of confidence in the reliability of a vehicle as i do now. I once toyed with the idea of buying a trackhawk if/when it was released, however, at this point, I could not IMAGINE shelling out that kind of cash for a Jeep product. Frankly, my experiences have turned me off from FCA all together.
I know I am not alone with these matters and I don't need to reiterate how dealerships treat any of their customers let alone SRT owners, but enough is enough.
Once proud owner of a 2012 WK2 SRT8. Purchased certified used with 5900 miles in early 2013. Fast forward 4 years, 45k miles and I am flat out disgusted with the QC of these rigs. Honestly, things in my opinion that simply should not happen on newer, 'premium' vehicles.
I've had the infamous carbon fiber interior pieces pull from the dash - repaired myself with epoxy when FCA dealerships played the finger pointing game
I've had the flaking OEM wheels - bought factory reproductions when repair on the factory wheels would have been $$$$
Corrosion on the front of hood - still there
More blindspot monitoring sensors go bad then I can remember
The list goes on. Recently, the rig started to develop a rough idle and eventually threw P0306. Went through a long list of test and checks but unfortunately I got the pleasure and experience of dealing with the piss-poor MDS lifter design failures first hand.
In all my years of car ownership, I've never had such a lack of confidence in the reliability of a vehicle as i do now. I once toyed with the idea of buying a trackhawk if/when it was released, however, at this point, I could not IMAGINE shelling out that kind of cash for a Jeep product. Frankly, my experiences have turned me off from FCA all together.
I know I am not alone with these matters and I don't need to reiterate how dealerships treat any of their customers let alone SRT owners, but enough is enough.