Marksgrandcherokee
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- Sep 21, 2020
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- 2018
Hello all.
my grand Cherokee diesel with 21k miles recently went into limp mode with a almost full DPF filter message. Had it towed to nearest dealer 95 miles from where we “broke down”. Left the car there (Saturday so they were closed) and had my Family and travel trailer towed 4 hours to my house. Now it is Monday and the dealer said that they just had to manually push a regeneration at a cost of $175 which is not covered under standard warranty or Mopar max care which I also purchased. So why did it not self regenerate even though we have been traveling hundreds of miles pulling a small trailer (therefore giving it all that it needed for lots of perfect regeneration opportunities with or without using its full DEF fluid)? Why is it considered normal wear and tear therefore not covered? who would want any car that under perfect conditions could leave your family stranded especially after spending $50k for a new one PLUS plunking an additional couple thousand for a warranty just in case? A side note, still have my 2013 Durango that I also purchased the Mopar max care warranty with. I took the new suv with only 21k miles to be sure that I would not get stranded even though the warranty would cover repairs. If my old SUV broke down they would surely have covered the repair but they wised up 5 years later (I bought it new last year) and took an obvious design flaw and worded the warranty coverage language to alleviate responsibility for repairers AFTER taking me for over $50k. Great way to make a buck now but go out of business soon. Remember why they started the lifetime warranty program in 2008 in the first place? There vehicles are crap! But their warranty lawyers are good. I should also say that when my grand Cherokee, Durango and even my 2500 ram truck were working they were amazingly great vehicles. So feel free to borrow or even lease a FCA vehicle, but don’t ever buy one. I realize this post is mostly a rant and it felt great to get it off my chest. Yet I did have some questions in the beginning And would love some feedback and help from anyone who has traveled this path. And If I can’t find the answers that I need for the above questions here are two more;
1) does anyone know a good lemon law Lawer?
2) anyone want to buy a almost new time bomb...I mean Diesel Grand Cherokee?
thank you
Mark
my grand Cherokee diesel with 21k miles recently went into limp mode with a almost full DPF filter message. Had it towed to nearest dealer 95 miles from where we “broke down”. Left the car there (Saturday so they were closed) and had my Family and travel trailer towed 4 hours to my house. Now it is Monday and the dealer said that they just had to manually push a regeneration at a cost of $175 which is not covered under standard warranty or Mopar max care which I also purchased. So why did it not self regenerate even though we have been traveling hundreds of miles pulling a small trailer (therefore giving it all that it needed for lots of perfect regeneration opportunities with or without using its full DEF fluid)? Why is it considered normal wear and tear therefore not covered? who would want any car that under perfect conditions could leave your family stranded especially after spending $50k for a new one PLUS plunking an additional couple thousand for a warranty just in case? A side note, still have my 2013 Durango that I also purchased the Mopar max care warranty with. I took the new suv with only 21k miles to be sure that I would not get stranded even though the warranty would cover repairs. If my old SUV broke down they would surely have covered the repair but they wised up 5 years later (I bought it new last year) and took an obvious design flaw and worded the warranty coverage language to alleviate responsibility for repairers AFTER taking me for over $50k. Great way to make a buck now but go out of business soon. Remember why they started the lifetime warranty program in 2008 in the first place? There vehicles are crap! But their warranty lawyers are good. I should also say that when my grand Cherokee, Durango and even my 2500 ram truck were working they were amazingly great vehicles. So feel free to borrow or even lease a FCA vehicle, but don’t ever buy one. I realize this post is mostly a rant and it felt great to get it off my chest. Yet I did have some questions in the beginning And would love some feedback and help from anyone who has traveled this path. And If I can’t find the answers that I need for the above questions here are two more;
1) does anyone know a good lemon law Lawer?
2) anyone want to buy a almost new time bomb...I mean Diesel Grand Cherokee?
thank you
Mark
