I checked on it before I did my lift & gears. Jeep can’t void your warranty, there’s a law on the books against that very thing. While it’s true that if an aftermarket modification fails that it won’t be covered since Jeep didn’t install it and it’s a non-Mopar part, I was told that they are not allowed to just cancel your warranty outright.Kinda annoyed…Took my Jeep in due to the known AC issues. Apparently Chrysler voided my warranty because I swapped to 4:88 gears and now I have to pay for them to fix the known AC issue.
The "law on the books" allows for the owner to swap "like/similar" parts into the vehicle that don't affect anything downstream from that part. Way oversized lifts/tires are not like/similar, as much as everyone likes to claim, and putting in different gears that may affect various sensor readings that the vehicle uses to monitor and maintain vehicle performance can also be an issue if the vehicle isn't calibrated to understand how to cope with it. If the different gears are throwing off the vehicle performance (and possibly the odometer readings), they may very well say that the gear change has caused issues, and that they are no longer responsible for those issues and void PARTS of the warranty, but I'd hope they wouldn't void the FULL vehicle warranty. Admittingly, I didn't read the whole thread so I'm not sure if the vehicle was flashed with the gear change update via Tazer or some other programmer.
Dont they have to put a mileage in and out on the service reciept?
Yes, but the whole experience from start to finish at the dealership was absolutely ridiculous. They were having a hard time putting my vehicle in as a 2021. They kept blaming "software issues" and the fact that they were conveniently, or inconveniently, swapping to new software was their excuse. It actually took two guys 30 minutes to get me checked in and they had to "trick the system" into seeing my VIN as a 2021. When I finally went to go pick up my vehicle they blamed the same software issue for the fact that they could not give me any paperwork saying what they did or the mileage etc... This was on top of the fact that they could not replicate my issue and didn't even move my vehicle for 3 days... At that point I asked to speak to the general manager. I went over all that transpired and he didn't seem very phased by it, almost like it was business as usual and none of it surprised him... This was by far the worst dealership I have ever encountered!
This is interesting, I just picked up my new JT and spent a week driving it around East TN and SW VA with no notice in the AC issue being described. But on the long trip back to FL after 6 or more hours on the road and hotter weather I would notice a very brief break in the AC (maybe 5 seconds). It did this about 3 times I would guess. But my Jeep does not fit into the date range for the TSB. Hmmm makes one wonder if it is supposed to do something like this but on the older ones it lasts too long? No response needed, just throwing information out. BTW it was not something that was so bad it was a problem, but noticeable. And I've never noticed on other cars I have had, but newest other vehicle is 2018.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Just like the steering TSB - they are not required to duplicate the issue. They are instructed to FIX IT if you simply complain. There's no "replicate" to it. They need to READ that TSB - if the customer complains, do this.
Mine was picked up 11/2019. It never did the HVAC thing until our drive to and then from CO - and it was hot. Otherwise I never noticed it until then. And when it did it, it was brief, not 30 seconds, still, my habit is to keep things up to date, current, as far as any flash or software.
While I get that this is the way these TSBs read, wouldn’t any technician (or any other troubleshooting like minded person) want to replicate the issue so they can verify it’s fixed versus just throwing parts at something?
