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Waynesoffroad
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Hope not. The worst part is that it was paid off!
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Fire Fire! My Gladiator burned down
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azmojave
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I agree unless I’m in the desert or forest. I don’t want to be the guy that burned down half a state.
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That's a helluva Car-b-que...too bad you didn't have any hotdogs or marshmallows...
So sorry for your loss and as others have said, hopefully the stealership will come clean and split the cost of replacement with your insurance company...which by the way should have a forensic inspector on staff to look at it very closely to determine where the fire started and whether it was caused by negligence. Then the insurance company will get THEIR lawyers involved and go after the stealership to recoup the cost that they gave you to replace your vehicle. I'd talk to your insurance company again and bring up your concerns.
So sorry for your loss and as others have said, hopefully the stealership will come clean and split the cost of replacement with your insurance company...which by the way should have a forensic inspector on staff to look at it very closely to determine where the fire started and whether it was caused by negligence. Then the insurance company will get THEIR lawyers involved and go after the stealership to recoup the cost that they gave you to replace your vehicle. I'd talk to your insurance company again and bring up your concerns.
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Yeah, I've been debating on putting in a 12 volt disconnect for my winch at the battery. Seeing this makes me think I will.
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Incredible to me that it's like this and it's so true. The fear is real, either mods or a bad service manager, poor tech is just baffling.
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Beautiful silver with those red fuel wheels. I went through a burn with a 1995 Porsche 993 was wiring harness and with all the harness issues with these surprised there is not more burns like these.
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I’m sorry this happened to you. Thanks for posting.
This really bothers me. I mean, cars catch fire, but not on the way home from a dealer who is almost certainly the cause! I say “dealer“, but it’s really one, maybe two people in the service department and likely not the broader organization. Certainly the dealership owner has a lot to lose and doesn’t want this crap.
When rare major screw-ups occur in my (totally unrelated) business its standard operating procedure to do everything to make the client comfortable (like maybe a free loaner for as long as it takes in this case, a big discount on an expedited new order) AND we tell the client which employee(s) have been terminated. No way whoever performed or signed off on that work keeps their job, right or wrong, someone gets fired. We investigate, then we terminate. That’s just how we roll. It protects the culture of quality.
Your video, with a school nearby - I would call a local TV news station. They might jump all over it., to your benefit. And of course send the video with the full story to Jeep Stellantis with a ”cc” to an attorney. Any attorney, can be a buddy, same effect. You are much more like likely to get satisfaction from a “top-down” approach than from the dealer. As astutely posted above, stay off social media on this until it’s behind you - anything you say can screw you up later if you choose to take the legal route.
If this happened to me without massive tangible apologies from the dealership, from Jeep, from Stellantis, I would probably never own a Jeep again. Who am I kidding, my wife would make damn sure we never owned a Jeep again. Trust me I don’t even want to tell her about your story.
For what it’s worth, I‘m not an attorney but I have a lot of professional experience putting the screws to negligent or fraudulent businesses.
The world can be a better place if we fight back.
This really bothers me. I mean, cars catch fire, but not on the way home from a dealer who is almost certainly the cause! I say “dealer“, but it’s really one, maybe two people in the service department and likely not the broader organization. Certainly the dealership owner has a lot to lose and doesn’t want this crap.
When rare major screw-ups occur in my (totally unrelated) business its standard operating procedure to do everything to make the client comfortable (like maybe a free loaner for as long as it takes in this case, a big discount on an expedited new order) AND we tell the client which employee(s) have been terminated. No way whoever performed or signed off on that work keeps their job, right or wrong, someone gets fired. We investigate, then we terminate. That’s just how we roll. It protects the culture of quality.
Your video, with a school nearby - I would call a local TV news station. They might jump all over it., to your benefit. And of course send the video with the full story to Jeep Stellantis with a ”cc” to an attorney. Any attorney, can be a buddy, same effect. You are much more like likely to get satisfaction from a “top-down” approach than from the dealer. As astutely posted above, stay off social media on this until it’s behind you - anything you say can screw you up later if you choose to take the legal route.
If this happened to me without massive tangible apologies from the dealership, from Jeep, from Stellantis, I would probably never own a Jeep again. Who am I kidding, my wife would make damn sure we never owned a Jeep again. Trust me I don’t even want to tell her about your story.
For what it’s worth, I‘m not an attorney but I have a lot of professional experience putting the screws to negligent or fraudulent businesses.
The world can be a better place if we fight back.
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Well at least it's a total loss. No waiting for repair. Now is the time to start documenting every conversation and using E mail as a backup for every phone call. Let your insurance company know how this happened. Your insurance will probably cover this easier and quicker than the dealer. I wonder if this would qualify under the lemon law,,,LOL. Now you can rebuild back, better.
When I got my 2022 a few months ago my ESS did not work. So I put a trickle charger on it and all is OK. Glad the dealer didn't fix it for me. I park in my attached garage. Get a new JT and a new house. Bottom line,,, the tech did something wrong.
When I got my 2022 a few months ago my ESS did not work. So I put a trickle charger on it and all is OK. Glad the dealer didn't fix it for me. I park in my attached garage. Get a new JT and a new house. Bottom line,,, the tech did something wrong.
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Ouch
I really don't have anything to add, but
I am sorry for your loss and hope you get a good settlement with your insurance and can build another one
I really don't have anything to add, but
I am sorry for your loss and hope you get a good settlement with your insurance and can build another one
