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No, you just sit there and take it without at least asking. It's a negotiation. Do you just walk into a dealer and buy cars at full sticker while getting pissed at everyone else getting a deal? No? You get what you ask for. Like someone else posted earlier: It's a business, not a charity. They...

Just to close-out this discussion... Some good news and I'll let this one go. Service writer called and said the manager agreed the pricing on parts was somewhat high. Offering me some future service credit. Not a lot, but at least they agree that total is kind of crazy for batteries...

I've worked with them before, and they have given me a deal when they knew I could just come by and take the truck elsewhere. What changed? "Oh, gee, tough luck it's not running... We'll charge you full MSRP this time." It's this opportunistic bullsh*t that pisses people off, and they deserve...

It's the MSRP that gets ya. Mopar doesn't even sell parts at that price; it's literally just so the part dept can say "oh, that's just how much they are!"

They added $252.71 over the MOPAR-markup. What's that MOPAR+?

Especially when you can't get it to a parking lot. At the time also didn't want it at my house DOA with no clue what broke just to have to tow it again somewhere else. Once the dealer had it, I would have paid $290 to tell me what needed to be fixed, pay a tow truck to take it somewhere else...

Yes, I have the same. I would have been cool with anything under $1K and just written it off as a $500 convenience fee for not having to hassle with it. I'd consider under $800 a good deal. $1,350 is a "because we can" price.

For the record, I can change a battery myself and don't need a life lesson, thank you very much. Just trying to warn people to stay away from this particular dealer. BTW - it's hard to play auto mechanic when you have to immediately go to work and need the vehicle back ASAP.

Who's asking for charity? I'm just pointing out the very common and well-known fact that some dealers have predatory pricing to intentionally gouge customers. Informing people to avoid a particularly bad example is not "socialism." If I demanded YOU pay for it through taxes because I think you...

Sounds about right. I think in my old posts you can still see where a tech at this same place forgot to put the cap back on the coolant reservoir after an oil change causing it to overheat when boiled out and painted the entire engine and underside pink. Told they'll refill it free and good to...

Paid $83 for $10 worth of rivets and $99 for a $25 fuse. Yes, indeed - Screw them. Lesson learned.

More of a warning for those in a panic when they get stuck with a dead Jeep: Check the batteries first.

Plus no lawmakers thinking about what this does to the used car market. Many perfectly serviceable vehicles will be scrapped when all of this fancy expensive tech stops working and you can't register the thing anymore. Look at how many cars get totaled or get slapped with a salvage title just...

This would have been my usual course of action (including the post-fix watering hole, LOL) but symptoms of when it died had me stumped because not familiar with ESS systems. Assumed it might be more than the battery because it died without warning, I couldn't jump start it, just lit up every...

The aux battery that just got tossed for my repair probably offset the environmental benefit of several vehicles having the feature. On that note, I would buy PHEV Gladiator paired with the V6 in a heartbeat, which would have had an immediate benefit to eliminate emissions for most of my...

LOL! No worries. It's my default mode as well. Just wish I thought of the ESS when it died on me. I've been using a Tazer to switch that off for so long I forgot the truck had ESS! Towing up mountains and back with lots of high RPMs, no sign of battery issues up until then, and the way it...

Mainly curious to see what others paid. Was having a bad day, just needed it fixed. And yes, I did agree to it over the phone, but... was kind of expecting a laundry list of stuff for that money, not a couple batteries, a fuse, and a handful of rivets. Hard to think straight after waiting 2...

They tried, LOL. That was the "discount."

Let this be a lesson to everyone - don't trust Jeep dealers. Glenn E. Thomas Jeep in Long Beach, CA just charged me the following to repair a non-op ESS system that left me stranded: Fuse - $99 Battery x1 - $454 Battery x1 - $240 Push Pin x4 - $31.80 Rivet x4 - $51.20 Labor - $375 I needed it...

Sounds familiar - When new, my rear window was creaking and developed a leak. First time I took it off discovered everything was gorilla-tight like someone took an impact wrench to the thing! Sealed the window by filling the gap with silicone and put it back on with bolts just a 1/2 turn past...