Engine Replacement @ 500 Miles

[Hemi]

What are the Lemon Laws in your state? Might be a good time to come up to speed on them.

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[mimms123]

My 2014 JK had 15,000 miles on it when the front axle bearings blew... replaced under warranty and I pressed the dealership to extend the original warranty, they did out to 100,000 miles for me! Good luck!

 

[Heinoceros]

nowdays the factory engines come with a wiring harness installed, and there is just one or two giant square plugs to hook it up to the car, so its not nearly as fiddly as it used to be (i am not super familar with the 3.6, but i have replaced several domestic truck engines myself, and they all just come in a big box and they go right in). And replacing an engine while the car is this new is a lot easier, because nothing is seized up and the electric plugs havent hardened from heating and cooling a thousand times. It sucks just to not have the car for that long but dont let it sour you on the car, its really not a terrible thing to have done as long as your are not paying for it.

Anyway, good luck!

 

[JeepCares]

Let me clear up some things.

The coolant light didn't have a gradual buildup. While driving around 70mph down the highway it suddenly went red and gave me an engine coolant warning. When I pulled over there was fluid all over the ground leading me to think it was a cracked radiator (I'm not mechanically inclined).

The dealer was great. They towed it in and called me every couple hours w/ updates. They said it was multiple things before finally having a tech come in today and decide to replace everything (under warranty for sure).

Mainly just frustrated with knowing I now have a $60k vehicle with a non-factory engine.

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[Moab]

Hey everyone. I initially got on the forums to lurk on options for new side steps while preserving my rubi rocks rails; however, recently my engine overheated on the highway at 500 miles. The Jeep was towed to the dealer where it took them three days to diagnose before eventually deciding to replace the whole engine. Now I'm looking at 3 weeks of driving a rental...

Anyone else heard of this yet? Or am I just bad luck?

Sorry that happened to ya. It totally sux.
It’s NEW enough that I think it’ll get straightened out without too much difficulty.
You were a chosen one:-(
I had this happen to me in an Audi Avant back in
‘09, it just hit 50K miles and the block cracked. All aluminum it was a factory deficit. My unlucky part was the standard warranty was done. I had to eat the costs.
Your in way better shape. Hang in there!

 

[MPETE]

nowdays the factory engines come with a wiring harness installed, and there is just one or two giant square plugs to hook it up to the car, so its not nearly as fiddly as it used to be (i am not super familar with the 3.6, but i have replaced several domestic truck engines myself, and they all just come in a big box and they go right in). And replacing an engine while the car is this new is a lot easier, because nothing is seized up and the electric plugs havent hardened from heating and cooling a thousand times. It sucks just to not have the car for that long but dont let it sour you on the car, its really not a terrible thing to have done as long as your are not paying for it.

Anyway, good luck!

Don't think it works that way for Jeep, and I KNOW it doesn't work that way with Ford. When we get brand new, or reman engines, it's just a bare long block. Sometimes they might have timing covers and intake mani on them, but in my 16+ years we have never once had a complete drop in ready engine. I've heard of that with medium and heavy duty truck and equipment engines. But not on everyday passenger car or light duty truck engines.

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