The last few dead pumps reported here had folks being talked to about buy backs almost immediately by the factory. At that point, you are likely going to lose money vs trading in at a dealer with a rare diesel that is “running”. I’ve already mentally prepared to go that route more than once, I’d probably get an appraisal from CarMax then use that at a dealer group such as autonation if their offer is too low.
I’d still be willing to bet that magnetic metal in your fuel filter is just a tell tell that the end is near.
If they’ve played games with us for a year only to do a buy back, then I will definitely be suing. I could have sold my truck at the beginning of this thing for a good price. I certainly would not have spent another dime on it. I don’t think it’s going to come to that.
The buy back is happening for people who have a dead pump in the last few months from what I've read. Let's say mine goes in tomorrow with a dead pump, because they know it'll take longer than the 30-days to be deemed a lemon, Jeep has been reaching out and initiating a "good faith" buyback within a week of confirmed dead pumps. I am sure there will be lawsuits, but the only people getting anything from those will be the lawyers we are appointed as class actions and the ones Stellantis and/or Bosch use to CTA. Right now, we are just getting the shaft.
At a macro level, I doubt they will act upon any demand letter sent from the customer level. Their eventual response to the situation will be a all at once press release and not a piece meal out response, especially if they have not formulated a final fix plan.
