Bandolero
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If you know you took good care of your jeep…. Drag them through the mud on Twitter or TikTok. I’m not a social media guy but bad publicity seems to make them want to do the right thing.
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This is what I do, as soon as I complete the oil change I update the menu in the truck and post everything in the app.You can also use the Jeep app or the Jeep website to record service done for the vehicle.
AND..........to see the inside the oil pan and to remove the cam covers to see the so called sludge in there........even at 6,000 oil change interval there should be no sludge.I would ask them to prove that is your filter.......
This is mine at 6k ish miles on the oil for reference.Here is the picture they text me.
I hate to jump on Jiffy and sound like I'm dumping on them, but I won't go to any of those places either. My Dad always said learn to take care of your own crap because no one cares about your crap like you do.Where did you had it changed. To get sludge, they might have had skip 1 or 2 filters replacement or even oils. I don't trust any place like Jiffy Lube type of places. They won't turns people away regardless if they has filters instock or not.
I know of one of those places that drained the engine oil and put oil back into........... the transmission.I hate to jump on Jiffy and sound like I'm dumping on them, but I won't go to any of those places either. My Dad always said learn to take care of your own crap because no one cares about your crap like you do.
I change the oil in everything I got - boat, mine and wife's vehicle, Harley, lawn mower and ATV. I have an ATV I bought for hunting brand new in 2010 and I kid you not it looks like it come off a showroom floor and I use it like the tool it's intended for. I bought a zero turn mower in 2008 and only like three of us mow our own lawn where I live but the other two guys have been thru 2 or 3 mowers and mine is like brand new.
A few years ago I had a Ram 1500. I always change my own oil. I own a CPA firm and was running around on 9/15 getting sigs to file my extended corporate returns and I noticed it was time for an oil change. I knew I would be hard pressed to find time to change it myself until after 10/15. I thought it wouldn't hurt just one time letting Jiffy change my oil.
At this time we were still required to go thru emissions to renew our tags and you could not renew if you had a CEL. They change my oil and the next day I had a CEL and my tags were due 9/30. I hook up my scanner and got a code that said "wrong oil." I called Jiffy and they made fun of me and said there was no such code and it may not be the optimal oil but wouldn't hurt anything. They did say come back and they would drain it and replace.
I go back the next day and they do. He hooks up their scanner and he got the same code and he was surprised himself. Fast forward a couple months to November and my wife borrowed my truck and was stranded on the interstate. It was locked up tighter than a drum. Had it towed home and the next day I'm exploring. I removed the valve covers and everything was a weird burnt orange color under everything I removed. Drained the oil (still have it in a bucket) it came out like orange foam.
A buddy came over and suggested I send the oil off for analysis. I did and a short time later I got a call and the guy told me who he was and was with and asked if I knew the difference between my oil plug and trans plug. I assured him I did and he said I didn't because I sent him burnt up transmission fluid additive. It wasn't a heavy trans fluid it was some type of light weight additive.
I paid for a new engine in December and it took me until the next March to get my money from Jiffy but I at least got it.
HISo after all the crap that’s been going one with my Gladiator, turns out I have the have a new engine dropped in. My JT has 58k miles so I was at least happy powertrain would cover it. The deal ship, however, sent me a picture text of black oil on the oil filter and said there was “sludge” in it so it would not be covered in warranty. I’ve always had the oil changes 3k-6k miles but of course my dumb@ss didn’t hold receipts. So $10k later- this is happening. Is there a way I can get them to actually prove MY motor that is now outside of the gladiator actually had this issue? (It’s my daily so I told them to proceed with engine swap). But after reading around I’m worried they are trying to screw me.
I’m 40 years old and know how to take care of a vehicle.
I had been driving a company vehicle and I I pretty sure the same thing happened to it also. Cause the guy said oil was red .I hate to jump on Jiffy and sound like I'm dumping on them, but I won't go to any of those places either. My Dad always said learn to take care of your own crap because no one cares about your crap like you do.
I change the oil in everything I got - boat, mine and wife's vehicle, Harley, lawn mower and ATV. I have an ATV I bought for hunting brand new in 2010 and I kid you not it looks like it come off a showroom floor and I use it like the tool it's intended for. I bought a zero turn mower in 2008 and only like three of us mow our own lawn where I live but the other two guys have been thru 2 or 3 mowers and mine is like brand new.
A few years ago I had a Ram 1500. I always change my own oil. I own a CPA firm and was running around on 9/15 getting sigs to file my extended corporate returns and I noticed it was time for an oil change. I knew I would be hard pressed to find time to change it myself until after 10/15. I thought it wouldn't hurt just one time letting Jiffy change my oil.
At this time we were still required to go thru emissions to renew our tags and you could not renew if you had a CEL. They change my oil and the next day I had a CEL and my tags were due 9/30. I hook up my scanner and got a code that said "wrong oil." I called Jiffy and they made fun of me and said there was no such code and it may not be the optimal oil but wouldn't hurt anything. They did say come back and they would drain it and replace.
I go back the next day and they do. He hooks up their scanner and he got the same code and he was surprised himself. Fast forward a couple months to November and my wife borrowed my truck and was stranded on the interstate. It was locked up tighter than a drum. Had it towed home and the next day I'm exploring. I removed the valve covers and everything was a weird burnt orange color under everything I removed. Drained the oil (still have it in a bucket) it came out like orange foam.
A buddy came over and suggested I send the oil off for analysis. I did and a short time later I got a call and the guy told me who he was and was with and asked if I knew the difference between my oil plug and trans plug. I assured him I did and he said I didn't because I sent him burnt up transmission fluid additive. It wasn't a heavy trans fluid it was some type of light weight additive.
I paid for a new engine in December and it took me until the next March to get my money from Jiffy but I at least got it.
This is my guess as well. I change my own oil for this exact reason. No one will take care of your car like you do. My guess is they changed the oil and left the filter. There have been many cases where people are billed for services that are not performed.Maybe someone changed your oil without changing the filter