Severe Bubbling Paint and Out of Warranty

[AusJeep]

No not wrecked. The PO must have taken it to a dealer for something with a Tazer insstalled and the aux battery deleted. I argued until I was blue in the face with Jeep Cares that a mechanical/electrical modification shouldn't void the entire warranty. But the dude was not giving in. I think Stellantis just doesn't give a crap. BTW, my JTM is the same color as yours. You have excellent taste! LOL!

If it really was only a Tazer and aux delete, that seems ridiculously restrictive of your warranty rights. If that was the case, you wouldn't see any modified Jeeps getting any warranty work whatsoever. There must be causation between the modification and the fault.

Taking everything I say with a grain of salt since I'm Australian, but is arguing with Jeep Cares really your only option? Have you made this case out to the dealer that sold you the Jeep? Otherwise, do you know of any statutory guarantees that you could rely on arising from the contract between yourself and the dealer?

Perhaps the States really is so anti-consumer, but I would be surprised given how heavily you guys like to mod your Jeeps. As with most things, I guess it depends whether you'd rather spend your time to argue it, or your money to fix it.

Best of luck.

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[Hootbro]

If there was a moment to fight and claw back any resemblance of a warranty, it was with the prior owner. The OP buying it used cannot claw back something he never had.

 

[AusJeep]

If there was a moment to fight and claw back any resemblance of a warranty, it was with the prior owner. The OP buying it used cannot claw back something he never had.

There are many jurisdictions where manufacture warranty is transferable to the new owner, as it is tied to the vehicle and not the purchaser. Particularly so when resold through a dealer.

OP may very well have a warranty on this basis, and the time to distinguish the root cause of corrosion from any prior modification is now.

It all depends on looking into your jurisdiction (state and federal), because the dealer and Jeep will always try to rely on plausible deniability to stiff the consumer.

 

[Hootbro]

There are many jurisdictions where manufacture warranty is transferable to the new owner, as it is tied to the vehicle and not the purchaser. Particularly so when resold through a dealer.

OP may very well have a warranty on this basis, and the time to distinguish the root cause of corrosion from any prior modification is now.

It all depends on looking into your jurisdiction (state and federal), because the dealer and Jeep will always try to rely on plausible deniability to stiff the consumer.

Contracts do not reset or revive based on a new purchaser. If FCA revoked the warranty with the previous owner, it follows the vehicle to successive owners. Reasons for the original warranty revocation are between that owner then and FCA.

Only wildcard to this is if the OP'S selling dealer implied in writing that manufacturers warranty were still in affect unknowingly the revocation prior. Then that is a issue between the OP and his selling dealer to resolve to satisfaction of the OP.

 

[AusJeep]

Contracts do not reset or revive based on a new purchaser. If FCA revoked the warranty with the previous owner, it follows the vehicle to successive owners. Reasons for the original warranty revocation are between that owner then and FCA.

Only wildcard to this is if the OP'S selling dealer implied in writing that manufacturers warranty were still in affect unknowingly the revocation prior. Then that is a issue between the OP and his selling dealer to resolve to satisfaction of the OP.

It isn't about reviving the previous owner's contract. The law provides for a statutory floor of rights that are implied into every contract . Without checking the rights owed to you, it would be misaligned to assume a second owner has no rights at all.

A warranty for vehicles is rarely revoked in its entirety. Sure, maybe a snorkel revokes warranty for the engine, but to deny a corrosion claim would be an overreach. OP indicated Jeep has an issue with the Tazer and Aux delete, therefore any revocation of warranty applies to those components and their associated parts.

Knowing as a general principle that vehicle manufacture warranty can be transferable, and that warranty is rarely voided in its entirety, it is by extension that corrosion warranty may still apply to a used owner.

Likewise, a purchase from a dealer for a preowned vehicle carries with it implied statutory rights of quality for certain periods of time irrespective of manufactuer warranty. The flexibility of those rights and whether it exists at all is again a matter of jurisdiction. In Australia, it is an assessment of reasonableness. Our consumer rights laws will be much more robust than stateside, but nevertheless you will have them too (i.e. Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and applicable State laws).

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