Consumer Complaint Detail

JEEP / WRANGLER / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000060004 Incident Date: Jul, 20 2000
Consumer's City: BOYNTON BEACH Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: WRANGLER Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1J4FA49S7YP Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 27 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 30 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: A rattling/grinding noise comes from the transmission when in neutral. when brought to the dealer, they replaced the throw-out bearing. noise reoccured 2 days later and was brought back to the dealer. the dealership claimed they spoke to the engineers at the daimler chrysler manufacturer and the engineers stated that the noise was due to a manufacturing design change of the transmission in the 2000 jeep wranglers and that they used a new transmission oil which is thinner and when the car warms up the oil becomes even thinner and causes the rattling. the dealership also stated that the noise is normal.*ak