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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004290497 | Incident Date: Jun, 30 2004 |
| Consumer's City: NEWPORT NEWS | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: WRANGLER | Model Year: 1995 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1J4FY19P2SP | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 26 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 31 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I purchased a 1995 jeep wrangler rio grande edition jan 2003. it had 103,000 miles on it and is in great condition. after about 6 months i started to hear a cold engine knocking in the 2.5l engine. i had mechanicls check the lower end and all looked good. i also replaced the oil pump, lifters, pushrods and rocker arms and the noise is still there until the engine warms up. i have researched this problem and have found that there was a problem with the 2.5l, and 4.0l engines that dc produced from 1991 - 1995 which is piston slap when the engines get over 70,000 miles on them. i also found a class action suite against dc concerning this problem and the consumers won with the options of a new engine, good trade in on another car or great discounts on dealer items. i called dc and also wrote a letter about my problem and this law suite. the reply i got was that basicaly sucks to be me and they were not going to do anything for me. this is a manufacture defect and they will not correct this problem. so now i either replace my engine that will cost me over 2,000 or hope and pray when i drive that it will not destroy itself. i am in the coast guard and my jeep is my transportation to and from work and i dont get alot of money that i can just throw around on a new engine when i just bought the jeep last year. if i did not like jeeps so much i would drive it to thier factory and park it there till they fix it. *ak |
