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by jbob2000 1954 days ago
Haha, if you think that's bad, try driving a jeep. You don't even have to drive it for it to break!
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This is exactly my experience with the jeep my family had. However, there's a big caveat: the jeep engine itself was perfect. Over the 15 or so years we had it, that engine was solid. Everything else in the jeep failed at some point or another, and had nothing to do with driving. I have a few examples off the top of my head: The heated seats died after a few months. The insides of the car doors became detached because the glue wasn't strong enough. One by one the dashboard knobs all split apart at one point or another. We were a normal family, there were no crazy kids or pets in it that went nuts on the inside. Our jeep just kind of disintegrated around us, and none of the problems had to do with actually driving the jeep. So yes, we didn't even need to drive it for it to fall apart.
The 4.0 liter L6 was a great engine. The 5.2/5.9 liter V8 was almost exactly the opposite of that.
My Jeep Wrangler does not have any physical interference issues regarding seats breaking mirrors and the only issue I have had is the rear main seal started leaking and they happily replaced under warranty at 4 years and 6 months no questions asked.
My jeep has 60k miles and never any issues
Even as an anecdote, that's not impressive.
It is for a Jeep though
Ok? Counter example to “breaks even if you don’t drive it”
"There's only one Jeep" because all the others fell apart.