kj may be toast

[sideshowant]

hey all! i have an 05 renegade with the 6 speed ******. i noticed that it's making a knocking noise coming from the bottom of the engine kinda like two spoons clapping. it gets louder and faster as the idle goes up. not a very good thing. so i had it towed to the local jeep dealer. my question is does'nt it come equiped with 7 year 70000 mile warranty? it only has 41000 miles on it. the dealership is telling me it had the 3 year 30000 mile warranty. i had an 05 sport and it had the 7/70. i don't get it. i tried to contact chrystler but they're closed. any sugestions or opinions would be helpful.

thanks.

 

[Marlon_JB2]

He's full of crap. It's covered by the 7/70. They just want cash $$$$ so they can make more $$$$ off of the repair. Ask him for the VIP Summary Report and see what he says.

... the only way I can see this not happening is if you bought it used and never transferred the warranty.

 

[Dave]

05 MY has 7/70000 DRIVETRAIN warranty. You should be covered like Marlon says.

Dave.

 

[tjkj2002]

You don't need no stinking warrenty

Mine was out of technically out of warrenty at mile 3laugh.gif.


Like Marlon said if you bought it used and didn't pay the 7/70,000 transfer fee you don't have it.

 

[J-Thompson]

He's full of crap. It's covered by the 7/70. They just want cash $$$$ so they can make more $$$$ off of the repair. Ask him for the VIP Summary Report and see what he says.

... the only way I can see this not happening is if you bought it used and never transferred the warranty.

I dont think you can transfer it
We asked a while back when we were thinking about selling ours and IIRC they told us no it was not transferable so the couple who were thinking about buying it said no
I could be wrong
we have ~14K or 2 years of warranty to go then it becomes "mine"

 

[SAF16055]

I'd get a second opinion from another dealership...

 

[kj924]

I bought my 04 from a private car lot, and was able to transfer my remaining warranty of 5 yrs/100 kilometer Gold Plan Warranty at no charge.

 

[Marlon_JB2]

I dont think you can transfer it
We asked a while back when we were thinking about selling ours and IIRC they told us no it was not transferable so the couple who were thinking about buying it said no
I could be wrong
we have ~14K or 2 years of warranty to go then it becomes "mine"

It depends on which one you have.

Several Powertrain Warranties have been offered on the KJ.

3/36
7/100
7/70
Lifetime

The 7/100 is the one I don't think is transferable...

 

[sideshowant]

thanks for the replys. i'm going to be contacting chrystler to find out where i really stand. i don't trust the dealerships.

 

[ChiefRudy]

It depends on which one you have.

Several Powertrain Warranties have been offered on the KJ.

3/36
7/100
7/70
Lifetime

The 7/100 is the one I don't think is transferable...

THe 7/70 or 7/100 warranty. Do either of them just come with the kj when you buy it new? I ask becuase when I bought my KJ the dealership never offered or spoke of a 7/70 or 7/100 power train warranty. So far as i know I got a 3/36 bumper to bumper.

Thanks

 

[vaughan1966]

I bought my 05 last year with 29000 mile on, The 7/70 is TRANSFERABLE !! The catch is you have to do it in 30 days or ( I think ) 250 mile... Which ever comes first. I think its about 200 bucks to do this but for the money its good insurance for a couple of more years/mile...

hope this helps

 

[Marlon_JB2]

I believe the transfer fee is $150 and you have to do it within 30 days. there is only a 3/36 on any and every 2006 kj. also the lifetime warranty isn't transferable either.

 

[sideshowant]

just wanted to update ya's on my situation. i'm screwed, plain and simple. just got of the phone with chrysler and apparently my jeep only came with the 3/36. i don't get it cause last year i had an 05 sport which had work done to it under the 7/70. now that i've upgraded to the 05 renne it doesn't have the 7/70. does this make any sense to anyone?

 

[maverick7321]

just wanted to update ya's on my situation. i'm screwed, plain and simple. just got of the phone with chrysler and apparently my jeep only came with the 3/36. i don't get it cause last year i had an 05 sport which had work done to it under the 7/70. now that i've upgraded to the 05 renne it doesn't have the 7/70. does this make any sense to anyone?

Yup for if you are the second owner and did not transfer the 7/70 to you with the $150 fee then you only have the 3/36 or if you are the third or after owner then no transfer was available to you so you still only have the 3/36.

Image about the warranty from the 2005 Jeep KJ manual:

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[sideshowant]

hey all! great news, my kj is not toast, but it had a close call. the problem was a defective oil filter. the oil pressure wasn't rising up high enough. this may have already been discussed here but please do yourselves a favor and never buy fram oil filters. after i head that was the problem with my jeep i did some research and wahla fram oil filters are known to be junk and have failed before. so even though i just paid $200 bucks for an oil change it's definitely better than $2000+ for a new motor.

 

[fouros]

dammm

good result though mate

 

[JeepJeepster]

Glad to hear it wasnt an engine. Hopefully it didnt starve the engine of oil and destroy it.