ATTENTION - 2014 Wranglers have bad oil leak problems!
05-16-2014, 11:50 AM
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05-16-2014, 11:53 AM
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This guy creates profiles here, Jeepforum, and Wranglerforum posting the same sky is falling kind of warning with his first post ever. What an idiot. 1 part breaking on 1 jeep isn't grounds for a recall.
05-16-2014, 12:16 PM
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As I think I mentioned:
1) This is NOT repairable on the trail. This piece is buried under the intake manifold. It is a four hour shop job. What are you going to do, disassemble the entire top end of your brand new Wrangler in the middle of the desert? What are you going to do then?
2) Not a single issue with the 2011-2013 piece. None. Nada. Zero. This is obviously related to the 2014 redesign of the oil filter/cooler system.
3) We aren't even out of the 2014 model year, and there are already a dozen Wranglers that people have actually taken the time to post that they had the issue, as well as a couple of Cherokees and even a Durango. This is not one part breaking on one vehicle. As the weather gets hotter, and people pile the miles on their 2014's, there are going to be thousands of people with this issue.
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05-16-2014, 12:19 PM
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1) There are 15 INTERNET POSTS where people were pissed enough to take the time to post that they had the failure. This is a tiny fraction of the actual number of occurrences. The 2014 model year isn't even done yet, most people have barely driven their 2014s, and they have not driven in hot weather in most of the country. 2) As I pointed out, there were ZERO failures of this part 2011-2013, and there is no reason the part should fail now, other than poor design or poor manufacture. It has no mechanical stresses on it, at all, period. The reason for the cracks must be thermal. As anyone who knows plastics will know, heat is the enemy of plastic, and if there are people with just a few thousand miles seeing this issue, five or ten years from now this will be a well known black eye on Chrysler's face. If you own a 2014 and go to sell it, people will avoid it like the plague unless Chrysler comes out with a new part, and does a recall. Who wants to risk a major oil leak on a long trip or a backcountry excursion?
What happened to the days when men had "a pair" and complained to their wives first? Or the dealership that sold them the "ticking time bomb"? Not anymore. First thing...start a thread about it on every relating forum in the world. Hell, for all we know, you probably started 15 threads about it on separate forums and now it seems like "15 related issues". Haha.
But, if it is a problem, I'm glad. The 14 owners should have to go through the some issues like the 12 owners have. Haha. It's only fair.
05-16-2014, 12:29 PM
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Dude, how many people who take their Chrysler 300 to the dealer for an oil leak do you think post up on an internet forum about the issue? None. They don't know their dipstick from a hole in the ground, and they aren't going to be anywhere they couldn't call a tow truck anyway.
As I think I mentioned:
1) This is NOT repairable on the trail. This piece is buried under the intake manifold. It is a four hour shop job. What are you going to do, disassemble the entire top end of your brand new Wrangler in the middle of the desert? What are you going to do then?
2) Not a single issue with the 2011-2013 piece. None. Nada. Zero. This is obviously related to the 2014 redesign of the oil filter/cooler system.
3) We aren't even out of the 2014 model year, and there are already a dozen Wranglers that people have actually taken the time to post that they had the issue, as well as a couple of Cherokees and even a Durango. This is not one part breaking on one vehicle. As the weather gets hotter, and people pile the miles on their 2014's, there are going to be thousands of people with this issue.
As I think I mentioned:
1) This is NOT repairable on the trail. This piece is buried under the intake manifold. It is a four hour shop job. What are you going to do, disassemble the entire top end of your brand new Wrangler in the middle of the desert? What are you going to do then?
2) Not a single issue with the 2011-2013 piece. None. Nada. Zero. This is obviously related to the 2014 redesign of the oil filter/cooler system.
3) We aren't even out of the 2014 model year, and there are already a dozen Wranglers that people have actually taken the time to post that they had the issue, as well as a couple of Cherokees and even a Durango. This is not one part breaking on one vehicle. As the weather gets hotter, and people pile the miles on their 2014's, there are going to be thousands of people with this issue.
05-16-2014, 12:33 PM
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The title pisses me off. I have a 14 rubicon with 9000 miles and it does not leak a drop of oil. change the title so you have some credibility. should read something like this " my 14 wrangler has an oil filter mount issue does yours?" Saying 2014 wranglers have bad oil leak problem kills cred.
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