Thanks bro, my insurance told me that they have to send my case to an specialist because this is something unique,
my jeep has a new vin number that matches the Mexican jeep so technically "this is not my jeep” but the physical evidence says that is my jeep, this is really confusing honestly I don’t know how this is going to end, think about this; now my jeep has a different vin, with different license plates and was imported to mexico and everything was done legally.

 

wow...that really is scary...

 

Mine was under the passenger side door on the outboard side of the frame on my 2010.

Tales like this are why I didn't pay extra for the glass etching when I bought mine. It's clear they can 'adjust' things to fit what they need. As the old saying in regards to theft goes- "If they want it, they will take it"

 

YOU DON'T F*%& WITH A MAN'S JEEP!

If it was my Jeep I would go straight to the top of Chrysler if I had to. You don't want to be waiting around for the local pd to fix this for you brotha. The fact that another member mentioned a vin on the frame is something I would follow up with. I would think those clever thieves couldn't have tampered with it so quickly. Get under that ride with plenty of light, a scrub brush and no shortage of enthusiasm to find that number and win back your pride.

"The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against opposition."

-Churchill

 

The police have code scanners, so unless the pulled the ECU and replaced it, they should just have to plug in and it will show you the VIN also engine block code either way something will not match up. Between that and the VIN's stamped on the frame, and inside the tailgate, it should be a no brainer.

Keep your receipts, make sure you have good insurance, because you never know.

 

On the back of the 3.8L engine, just below the left head parting line, the last eight digits of the VIN appear after the engine serial number.

 

This might be a silly thought but did anyone think about checking the new VIN on Mopars website to see if it is even a valid VIN. If they were able to hack Mopars site they are really sophisticated. Unless they just used another existing VIN although that should have been picked up as a duplicate when the police entered it in the system.

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I just got a call from the detective saying that they were able to prove that it was my jeep, but the detective told me that the guys that stole my jeep were very professionals, they changed all the numbers including the numbers on the frame, engine and the ones that were hidden and those numbers belong to an american jeep from another state. he also told me that this is the most profetional job that he has seen.

I don’t know what is going to happen with the jeep specially now that has differ numbers, I don’t think the insurance is going to be able to remark the jeep but hopefully everything gets fix.
also the detective told me that he is recovering an average of 4 jeeps per day just in the san diego area and the majority have license plates from mexico, so lock your jeep and be carful.

 

Wow - been following this thread. Hope it all works out for you.

Glad I live in Florida - sounds risky to own a Jeep in CA...

 

I'm in GA, but agree 100%!

Hope all gets cleared up!