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Old Feb 14, 2013 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by eslack32

All 2012's have the 3.6. It's the main reason why I traded in my 2010.
Your right. They started in all 2012s. My bad.
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Old Feb 14, 2013 | 02:06 PM
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Yea my next oil change is coming up. I will definitely let y'all know what they say.
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Old Feb 14, 2013 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by White Ghost
Yea my next oil change is coming up. I will definitely let y'all know what they say.
I say take it in before that. So they can't say you waited too long. It's the dealership they will do what ever they can to not do warenty work on your jeep.
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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 07:43 AM
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I've talked to several people in my area and they said that the 2012 3.6 had radiator, overheating issues the last summer and jeep has to replace lots of heads.
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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by White Ghost
I've talked to several people in my area and they said that the 2012 3.6 had radiator, overheating issues the last summer and jeep has to replace lots of heads.
I belive the autos had trans cooler issues and for the heads the 3.6 had a ticking issue on the drivers side head due to bad milling from the factory.
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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by shabbernigdo

I belive the autos had trans cooler issues and for the heads the 3.6 had a ticking issue on the drivers side head due to bad milling from the factory.
I thought that the bad heads were only on the 3.8s. I know they had bad lifter problems and you always had to make sure you had oil in them. And I thought they fixed a lot of the 3.6 issues with the 2013 jeeps.
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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 04:16 PM
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They may have with the 2013 but I have the 2012 and like I said they seemed to have had that issue in my area
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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Winged
Bad lifters. Mine has one. With the fun loving van motor it like to burn 1qt of oil every 3k. Many people will say this is not normal blah blah blah. Personaly it still runs with the tick. Every time you put in gas check your oil. Odds are you ran it low for too long and it burned a litter. If you got it brand new you have the life time warenty. You just have to prove you or somebody did the oil changes. And before you take it in to the dealer make sure you check the oil and its full. And don't take crap from them. It's a bad motor. They have to replace it.
It is a 12 3.6l
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Old Feb 18, 2013 | 10:26 AM
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Just took it in because there was no oil on the dipstick at all. They were completely confused so now the fun of oil consumption test starts now they want me to come in every 500-1000 miles i will keep y'all posted.
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Old Feb 18, 2013 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by White Ghost
Just took it in because there was no oil on the dipstick at all. They were completely confused so now the fun of oil consumption test starts now they want me to come in every 500-1000 miles i will keep y'all posted.
Man. I hope for your sake they don't void your stuff because you drove your jeep with no oil in it.
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