Driveshaft Exploded and My EVAP Canister Caught on Fire
11-02-2010, 05:03 PM
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Driveshaft Exploded and My EVAP Canister Caught on Fire
Was driving my 2007 JK on the highway when out of nowhere my drive shaft exploded. As I was pulling over to the side of the road, smoke was boiling out from under my Jeep. The fire only lasted about 5 minutes (and no my fire exstinguishers were at home). I crawled under the Jeep to find the drive shaft literally melted on the end and my EVAP Canister had exploded and was still smoldering. I only have 17,700 miles on my Jeep so I called Chrysler. They sent out a Critical Claims Investigator within a few days who took pictures and made a report. He stated he had never seen anything like this before and was lucky the Jeep didnt burn to the ground. He also said it was definitely a failure on the drive shaft. So far I am up to $1,100.00. Anyone else ever see or hear of this happening?
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Thats damn scarry! Glad to hear its fixable and you didnt get torched!
11-02-2010, 05:50 PM
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That the bottom side your looking at. The top section is were the plastic burned, plus most of the fire was from the charcoal inside the canister. I took the picture of the bottom because thats where the driveshaft hit it. Thanks though.
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11-23-2010, 07:55 AM
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Well I heard back from Chrysler/Jeep. Even though the representative said it was definitely a failure, Chrysler/Jeep said it wasn't. They basically said you can drive your vehicle down the highway and the drive shaft will fail puncturing your EVAP Canister causing a fire and its not a failure on their part. So I'm out of a job and have no vehicle. Thanks Chrysler/Jeep!!! I will NEVER purchase from you again!!!
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Wow, that's horrible. Sorry to hear they aren't fixing it (yet).. If I were you I'd keep fighting it. If the rep. said it was a failure then use that to your advantage when talking to Chrysler. Hope you get this fixed.