In a word. - roger.lail
In a word. CRAP. So this is my third JD Byrider car. I purchased my first vehicle back in 2006. My first vehicle was a Chevy Tahoe. Paid it off and never had an issue till someone hit me and totaled the car. Went back to the same dealership and same salesman Donnie (rest in peace) and purchased a Cadillac SRX. I loved that car. It was absolutely flawless. But such as my luck, someone hit me going 65mph while I was sitting at a dead stop in traffic. Insurance totaled the car. Called good ole Donnie again (rest in peace), and Byrider put me in another car and moved the small amount I still owed after the insurance settlement over to the new car. So now, I've had this 2013 Jeep Cherokee for almost 3 years, and it's spent the majority of its time in service. The first couple of months, the car made this obnoxiously loud whining noise that rattled the whole car every time you ran the a/c. I took the car to Byrider, and they inspected the car and said they couldn't "recreate the issue." I took the car to an actual garage for a second opinion. That garage diagnosed the problem as someone filled the a/c coolant to almost double its required operating levels. The system was purged and recharged, and not only did that issue never happen again, but whataya know, ICE COLD AIR!
For the next 18 months, the car would just randomly shut off. I would be driving on the highway, take my foot off the gas to slow down, and the car would just die. This cost me a fortune in towing bills as I had to have the car towed to Byrider Colerain at least 4 times. Each time I was told they "couldn't recreate the issue." That March, I took a job with the railroad and had to go to Georgia for training. Byrider paid for a rental and had the car for a whole month. They called Chrysler for help, and they were told to replace the cam shaft position sensor and the crankshaft position sensor. That did fix that problem.
Fast forward to the past 6 months, and now that the car is out of warranty, all new issues have started that have cost me over $5000.00 in repairs. I've been getting this P06DD code for over a year now. "Oil pressure sensor stuck in the off position." I took the car to Byrider, and they had the car for 2 weeks repairing a coolant leak. When I got the car back, there were no check engine lights. Two days later, I'm driving along and boom, another check engine light. I take the car to Auto Zone to have the code read. And whataya know, P06DD "oil pressure sensor stuck in the off position." I called Byrider, reported the check engine light, and dropped the car off on Thursday. I called every day until they finally finished the car the following Wednesday. I was told they installed a new oil sending unit. That's right, not the oil pressure sensor, the oil sending unit. I got the car back 4 days later (this is just a few weeks ago), and now the check engine light is on again. Guess what? P06DD "oil pressure sensor stuck in the off position." Mind you, every time this happens, it puts the car in limp mode. Anyway, I called Byrider again, this time, I raised 9 kinds of xxxx and told them I needed the car back the same day and not to schedule me an appointment unless they could accommodate my schedule. Which they did. I dropped the car off at 9 am. the following Wednesday, July 17, 2024, and I called later that afternoon to see if the vehicle was finished. Kyla put me on the phone with Larry, the mechanic, who told me the engine is blown. Larry said he would turn it into the warranty company to see if they would replace the engine as the history with this issue goes back almost 2 years. Of course, the warranty company denied the claim. Strange thing is when I dropped the car off, it was running super smooth with the exception of the check engine light. Now there is a loud, screeching metal on metal grinding noise and even weirder than that, the car is missing 3 lug nuts off the passenger, rear tire, and 2 from the passenger front tire.
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