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Old 06-24-2011, 09:46 PM
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I'd like to thank everyone for the 5 years of community I've found here, but I'm no longer a Jeep owner. My dealer performed Recall L -05 and my '08 JK burned to the ground. My wife picked up the Jeep from the Dealer and got within a block of home, she saw smoke and pulled over. She got out and it burst into flame. Chrysler and the Dealer have made the past month a living Hell. I loved that Jeep. Here's the video my friend took after responding to my wife's frantic call for help.
http://youtu.be/tHCux_LR14E

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I hope the dealership took care of everything for you. That is the least they can do! I just hope they didn't try and pin this one on your wife!
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The Dealership has done nothing. They waited 13 days to talk to me. Thirty days later,
they offered to sell me another @ Invoice. How can I buy another Jeep?
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Holy Crap! I am very sorry to hear about that. I hope the dealer/ Chrysler atleast took care of y'all?

Edit: we posted at the same time but I just read yours and that's bull! How can they not replace it?
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It is truly unbelievable what I've been through. No one has helped me or cares. I'm so disappointed in the Jeep family & brand.
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Have you talked to a lawyers or your insurance? If you make a claim on your policy they will fight if they want to. Let them deal with.
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holy crap glad that everyone is ok.
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I have decided to let my insurance company handle it. I couldn't find a law firm to take the case because unfortunately my wife wasn't injured - their point of view not mine. If my two kids were younger and still in car seats, she would have had to pick which one to save - it happened that fast!
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What was the nature of the recall? What did they say they were fixing? Whats the NHTSA Number?
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