I Made A Mistake I Bought A (Lemon) Jeep

Hi there, my name is Teg, I live in Australia and in October 2013 I bought a new Jeep Grand Cherokee for $60,000.
This was a BIG mistake as it has been a lemon Jeep from the day I got it.
It’s had numerous issues and has been towed a number of times.
I no longer trust it to transport my family safely
I recorded this song and made this music clip out of frustration, as the dealer and Fiat Chrysler Australia have basically told me to bugger off.
I'm not the only person who has experienced major issues with Fiat Chrysler Australia… in fact, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) had so many people complain to them, that they took action in September 2015 and announced sanctions against Fiat Chrysler Australia.
One guy even tore his new Jeep apart using excavators and then set it on fire in frustration of the way he was treated by the dealer and Fiat Chrysler Australia. He also setup a facebook page to keep the pressure on the government to introduce stricter laws to hold companies like this resposible for the supply of safe and reliable vehicles in Australia.
See the Destroy My Jeep website here: http://www.destroymyjeep.com
See the Destroy My Jeep Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/destroymyjeep
There are also two lobby groups in Australia who are pushing for the introduction of lemon laws to protect the consumer
Lemon Laws 4 Aus: http://www.facebook.com/lemonlaws4aus
Lemon Vehicles in Aus: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LemonVehicleInAus/
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oritteroposays...

I don't think Jeeps ever had AMC branding here, before Chrysler bought AMC they were just Jeep, but like he says there are plenty of other reliable choices he could've made (Toyota Hilux for instance, Top Gear proved that the old ones were virtually indestructable).

newtboysaid:

*quality screw you to Chrysler...should have gone old school and bought an AMC Jeep, they're bomb proof!

newtboysays...

Odd. Do you know who made the motors in 1970 through 87 there? Still "Jeep"?
That wasn't the case in America, where Jeep was never it's own company.
Here in America, that (70-87) was the AMC years, coming after Kaiser (in 1953, first called Kaiser-Fraiser, then Willies, then Kaiser-Jeep), which all came after the Willies Overland company, who essentially copied the Bantom design for the military in early WW2, then made civilian Jeeps for years under the Willies name.
In my opinion, any Jeep made after they switched to rectangular headlights and plastic (early 80's) isn't worth having.
I have a 73 CJ-5 that came stock with a 304 AMC V-8 (and now has a 360 AMC V-8 from a donor Wagoneer). It's an unstoppable trail monster, but too hard on my back for me to drive any more.

I hope you guys get a decent lemon law out of this. He wrote a good campaign song for the bill right here.

oritteroposaid:

I don't think Jeeps ever had AMC branding here, before Chrysler bought AMC they were just Jeep, but like he says there are plenty of other reliable choices he could've made (Toyota Hilux for instance, Top Gear proved that the old ones were virtually indestructable).

oritteroposays...

There weren't Jeeps here until 1994 when Chrysler returned to Australia, before that I think there were only a few antique Willys Jeeps (actually Jimbo's big bag'o'trivia says they were still making them until the 1980s, but I don't ever remember seeing a new one and can't confirm it).

Our consumer protection laws are generally stronger than in the U.S., but I do see the point of a lemon law, particularly since cars are so much more expensive here.

newtboysaid:

Odd. Do you know who made the motors in 1970 through 87 there? Still "Jeep"?
That wasn't the case in America, where Jeep was never it's own company.
Here in America, that (70-87) was the AMC years, coming after Kaiser (in 1953, first called Kaiser-Fraiser, then Willies, then Kaiser-Jeep), which all came after the Willies Overland company, who essentially copied the Bantom design for the military in early WW2, then made civilian Jeeps for years under the Willies name.
In my opinion, any Jeep made after they switched to rectangular headlights and plastic (early 80's) isn't worth having.
I have a 73 CJ-5 that came stock with a 304 AMC V-8 (and now has a 360 AMC V-8 from a donor Wagoneer). It's an unstoppable trail monster, but too hard on my back for me to drive any more.

I hope you guys get a decent lemon law out of this. He wrote a good campaign song for the bill right here.

spawnflaggersays...

I thought $60k was high, then I realized they were in Australia, so I asked Google to convert: $60,000 AUD = $42,804 USD

still a lot for a lemon, sucks to be him. Definitely go for a Toyota next time.

Stusays...

My Jeep here in the US is a tank. Rolled flipped turned, through a tree...(all off roading mishaps) and the thing barely looks dinged up and runs perfect.

Mordhaussays...

Sadly this seems to be the norm in countries without lemon laws. CBC Marketplace, a Canadian undercover reporting group released a very similar expo on this type of treatment in Canada.

oritteroposays...

He bought it in October 2013, when the exchange rate was $1 US = $1.0569 AUD, so that $A60,000 was really $US56,769.

Cars here always cost at least twice as much as in the U.S.

I don't see how FCA could wriggle out of the fitness for purpose clause of the consumer protection law, but then the ACCC aren't always that helpful - https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/consumer-rights-guarantees/consumer-guarantees

spawnflaggersaid:

I thought $60k was high, then I realized they were in Australia, so I asked Google to convert: $60,000 AUD = $42,804 USD

still a lot for a lemon, sucks to be him. Definitely go for a Toyota next time.

bareboards2says...

My cousin bought a Grand Cherokee, paid the big bucks. It had a rattle in it.

Good Christian woman, very generous, great neighbor, great cousin.

And she gave that dealership hell until they fixed it.

In Oklahoma, you don't want to mess with the Baptists.

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