Land Rover Defender TD4 w/ snorkel
Posted on 01/05/2021 7:54:36 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
Should Jeep honor the warranty on this Gladiator? Or did the owner abuse the vehicle over and beyond normal use?
Pictures at the link.
Isn’t Jeep owned by the Chinese?
Italians make nice shoes, but I wouldn't wear them hunting.
Fiat-Chrysler
Depends.
What do Jeep ads advertise it as?
I’ve seen ads showing them driving vehicles through mud and other rough terrain as if they are built to handle an6thing.
If they are going to advertise it as such, then people will do such.
IMO, then, the company is liable or should be charged with false advertising.
I think that if the owner is a man, then Gladiatrix is the wrong handle.
I have an 85 CJ8 Scrambler w/ MT’s.
Let’s rock.
I would dig a bit deeper into that. Seems to me that Fiat has Chinese ties.
Land Rover Defender TD4 w/ snorkel
Check out Steve Lehtos video on Fiat “Lifetime” warranties.
I am not an expert, but I tend to agree with AAC.
When you think of a Jeep, you think of a vehicle that can handle extreme conditions. And it sounds like there’s a huge litany of problems that came from some mud?
Seems off to me. But then again, I’m no expert.
Maybe Jeep should see about putting some protective shielding under its important parts; I realize it will make it heavier.
But as another person said, you don’t buy a sleek sports car and then go four-wheeling in the dirt, grass and mud.
Exactly! Meant to ping you to #13 but I couldn’t remember your “handle.” :)
‘No no, we said you get the IMAGE of a car that can go through mud, not the reality. What do you think you get for 60 grand? “
Actually I think Chrysler just sold an interest to Peugeot. As well as Fiat.
Honor the warranty.
In all of these commercials they show trucks doing these crazy stunts - and there’s fine print on the screen saying “Do not attempt”. Mixed messages if you ask me.
Modern jeeps are living off a long-dead reputation for toughness in my opinion
There is one Jeep advertisement that just blows me away. It’s a picture of a gladiator towing an RV. Jeep claims that they can tow 7000 pounds. But the rear end of that little truck is sagging of a good 6 to 12 inches as the trailer is hitched to the back of it. It does not appear to have a weight distribution hitch on it. If someone were to actually drive that Jerp towing that trailer, it would be extremely extremely dangerous.
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