I’ve been thinking of getting a newer Jeep and after looking at many I think…I’ve about had it with EPA, CANBUS, electronic everything, plastic engine parts, etc. My urge seems to be to take a trip OUT WEST…and find a resorted CJ8…..& ride off into the Sunset….with my old tech…,just how I like it….
no sense of adventure Lou
,old technology takes all the fun out of being stuck on the side of the road googling "" my MY2016 + car motor stopped working suddenly ".
at least most US ,pommy and Aussie domestics vehicles up until a few years ago had OBD 2 so the roadside service guys could at least have an idea where to look ,even although 9 out of 10 times it needed a tow anyway , but you know where you stood when you got the repair bill.
OP , here is a good example of how a simple thing can send a newer car into fault code madness and stealers profiteer from it happening.
2019 Mitsubishi Pajero sport , we were cruising along the highway towing the boat when all hell broke loose on the dash board "more blinking lights than the drone spectacular on Sydney harbor when someone set of a RF jammer".
i pulled over and checked under the bonnet and to my surprise with all the whoohar on the dash board i could see no problem , IE: nothing hot , no smoke or bits of shrapnel.
figured WTF , ill just drive slow the next 20 kilometers home and sort it out there.
after lots of googling and giving myself brain damage scratching my head to no end, i decided it was off to the stealer for a ECU check before i stuff something up.
OK ,at the stealer all faults cleared + included service they scammed and one huge bill later to the tune of around $1000 we got the vehicle back.
? am i boring you guys yet
.keep reading anyway.
so we are on our way home from the stealer , we come on the on ramp at the freeway and i sink my boot into it to blend into the traffic , lights come on again ,this time the car goes to limp mode and then we are doing 15 to 20 kilometers an hour for the next 5 kilometers on the freeway , bumper to bumper traffic trying to do 110 kilometers an hour (no where to pull over).
too late to call the stealer and no road side assist.
i managed to nurse the car home in limp / go super slow mode .
get home i decided that being old school and the computer flash at the stealer didn't fix the problem i would start looking for a visible mechanical issue.
after spending a few more hours poking and prodding with a flashlight i found the problem .
you would not believe a tiny blow out hole in a intercooler pipe could cause such a array of blinking to come on a dashboard and send the thing into a dangorous weapon on a crowded freeway.
now we get back to the stealer and the $1000 bill for doing sweet FA ( not a happy camper at this point.
so , i patched the hole with a hose clamp and a bit of old motorcycle tube and drove to the stealer "" mind you its still in go slow mode and blinking madly"" .
the service manager was a real oxygen thief as well as a money thief trying to BS his way though the whole process even after i told him what the issue was and just wanted the ECU codes cleared / flashed to shut the lights off and make it run normal again , so now he is trying to charge $750 for a replacement intercooler pipe free of labor charge as a customer service for all our trouble. no talk of refund for the $1000 he scammed the day before.
pipe retails at local auto parts outlet @ $120 +gst.
90.000 kilometers later and the car has not been back to the dealer for anything and never will be .
new cars !
