you wont believe the cost of jeep spare parts

[steve.zissou]

I have replaced a few panels on my FG ute - mainly as a result of stupid kangaroos and wombats. Nice and cheap and quick to get.

I got a new jeep grand Cherokee recently and had the misfortune to side swipe a tree. Besides the fact that it took 7 weeks to get the car back due to part availability, here are some of the prices for some part according to the smash repairer

passenger side mirror - $3300 (yep - just the freek'n side mirror)
door (metal only) - $2200
side window - $1900

If this is what we are in for with american cars after falcon and commodore go it will be interesting

[mechanic]

This is one of the reasons I got rid of a 100 series LandCruiser and bought a 2007 BF MK11 RTV.
Sounds like they have added too many zeros onto those prices,$3300 for a passenger side mirror ?????????????????????????????????????????????

[EASYBOSS]

you got ripped

[Thunder]

Originally Posted by EASYBOSS

you got ripped

No he did not: Battery (thankfully under warranty) for my Diesel is $1,200 + fitting. Jeep had the car for 2 days to install. Yep

Oh and your lucky you got your parts quick.

Jeep, worst mistake ever.

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by Thunder

No he did not: Battery (thankfully under warranty) for my Diesel is $1,200 + fitting. Jeep had the car for 2 days to install. Yep

Oh and your lucky you got your parts quick.

Jeep, worst mistake ever.

So you didn't actually pay $1200 as it was warranty it just showed on the invoice?
2 days to install a battery, hardly the cars fault.

sounds like your dealer is the problem

[Thunder]

Originally Posted by Bevsta007

So you didn't actually pay $1200 as it was warranty it just showed on the invoice?
2 days to install a battery, hardly the cars fault.

sounds like your dealer is the problem

Let me clarify for you:

13 months old, would not start. Roadside assistance jump started it, stated it was dead battery. I assumed a battery is not covered under warranty, so i range battery stores, they started quoting "interesting" prices and claiming battery changes on this were hard? None had stock anyways.

So i called dealership, they quoted $1211! After i started yelling at them.........they advised its covered under warranty! However i needed to have them "diagnose" the problem first.

Monday morning 10 am the vehicle was hooked up to diagnostics (so they said). 3 hours later they called me to confirm that it was a dead battery. I said ok, can i pick the car up?........NO batteries in stock. Order from Jeep H.O, and i was lucky cause H.O actually had 1 in stock!

Following day at 10 am the battery arrived..........it was ready by 2pm.

Apparently the new diesel model's battery is a bugger to change.

Hope this clarifies my situation

[pottery beige]

You bought a jeep

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by Thunder

Let me clarify for you:

13 months old, would not start. Roadside assistance jump started it, stated it was dead battery. I assumed a battery is not covered under warranty, so i range battery stores, they started quoting "interesting" prices and claiming battery changes on this were hard? None had stock anyways.

So i called dealership, they quoted $1211! After i started yelling at them.........they advised its covered under warranty! However i needed to have them "diagnose" the problem first.

Monday morning 10 am the vehicle was hooked up to diagnostics (so they said). 3 hours later they called me to confirm that it was a dead battery. I said ok, can i pick the car up?........NO batteries in stock. Order from Jeep H.O, and i was lucky cause H.O actually had 1 in stock!

Following day at 10 am the battery arrived..........it was ready by 2pm.

Apparently the new diesel model's battery is a bugger to change.

Hope this clarifies my situation

No it doesn't, you're blaming the car for the battery, which you have been unlucky with. That can happen to any car
You got next day service on a battery, (not 2 days) which normally wouldn't be covered by any car company under warranty for a car 13 months old.
you should be happy
The Battery on the Jeep I think is located under the drivers seat? possibly a little harder to change than normal, but in the whole scheme of things not difficult..

In future a supercharge MF66 720CCA looks to be the battery which you could get for $160-$200 find out where your local dealer is in advance

[Matty4]

Originally Posted by Thunder

Let me clarify for you:

13 months old, would not start. Roadside assistance jump started it, stated it was dead battery. I assumed a battery is not covered under warranty, so i range battery stores, they started quoting "interesting" prices and claiming battery changes on this were hard? None had stock anyways.

So i called dealership, they quoted $1211! After i started yelling at them.........they advised its covered under warranty! However i needed to have them "diagnose" the problem first.

Monday morning 10 am the vehicle was hooked up to diagnostics (so they said). 3 hours later they called me to confirm that it was a dead battery. I said ok, can i pick the car up?........NO batteries in stock. Order from Jeep H.O, and i was lucky cause H.O actually had 1 in stock!

Following day at 10 am the battery arrived..........it was ready by 2pm.

Apparently the new diesel model's battery is a bugger to change.

Hope this clarifies my situation

Mine was slightly different as they couldn't even jump start it.
I watched him replace it, the hardest part would be physically lifting it out from under the drivers seat, but its no more difficult to fit than any other battery in any other car, so they're having a lend of you, again.

Ditch that dealer.

[Matty4]

Originally Posted by Thunder

No he did not: Battery (thankfully under warranty) for my Diesel is $1,200 + fitting. Jeep had the car for 2 days to install. Yep

Oh and your lucky you got your parts quick.

Jeep, worst mistake ever.

My Jeep's battery died in my driveway after being away for a month without it being driven. One call to Jeep Assist and the Allianz guy turned up an hour later and fitted a new battery under warranty for me.
I know it was around the $500 mark.

Your dealer is incompetent, don't blame Jeep or the car for this.

[Thunder]

Originally Posted by Matty4

.......Your dealer is incompetent, don't blame Jeep or the car for this.

Actually i can blame Jeep. In the first 24 months of ownership, it sat at one dealership for 9 months straight getting "fixed" under warranty, all after legal proceedings.

But yes you're right about dealership, but i haven't found a decent one yet in all my dealings.

[Cashie]

I know of two people with Jeeps who've experienced the same issues, exorbitant prices and very long lead time for parts.

[Vesper Martini]

Should have gotten a quote first, that's ridiculous,
or is that what they are charging your insurance company as that tends to make a difference..

[marty351]

Bought a JEEP!

[Ben73]

My local wanted $330 odd for a headlight globe. Then $30 to install.
Saw online a Volvo dealer wanted $800 to replace a globe.
Makes ChryslerJeep look like a bargin.

[XR Martin]

$1000 for the mirror if you get it from the US, bargain

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Jeep-CHRY...item19f3d8a72b

[Jallopy]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

$1000 for the mirror if you get it from the US, bargain

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Jeep-CHRY...item19f3d8a72b

That grand is only for the shell the glass and nut is not included

[XR Martin]

I wonder what the headlight would cost here?

USD$2500
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-OEM-R...item4176e5bb1c

[aussiblue]

$1000 for the mirror if you get it from the US, bargain

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Jeep-CHRY...item19f3d8a72b

No; Chrysler 300 drivers who have to pay similar prices have already found the LHD ones are different so it wont work correctly it won't cover the correct vision area (unless you want to drive from the passengers seat). And Chrysler Jeep will explain that as they make smaller quantities of RHD cars these parts cost them more.

[jpblue1000]

I always thought buying a new car is just the entry price, the real costs come after. And I'm sure its all engineered that way to make the companies money.
The first thing I noticed years ago was the move towards bespoke headlights. remember the old 7 inch round H4 or sealed beam on so many cars. Anyone could buy one from anywhere , but if its sculpted, shaped or just enough different a monopoly exists and the manufacturer can charge what they want. Now the interchange-ability between models and even makes is ever reducing to ensure to keep your car going you have to use OEM stuff until enough are sold and they are old enough that pattern parts become available...but at what reliability price?
Its good business. and they know sometimes we have no option but to pay as most cant afford a 50K +/- to be permanently off the road for a 'only' $3300 part.
But I feel for you a Jeep mirror costs substantially more than my AU Ute and my ute does a lot more than a mirror.
I think we might start to see a backlash in a few years when people start demanding cheaper, easier to repair cars...actually that's not going to happen.

JP

[XR Martin]

Originally Posted by jpblue1000

I always thought buying a new car is just the entry price, the real costs come after. And I'm sure its all engineered that way to make the companies money.
The first thing I noticed years ago was the move towards bespoke headlights. remember the old 7 inch round H4 or sealed beam on so many cars. Anyone could buy one from anywhere , but if its sculpted, shaped or just enough different a monopoly exists and the manufacturer can charge what they want. Now the interchange-ability between models and even makes is ever reducing to ensure to keep your car going you have to use OEM stuff until enough are sold and they are old enough that pattern parts become available...but at what reliability price?
Its good business. and they know sometimes we have no option but to pay as most cant afford a 50K +/- to be permanently off the road for a 'only' $3300 part.
But I feel for you a Jeep mirror costs substantially more than my AU Ute and my ute does a lot more than a mirror.
I think we might start to see a backlash in a few years when people start demanding cheaper, easier to repair cars...actually that's not going to happen.

JP

It will just get to a point where used cars will be worth nothing as it will become too expensive to fix anything on them.
People just dont realise how good we've had it with the repair/parts costs of Falcons and Commodores over the years.

[aussiblue]

I wonder what the headlight would cost here?

USD$2500
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-OEM-R...item4176e5bb1c

Ditto the headlight shine onto the wrong side of the road. And no if you turn them upside down, yes; they will shine on the right side but up into the air blinding oncoming drivers. Ours shine downward to the left LHD headlights shine downwards to the right.

[aussiblue]

think we might start to see a backlash in a few years when people start demanding cheaper, easier to repair cars...actually that's not going to happen.

Perhaps Oz will switch to LHD and we will all drive LHD Chinese junk. We're a minority and that and costs to ship here will always make our cars and parts more expensive.:


Blue= RHD Nations

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by aussiblue

Perhaps Oz will switch to LHD and we will all drive LHD Chinese junk. We're a minority and that and costs to ship here will always make our cars and parts more expensive.:
image

Blue= RHD Nations

Huh...my favourite graphic.
You can add to that the annoying fact we're the only country that treats our drivers like children and won't let them drive brand new LHD cars freely on our roads. That, of course, would have destroyed the local industry years ago...

[hedgehobb]

The parts are located at the world's most remote dealer. Hence expensive and long waits.

[Wretched]

not just Jeep but pretty much any car these days.
You guys tried to replace a windscreen with rain sensing? Doesn't matter which brand you're not looking at anything under $1500.

The mirror, expensive yes, but how many other electronics are in them these days, heated mirrors, side lamps, blind spot indicators, etc.

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by Wretched

The mirror, expensive yes, but how many other electronics are in them these days, heated mirrors, side lamps, blind spot indicators, etc.

Make $150 for one with an indicator on the Fg seem cheap (aftermarket).

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Wretched

not just Jeep but pretty much any car these days.
You guys tried to replace a windscreen with rain sensing? Doesn't matter which brand you're not looking at anything under $1500.

The mirror, expensive yes, but how many other electronics are in them these days, heated mirrors, side lamps, blind spot indicators, etc.

Sorry you are wrong, rain sensing windscreen in my PX Ranger replaced under $350.

[Wretched]

Originally Posted by trublu

Sorry you are wrong, rain sensing windscreen in my PX Ranger replaced under $350.

Good price, i guess it varies across models.
My father's LW2 ST Focus was quoted ~1500 for one. Genuine Ford part too.

[Alan D Segal]

Originally Posted by Wretched

My father's LW2 ST Focus was quoted ~1500 for one. Genuine Ford part too.

Your father's ST Focus =/= all cars. Sorry