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TJ Differential Problem - Advice

My '98 TJ has just under 41K miles and was diagnosed with some form of differential problem. I won't know the extent problem until Monday, whether it's a bearing issue or ring and pinion gears or what (like I'd know the differrence).

What do you think my chances are of receiving any consideration from Jeep/Chrysler/Daimler? With only 41K miles this shouldn't have happened, right? Any suggestions on how to best try to handle this (besides simply handing over my wallet) would be most appreciated.

If it matters, I have the Dana 44 with LSD.

Thanks.

Reply to
Robert Lawkins
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I read in the newspaper several years ago that Chrysler Corporation gave the owner of one of their minivans a new transmission at 60,000 miles. The owner wrote Chrysler and said that it didn't seem right for a transmission to fail with that few miles. Somebody high up in the corporation agreed, and the owner got a new transmission. That was under different ownership though.

Earle

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Earle Horton

hi earle, customer service like that is a true rarity. when it was determined that the 3.0 head gaskets were faulty, toyota replaced many 3.0 v6 engines that had over 100,000 miles on them. voluntarily. here is just one example.

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Reply to
Nathan W. Collier

Guess that's why Toyota is consistently top of the customer satisfactions surveys.

Dave Milne, Scotland '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara

Reply to
Dave Milne

ive owned more toyotas than i have jeeps and while i prefer a jeep over anything, i think every manufacturer could benefit by adopting toyotas customer service guidelines.

Reply to
Nathan W. Collier

Define "anything." It's too bad that they stopped selling FJ40s in the United States, isn't it?

Earle

Reply to
Earle Horton

i would rather drive a swb jeep than any other vehicle on the road. it would be fun im sure, to play around with a viper or another comparable exotic car but when that excitement passed id want my jeep again.

they were fine vehicles. have you seen the modern fj40 concept?

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its a real letdown, although i love the resurrected baby blue.

Reply to
Nathan W. Collier

Same here.

Me, too.

Reply to
The Funny Nathan Collier Parod

Besides, if there really was an automobile price war, Toyota would win. They could afford to give away every third car they sell. Toyota has 55 billions in Cash. No other automotive OEM can claim that.

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Peter Parker

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