F37 Recall Nightmare

[Marlon_JB2]

So my Jeep ran perfectly yesterday. I filled the tank up, and everything seemed fine.

I also reported 24MPG on a light pedal city run.

Until I parked it, and went back to school. I only averaged 24MPG highway. Quite pathetic and back to the days when my mileage.... sucked.

So I parked it thinking they dropped the pressure in my tires since they did a vehicle inspection.

Started it up today, everything sounds fine. Park - Reverse - Back out of space - Go!

Jeep struggles to move. Weird I think, but I've never driven it with a cold start since the F37.

Then I get to a stop sign... boom... engine shakes, rattles and STALLS!!!!!

The oil light comes on. I just did an oil change, and it's not leaking... that can't possibly be the problem. I start the engine back up, runs fine. I park in front of my building since I'm going to load in some stuff... stalls again. The engine is warm now, and it no longer stalls, it just tries to stall.

Marlon is not pleased and I don't want my Jeep back until it's running perfectly.

 

[popeyebedford]

F37 nightmare response

That is exactly what I fear will happen to my baby. When I handed the service chief the notice, and he began to read it I got the distinct impresseion it was the first time he'd seen the F37 notice.

If all the wrench knows is pulling parts and sticking them in I may have a similar experience.

I've got half a mind to back out. I've got a 7 year 70,000 mile powertrain warranty. Ifit breaks THEN I'll let a wrench at it. But to deliberatley dissassemble a perfectly good jeep really seems dumb.

 

[clark_bailey]

not the problem

The problem you are describing is not the f37 recall. I have the same problem from time to time and I have not had the f37 recall done yet. My dealer says it is the egr, due to a code thrown that he can identify. I will wait and see if the f37 corrects my stall when cold going in reverse or not. If it fixes it great but I think it is snother problem all together.

 

[the_titan]

Sure sounds like your EGR tube to me. It is a very common problem, though usually on an older car than that. Everytime I have had the putter putter stall from an EGR it has been after 50,000 miles and tends to recur in that interval. I got out of it on one of my cars when I had the Dodge dealership install a new battery cable for me and they did not properly connect it. Popped off, sat on the EGR, spark and BOOM. Car was on fire and power was on the fritz since it was no longer connected to the battery...all about 500 ft from the dealership. I just killed it, rolled into a parking lot and walked my ass back into that dealership furious. The shop manager, who I had interacted with the whole time, sees me come in and goes, "something wrong?" I told him, "yeah, it's on fire right over there" and point to a smoking hulk within eyesight and he runs straight into the cashier's office and tells her to get me a rental, then takes off to put out my car-b-que. Umm, free EGR hose replacement, though

 

[popeyebedford]

Title F37 nightmare threw me...

completely miss read your post....

 

[Marlon_JB2]

None of this explains the transmission slipping.

 

[JeepJeepster]

None of this explains the transmission slipping.

Sounds like the torque to me. was it trying to move forward when you were sitting still? Or did the engine just die?

I would take it back to the dealer that did the recall. Sounds like they screwed something up. :-k

 

[Marlon_JB2]

I'm not even going to think about this today.

But tomorrow is different.

Start saving up bail money.