1998 Jeep Wrangler

I TOOK THE JEEP LAST YEAR TO GET THE RATTLE FIXED. THEY FIXED IT, BUT ON THE 1/12/02 I TOOK IT BACK FOR THE SAME RATTLE. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY FIXED IT, JUST TIGHTENED THE LINKAGE UP. MY WIFE AND I SPENT 7 HOURS AT LANDERS WITHOUT ANYONE CONTACTING US ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY ALSO BROKE A BOLT OFF IN THE BLOCK THAT HOLDS THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD ON, AGAIN WE WEREN'T INFORMED. OUR WARRENTY COVERED THE EXHAUST PROBLEM, BUT LANDERS SAID THAT THE LINKAGE WASN'T COVERED EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD WORKED ON THE LINKAGE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO COVER ANY REPAIRS THEY MAKE FOR A YEAR, BUT THEY DIDN'T HONOR THIS. WE SPENT 7 HOURS WAITING FOR THE JEEP TO BE REPAIRED. THEY OFFERED US A RENTAL TO GET US HOME, BUT DIDN'T OFFER ANY GAS MONEY OR ANYTHING FOR OUR INCOVIENCE ABOUT DRIVING 150 MILES (ONE WAY). I'M A GUNSMITH AND MAKE $30 A HOUR AND I WAS AWAY FROM MY WORK FOR 20 HOURS BECAUSE OF LANDERS NOT INFORMING ME OF HOW LONG THE REPAIRS WOULD TAKE. NOW I'M BEHIND WITH MY WORK AND HAVING TO WORK16 HOURS A DAY TO CATCH UP. I WOULD LIKE SOME COMP. FOR MY TIME LOST. ALSO MY WIFE WENT WITH ME TO LANDERS AND SAT THROUGH THEIR LIES, AND SHE LOST WORK TIME ALSO. LANDERS IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A FIVE STAR RATING TOWARD THEIR CUSTOMERS. WE WERE TREATED LIKE UNWANTED STEP-CHILDREN. LANDERS DIDN'T OFFER TO SUPPLY US WITH TRANSPORT TO GO GET SOMETHING TO EAT, INFORM US OF THE PROBLEMS WITH OUR JEEP, AND CHARGED US 69.97 FOR LABOR AND 24.97 FOR PARTS, THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE WORN OUT AFTER 27,100 MILES UNLESS THEY DAMAGED WHEN THEY 'FIXED' THE LINKAGES THE FIRST TIME. I KNOW I'M NOT IMPROTANT TO THEM, BUT I BELIEVE THEY DESTROYED THE BUSHINGS THE FIRST TIME THEY WORKED ON THEM, AND BROKE THE MANIFOLD BOLT TRYING TO TIGHTEN IT DOWN CAUSING THEM TO HAVE TO PULL THE HEAD OFF THE MOTOR HEAD OFF THE ENGINE TO GET TO.*AK

MULTIPLE CRACKS IN HEADER(EXHAUST)PIPE COMING FROM ENGINE: MECHANIC SAID SERIOUS PROBLEM, BUT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN SO SOON IN LIFE OF VEHICLE. MULTIPLE MECHANICS HAD NEVER SEEN IT HAPPEN SO SOON IN THE LIFE OF A VEHICLE. 1998 MODEL, FAILURE HAPPENED SOMETIME IN AUGUST 2001. TOLD TO CHECK FOR RECALL INFO ON MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE AND TO MUST GO TO A DEALER TO FIX.*AK

AS I HAVE READ MENTIONED BY OTHERS AT THIS WEBSITE, ABOUT A YEAR AFTER I BOUGHT THE JEEP, MY DASH GAUGES WOULD GO DOWN TO ZERO AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD GO ON. THIS PROBLEM IS A WINTER AND WET-WHETHER RELATED PROBLEM. IF I POUND ON THE DASHBOARD WITH MY FIST, SOMETIMES THE GAUGES WILL RECOVER TEMPORARILY. IF THEY DO RECOVER, THEY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY GO BACK DOWN TO ZERO. I SPOKE WITH A DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY ACTED SURPRISED. I SEE FROM OTHER PEOPLES COMMENTS THAT THEIR ARE NUMEROUS OTHER OCCASIONS OF THIS PROBLEM. I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM UNTIL EARLIER TODAY WHEN A MECHANIC FRIEND OF A FRIEND MENTIONED SOMEONE ELSE WITH THE 1998 JEEP WRANGLER HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I NEED A RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT. HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL ISSUED ON THIS? I HAVE ALSO HAD MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER "CRUMBLE TO PIECES" ACCORDING TO A LOCAL GARAGE. HE SEEMD TO THINK THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. I AM AT A LOSS AS TO HOW TO FIND OUT IF THERE INDEED HAS BEEN A RECALL. PLEASE CONTACT ME.*AK