Just got horrible news from the dealer NEED HELP

Why didn't he take the new Jeep and then trade it in for a 4Runner or sell it? Wouldn't he have gotten more money that way?

 

Re read what he wrote, Every year his friend owned the jeep, they subtracted 2k from its value. So he got CASH of the value on his jeep, minus the 3 years he owned it. Which would not be the cost of a NEW jeep. Henceforth he took the money and ran.

 

Not exactly... it worked out that way because he got a killer deal originally.

The settlement was his choice, cash, or a brand new Cherokee.

He wanted 2 things.... his Jeep gone, and to never set foot on another Chrysler/Jeep dealership again.
He didn't want another Jeep, and didn't want to deal with taking a new one and trading it in, since the cash offer was still enough to buy the 4-Runner... he would not have gotten cash back from the trade-in, and he didn't want a Sequoia.

 

I stand corrected good sir, it was I who mis-read, still though he made the best damn choice.

 

Best choice in 2003.

In 2007 when it had 140k on it, he decided he needed something that could tow and traded it in on a Silverado

 

Oh I didn't realize he bought the 4R new in 2003. I thought this just happened recently.

 

Not in the era/state that I am talking about. The choice was mine. The auto in question was in the shop 17 times in the 20 months that I owned it. The root cause of the problems was probably loose body welds coupled with bad brake and AC parts. Dealer went on record saying that my auto had problems they couldn't fix, manufacturer maintanied that my auto had no problems. My attorney stated that since the car actually ran, I was better to pursue arbitration. It had been his experience that, in my jurisdiction, if the problems did not lead to the car "not running" the court system would side with the manufacturer.

I filed for arbitration, not for gain, but for spite. When the manufacturer's attorney flew in (and I knew the firm they used would require flight arrangements), rented hotel room, etc. I cancelled the arbitration meeting 30 minutes before it was to occur and traded the lemon for a nice BMW about 2 weeks later (my second and I have never had issues with BMWs).

Cost the manufacturer more to transport the attorney than it would have for them to made me happy by admitting my car had issues and offering to help me by kicking in a few hundred bucks toward a new model of the same car (which would have been fine with me before their stonewalling began).