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Chrysler extends warranty for pentastar heads (2011, 2012, and early-2013 )

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Is this head issue limited to only US vehicles? I saw that it only referred to US dealerships.
 
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What is the issue with the heads? Is it specific to 2012's?
 
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Very good news for a '12 owner still with the original head!!!
 
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Yup, so any 2013's built in the summer of 2012 (prior to July 25th) have the AB heads (which were still bad). After that, all JK's got the AC heads. I can't remember when the cut-of was for the AA heads....sometime in the early summer of 2012 as well.
 
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Since they chose not to do a recall, it seems the only prudent action they could take.

A few very angry, just out of warranty, consumers could really blow this one up on them with all of the information available on the interwebz...


This gives me some piece of mind.
AGREE!
 
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Thank you for the update.........:thumb:
 
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This is great news! Just had my head replaced in April. I was never impressed with the performance of my pentastar engine. I thought replacing the head would help. 500 miles on the new head and no change. Runs like it did before. Sometimes when I take off from a start, it seems to pulse a little. (I am not sure if pulse is the right word) I just know when you put your foot on the skinny petal you expect to start moving smoothly. Not hesitating with a slight sputter. I think a trip back to the dealer is in order. Sorry about my rant.
Just glad to hear this news.
 
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This is some of the best news I've seen. As a Semi retired person, my Jeep is a Nice Day Use vehicle and as such get's very low miles put on it. As a 2012 with only 8000 miles on it, I was getting concerned that what happens IF I have a bad head and it's at 12,000 miles and it's 4-5 years old? Then what?

So for me this is very good news.
 
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Does that mean you have the "B" revision?
 
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You guys can actually thank GM. Because of what has transpired at GM in the last 6 months with tons of buried issues thay should have been taken care of or recalled, auto manufacturers are scared shitless of things coming out of the wood work and bad press. Pentastar heads, well thats a lot of cars, big numbers for "engine failure"make headlines. I would be surprised if and '12 or early '13 made it out of its powertrain warranty without a new head. All seem to happen well before the mileage threshold. Mine got a head at 16k. So the 10/150 for the LEFT cylinder head is just feel good paperwork that will likely never be used.
 
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Not only did they deny there was a problem, they lied about it. I wrote them in late 2012 when the problem had blown up and got a cleverly worded letter back saying there was "absolutely no problem with the 2012 Wrangler heads"! Then I began trading in my 2012's for ones built after the design change.
 
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Excellent News for my 2012 JKU :drinks:

Thanks to the OP for posting this!!
 
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Thanks for the info. I keep forgetting to ask if the PO already had the issue. I'm about 35k Kms right now.
 
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