I have a 2018 Recon with 10,000 miles on it. Has not been through any deep water. I noticed drips on the concrete and looking further, saw that my shock tower and spring in the left front wheel well and the rear of the wheel well had signs of some type of fluid leaking. Under warranty I brought it to the Jeep dealer I purchased it from. The service rep came out and said that the front differential vent was leaking from the vent tube and that they checked the level and it was over filled. He went on to say that they would not charge me for the service. I thought to myself I would hope not. Looked at the service sheet and they had written, “front differential vent leaking from over filling, aftermarket cover was installed.”
I had him explain what he meant by aftermarket covers installed. He went on to say, that the stock covers were not on the differential and cast covers were put on with red RTV and factory does not use red RTV. I said The Recon has cast covers from factory and the only place I brought it to was to a dealer in Tulsa for an oil change. I told him to look up the specs on the Recon. I told him that I was not going accept the service explanation since it made it sound like someone other then a dealer or factory over filled the differential. The explanation on the service was changed deleting the aftermarket cover was installed.
So I checked with the Tulsa dealer and they would not have serviced the differential for an oil change...that leads to over filling at the factory. I did not see any signs of leaking until just recently you would think it would have shown up with drips on the concrete right from the beginning. Hopefully there was no damage done to the front differential. Since They don’t see many Recons come through I guess I should give the service tech and rep a pass.
I had him explain what he meant by aftermarket covers installed. He went on to say, that the stock covers were not on the differential and cast covers were put on with red RTV and factory does not use red RTV. I said The Recon has cast covers from factory and the only place I brought it to was to a dealer in Tulsa for an oil change. I told him to look up the specs on the Recon. I told him that I was not going accept the service explanation since it made it sound like someone other then a dealer or factory over filled the differential. The explanation on the service was changed deleting the aftermarket cover was installed.
So I checked with the Tulsa dealer and they would not have serviced the differential for an oil change...that leads to over filling at the factory. I did not see any signs of leaking until just recently you would think it would have shown up with drips on the concrete right from the beginning. Hopefully there was no damage done to the front differential. Since They don’t see many Recons come through I guess I should give the service tech and rep a pass.
