AT THE TIME I FIRST TRIED OUT THE VEHICLE & PRIOR TO PURCHASE THE BATTERY WAS DEAD & IT HAD TO BE "JUMP" STARTED. I REQUESTED THAT A NEW BATTERY BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO DELIVERY. I TOOK DELIVERY & ABOUT A WEEK LATER WENT ON VACATION, DID NOT TAKE JEEP. IT WAS NOT DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS. WHEN I TRIED TO START IT THE JEEP WOULD NOT START, AS IF THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. I JUMPED IT & CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT, EVERY DAY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. AFTER A FEW WEEKS, I LET THE VEHICLE SIT FOR A DAY WITHOUT STARTING AND WHEN I TRIED IT WOULD NOT START. 8/19/13 TOOK JEEP TO THE DEALER TO GET PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FIXED. THEY TIGHTENED THE NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL & REPROGRAMMED ONE OF THE COMPUTERS. 9/2/13 JEEP WOULD NOT START, HAD TO JUMP IT. DID NOT RUN IT OR TRY TO START IT YESTERDAY. 9/30/13 JEEP WOULD NOT START & WHEN I JUMPED IT THE UCONNECT SYSTEM WOULD NOT WORK.. TOOK IT TO DEALER. THEY THINK THE RADIO IS DRAWING CURRENT FROM BATTERY. THEY REPLACED RADIO. 10/21/13. JEEP WOULD NOT START AFTER SETTING TWO DAYS. TOOK IT BACK TO JASPER JEEP. THEY ARE GOING TO TRY PUTTING A NEW BATTERY IN IT UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE A BATTERY POST. SERVICE MANAGER CHECKED THE RECORDS AND COULD NOT FIND WHERE A NEW BATTERY HAD BEEN INSTALLED PRIOR TO PURCHASE. 12/30/13 9:15AM TRIED TO START JEEP, IT WOULD NOT START. GOT CLICKING SOUND LIKE LOW BATTERY, INTERIOR DASH LIGHTS WERE ON. THERE WAS A NEW DASH WARNING LIGHT ON, IT IS A RED LIGHTING BOLT. 9:38AM. STARTED IT & AFTER IT WAS CONNECTED TO "START CAR" FOR A MINUTE IT STARTED. LET IT RUN FOR A COUPLE MINUTES SHUT IT OFF & IT STARTED OK. RED LIGHTING BOLT NOT ON. FOUND SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED BY CHRYSLER, SEPT 2013. BULLETIN NUMBER: SB-08-067-13: NHTSA ITEM NUMBER - 10053694 10:30 AM CALLED ABOUT THE SERVICE BULLETIN. THE SERV. MGR. WILL REVIEW & CALL ME BACK. *TR
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