My father served in the Air Force at Eielson AFB in Alaska with Bob Ross and bought a lot of his paintings that were done on canvas and gold pans as he really did the Alaska scenery well and I believe my Sister has them now. I remember watching him paint on PBS as a kid with his happy trees.
@@agger838 nope i have 16 cars an i got got a 2018 rogue with 16.000 on it...no led junk head lights an 134a.i have two cars that have r12 the best in them,,, a 67 corvair an a 93 caddy
Craig, you made a decision and it didn’t quite work out how you thought. It’s great that it happened to you though because NOW YOU KNOW and the experience is worth way more.
Craig, gave you a thumbs up but really isn’t this the car business. You knew in your heart of hearts a new jeep with a MSO had to be hiding something. Thanks for being the honest dealer you are and here’s wishing you continued success.
The new refrigerant R1234YF runs around $750 for a 10 LB cylinder, where the 134a is maybe $300 for a 30lb cylinder. Yes, it is expensive for a recharge for the new stuff.
Dealer shafting dealers out here. From the purchase of the vehicle all the way to repairs at the dealership. Love to see the truth of the industry, thanks Craig for trying to be the outlier and showing all of this
That was a mess but it all worked out in the end. I had a Pre Owned Vehicle dealer friend that said if he priced a car to cheap people wouldnt buy it because they thought something was wrong with it....
the ac thing is true there expensive and they require special parts to recharge. A buddy of mine has a 2017 dodge journey and to charge the ac they wanted $400.
Considering that the Dealer fouled this up with the Parts problem, I hope they made good somehow for wasting your time and business costs !!?? Couldn't you hear the Dealer's spurs jangling when he was lying through his teeth to you ... ?
I hate messing with the Dealer shops, they charge way to much and there not always honest. $360 for an AC charge? Come on dude. Glad you sold the Jeep finally.
Still loving the videos (glad you're not using some random guy screaming in the thumbnail as clickbait anymore) love u man awesome vids I watch them all!
Yeah had a headache with a 2018 Honda Accord and a 2020 GMC Acadia so ended up buying the new machine to recharge the new AC freon yes it was expensive but even more expensive to take to dealership especially when they give you the run around although they’re fairly new cars been there done that
Thanks for the video. I love my 10 month old, 2021 Sarge Green, Jeep Wrangler, unlimited sport. I am glad that I didn't hit one of those dozen Deer that jumped out in front of my Jeep, since I owned it.
Wow Craig. What a crap show! Damn red tape. If you had sold it to someone in Kentucky, it would've been a breeze. We don't have inspections. If it's coming from out of state, we have to get it "inspected". That inspection is comprised of verifying mileage and making sure the windshield isn't cracked. That's it!!! I had my 1970 Super Bee with no engine, no fenders, and the 4-speed trans in the trunk inspected with no hiccups. Glad ya finally was able to move forward with the sale. Looking forward to your next video.
Craig, I'm curious as to why you were charged for the repairs by the dealer as this should have been covered under the new car warranty. Love your channel, btw.
those fenders were clearly painted aftermarket when the original owner had that grill painted, no doubt. The fact that someone wouldnt go for the factory painted fenders, but WOULD pay for the paint on the fenders aftermarket (and that grill) would have made me suspicious that it was a coverup. Not to mention, a brand new jeep being up for auction (versus selling at a dealership on the lot), would make me even more suspicious. A mainstream, notoriously high-reselling new vehicle has no reason to go to auction without needing to benefit from covering up an unknown variable like this... someone didnt wanna deal with it!
Hey Craig, you can send those airbag modules out and have them repaired/reset don’t need to replace it, I rebuild on a lot of salvage cars and those kind of things can be repaired
ooh boy. You missed the part of the video where they discovered it's the wrong module for that vehicle. THAT was the problem, the previous owner replaced it with the wrong part.
they dont' call them stealers for nothing. Chrysler is the worst of the worst too. I said up there ^^^ that walking into a CHrysler dealership is like walking into a whorehouse where every one of them has HIV herpes and Chlamydia......and then going in raw.......
Dealers and some franchise mechanic auto shops are crooks. Meineke once charged me $200 just to take my tire off and put new lug nuts on it. It didn't even take them 30 minutes to get the tire off.
How much you wanna be it needs the Occupant Classification Module AND, possibly an airbag? I've seen people glue the airbag covers back together then do a vinyl repair to make it look new, but without the airbag guts. The traction light is probably because it needs a LF wheel speed sensor.
What a nightmare on finding parts not available - worse- that it was available with mislabeled part #.. Interesting story anyway, & looks like the buyer got a nice Jeep ! Thanks for sharing !
You usually can get the airbag modules reset after a wreck. No a normal scantool won’t be able to do it, but there are people who specialise in resetting these modules. You can look on ebay, you have to ship them the module . Good luck with your sale !
Having worked at a dealer, I know a franchise /Jeep dealer would never be allowed to sell a brand new car with a used module, but a used car dealer like yourself would be able to put in a used one then sell it.
Agreeded, also you have a nice neetwork here on the tubes, one of us probably could have sourced the part. You should do some videos on these problems right when the happen, so we can help. It would be a nice experiment.
Out of interest, do you not have a costing for how much a car costs whilst it sits on the forecourt unsold? Love the car and boat series, can’t wait to see the house videos, keep up the good work 😊
Do you mean the advertisements? You can always get an adblock addon if its that big of an issue. I choose to keep mine off --usually-- because I support Craig and his journey.
R-1234yf is very expensive. Most new cars use that now however it’s not new. I’ve seen Range Rovers with that since approx 2014. Great video Craig your production work is getting so good! Keep up the good work!
Yeah you could charge it yourself. Buy a 1234yf Machine for a decent one is 6k. Now buy a 10 pound jug of refrigerant. Get a price on that. My point is the dealer was in the ballpark. You need to watch closely on newer cars. I did a caddy and it was a 17 that had the new stuff. And let’s not forget what happens after you charge it and a week later it leaks out. One more tip don’t ever put 134a in the 1234yf system. Yes it will cool but it’s a shady and you will never get the amount right. Love your videos. I watch you because your a honest and do your best to keep people happy. If I lived near you I would love to work with you fixing cars. Im a master tech.
High cost things i tend to sit on. Took me 5 months to sell a 2005 John Deere GX345 48in Cut Kawasaki Liquid Cooled engine. Finally sold it for $2000. Also, as a dealer you know the hood, wheeks and tires do not add to the value. Especially when damage like that even though its all replacable.
I know a dude that crashed a beautiful red challenger rt hemi. He was going around 80 when he rear ended a Subaru wagon..totaled the Subaru, challenger looked terrible too. Had 13,000 miles on it. Fixed it, sold it for 21 grand. It NEVER came up on car fax
Ehh it depends. After doing tons of research a few month back when I was shopping for a new vehicle a few months back, it seems that ford has fixed many of its problems from a decade ago. Of course there’s still problems here and there, but you have a good chance of getting a good vehicle. Although, I would stay away from the explorers. I ended up with the 2021 ranger xlt. I’ll change the oil every 4k miles, baby it, and hopefully drive it 10 to 15 years without too many issues
The new cars use R1234yf. It's so expensive it's billed by the ounce. About $10 an ounce. The machine for R1234yf cost about $10,000. It's a complete disaster but R1234yf was forced on us by the government. To all those people crying it should be $190 for a recharge do not know what they are talking about. Average R1234yf recharge is around $450 depending on freon capacity.
Great to see the process you sometimes need to handle. Thx for the share. Curios on the 400$ flip. Hope you make it. ( I think German should have the Ferarri He does a great job. Show some more content with him 😀. I think he got great skills on detailing)
New refrigerant is not that expensive. It’s R1234 on eBay you can get each can for $20 and just the connectors for less than $20. AIrbag module you just need to buy a junkyard one and reprogram it. It saves so much money. Deal won’t do it but other shops will do it. This is what all the rebuilders do.
The new R1234yf refrigerant is very expensive a lot of cars are switching over to it im sure once its more wide spread the cost will go down same as anything else
Craig , No disrespect meant ,but if you are buying the any vehicle it's always under market which brings shotty repairs ,etc.. No disrespect ,just the way you work... When you say MMR says these have been selling for 12K.... I want to be around 9,500....
Throw a dealer plate on it for him for the mean time so he can drive it? Or without a inspection sticker that doesn’t matter?? We don’t have those stickers here in Wisconsin
You can't for insurance purposes. If he were to get into an accident there'd be hell to pay. Not to mention (I believe) you have to list people who are authorized to drive under the dealer plate. My father used to shuttle vehicles for a Ford dealer and he had his own dealer plate issued to him and he alone could drive under it.
Jeep dealer I used to work for sold a Jeep wrecked on our lot. $25,000 in damage on a $50,000 Grand Cherokee. Sold at a $3,000 discount due to the "Minor Collision" that set off every airbag. Part of the reason I got out of the business.
A similar thing happened at a Chevy dealer I worked for. The very last El Camino we had which was a white 6 cylinder stripper was sold but the finance didn't go through. The customer crashed it so bad the front left corner was half way in to the engine compartment. Our body shop fixed it and it was sold on the new car lot.
I'd rather have that army jeep at 8:50 than any jeep currently on the market including that monster hemi that omaze is giving away. Other than a volkswagon "thing" it doesn't get any better than that.
It doesn't get any cruder than than, either. But that's part of the charm: an ultra-stripped-down no-frills military utility car. I had a 1973 VW Thing and it was ...just fun. Windows were clip-on frames with plexiglass, not roll-down. Front windshield folded down over hood (handy when someone stole my windshield wiper motor, wipers and gasoline-powered heater). Plus, it was a fun convertible for $500, back in 1988 or so. A friend picked up four Vietnam War-era Jeeps unassembled in crates at a closed-down army base in the late 1980s (for $50 each?!?), and assembled one to ride, one to sell and two for spare parts. His daily driver Jeep had to be modified a bit for civilian use I believe, but it was nice, although a scary ride where it felt like it would roll on the slightest provocation.
@@sejembalm damn right! A buddy had a "thing" and it was literally a death trap and the most fun ride you can have with your clothes on. You climb in and can't help but grin like a fool. 4 of us would pile in on a saturday night and go cruise the strip. That's the charm of the jeep too. Not to mention that it can go just about anywhere and never get stuck. Light with skinny tires? Freeze your ass in the winter but you'd never get stuck. That was a deal and a half on those crated jeeps. You're not the first I've heard of getting deals like that. In the 60's it was quite common for surplus sales to go on and listings in the paper(s). There were more than a few army surplus stores around my area in Toronto and that was back when they literally WERE surplus stores. Had all kind of stuff. Last time I was in though they'd turned into another "outfitter" store. I seem to recall when I was 12 they had cases of M1 Garands. Worth a fortune now but back then, no one really wanted them.
Using a Jeep off road you need torque, not horsepower. Driving one like a race car will probably make it fall apart like the car at the end of the Blue Brothers movie.
I feel how you feel im a new company for flipping car and i got stuck with 8 car for 6 month cause the market here in canada crash and just went up 2 week ago so i can finaly sell them
If the problem is a module that is for a different model, why isn’t this a factory warranty jeep problem? It shouldn’t have left the factory like that, right? Jeep won’t make this right? I get it its a jeep that has been in an accident, still under mileage for any reasonable warranty and it was shipped from the factory with the wrong parts
