NHTSA Complaint #10221919 — 2001 JEEP WRANGLER

I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN MAY 07. 2001 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA WITH 4.0L. @ MONTHS AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE I LOST OIL PRESSURE. VEHICLE RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP AND THE OIL PUMP WAS REPLACED. LESS THAN 500 MILES I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO SAID DEALER WITH A NASTY INTERNAL ENGINE RATTLE. DEALER REPLACED COLLAPSED LIFTER AND BENT PUSHROD. LESS THAN 100 MILES LATER VEHICLE RETURNED TO DEALER AGAIN WITH THE INTERNAL NOISE. VEHICLE TORN APART AND HAD THE CAMSHAFT, LIFTERS PUSHRODS REPLACED. IT HAS BEEN 7500 MILES SINCE MY LAST VISIT. I NOW HAVE A SLOW COOLANT LEAK THAT IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE OIL SYSTEM. I HAVE REMOVED THE CYLINDER HEAD AND FOUND A CRACK IN THE CASTING. THE CASTING # IS 0331. I HAVE SPENT NUMEROUS HOURS RESEARCHING THIS SPECIFIC CASTING # AND IT IS NOTORIOUS FOR CRACKING AND SLOWLY LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE OIL SYSTEM. MY JEEP ONLY HAS 71,000 MILES!! THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE LET DOWN AND HAS TARNISHED MY OUTLOOK ON CHRYSLER AND THE QUALITY OF THEIR PRODUCTS. THE TYPICAL LIFETIME FOR THESE HEADS IS BETWEEN 60-85,000 MILES. DO A SEARCH FOR JEEP 0331 ON GOOGLE, YOU'LL SEE THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF JEEP OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR LACK OF QUALITY AND MANUFACTURING AND SELLING A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. *TR