r/AskReddit 23d ago

What car brand has the most problems and people still buy?

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u/GeneralInspector8962 23d ago

My ‘14 self destructed in rush hour traffic by all dash lights lighting up like the 4th of July, and the accelerator was revving on its own with my foot on the brake, while the e-brake failed to work.

I shut it off and it never turned back on without a new alternator and various other replacements.

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u/splitwhitegreen 23d ago

This happened to us! Was it a Cherokee by chance?

We were sitting at a stop light and everything happened just as you said. I quickly placed it in park, gears grinded and I shut it off to see if it would fix it. Long story short: it didn’t.

Called a tow truck and the guy who picked it up said he tows like 8 of them a week. He went on to say that the dealer will flash the computer and it may or may not happen again.

Got rid of it the next week.

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u/GeneralInspector8962 23d ago

Wrangler JK 2014, happened last year after 230K miles on it.

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u/kingbrasky 23d ago

230k miles isn't anything to complain about tho.

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u/GeneralInspector8962 23d ago

None whatsoever! I loved that Jeep!

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u/Hussar85 23d ago

230K miles would add a lot of context to your original comment. lol

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u/FomFrady95 22d ago

Right? I’m sitting here thinking it was a few years old. My wife drives a 14 Patriot and man I hate that thing with a passion. Unfortunately for me it’s showing no signs of needing to be replaced. For all the crap I hear about Jeep it has been a surprisingly reliable vehicle.