Hello Car Talk Community! After listening to the show for years and enjoying the throwback episodes, I finally have needed advice of my own and am hoping to get some here. I am leasing a 2017 Jeep Cherokee. I was considering purchasing it once my lease is up. I just took it into the dealership for …

[image] Bill538: Should I keep this car and repair it? With this costly repair this soon why would you even think about keeping it ? Try a muffler shop for the exhaust baffle and take you chance on the shifter at turn if it is not causing any problems now.

Are you over mileage for the warranty? If you surrender the car after the lease is up will you be responsible for repairs?

Read your contract to see if you are ion the hook for repairs. If you are, they will repair it and present you with the bill. We can’t tell you what the contract says. If you are in the hook for repairs, get them done inexpensively elsewhere and think about turning it in.

Here’s what the contract says and at the end is what’s causing my head to scratch. Under maintenance, repairs, operating expenses and damages, it says, in part, “You will maintain and repair the vehicle to keep it in good condition. […] You will pay all maintenance, repair and operating expenses. […

Nowhere near over the mileage. I am responsible for some repairs, though there is vagueness with this, as part of the lease agreement. Under maintenance, repairs, operating expenses and damages, it says, in part, “You will maintain and repair the vehicle to keep it in good condition. […] You will p…

I am confused. Did you lease a brand new car for a time period longer than the manufacturer’s warranty? Or, is the car out of warranty?

On a lease you either turn it in and walk away or you pay the amount of money that is in your original lease agreement . So you spend money to buy this problem vehicle or you make a new lease on a new vehicle or you go buy something new or used. Do you not know how a lease works ?

I would expect the repairs you mentioned to be warranty items. Follow up with a higher up person, not at the dealership. There may be a phone number in the manual. Maybe even a call to another dealer.

For future reference, leasing cars is generally a money-losing proposition. But there’s no way in hell I would lease a car with a bumper to bumper warranty period shorter than the lease term. I am not going to pay to fix bad parts on a car that I don’t even own. Also, don’t buy this thing. It’s a r…

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Bill538 October 1, 2020, 11:31am 7

One contributing reason why I am thinking about keeping it is financial. I am not enthusiastic about shelling out money to repair this car for things I don’t feel like I did and then have to spend more on a new lease.

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