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MorningGlow

(15,758 posts)
15. I stand corrected!
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 07:00 PM
Feb 2012

So much for responding on the fly!

I had a factory defect--well, just a brain fart on the part of some assembly-line workers (and I say that with a whole passel of Delco workers in my family). The first time I went to fold down the back seat...CLUNK! Fell right out of the holder brackets. Thank goodness nobody sat in the back seat (and thank goodness I hadn't had a baby yet--I would have had a heart attack if the seat went clunk with a car seat strapped to it!)

I called the dealer and said "Uh...pins?" They told me there was no such thing! Well, I AM just a dumb woman, after all, right? So I said "Humor me. Order me some pins," and they tried to talk me out of it! They wouldn't listen to me until I looked up the instructions in the owner's manual for how to take out the back seat entirely. One of the steps was to "remove the pins holding the rods in place" or something similar. Ohhhhhh...THEN they believed me.

Turned out the pins cost a whopping 23 cents.

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Any Jeep Cherokee owners here? [View all] underpants Feb 2012 OP
My parents had two. Chan790 Feb 2012 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #2
My wife bought one. Worst piece of shit we have ever owned. OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2012 #3
Used to own one. Not at all reliable. mainer Feb 2012 #4
I understand some people have had some bad experiences with them. bluedigger Feb 2012 #5
Thanks underpants Feb 2012 #7
I'd vote for a Wrangler instead--I loved mine MorningGlow Feb 2012 #6
I still have my '91 and second that suggestion Rob H. Feb 2012 #10
Which one do you get dirty? bluedigger Feb 2012 #12
I have to correct one thing. bluedigger Feb 2012 #11
I stand corrected! MorningGlow Feb 2012 #15
My rear seat doesn't have pins. bluedigger Feb 2012 #17
Owned 2 Cherokees Mumble Feb 2012 #8
Had several of them Broderick Feb 2012 #9
I currently one one and my daughter owns one. We both love them... madmom Feb 2012 #13
And interesting mix of responses here underpants Feb 2012 #14
Human nature. bluedigger Feb 2012 #18
Excellent vehicles. Mine (a 97) had $250k miles when I sold it. FSogol Feb 2012 #16
I owned a 1994 dana_b Feb 2012 #19
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