A woman says her Jeep has been to three different dealerships in just a few months. And it still isn’t fixed.

Dani (@daniglows_84), who says she lives in New Jersey, documented a repair saga that has purportedly already cost her thousands of dollars.

She says the trouble started when her Jeep began “bucking.” Her regular mechanic looked at it and told her to take it to a dealership.

The first dealership kept it “all day,” Dani says, before telling her, “We can’t find anything wrong with your car.” They did give the Jeep an oil change, though.

A few weeks later, the bucking returned, and the dashboard lit up with warning lights.

Dani had the Jeep towed about 40 minutes away to a second dealership. After roughly a week, she says, the shop told her she needed a “module” and “five other things.”

With the Jeep nearing 100,000 miles, Dani assumed deferred maintenance was catching up with her and paid about $1,600 for the repairs.

But the problem came back.

She says she was also paying for a rental while the dealership worked on the Jeep. Then, after getting it back, the check-engine light came back on. The second dealership eventually told her she needed “something in [her] EVAP system.”

That repair cost another $1,200, Dani says.

A week later, the check engine light was back on again.

This time, Dani went to AutoZone for a free code reading before taking the Jeep to a third dealership. She says that the shop identified a faulty part and told her it would replace everything under warranty at no cost.

For a moment, Dani thought the ordeal was finally over.

Then she drove away.

Within minutes, the Jeep started bucking again.

“Three dealerships,” she says. “The car is still not fixed.”

“Jeep, what am I supposed to do now at this point?” she asks.

Then she turned to the viewers: “What would you do?” As of this writing, her video has just under 8,000 views.

What Can You Do When A Car Keeps Going Back To The Shop? 

Three dealership visits without a lasting fix are, of course, frustrating, but they alone don’t tell us whether Dani’s Jeep qualifies for any particular legal remedy.

New Jersey has separate lemon laws for new and used vehicles, and both come with fairly specific requirements.

For a new vehicle, the state says a defect generally must be reported within the first two years or 24,000 miles (whichever comes first). If the manufacturer has made a “reasonable number” of attempts to fix the same problem without a fix—or the vehicle spends enough time out of service—the owner may be eligible for relief.

New Jersey’s used car law is slightly narrower. The state says it covers certain vehicles purchased from licensed dealers for more than $3,000 that are fewer than seven model years old and have 100,000 miles or less. During the applicable dealer warranty period, a buyer may qualify for a refund if the dealer cannot fix the same covered material defect after at least three attempts or the car is out of service for 20 cumulative days.

That, of course, does not mean Dani’s Jeep necessarily qualifies. Her video does not say what model year it is, when she bought it, whether she bought it new or used, or how many miles it had at purchase.

Her rental costs are another reason to save the paperwork. New Jersey says a dealer is only required to provide a rental when that is its policy or the manufacturer’s warranty promises one. In successful new car lemon law cases, however, rental expenses can be included in a refund.

Gallery: 2025 Jeep Compass Road Test

Source: Jeep

Viewers Try To Diagnose The Jeep

Dani’s comments quickly turned into a crowdsourced repair shop, with viewers throwing out possible causes and asking for more details about when the Jeep acts up.

“[Is it] bucking while you are cornering? And you are not getting codes. Is your traction control flashing?” one person asked.

Dani said no.

“No, it seems to only do it also at low speeds. Like when leaving the parking spot or when slowing down for a light, it doesn’t buck then, but it kind of hesitates and feels like it’s coming from underneath beneath the back,” she replied.

Another commenter asked, “Did they do a TCM quick learn?”

Dani said she would have to check the paperwork, then added an update of her own.

“Hmmm, I would have to look at paperwork. I am going to do an update video because the engine light is BACK ON,” she wrote.

Other viewers offered their own guesses based on past Jeep problems.

“Coil packs, I needed one, took 3 different OEM Jeep ones to get right,” one person wrote.

“Ooh ok I don’t know what that is, but I will look into it ty,” Dani replied.

One commenter lightened the mood a little, asking, “Does it buck bad enough to knock the ducks off the dash?”

Dani responded with three smiling emojis.

But another Jeep owner shared a much more serious repair ordeal, saying their 2021 model had repeatedly returned to the dealership after warning lights and steering problems. The commenter said the dealer initially could not duplicate the issue, that they later went through arbitration, and that the Jeep was still at the dealership after the steering locked again.

Dani responded: “Omg”

Motor1 contacted Dani via TikTok direct message. We’ll be sure to update this if she responds.

 

 

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