Originally Posted By: webfors
My late year 2013 Pentastar just failed miserably. It's with the dealer for the next 2-3 weeks waiting on a new long block. Failed head, which lead to a failed/cracked block after further inspection.
It has 84,000 KM (~52k miles).
I wouldn't put 2013's into the 'reliable' bucket just yet.
Yes, mine had the HD brake which were quite reliable and had great stopping power.
I loved this van, up until this week. Had this happened 10k miles later I would be out of pocket thousands upon thousands to get it back to a functional state.
It isn't covered under the 10 year, 150,000 mile extended warranty for the engines affected by the head issue?
Originally Posted By: Motortrend
Chrysler announced this morning that it will be extending the warranty on 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engines in certain 2011-2013 vehicles due to cracked cylinder heads on early versions of the engine.
According to Automotive News, roughly 7500 engines built as the Pentastar V-6 was first coming out in 2012, were found to be susceptible to left-cylinder head cracks, potentially resulting in engine failure. Chrysler first discovered the issue when customers began complaining that their vehicles were making ticking noises, stalling, or that the instrument panel was inexplicably displaying a check engine light.
The 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 comes with a 5-year/100,000 mile warranty, which Chrysler will be extending to 10-years/150,000 miles on the left-cylinder head. The cracked left-cylinder head issue potentially affects about 0.5-percent of vehicles equipped with the 3.6-liter V-6. Chrysler determined that subpar fuel along with a number of driving conditions contributed to the issue. A design modification in late 2012 has reportedly fixed the issue in newer vehicles.