I purchased a Jeep Patriot from a well known car supermarket in 2011, since I have had the car it has been in and out of the Jeep garage more times than I can count on one hand for various problems. The issue I have at present is to do with the gearbox, bearing in mind this Jeep has been in for gearbox problems (that a technitian picked up whilest in for a diffrent fault) at least four times previous, each time the gearbox has been stripped down and built back up. I have been assured by an independant garage that the problem is the third gear synchromesh, this was relayed to Jeep customer relations and we were told that as the car is out of warranty we will be liable to pick up the bill. We have opend a complaint as it seems just totally wrong for your tires to outlast a gearbox, and in particular as it has only just done 32k miles. I received a phone call yesterday from the Jeep dealership who have spoken to Jeep themselves, they said that it needs a new box since the amount of times it's been opened up will have caused swarf to enter it, and they don't want to risk opening it up to repair it, The total cost for this is £3,900 and Jeep have said they will pay £1,900 as "a goodwill gesture" I'm afraid I feel they should be picking up the whole bill as it is down to the gearbox being faulty from the start.

Please has anyone any advice they can give me as to what to do next, needless to say it will not be getting fixed at that price, and I will be continuing motoring without the use of third gear as long as possible.