When is a Rubicon not a Rubicon? When you buy it from a shady car dealership
There's a thread going on on another Jeep forum about a fellow who bought an 05 LJ Rubicon.
http://nsjc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=29366&page=1It was advertised as a Rubicon, the VIN says its a Rubicon and there's a Rubicon sticker on the hood so it's a Rubicon right?
After making the purchase he looked under it to discover a stock Dana30 & 35 axle, no lockers. Now right away you have to say that the buyer apparently didn't look that closely at the vehicle and maybe forgot to test the lockers on the test drive. I'm not going to beat him up on that fact. However the dealership (a Hyundai dealership) refuses to acknowledge the problem and refuses a refund. Surely they must have tested the lockers.
If you read through the seven pages of responses you'll learn that the locker selection switches are present but simply go nowhere. Apparently this particular dealership buys and sells auction vehicles. Somebody along the way swapped out the Rubicon axles for cheaper ones and pocketed the difference.
Lawyers are now involved.
One a side note, I once saw a Rubicon Sport TJ for sale on-line. Somebody got the bright idea to buy a Rubicon sticker and slap it on their 4 cyl TJ
At least on paper they didn't try to sell it as a Rubicon.