DB Electrical SMT0361 Starter for 4.0L Jeep Grand Cherokee 03-04, Wrangler 03-06 (Manual Trans) Review

Got this starter for my wife's Jeep Bought in October 2017 and I've noticed that it's slowly but surely rolling over slower and slower. I did a pre check to make sure the battery is fine and it is. There is plenty of juice, the cables are clean. It just starts to fail. I think it deserves 3 starts as the society we live in has been fine for two years and no one has been stranded so far. But it's definitely a date with the reaper. Grand Cherokee 2003 4.0L

Installed in my The 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0L was easy. Under the hood: battery disconnected. I removed the power supply (it appears to be a 12mm socket) and ground (the paddle removed) from the starter. Under Jeep: Two mounting screws removed. One in front and one behind the starter. (Nut 9/16 and 15 mm) Removed the old starter and installed a new one. Under the hood: power and ground connected to the new starter motor. Connected the cable to the battery. easily accessible The starter is…

Exactly 4 days after the return policy expired the starter stopped working. Went to the store, bought groceries, paid, went left, click, click, click. The battery is fine, the starter is dead. Bought 08/26/2019, died 09/30/2019. 34 days. Ask me if I recommend it, go ahead and ask me. Normally I would dismiss it as coincidence, sometimes you get bad parts, that happens. The problem is that this is the second launcher we've bought from this company in a year and it's no coincidence. This is a…