Engine Failure problems of the 2011 Jeep Wrangler

I bought my Jeep with 67,000 miles, within a year before reaching 100,000 miles it was only at about 99,000miles when this happened and apparently the engine wasn't lubricating correctly and a bearing in the engine shattered. Even though I change my oil every 3,000 miles with high mileage because my spouse works on cars he is always making sure. After looking into this further this engine is known throughout the Jeep community to fail before reaching 100,000 miles yet Jeep still has not used an extension for the engine. I spent almost 20,000 dollars on this vehicle one year ago and now I'm driving around with an engine that will fail soon because I have to get to work somehow and the warrenty on the vehicle was only a five year 100,000 miles warrenty so it doesn't cover it. I think Jeep should be ashamed for selling people these engines knowing they will fail before 100,000 miles and that they should be responsible and extend the original warranties to 10 yr 150,000 miles for people who expierience this kind of engine failure and now have to purchase a new engine out of pocket. I need someone to contact me regarding this issue I will not sit back and remain silent until it is resolved. I am a single mother living on limited income and have to take from my savings to cover an entire new engine. For a car I bought 1 year ago and didn't even go 100,000 miles before exploding. And I didn't even put the most miles on it. I've only gone about 40,000 miles. So in reality this was most likely an issue before I bought the vehicle.

While frwy. Driving at approx. 72 mph / 2600 rpms and without warning or indication of malfunction, we heard a pop, and immediately noticed smoke coming from the vehicle. The driver maneuvered the vehicle to the right shoulder. Upon exiting the vehicle I noticed smoke and flames coming from the underside and engine compartment. My family immediately exited the vehicle and I used a fire extinguisher to extinguished the fire that was engulfing the engine compartment and undercarriage of the Jeep. After extinguishing the fire, I was able to inspect the vehicle. I noticed a large hole in the lower engine block just behind the oil pan on the passenger side. Additionally, the metal heat shield that sits just to the side of the engine was bent backward. It appears that the engine malfunctioned and threw a bearing or other engine part through the outer motor casing releasing oil and causing the resultant fire and damage. However, I can not rule out a computer malfunction resulting in engine failure vs. Pure mechanical engine failure. It has been over two weeks since the incident and Chrysler has just informed me they will not cover the repairs under the existing 5 year/50,000 mile drive train warranty that had not expired and was provided as part of the original purchase agreement in July 2011. Their response was "we have had the opportunity to review the inspection report and must inform you that we are not led to believe that the incident was due to a manufacturing responsibility. ".