# Car Owners Manuals - for Free?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-owners-manuals-for-free/293551
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 8, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-owners-manuals-for-free/293551 "2005-03-08T17:38:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-owners-manuals-for-free/293551/1 "2005-03-08T17:38:18Z")
My Dad recently bought a 2001 Jeep Wrangler sans owner’s manual. I figured I could download a PDF version from the net for free, but I came up empty handed. I found plenty of sites selling manuals for around $20 and the Jeep site itself sells them for around $10. Before I place an order - does anyone know of a source for a free version?
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### Author:  [@broys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broys)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-owners-manuals-for-free/293551/2 "2005-03-08T18:17:44Z")
If he bought it from a car dealer he might try asking for one. My last used car came without it and when I asked the dealer about it they just said to come back in sometime and they’d give it to me for free.
Otherwise you’ll probably have to purchase one. Finding a free printable version off the internet is pretty much impossible. You might have luck finding a used or new one off the Internet cheaper than what a dealership would charge however.
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### Author:  [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-owners-manuals-for-free/293551/3 "2005-03-08T20:11:29Z")
I’m sorry I can’t help you specifically, but for Ford/Mercury/Lincoln owners that may be popping their heads in here, I offer [this](http://www.genuineflmservice.com/default.asp?page=E4).