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Wasn’t someone asking about JL Wranglers? - think twice !!

Discussion in 'General Automotive' started by commbubba19, Oct 5, 2018.

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  1. Oct 5, 2018 at 5:36 PM
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    Saw that earlier. Looks like poor quality control at the plant. They’re lucky they caught it early in the generation. Hopefully it’s limited scope.
     
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    Unfortunate. But they’ll take care of it. They won’t let an issue like this taint their main cash cow.
     
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  5. Oct 5, 2018 at 5:54 PM
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    These are machine welded right? My guess is a calibration was off for locating the welds.

    Makes me want to check the truck.
     
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  6. Oct 5, 2018 at 6:51 PM
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    Oh crap.

    jl-weld2-jpg_2baeda0f41e8e4b6abf3bd6db731b39a4466e0ec.jpg

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  7. Oct 5, 2018 at 7:15 PM
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    I'm sure those frames are broken up into sub-weldments so it's hopefully contained to one area. I don't expect any better from Chrysler.
     
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  8. Oct 5, 2018 at 7:20 PM
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    Oh, here's the best one from that thread...
    I bet that is robotic. I'll take a human every day.

    3729eb33-b59e-4a8e-a565-edf60f36c16b-jpe_c08c53c8eea8162a8bbf5be937d8560d59e67e65.jpg
     
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  9. Oct 5, 2018 at 7:21 PM
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    Good old Chrysler crap, as usual.
     
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    My mom has a new JLU Rubi, so I keep an eye / presence in the JLWranglerForum and saw this before the recall, along with the other issues...Ran the VIN for hers and shes good. Feel bad for these guys/gals. JLU Rubi's are pushing $50k+ equipped, that's alot of dough for something that has trackbar/frame weld failures in less than a year. Not exactly confidence inspiring.
     
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  11. Oct 5, 2018 at 7:29 PM
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    I bet the Jeep frame weld-shop QE crapped his pants after seeing those pictures online.
     
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    Keep in mind it’s a Fiat
     
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    Stop bitching about the Jeeps. Pizza doesn't weld well.
     
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    Welds aside, wranglers are no strangers to rusting out.
     
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    Whats weird is that there seems to be 2 issues here, misalignment of the welds, and porous welds. The porous welds are probably from a lack of shield gas. Likely someone in QC shit the bed. Also what are all these comments about perferring human welds to robot welds? While I agree i perfer human welds, i highly doubt any car manufacturer is not using robot welding, let alone a car manufacturer building vehicles in north america like toyota.
     
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    Tacoma owners blabbing about frame failures.....

    (I don’t have a Jeep. Just amusing)
     
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    It is funny/ironic, at least they lasted a bit longer than a year and Toyota did replace or buy back trucks, alot WAYYYY outside of warranty.
     
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    There was a recent thread with a 3rd gen frame crack
     
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    Dang, didnt see that one. I did see the 17's with rust coming through the paint and BBP's with failing clearcoat.
     
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