Remember the days when we had high school shop welding... these look worse.I was told after my earlier post to get a better shot of my welds
My dealer set an appointment up for me in 3 weeks, in hopes that they will know what to do by that time.
Wtf. Those are horribleI was told after my earlier post to get a better shot of my welds
My dealer set an appointment up for me in 3 weeks, in hopes that they will know what to do by that time.
Yes. The recall is for the Jeep to be inspected. It does not necessarily mean you have bad welds. That will be determined by the inspector I assume.
@Cabal09 had a failure even though it also had an inspection mark. Not sure if his vin is part of the recall.Mine looks like this. VIN comes up with 0 recalls. By the markings in the frame i'm guessing someone inspected and marked things on the frame to indicate it had been looked at. Looks like there is a tad more penetration on the bracket lip than the frame side but at least its not a mess. They could have welded it along the bottom side of the frame too........but that would have likely raised cost per frame by a few dollars and overall cost by millions. I'll keep and eye on it and find a good welder in the mean time to re-enforce it if needed.
My opinion, don't by this product now. This is my first and probably the last Jeep. Mine is on the recall list and I have already had problems with the top, now it's starting to drift all over the road. I know someone is going to jump in and say "never buy a first new production year vehicle" but what year is it? 2018 or 1973. I would understand if the issue was with some new, unproven technology but a weld issue? didn't Ram have a similar issue? My first-year production 2017 Ridgeline has had 0 issues, Jeep 3 and counting.
Sadly the biggest issue isnt that theres a concern but how poorly handled the concern is! I work as a customer service analyst and even though our turn around time isnt stellar as long as were in contact with the customer and have accurate answers most folks are easy to deal with (I say most as some are just a PIA from the get go). I have never if rarely had a good experience with a new car dealership anywhere I've lived, multiple brands and various states - seems they for the most part SUCK when it comes to servicing a vehicle. Very sad indeed.
Are you on the recall list?Here is what my welds look like. I'm no CWI but I think one of them is pretty crunchy, one of them looks fine I guess and one looks like it missed the mark entirely.
This one is most concerning to me because it looks like it missed most of the actual piece that is supposed to be welded on.
It was difficult to get a good picture of this location but this one looks fairly crunchy. Good? Bad? I have no idea.
This one seems mostly fine to me? I'm not sure also. This is immediately opposite this weld ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What does everyone here think? My dealership and FCA were clueless and not helpful at all. I escalated a case with FCA and I made a complaint with the NHTSA against my dealership and FCA. We'll see what comes of it, in the meantime I've ordered Rusty's bracket.
Steve
Recall list?Mine looks like this.
