The suit was filed back in December of '21. Don't know the resolution, if any.
This is what I've been told from the body shop and dealer:
You realise you're going to open yourself up for more corrosion if you pop the hinges off as they're painted while on right? You can't put the zinc on after the fact with anything up to whenever they switched to the anode.
We have no Jeep Cares in Canada. We have "Jeep doesn't give a shit"
I'm certainly not a scientist, but if the unpainted sides of the hinges and doors are properly prepped and cleaned, I don't see why adding the zinc shim wouldn't work. There is probably corrosion already starting on those surfaces anyway, and it would serve the dual purpose of removing that as well.
The reason I think it will cause issues is because up until they added the shims, the hinges were mounted and painted over while mounted. You would have to remove the hinge to put the shim and you will introduce another water ingress when you break the paint. I personally think the bubbling has more to do with shitty paint prep, shitty paint application and lastly, there may be some galvanic corrosion going on as well although the only spot there are differing metals is the screws holding the hinges on. The shims also won't address the bubbling that is happening at the bottoms of door and elsewhere there isn't dissimilar metals.
OK...I understand, but there's no paint to break on my JL because the paint doesn't "seal" the area where the hinge and door meet up. In fact, the door paint doesn't even go right up to the hinges at all. There's a little less than a 1mm unpainted gap just around the perimeter of each one, which is terrible workmanship. Granted, you have to look really close to see it, but that's still unsatisfactory and I am certain that many if not all JLs have this same problem.
I have a Grey 2021 and had some of those on the inside of my tailgate. I ran my finger over them more than a year ago and they popped. That’s about all the excitement I can contribute.Washed the jeep over the weekend and noticed small bubbles in the paint at one of the rear door hinges. I am over a year and have roughly 27k miles.They are hard underneath and the paint is not loose and pretty sure they were not there last time i washed the vehicle. It cant be rust under the paint since the doors are aluminum. All other hinges are fine. Has anyone seen this issue?
F that.
It will eventually flake off and expose the bare aluminum.
Damn! Might be the worst one I've seen to date!Super positive to see so many other 2018 and 2019 JLs getting corrosion repairs done under the 5 year warranty. A few have speculated incorrectly that this was not possible as you needed holes perforating the metal. As well the corrosion warranty only applied for 3 years and not 5 years.
Was just at a dealer with an in-house body shop. Our 5 year corrosion warranty expires in just over a month. They took photos and will be submitting to FCA for approval of 2 doors and hood to be replaced. Manager told me it should get approved next week - but panels may be on backorder. This will be my third and final kick at the 5 year corrosion can.
Not sure how this repair will pan out - or how long before it comes back. But is better than leaving it as is. Being this is the third time in for corrosion and seeing that about $20K has already been paid out. It makes sense FCA is finally adding a shim to potentially help delay the onset of corrosion appearing until after the 5 year warranty period expires. You would expect their corrosion warranty claim costs to be reduced anyways. More than likely that is their goal. Not to fix the inherent manufacturing problem - just delay and cut their repair costs.
Body shop manager told me this other JL is about the worst he has seen so far. If your dealer refuses to submit to FCA for corrosion repairs under your 5 year warranty - keep on searching until you find one who is willing.
PS. This forum has been super awesome in getting a whack of TSBs done all under warranty over the past 5 years - so thanks all who have contributed to inform the masses
BTW - dealer offered $6K cash firm guaranteed more than what was paid 5 years ago - but decided to keep it. Apparently at auction these older JLs are selling like hotcakes.
