krweatherl
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Yesterday I had the privilege of rescuing my niece and her 2 dogs as her 2018 JLU burned to the ground alongside the freeway. She was on her way to my house so I could install her new ARB Stubby front bumper. She was on the freeway @70mph said her clutch pedal went to the floor as she was try to figure that was happening another driver waved her over because there were flames coming out from under her Jeep. Within seconds after she got stopped and got herself and her dogs out the Jeep and the grass in the median were fully engulfed in flames. The clutch recall had been performed the day before.
This video shows how hot the clutch must have been, the entire bell housing is melted away.
Update 8/10/22
After viewing the photos posted here and elsewhere of the carnage done to the bell housing when your clutches exploded Iāve examined our video of her bell housing damage. Itās the same type of damage, damage from impact, not melted metal at all. I no longer think there was a clutch fire at all but rather a clutch/flywheel/pressure plate disintegrated, busting through the bell housing, and striking a fuel line which sprayed onto the hot exhaust.
Update 8/10/22
After viewing the photos posted here and elsewhere of the carnage done to the bell housing when your clutches exploded Iāve examined our video of her bell housing damage. Itās the same type of damage, damage from impact, not melted metal at all. I no longer think there was a clutch fire at all but rather a clutch/flywheel/pressure plate disintegrated, busting through the bell housing, and striking a fuel line which sprayed onto the hot exhaust.
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