Hood Hinge Recall coming soon due to stress cracks

[Dyolfknip74]

Recalls are for safety issues. Pretty sure it's not a safety issue.

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[kah.mun.rah]

Please don't take offense, but I see you're in Pheonix. It's not exactly known for the auto industry and production. Why should we (the JL Forum community) believe this rumor you are saying?

Because people outside of production areas can't possibly have friends or conversations outside of their city limits?

 

[drichard989]

If they are going through the effort for these then shouldnt this also apply to the doors too? That 170+ page thread is only getting longer

 

[At Risk Ute]

To clarify, are you talking about the hinges, like up by the windshield, or the latches at the front like in the picture?

Just bought a replacement windshield hinge. Can tell you first hand they bend, but do not crack when your nineteen year old son flops your baby.

 

[brewski]

Because people outside of production areas can't possibly have friends or conversations outside of their city limits?

While this is blatantly obvious to me, nothing in the OPs post gives me any reason to believe her. I do not blindly believe everything people say on the internet. I do suspect the OP is probably correct and hasn't misunderstood info she has heard, but I have not seen a lot of people on the forums or FB groups complaining about hinges cracking, deforming, etc which you usually hear about before recalls happen. Like with airbags, DEF usage, clutch issues, etc. This is why I asked why we should believe her, maybe she can give some insight to give her more validity in her statements.

 

[kah.mun.rah]

While this is blatantly obvious to me, nothing in the OPs post gives me any reason to believe her. I do not blindly believe everything people say on the internet.

Why should we believe you?

 

[AnnDee4444]

OMG, and I have extensionson on mine, adding leverage. The horror...

wait, I just looked mine over and I'm good, never mind. Another Wrangler issue mine does not have, Zero.

How hard was it to paint the cowl?

 

[GrayHawk20]

Definitely going to watch this thread.

 

[Jeb22]

speaking of hinges and "wrong metals" has there been any update on the door hinge area corrosion lawsuit??

 

[missionale]

Probably Bird Flu Symptoms causing this Hallucination - get better!

 

[beachbumm78]

Please don't take offense, but I see you're in Pheonix. It's not exactly known for the auto industry and production. Why should we (the JL Forum community) believe this rumor you are saying? Often with recalls a problem is pretty known about and you hear about issues happening often before you hear of a recall being declared. Maybe I live under a rock, but this "issue" is out of the blue to me.

I don’t. It was out of the blue to me as well as I haven’t heard anything either. I was surprised when I was told also.
My brother’s best friend works for Chrysler in the division that handles these types of issues, (recalls) etc. and just told me the other day about it. They got it approved and just sent the info up to start the process. I’m working on getting more details/specifics. (And I was told I could mention it here)

 

[Dyolfknip74]

I don’t. It was out of the blue to me as well as I haven’t heard anything either. I was surprised when I was told also.
My brother’s best friend works for Chrysler in the division that handles these types of issues, (recalls) etc. and just told me the other day about it. They got it approved and just sent the info up to start the process. I’m working on getting more details/specifics. (And I was told I could mention it here)

It wouldn't be a recall. At best it's a TSB. That way they're not on the hook for basically anything out of warranty.

 

[beachbumm78]

Wrong metal could simply be the supplier supplied a downgraded metal when there were more severe supply chain issue in the last couple of years.

Either Jeep authorized it to keep the lines running (one of those "we'll find out the impact later" ), or the supplier didn't tell Jeep of the change

Correct. I don’t know all the

It wouldn't be a recall. At best it's a TSB. That way they're not on the hook for basically anything out of warranty.

Most likely.

 

[nU7OuxIx]

It's interesting that you bring this up. I have a 2021 and, knock on wood, the paint around my door hinges isn't bubbling. On the other hand, the paint on my hood around the hinge is starting to bubble. I'm just living with it to see how bad it's going to get, then bring it in before the warranty is up.

There could be a dozen reasons why I'm seeing it on my hood and not my doors. But I wonder if what the OP said is true about it being a wrong metal.

I can also see it going a TSB route or recall route. If the metal is cracking due to weakness, the hood may fly up or off and cause injury.

 

[Omen]

Probably Bird Flu Symptoms causing this Hallucination - get better!

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! We dont want to create any mass hysteria...

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