Add this: Jeep JL Earlier this month, Fiat Chrysler announced a recall for over 18,000 2018 and 2019 Jeep Wranglers because failing welds were causing a critical suspension mounting bracket to detach from the frame. Now we have the instructions for how Fiat Chrysler plans to fix the bad frames, which the company said could cause some Jeeps to “crash without prior warning.” Between May 7, 2018 and Aug. 21, 2018, Jeep’s Toledo North Assembly Plant used frames with an “off seam [track bar] weld location” to build up to 18,055 new Jeep Wranglers. The result, Jeep says in its NHTSA Safety Recall Report, is that likely around 720 vehicles (4 percent of the recall population) have track bar brackets that could potentially “[separate] from the frame.” This sounds like something you’d never really want to happen to your vehicle for a number of reasons, but Jeep identifies that it could possibly lead to reduced steering response and even a crash. Fiat Chrysler previously told Jalopnik that it planned to inspect all 18,000+ vehicles, but now-thanks to dealer service instructions posted to a Jeep JL owner’s Facebook page-we know how the company will actually fix the roughly 720 cars it expects to find with bad welds. The first step for dealers is to lift the vehicle and check out the build date code on the frame. If that number is greater than or equal to 126 and less than or equal to 156, then the vehicle was built in the May 7, 2018 to Aug. 21, 2018 window, and its owner should be offered a loaner car as the Jeep gets inspected further. Vehicles with frame codes in that range will then have their track bar bracket welds-both the inboard and outboard ones-cleaned. From there, with the steering wheel cranked to the left to help give better access, dealers will paint the vehicle’s three-digit VIN to the outboard frame bracket, and take a picture of both welds like so: Those pictures, along with the frame build date code, the vehicle’s VIN, and the dealership’s information, will be sent to a “Track Bar customer care representative,” who will take a close look at the welds’ positions. If the representative looks at the photos and determined that the welds are in the right spot, then the Jeep is all set, and no repair will take place. But if he or she finds one or both of the welds to be out of place, dealers will arrange to have a “Technical Weld Specialist” come to make the weld repair. But before that can happen, the dealer has to take some stuff apart. To prep the outboard weld to be repaired by the weld specialist, dealers are asked to disconnect the battery before lifting the Jeep, remove the left front wheel, undo the track bar nut and bolt shown above, and then take the track bar off of the poorly-welded bracket on the frame. From there, Fiat Chrysler says its “Technical Weld Specialist will perform the repair on the outboard weld.” There are no further details on how exactly the specialist will conduct the fix, but clearly the job will involve welding that bracket back onto the frame somehow. Fiat Chrysler told me via email simply: “Weld will be made to comply with specs.” Once the weld specialist’s job is done, dealers will bolt the track bar back onto the frame (with a new nut and bolt), throw the wheel back on, lower the Jeep, torque down the track bar nut to spec, and then give the vehicle back to the customer. That is, unless the inboard weld also needs to be fixed. Repairing the inboard weld is significantly more involved than fixing the outboard one. In addition to lifting the Jeep and removing the left front wheel, the air dam has to be taken off, and four steering gear mounting bolts have to be removed (to get the steering gear box away from the bracket weld location) after the track bar has been unbolted from the frame bracket: Each sway bar link’s lower nut and bolt also have to be taken out, likely to get the sway bar out of the way. Then, by grabbing the right front wheel and turning it, the vehicle’s wheels need to be pointed to the rightmost position. This will pull the steering gear away from the frame, and thus away from track bar bracket to give better access to the inboard weld. That’s when the Technical Weld Specialist will perform the inboard weld repair, or possibly replace the entire bracket. With that done, dealers will grab the front right tire, and turn the steering linkages to the leftmost position in order to line the steering gear back up with the mounting holes in the frame. New bolts will then be threaded into the steering gear and torqued down. A new bolt will hold the track bar into the newly-welded (and possibly entirely new) bracket, and new bolts will be used to hook the bottoms of the sway bar links back to the steering knuckles. The wheel will go back on and get torqued to spec, then the vehicle will be lowered, and the sway bar and track bar bolts will be tightened. Once dealers install the air dam, do an alignment, and check the work via a test drive, the Jeep will be all fixed and ready to go back to the customer. Jeep lists how much time dealerships can bill to each procedure in the table below: So if you’ve got a 2018 or 2019 Jeep Wrangler affected by the recall, now you know what type of surgery might be in its future.
Not crazy about it ..... I think I’d buy a cheaper model then replace the factory suspension, wheels and tires and bumpers. Actually probably buy a used one a few years old Currently have an 2011 Sahara bought it 3 years old with only 14000 miles and saved a ton of money over new.
Right of the bat you probably notice the price tag is not cheap either. Over priced! And the quality does not impressed, very easy to get rust just a little spot of water on the frame and it tends to get rust already. It’s a really shitty pain job on the frame from Jeep. It’s not worth that price tag.
james jr it's the price one has to pay for 4x4 capability and the unique open air virtue...I wish it was 30k as shown, but the illuminati are a real pain.
I'll need to see a built one to really form an opinion. We love our JK. It's literally never let us down when it comes to getting into or getting our of a situation! See for yourself in our most recent video we made of some crawling in Little Moab! ruclips.net/video/XQZdYKArGCk/видео.html
No real Jeep has 4 doors, but that aside, you mention they removed the Jeep logo on the front because "even from a distance you know it's a Wrangler, so they felt they didn't need to advertise on the front of the vehicle anymore." Really? Then why are there still Jeep logos on the body panels immediately behind the front wheel fenders? Apparently they don't think people know it's a Wrangler from the side. Seems like all the "improvements" are style over function (and creature comforts) and make the Wrangler more like a car--perfect for soccer moms.
Most beautiful car dealership located I’ve ever seen.
We have a 2018JL Sahara and love it,very quiet,plenty of pep, we have heated seats, this is the (7) Jeep I have owned
That background is majestic asf 😍
Great job on the video! Quality and up close detail on all the shots made me feel like I was in the car
The jeep is awesome but damn that background!
You were absolutely awesome with the descriptions & commendation of this vehicle! I would buy from you any day!
These vehicles are top notch
Holy Crap! What a backdrop!!!!
oh my lord. that one is so sweet. I have a 2016 an you can tell the difference between both
WVA Jeep Community which one is great Rubicon vs this one
Grear car. Still in love with my JK
Whaoo! Wonderful, powerful and appetising
why does the Sahara not offer pure black rims? Only the Sport models have them?
Give me a birthday present - such a car. I dreamed about her for 10 years.
It's one big beautiful car!
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Jeep JL
Earlier this month, Fiat Chrysler announced a recall for over 18,000 2018 and 2019 Jeep Wranglers because failing welds were causing a critical suspension mounting bracket to detach from the frame. Now we have the instructions for how Fiat Chrysler plans to fix the bad frames, which the company said could cause some Jeeps to “crash without prior warning.”
Between May 7, 2018 and Aug. 21, 2018, Jeep’s Toledo North Assembly Plant used frames with an “off seam [track bar] weld location” to build up to 18,055 new Jeep Wranglers. The result, Jeep says in its NHTSA Safety Recall Report, is that likely around 720 vehicles (4 percent of the recall population) have track bar brackets that could potentially “[separate] from the frame.” This sounds like something you’d never really want to happen to your vehicle for a number of reasons, but Jeep identifies that it could possibly lead to reduced steering response and even a crash.
Fiat Chrysler previously told Jalopnik that it planned to inspect all 18,000+ vehicles, but now-thanks to dealer service instructions posted to a Jeep JL owner’s Facebook page-we know how the company will actually fix the roughly 720 cars it expects to find with bad welds.
The first step for dealers is to lift the vehicle and check out the build date code on the frame. If that number is greater than or equal to 126 and less than or equal to 156, then the vehicle was built in the May 7, 2018 to Aug. 21, 2018 window, and its owner should be offered a loaner car as the Jeep gets inspected further.
Vehicles with frame codes in that range will then have their track bar bracket welds-both the inboard and outboard ones-cleaned. From there, with the steering wheel cranked to the left to help give better access, dealers will paint the vehicle’s three-digit VIN to the outboard frame bracket, and take a picture of both welds like so:
Those pictures, along with the frame build date code, the vehicle’s VIN, and the dealership’s information, will be sent to a “Track Bar customer care representative,” who will take a close look at the welds’ positions.
If the representative looks at the photos and determined that the welds are in the right spot, then the Jeep is all set, and no repair will take place. But if he or she finds one or both of the welds to be out of place, dealers will arrange to have a “Technical Weld Specialist” come to make the weld repair. But before that can happen, the dealer has to take some stuff apart.
To prep the outboard weld to be repaired by the weld specialist, dealers are asked to disconnect the battery before lifting the Jeep, remove the left front wheel, undo the track bar nut and bolt shown above, and then take the track bar off of the poorly-welded bracket on the frame.
From there, Fiat Chrysler says its “Technical Weld Specialist will perform the repair on the outboard weld.” There are no further details on how exactly the specialist will conduct the fix, but clearly the job will involve welding that bracket back onto the frame somehow. Fiat Chrysler told me via email simply: “Weld will be made to comply with specs.”
Once the weld specialist’s job is done, dealers will bolt the track bar back onto the frame (with a new nut and bolt), throw the wheel back on, lower the Jeep, torque down the track bar nut to spec, and then give the vehicle back to the customer. That is, unless the inboard weld also needs to be fixed.
Repairing the inboard weld is significantly more involved than fixing the outboard one. In addition to lifting the Jeep and removing the left front wheel, the air dam has to be taken off, and four steering gear mounting bolts have to be removed (to get the steering gear box away from the bracket weld location) after the track bar has been unbolted from the frame bracket:
Each sway bar link’s lower nut and bolt also have to be taken out, likely to get the sway bar out of the way. Then, by grabbing the right front wheel and turning it, the vehicle’s wheels need to be pointed to the rightmost position. This will pull the steering gear away from the frame, and thus away from track bar bracket to give better access to the inboard weld.
That’s when the Technical Weld Specialist will perform the inboard weld repair, or possibly replace the entire bracket.
With that done, dealers will grab the front right tire, and turn the steering linkages to the leftmost position in order to line the steering gear back up with the mounting holes in the frame. New bolts will then be threaded into the steering gear and torqued down.
A new bolt will hold the track bar into the newly-welded (and possibly entirely new) bracket, and new bolts will be used to hook the bottoms of the sway bar links back to the steering knuckles. The wheel will go back on and get torqued to spec, then the vehicle will be lowered, and the sway bar and track bar bolts will be tightened.
Once dealers install the air dam, do an alignment, and check the work via a test drive, the Jeep will be all fixed and ready to go back to the customer.
Jeep lists how much time dealerships can bill to each procedure in the table below:
So if you’ve got a 2018 or 2019 Jeep Wrangler affected by the recall, now you know what type of surgery might be in its future.
just a correction, the heated seats in the JL are not the first in a Wrangler. I have a 2016 Sahara Unlimited with heated seats.
Very nice walk thru!!!
What the heck happened at 3:49 ?
Nebulaterous I spent 45 seconds dealing with your comment, please keep comments to yourself..thx.
Phone notification came in. Vibration screwed it up.
A terminator was arriving from the future.
Alien
Good review
Where can I get one of those jackets? ☺
Why The Need To Scrap The JEEP Badge Off The Front Grille?? I Thought It Really Set It Off!!
how's the fuel efficiency??? in term of kilometers per liter
I’m getting 23 k per litre
Is this car really bad on gas?
Yes
No it’s not it does better than my m3 did and it uses 87 compared to premium
Holy cow dude! Mountains much?
What color is the exterior?
What was the wave look at 3:50
Supercar Exotics maybe heat??
Whoever was recording got text message or an email. Phone vibrating?
Is the fuel economy really 17.5L/100Km?
Anoop R no it is not , it only had been driven less than 100km , it takes a good 500km of driving before fuel economy average becomes accurate.
It’ll be like 13L in reality. Still awful.
No I’m getting 23 sometimes 21 in the winter guys … no shit
What's the Color of this vehicle called
Martin Sexton granite Crystal metallic
I love so much
Not crazy about it ..... I think I’d buy a cheaper model then replace the factory suspension, wheels and tires and bumpers. Actually probably buy a used one a few years old Currently have an 2011 Sahara bought it 3 years old with only 14000 miles and saved a ton of money over new.
Gr8 vid bro. Thx a lot.
Jeep should relocate the back wheel.
The windshield folds down for the first time ever?!!!! Uhhhh you sure about that buddy?
I think he is referring to the positioning of the reaerview mirror.
He was referring to making it easy for the first time ever
GREAT
디젤엔진은 없나??
Come on man. Put the phone in airplane mode haha
ジープラングラー最高だぜ❗
Dad? Is that you?!
It’s only a Sahara on the passenger side? 🤓 musta run outta Sahara badges that day.
2016 Jk had heated seat
What changes? New Jeep Wrangler has only 1 star from Euro Ncap Safety Test! What a Shame!
Right of the bat you probably notice the price tag is not cheap either. Over priced! And the quality does not impressed, very easy to get rust just a little spot of water on the frame and it tends to get rust already. It’s a really shitty pain job on the frame from Jeep. It’s not worth that price tag.
james jr it's the price one has to pay for 4x4 capability and the unique open air virtue...I wish it was 30k as shown, but the illuminati are a real pain.
Stop calling vehicles you can’t afford overpriced. Maybe you are underpaid.
@@jross9800 Maybe its overpriced.
user_mac01 or...
$44k including $3k rebate
I'll need to see a built one to really form an opinion. We love our JK. It's literally never let us down when it comes to getting into or getting our of a situation! See for yourself in our most recent video we made of some crawling in Little Moab!
ruclips.net/video/XQZdYKArGCk/видео.html
That’s good to hear gabbie
MENO MALE CHE LA FCA ( FIAT NON HA MESSO LE MANI )
No real Jeep has 4 doors, but that aside, you mention they removed the Jeep logo on the front because "even from a distance you know it's a Wrangler, so they felt they didn't need to advertise on the front of the vehicle anymore." Really? Then why are there still Jeep logos on the body panels immediately behind the front wheel fenders? Apparently they don't think people know it's a Wrangler from the side. Seems like all the "improvements" are style over function (and creature comforts) and make the Wrangler more like a car--perfect for soccer moms.
Come on Fred ..
@@fredbrandl880, "come on Fred?" That's the best you have? STFU or make a rational rebuttal/statement.
ugly.... what is new car this bad economy.
Guy Good you are ugly, not the Jeep