2018 Jeep Wrangler UNKNOWN OR OTHER

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, GOING AROUND A BEND AT 65 MILES AN HOUR, THE JEEP STARTED SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT FELT LIKE THE JEEP WAS GOING TO FALL APART RIGHT UNDER ME. IT STOPPED SHAKING WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO AROUND 35 MILES. IT WAS TOED TO A DEALERSHIP. IT ONLY HAS 3100 MILES & 4 MONTHS OLD. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE BUT STILL AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

WHEN DRIVING OUR NEW 2018 JEEP WRANGLER JL SPORT, THAT HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHAT IS COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. IT BEGAN AROUND THE 5,000 MILE RANGE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN WE HIT A POTHOLE, EXPANSION JOINT OR QUITE HONESTLY ANY ABNORMALITY IN THE ROAD AND THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 40 MPH OR HIGHER. JUST RECENTLY I WAS GOING 65 MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND CLIPPED A POTHOLE AND IT FELT LIKE MY JEEP WAS GOING TO FALL APART. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE WOBBLE IS TO APPLY THE BRAKES. WHEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY GOING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AT 65 MPH THE DANGERS ARE TREMENDOUS IN HAVING TO DO THIS. OUR JEEP IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE.

THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF COOLANT COMING FROM THE AC VENTS . ONE DAY WE SAW A PUFF OF WHITE SMOKE COME OUT OF THE AC VENT . AFTER THAT WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY REPLACED THE HEATER CORE . THE STRONG SMELL OF COOLANT IS STILL PRESENT IN THE VENTS . THE SMELL IS ALWAYS THERE BUT GETS STRONGER AT TIMES , SO STRONG WE NEED TO ROLL THE WINDOWS DOWN.

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AN EXTREME FRONT END - STEERING VIBRATION (WOBBLE) HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION OF HAVING TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY. I THEN MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY WHERE IT WILL RE-SET AND I CONTINUE ON. THIS CONDITION HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST MONTH AND TWICE YESTERDAY. MY 2018 JEEP WRANGLER HAS 4500 MILES AND I HAVE NOT MADE ANY MODIFICATIONS ON IT SINCE THE JUNE 2018 PURCHASE. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE ENTIRE JEEP SHAKES RATHER VIOLENTLY AND IS AN IMMEDIATE CONCERN AND DRIVING DISTRACTION.

JEEP FRAME WELDS HAVE A LOT OF POROSITY AND SLAG. MANY OF THE WELDS ALL OVER THE FRAME DO NOT APPEAR TO BE COMPLETE AND LOOK UNSAFE. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO THE JEEP AND WAS THIS WAY FROM THE FACTORY. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CRASH SAFETY STRENGTH AND LONGEVITY IF WELDS START TO RUST AND DETERIORATE.

I HAVE A 2018 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED RUBICON WITH FRAME WELDS THAT EXHIBIT EXCESSIVE POROSITY AND IN SOME CASES, OFF LOCATION. I HAVE VISITED TWO SEPARATE DEALERS A TOTAL OF THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE THIRD TIME WAS A CHARM AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR AGREED THAT THE FRAME WELDS WERE NOT "IN SPEC" ACCORDING TO FCA'S STAR BULLETIN S1813000001. I WAS TOLD THAT DIRECTION WOULD HAVE TO BE GIVEN FROM FCA ON WHAT TO DO AND THAT THE ADVISOR DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE WELDS COULD BE PROPERLY REPAIRED. IT HAS NOW BEEN MORE THAN 3 WEEKS SINCE I HAVE HEARD ANYTHING. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF MY NEW JEEP IS SAFE TO DRIVE AT THIS POINT. IN ADDITION TO THE DEALERSHIPS, I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED JEEP CARES AND MIKE MANLEY'S OFFICE WITH NO RESOLUTION. I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

FRAME WELDS ARE PITTED, RUSTING, INCOMPLETE, AND HAVE NUMEROUS INCLUSIONS AND POROSITY. THIS IS ALL OVER THE FRAME. INCLUDED IS A PICTURE OF A WELD ON A BODY MOUNT. APPEARS TO BE CRACKED. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AND JEEP BOTH LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND SAY IT IS SAFE AND NORMAL.

I GOT BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A 2018 JEEP WRANGLER, ADJUSTED MY SEAT FOR OPTIMAL COMFORT, VISIBILITY, AND HANDS / FEET POSITION FOR SAFE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AND THEN NOTICED THAT THE DESIGN / POSITION OF THE DASH OBSTRUCTED THE VIEW OF THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER (AMONG OTHER INFO) WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION (I WAS NOT IN MOTION). THIS OBVIOUSLY CAN CAUSE ISSUES WITH SAFE OPERATION. I POSTED THIS OBSERVATION IN A JEEP WRANGLER FORUM TO SEE IF I'M THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM. AS OF TODAY THE POLL SITS AT 53% OF USERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. SEE HERE: HTTPS://WWW.JLWRANGLERFORUMS.COM/FORUM/THREADS/POLL-IN-YOUR-BEST-SEATING-POSITION-IS-YOUR-VIEW-OF-THE-WRANGLERS-DASH-GAUGES-CUT-OFF-IN-ANY-WAY.15958/#POST-390053

WHILE THIS VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT, AND OFF IT EXPLODED INTO FLAMES. .. *BF CONSUMER STATED CAR WAS PARKED AROUND 9PM AND NOTICED THE FIRE AROUND 3:00AM, SO ABOUT 6 HOURS. POLICE AND FIRE CREW CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRE STARTED FROM FAULTY WIRING. UPDATED 10/30/18*JB *DT*JB

FRAME HAS TERRIBLE WELDS, POROSITY ALONG FRAME WELD LINES, RUSTING ALREADY ALONG WELD LINES, SEEMINGLY MISSING WELDS, WELDS THAT WON'T GO DEEP ENOUGH TO RETAIN STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY WHEN REPORTED TO FCA, THEY STOOD BEHIND THE INTEGRITY OF THE WELDS, AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT PERFORMED THE INSPECTION NOTED THAT THE WELDS 'LOOKED FINE BECAUSE THEY LOOKED JUST LIKE THE WELDS ON A VEHICLE THAT HAD JUST BEEN DELIVERED'. PROFESSIONAL WELDERS HAVE NOTICED THAT IT SEEMS NOT ENOUGH SHIELDING GAS WAS UTILIZED DURING THE INITIAL WELD PROCESS, WHICH WEAKENS THE INTEGRITY OF THE WELD AND OPENS IT UP TO PREMATURE RUSTING AND POTENTIAL FAILURE.

WELDS ON 2018 JEEP WRANGLER JLU SPORT FRAME ARE BAD IN MANY WAYS. PROBLEMS INCLUDE: -INCOMPLETE WELD IF TRACK BAR WELD WHICH COULD CAUSE FAILURE AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL -POROUS WELDS - MANY OF THE WELDS ARE POROUS -LACK OF PENETRATION -OVERWELD AKA WELD DRIP -NEARLY 90% OF THE WELDS HAVE WELD SLAG THAT WAS NOT CLEANED OFF BEFORE PAINTING. RESULTING IN PARTS OF THE WELD NOT BEING PAINTED AND PRONE TO RUST AND EVENTUAL FAULURE -THERE IS ALSO A GREAT DEAL OF WELD SPRAY THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLEANED OFF -THERE ARE ALSO WELDS THAT WERE NOT COMPLETED...FOR INSTANCE THERE IS ONE ON EACH SIDE IN THE REAR WHERE THEY ONLY WELDED HALF OF THE TUBING THAT SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COMPLETE WELD AROUND ITS CIRCUMFERENCE. WELDS WERE EXAMINED BY PRESTIGE JEEP AND A DISTRICT REP WHO SAID THEIR WERE FINE HOWEVER THIS WAS NOT A CERTIFIED WELDING INSPECTOR. CASE WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF JEEP CARES/JEEP WAVES WHO LOOKED OVER SOME 160 PHOTOS I SENT OF THE WELDS AT WHICH POINT THEY SAID THIS ISN'T A CONCERN. IRREGARDLESS OF THE SAFETY ISSUES...AT MINIMUM THERE SHOULD BE PAINT ON THE WELDS ON MY FRAME. THE SAFETY ISSUES THEMSELVES ARE FRIGHTENING AS ONE OTHER OWNER OF THE SAME VEHICLE HAS ALREADY HAD HIS TRACK BAR BRACKET BREAK OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. HE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. I HAVE MANY PHOTOS THAT I AM HAPPY TO SEND IN HOWEVER, YOUR SITE ONLY ALLOWS 5. THIS JEEP IS 3 WEEKS OLD AT THE TIME OF THESE PHOTOS AND HAS SEEN RAIN 4 TIMES. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES THERE ARE HOLES AND POROSITY IN THESE WELDS. THE COPPER SPOTS ON THE WELDS ARE SLAG THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLEANED OFF BEFORE PAINT AS PAINT WILL NOT ADHERE STRONGLY TO SLAG AND WHEN THE SLAG FALLS OFF IT WILL LEAVE THE WELDS UNCOVERED. JEEP IS REFUSING TO TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE AND I AM NOW SEARCHING FOR A CERTIFIED WELDING INSPECTOR TO EXAMINE BEFORE BRING IT TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

2018 JEEP WRANGLER JLU SPORT. THE AC/HEATER IS OUTPUTTING A STRANGE MOLDY SMELL THAT SMELLS LIKE ROTTING SHOES. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS STARTED AND STATIONARY AND AGAIN APPROXIMATELY EVERY 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THIS IS A BIG ISSUE FOR ME AS I AM ALLERGIC TO MOLDS. JEEP SEEMS TO BE BLOWING OFF THE ISSUE AND REFUSES TO DO MUCH ABOUT IT.

2018 JEEP WRANGLER JLU SPORT. DURING DRIVING AT 75MPH, COLD AIR WAS FOUND COMING OUT OF GLOVE BOX SEAMS. OPENED GLOVEBOX AND COLD AIR IS POURING OUT. THIS IS WHEN THE HEATER IS ON. JEEP DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THERE ARE SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON THE FRAME OF MY VEHICLE WITH POOR WELDS. THE BEAD IS NOT UNIFORM, PENETRATION IS POOR, AND THERE IS SOME POROSITY.

SENT TO TOWER IN PLYMOUTH MI TO WELD JEEP FRAMES THAT ROBOT WAS NOT WELDING CORRECTLY. TOLD TO JUST COVER THEM UP AND THEY WILL JUST PAINT FRAMES. TOLD THEY HAVE TO MEET THEIR PRODUCTION NUMBERS. I WOULD NOT DRIVE OR WANT ANYONE ELSE TO DRIVE ONE OF THESE.*DT*JB

MISSING WELDS AND VERY POOR AND INCOMPLETE WELDS ON THE FRAME HORNS. WAS REPLACING FRONT BUMPER AND NOTICED A WELD THAT BURNED RIGHT THROUGH THE METAL IN THE FRAME AND LEFT A HOLE THROUGH THE METAL ALLOWING THE WEATHER AND ELEMENTS TO PENETRATE THE INSIDE OF THE FRAME. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, I ALSO FOUND INCOMPLETE WELDS AND WELDS THAT WERE MISSING COMPLETELY ON ONE FRAME HORN THAT WERE ALL PRESENT ON THE EXACT SAME FRAME HORN LOCATED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FRAME. ON THE FRAME HORN MISSING THE WELDS, THE METAL PLATES SUPPORTING THE FRAME HORN WERE NOT FLUSH OR EVEN, THE PLATE WAS CROOKED. ON THE FRAME HORN WHERE THE WELDS WERE PRESENT, THE PLATE WAS FLUSH AND EVEN. THIS IS THE LOCATION WHERE THE BUMPER IS BOLTED TO THE FRAME TO PROTECT THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE WELDS COULD NOT BE SEEN UNLESS THE BUMPER WAS REMOVED