2001 Jeep Wrangler Body and structure Problems

“(*note: I live in ct, USA. I park my Jeep in the garage when it snows, and in the driveway the rest of the time.) while retrieving something out of the back seat, I stepped up on the running board (aka. Side step) and as I leaned in, it ripped right out of the frame. Within a month of this, my skid plate rotted out of the frame and left my transmission unsupported and my universal joint hanging at 30 degree angle. I brought it to my mechanic, who told me to take it straight to a body shop. It's been there two weeks now! …”

“Takata recall my vehicle was in motion traveling about 50 MPH when it lost control on a wet road. The car slid across the road, over a small ditch, and head on into a tree. The car bounced from the tree and swiped the drivers side with another tree and finally bouncing back towards the road. The road was slightly curved downhill in a small town. I attempted to use my brakes while out of control but they were ineffective. The weather conditions were thunderstorms on and off, raining in the area of the accident. I believe the airbag is the safety risk. …”

“This is been an ongoing problem since I purchased this vehicle the frame is pretty much completely rotted away basically since the day I bought it it is cost me almost $4000 to get the frame repair of repeatably. One such time my transmission and transfer case actually fell out because the skid plate rotted out for bolts on. This specific repair cost me almost $3000 to fix as I had to get another transfer case and a newport of rail made. I also have my rear upper control arm mounts rust off of the frame destroying my rear axle . That was another $2000 replacement. …”

“When sitting in my driveway with the engine running I noticed a burnt odor smell from the dash area. The air conditioner was running on high blower and on the max setting of internal air flow. The blower stopped working shortly after this happened. Upon inspection of the blower switch I found the switch had started to burn and melt at the connection for the max blower speed. I have replaced the switch twice now with the same problem,the circuit needs a relay in it to prevent the blower switch from over heating and causing the wire from burning up. At no time was the fuse blown on the circuit.”

“I was driving in the mountains and noticed an unusual noise under my Jeep and got out to check it out and found that my frame had cracked under the passenger seat where the control arm is welded to the frame. After looking more closely, the frame has completely rusted through and is a hole has developed for approximately 20 inches along the center of the bottom of the frame rail and up and through where the control arm bracket is welded to the frame. There is only about 1 inch of weld still holding on the outside bracket. I was afraid to drive home. …”