NHTSA Complaint #11256966 — 2018 JEEP WRANGLER

FILED COMPLAINT WITH FCA REGARDING POOR FRAME WELDS. I AM A CERTIFIED WELDING INSPECTOR AND REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, AND THE WELDS WERE ATROCIOUS. MANY WELDS WITH POROSITY, LINEAR POROSITY, AND CLUSTER POROSITY. ALSO WELDS MISALIGNED AND WITH POOR PLACEMENT. AFTER MONTHS OF DELAYS (ORIGINAL COMPLAINT IN FEBRUARY) THEY SENT A WELDING INSPECTOR (STATED FROM THE FRAME MANUFACTURER) TO INSPECT AND WELD ON THE FRAME. DIDN'T GRIND OUT OLD WELDS. JUST WELDED OVER THE TOP OF OLD WELDS. LOOKED EVEN WORSE. POOR WELD PROFILES. WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO, AND WAS TOLD I WAS STUCK WITH IT OR I COULD GO TO ARBITRATION. THEN FCA DECIDED TO WOULD OFFER ME A TRADE CERTIFICATE OF $4000. I FELT LIKE THIS WAS TO SHUT ME UP, BUT IT WAS THE ONLY COMPENSATION I WOULD RECEIVE. I TRIED TO GET THEM TO LEMON IT, BUT THEY TOLD ME IT DIDN'T QUALIFY AND JUST GAVE ME THE RUNAROUND. SAW AN ARTICLE ABOUT REPORTING TO THE NHTSA. DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS AN OPTION. I WISH SOMEONE COULD MAKE THEM OWN UP TO THE FACT THAT THEY PRODUCED AN IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED VEHICLE, POTENTIALLY VERY UNSAFE LONG TERM. MARKED OVER 40 SPOTS ON MY FRAME (WHAT I COULD EASILY SEE). THEY WELDED OVER 4 SPOTS. I'M AFRAID IF I DON'T TAKE THEIR TRADE OFFER I WILL GET NOTHING.