2007 JEEP PATRIOT Structurebody Problems

THE JEEP'S ENGINE CRADLE/SUBFRAME IS RUSTED OUT AND HAS HOLES IN IT SO IT CANNOT HOLD MOTOR AND HAS A CRACK THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF FRAME.

MY FRONT AND REAR CROSS MEMBERS ARE CORRODED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM. THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO CALL CHRYSLER, WHICH TOOK FOREVER AND A DAY TO GET BACK TO ME (ABOUT 10 DAYS). FOR THEM TO TELL ME IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THEY FEEL IS NECESSARY TO FIX. IF I WANT I COULD HAVE THE DEALER DO IT, AND PAY OUT OF MY POCKET. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE PATRIOTS, AND SOME JEEPS IN GENERAL. THIS IS NOT A FIX I CAN AFFORD, NOT CAN I GET A NEW CAR AT THIS TIME. MECHANICS AT THE DEALER WERE SHOCKED CHRYSLER DID NOT APPROVE THIS, SINCE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONTAL UNDER CARRIAGE AND CROSS MEMBER HAD CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.