1.6

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
106,132 miles

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1998 Jeep Wrangler body / paint problems

body / paint problem

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1998 Jeep Wrangler Owner Comments

problem #1

Feb 072015

Wrangler 6-cyl

  • 106,132 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Purchased a used 1998 Jeep Wrangler sport on December 27 2014. Had it in a shop for new tires when they told me the frame was rotted and it was unsafe to drive. The dealership I bought it from inspected it and sure enough, rotted frame and unsafe to drive. They agreed to pay 1700 dollars towards the cost of a frame swap and it cost me 1000 dollars more for a total of 2700 dollars. This seems to be a real issue with Jeep between the years of 97 to 04, I may be wrong on the exact years but there is a definite pattern of bad manufacturing practices/bad quality steel to be contributing to this frame rot. Is Chrysler waiting for someone to get killed in order to address this issue" big corporations and politics meet to screw the general public once again" Chrysler, take a lesson from Toyota and fix these frames before someone gets killed going down the highway at 65 mph and their frame breaks. My Jeep was totally bone stock when this was discovered. I'm not trying to get a dollar back for what I paid, just trying to bring awareness to this as have many others. Jeepers lover their Jeep no doubt and are very loyal to the brand. Chrysler should recognize this and do the right thing. I hope many more come forward and steps are taken to right this wrong before someone gets killed. Chrysler can blame it on road salt or sea air or whatever, but there are other auto manufacturers with cars still on the road from the 60's and 70's and earlier eras with no frame problems at all. Big corporations hide behind bad politics and they work hand in hand to not take blame for things like this. One of many problems with politics in America.

- Greenville, SC, USA

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