Bought new care checking to see if there are any recalls
Frame rusted completely near rear arm on the frame, was swerving as driving down the road, 120,000 miles.
2000 jeep wrangled frame has severe rust issue's! from my reading online this is a wide spread issue with jeep wranglers and no recall has been issued. there are holes in the frame that allow debri, water, sand, dirt etc. to get in the frame and rust it out and become a safety issue and or result in costly repairs.
The frame of my jeep wrangler tj model has rotted completely through. the vehicle is only 15 years old. i was driving on my way to work on city streets when my skid plate that holds my transfer case completely pulled out of the passenger side leaving a lot of stress on my transfer case. after i got it home, i would not drive it for fear of personal injury or further damage to the jeep. luckily for me i didn't. after sitting for i noticed i had a severe lean towards the drivers side rear of the vehicle. the area where the contol arms are attatched to the frame also pulled off. that part of the frame only had 1/2 inch of material left on the top edge. if i would have been driving at this time, i could have been severely injured or killed. when i bought a new frame and had it replaced i inspected my old one. there were holes and very thin areas from the front control arms to the rear bumper. it looked like water and debris could get in the side of the frame but had nowhere to go once it was inside. this caused the frame to rot from the inside out leaving me with no warning of any damage until it started to fall apart.
Catastrofic frame rot due to defective design
I feel compelled to contribute, this 2000 is my 3rd wrangler and i must say most of these complaints sound like trumped up bunk. especially about shifting from 1st into 2nd and a grinding clutch on an automatic transmission?? the only problem i'll grant is the water in the passenger floorboard and that happened on my '91 as well. so what, it's a jeep fer pete's sake. and if you've almost had an accident when the gearshift pops out in 1st... stop pulling out in front of oncoming traffic. problem solved. my gut feeling is that there are a lot of people who don't know how to properly drive a stcik shift and they're driving a jeep like a sports car. i hate to rag on other jeep drivers but i've seen them do it. stop whining please.
Under dashboard its leaking. water is getting inside of vehicle on driver/passenger sides. carpet in vehicle would be soaked due to leakage. problem can happen even if its wassnowing. have taken vehicle to dealership 3 times for the leakage problem & the problem still exists. *ak