The agency wants to determine whether early examples of the current, JL-generation off-roader suffer from bad frame welds, and if the problem can cause dangerous steering issues.

Roy Carl is a Jeep customizer and restorer, and owner of Performance Off Road. He has been working on Wrangler frames for 20 years, often replacing the entire frame in a complete restoration.

See skilled welders in action as they repair a truck frame broken from the mid. Using precise welding techniques and mechanical expertise, they restore the frame to its original strength. This ...

While all vehicle safety recalls are to be taken seriously and prescribed repairs made, a bad weld in the sub-frame obviously isn’t ideal in a car intended for spirited driving.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is preparing to recall about 18,000 Jeep Wranglers because of a faulty weld in the frame of the popular sport utility vehicle that can cause a sudden crash.