Customer States: Check wheel Alignment! Jeep ran off road! Hit HARD! 

dont you have the garage manual for it? Checking it I can see it as a much easier job

,fiat is not italian anY more

normally for an inner tie rod end just turn the steering so you have more steering rack length showing and you can get a crescent or your tool on it easier.

And that's a target black&decker...not a Rigid

9:40...el cheapo

My Dart is the same way..basically a fiat, has the same strut retainers. Those plastic strut retainers according to Dodge are 1 time use and should be replaced after seperating them.

@@Javelin3o4 were just a few steps away from snap together lego cars

Plastic is a lot stronger under compression than you're giving it credit for. Under tension? Absolutely not. Not known for shear strength either, but under compression different plastics can be incredibly resilient.

@Ernest Sipes why is it poor design? the metal parts are broken and bend... but the plastic retainer is still going strong. So perhaps there is nothing wrong with this way of mounting them. I don't know why they didn't use bolts like everybody els does, I really doesn't make sense to me, but it works like intended so it seems.

@@richardenrooijen working as intended doesn't make it good. Explain why these kinds of vehicles the SKYROCKET in price to repair out of warranty. Honda and Toyota have some issues, but don't enjoy costing an another mortgage to fix like European cars now. Also there's a reason Fiats aren't sold in the States anymore! They're a horrible vehicle and so few are even running in the US anymore. If you have one running it's a unicorn. Again...you can keep the over-engineered European crap.

This is a cheap method employed on a growing number of European cars. The top mount locates the strut, the weight of the vehicle holds it there. Even over a jump, max downward travel of the wheel should not drop the mount out of its location. The top cover just acts as a sort of drop stop, but should not suffer much stress. Make a bit of a clonk over enthusiastic humps though. Interesting to see how the Jeep is using Fiat engineering. In Europe we have a Fiat 500X, which is a clone of the smallest Jeep. We thought the Fiat used the Jeep structure, seems it is the other way around. Probably not a good idea to overstress it with serious off-road jaunts.

@@tubosolinas it would have taken less time to remove three top hat bolts than to mess with that collar.

They work, and they don't rust.

That strut assembly obviously took quite a blow, and the collar didn't fail ......

Michael--Well Said!!!

I have to agree and disagree at the same time. Funny enough It all mostly depends on trim model - if you pay more for trailhawk trim you will get more robust suspension parts. If you pick up laredo or limited... Well yea it's a mall queen. But even so if you buy TH you have to mod it out of the box ;). If you look at Renegade or Compass that is just very far cousin of Fiat500 (Renegade is redesign Fiat500XL and Compass is just moded renegade platform).

To me its all junk of it has anything to do with Chrysler.

Im a mechanic and I can say you are very correct the only air tools I own is a die grinder air hammer and half inch impact only because I deal with cars in the rust belt in Illinois sadly

@@badazz2969 You use the same tools as the guy with the South Main Auto channel uses.

@@a.t.m.stormspotter6695 FCA (Fiat Chrysler) made that "Jeep". They just merged with another manufacturer (Peugeot) and became Stellantis. Jeep has always been the redheaded step child tossed around to different parents. My wife and I have jeeps made by AMC, Daimler Chrysler, FCA and now Stellantis.

@@841k9 None made by GM?

@@a.t.m.stormspotter6695 much too soon

@@a.t.m.stormspotter6695 decades ago Chrysler bought Jeep from AMC and then Fiat bought Chrysler out of bankruptcy. It's been that way a long time. And some modern Jeeps are straight up rebadged Fiats.

@@chrisclayton5349 Stellantis now.. the union of all the unreliable euro cars.. wait for citroën to go to the us .

Impact untorqued everything but bent the important stuff

Tie rod*

I was working on a 1969 Ford econoline van back in the early 80s. Needed water pump. Going up to the last bolt on the water pump, I thought to myself this was going way too easy for a ford. 5 hours later, with the help of my brother we had to chip away part of the timing case and sneak a hacksaw and saw for 2 hours to cut the last bolt behind the pump. Turned out the stem of the last bolt welded itself to the water pump housing. The few times I have worked on fords have left me with nasty injuries. Haven't touched a ford since then.

Tie rods...

nearly totaled, lol.

No, the Cherokees are not trail rated stock and I don't believe I saw any badges.

On the trail to junk yard.

Fiats from that era went like horeses... Galloping rust.

Where do you think your tin cans go

Take the coffee can cut the bottom out and make a decent strut Tower mounting bolt assembly

@@michaelpressman7203 that's an awesome idea I'll save some money on the Cadillac that way

Can you believe that, plastic.

No bolts to be seen, it's scary. Then again, they bent and busted a tie rod and bent a ball joint and the strut stayed put. Amazing that didn't give way.

What a crappy design! A plastic strut retainer? No way that could fail!

They don't fail. They are surprisingly strong. The top mount usually goes first pushing the rod up.

That is insane

I worked at a shop and there was a guy that had small child like hands, used to borrow him all the time. He could reach things a normal adult could never dream of, it was like cheating.

@@yyz4761 I dont know why they design it this way. After some flexing and scratching the hell out of my hand I did find a way to remove old bulb, but no way I can twist it back 45 deg. There is just not enough room, I have pretty large hands so that isn't helping but even my fiancee couldnt get it installed properly. Finnaly I did swap bulb on driver side (but not without 10mm rachet with H11 addon), however passenger side is some kind of horror (vac lines for pneumatic suspension are just in the way).

Yep, oversized car and yet the engineers still make it so there's still no fucking space

I worked in plant maintenance since 1982 till I retired and 2015

I had to fight to get a new trunk lid for my car when I got rear ended. They wanted to put a used peice of crap on. I don't think people realize that this is what insurance companies try to do.

Wait till you see parts designed by Citroen

Ya Just Enough Essential Parts was stretched to far ;(

Thank god they make something more sturdy, that seems like a safety hazard when a piece of plastic is all that holds the strut upright

The old bugs in the '60s and early '70s had a solid steel belly plant and not a piece of aluminum in the shape of a dog bone

Smart idea..

Ya, my dad loves Jeeps, just bought a 2018 Cherokee Latitude. I opted to buy a 2017 Acura RDX that he spent weeks trying to talk me out of to buy a Jeep. Happy with my choice to avoid Jeeps.

That makes sense. Millions of these on the road and no reported problems with what you think is a weak part, but whatever...

@@ThoughtMachine1 I did a quick google search several people reported having issues. I mean what do you expect? It's freaking plastic let's say it won't catastrophically fail. It's still going to be a pain servicing the vehicle.

My mom's 2015 grand Cherokee has had the top end of the engine rebuilt, entertainment system replaced TWICE, ball joints, and 1 wheel bearing with only 103,xxx miles. Meanwhile my 2008 silverado with 167,xxx miles is chugging along with just routine maintenance

@@ttgk8506 I own a 1996 F150 Eddie Bauer 2 wheel drive. It has 96,000 miles on it. The only thing that has been done to it was a PCV was replaced. Been a great truck since new.

A subframe made out of cast aluminum with honeycombs in it I've worked making molds with cast aluminum if you hit them with a sledgehammer they will shatter maybe it was an alloy I don't know

*fiat

Thank you for spelling vise correctly!!!!!!

Send it to Ray he doesn't have one

It's called planned obsolescence

Thanks! 👍

Alternatively, fix it again tony

@@vthegoose some say "Fix It Again Tomorrow" except tomorrow always comes!

😂👍

They don't say what kind of trail. I'm thinking it needs to be a paved trail... like a bike trail in a park.

The whole thing needs to be thrown away 😒

Till you drive it off the lot and then sorry buddy

Are you a fiat spokesperson?😂jk

Maybe it was the loose nut behind the wheel