jeeeep
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Damage sounds similar to my JK - which included the front axle on further inspection and Insurance covered all repairs since airbags did not go off.
Time to start over again. Last time
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Dale72
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They told mom when she called to report it that they couldn't start the process until they talked to me, but I haven't heard from them and can't get ahold of them.
Dale72
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Since it's a 2022 and only has 5400 miles on it. I'm thinking that the insurance will have it fixed.
jeeeep
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That's about where the frame bent on my JKU, at the sway bar. Once fixed it's been fine even after several offroad trips
Dale72
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It's bent right behind the horn
Dale72
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Well finally got someone at the insurance company to call me. The tow truck is on the way to take it to the shop so they can get a better look underneath. Even though the frame is bent, with it only having 5413 miles on it, they might fix it instead of total it. But it all depends on what else they see once they get it on the lift
Dale72
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Well as of now the cost of the damage to my Gladiator is at $6000. That's just a estimate from the photos the insurance got. The estimate wasn't showing everything that I could see was damaged. So I called the lady who wrote it. She said not to freak out that they are going to pull it completely apart and fix it.
Dale72
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I just got a text from the insurance company saying that my Gladiator should be ready by January 22nd. I called him and asked if they were replacing the frame or just the left rail. He tried to say that just the frame extension was bent. How did this part of the frame become a frame extension.
bobfriesenhahn
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It looks like part of the frame to me!
Dale72
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That's what I thought.
jeeeep
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Had same thing done to my JKU, they cut the weld and the extension slides out, the extension looks similar to this:
Dale72
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They keep changing what they are doing to it. They told the first body shop that they sent it to that they were more than likely to replace the rail. But that shop doesn't have the equipment to pull the motor, that's why it was taken to the dealers body shop.Had same thing done to my JKU, they cut the weld and the extension slides out, the extension looks similar to this:
jeeeep
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I had it done at a dealer body shop as well; they told me it's easier to pull the body off, pulled the engine/transmission out as one unit and then they can easily repair the extension.
Dale72
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The text I got from the insurance company said that the shop had some of the parts in. It should be ready by the 22nd of this month. The only thing is I don't have any use for the dealer that it's at. But it's the only one of the 3 in Jackson that has a body shop.
jeeeep
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I hear you, hopefully the body shop guys/management are much better than the dealership side.
Dale72
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Yeah hopefully. If not I'll wait a few months then trade it in.
jeeeep
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My jku has held up great, it's been to Moab, Colorado numerous times for offroad trips and put a lot more miles on it since the repair.