Passangers fall to the ground when getting in???

[03 Rammer]

As some of you know there are issues with our stock A-pillars a.k.a oh shit bars, breaking while being grabbed on. Multiple lawsuits have happened because of this etc etc. Well on Saturday my brother in law broke my passenger side one and almost hit is head on the trucks door sill. Lucky for all of us he is quick on his feet lol

That being said. I came into work today and on my down time looked up another handle and bought it. I was surprised to see that Chrysler has addressed this issue somewhat.

Things I noticed. The plastic where the bolts go through is much thicker. The channel that the bolts drop down are also thicker and there is no slits in that channel anymore like the stock ones.

Part numbers I'm talking about are 1TE74TL2AA (list 31.00) and 1TE75TL2AA (list 33.00)

Just thought I'd share

FYI the A-pillar handles are not supposed to be used to help pull you up into the truck Which I knew but most passengers don't.

Here is the stock one:

Notice that split down the channel and the little thiner plastic where the screw goes through.


Here is the new improved superceeded one:

Notice no split down the channel and thicker plastic.


Oh and yeah the new one comes with some type of fabric on the inside as the stock one didn't.