2004 Jeep Liberty Engine Problems

My jeep liberty's check engine light has come on I've done every thing my obd2 scanner has said is wrong but this piece of [XXX] will not come outta limp mode so there for the rpms will not go over 2500 rpms and id like to know [XXX] is causing it to do that I've seen videos on YouTube that says it Bent valves and I need to replace with an upgraded version but I just bought this [XXX] thing and only have it maybe 2 months before it started doing this [XXX] and just paid God [XXX] $3,500 for this [XXX] God [XXX] piece of [XXX]some one please help before I put a rag in the gas tank and light that [XXX] on fire I'm [XXX] sick and tired of always getting the [XXX] end of the stick when it comes to me getting vehicles. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

WHILE DRIVING WOULD RUN ROUGH, STALL OUT WHILE STOPPED, STEPPING ON GAS BOGS DOWN THE ENGINE MAKING THE VEHICLE NOT MOVE ON HIGHWAY, STREET DRIVING, TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. REPLACED ALL FUEL INJECTORS FUEL PUMP, CHARCOAL CANISTER, PLUGS AND COILS, STILL A PROBLEM TOOK TO GARAGE STATED A RECALL ON CYLINDER HEADS. *TR

OIL PUMP WENT OUT AND OIL LIGHT IS ON AND STARTING TO MAKE NOISES IN THE TOP END.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. RUNNING ROUGH NOT IDLING CORRECTLY. THERE IS NO POWER ON ACCELERATION, VIBRATES AND SMOKES. I TOOK IT TO TIRES PLUS 1ST TIME, COST ME $800 FOR DIAGNOSIS, COMPRESSION TESTS AND REPAIRS THEY SAY NEEDED TO BE DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ABOUT A MONTH LATER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. TOOK JEEP BACK AND WAS TOLD THIS TIME THAT THE VALUE(S) ARE NOT SEATING. TOLD TO TAKE IT TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER DUE TO A SAFETY ISSUE. I RESEARCHED ON WEBSITES AND FOUND THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE FOR 2004 - 2011 JEEP LIBERTY AS WELL AS DODGES. WHY HAVE THEY NOT ISSUED A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS? THE ROCKER ARMS ARE POPPING OUT AND CAUSING HAVOC IN THE ENGINE. DEALER SAYS NO RECALL. CHRYSLER YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WHY NOT FIX IT!! THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE!!

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, ROUGH IDLE, NO POWER ON ACCELERATION, VIBRATES, BURNS GAS, SMOKES.. HAD A COMPRESSION TEST DONE AND AT THE 3RD CYLINDER HAS A COMPRESSION OF 65.. DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS AFTER WASTING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AND IT NEEDS NEW VALVES AND ROCKER ARM. UPON DOING RESEARCH I FOUND PUT THAT JEEPS FROM THE YEAR 2001 ON UP TO 2012 ARE KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM! WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED? THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE NOT TO MENTION VERY COSTLY!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, SMOKE AND SPARKS APPEARED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. UPDATED 09/10/15*LJ UPDATED 10/26/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING AND SHORTLY AFTER VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING GROUNDING NOISE. SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER/PLASTIC COMING FROM VEHICLE. A/C COMPRESSOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH ORIFICE TUBE. MECHANIC SAYS IT IS SURPRISING I EVEN MADE IT HOME. UPON RESEARCH, I FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. *TR

CAR SMOKES AND SMOKE COMES INSIDE THE CAR. IT IS EXTREMELY NOTICEABLE WHEN IT IS SITTING STILL CAR FILLED UP WITH SMOKE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE REMEDY TO INSTALL A TRAILER HITCH WAS INADEQUATE AND WOULD NOT IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE THAT CAUSES FIRE WHEN HIT FROM BEHIND. JEEP/CHRYSLER HAS APPROVED THIS RECALL, AND SENT LETTERS OUT FIVE MONTHS AGO. THEY STILL HAVE NOT MOVED FORWARD WITH FIXING ANY JEEPS. *TR

ENGINE OVERHEATED ON THE HIGHWAY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE JEEP HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A WHITE CLOUDY SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND INTO THE INNER COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT NOTICED SPARKS AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS A FIRE ERUPTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS LATER NOTIFIED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE) YEARS AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. MA 10/25/15

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL CAP WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE FAST LANE GOING ABOUT 70 MPH AND WE LOSE ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE HAD TO SWERVE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE HIGHWAY TO GET ON THE SHOULDER! ITS A MIRACLE WE DIDN'T WRECK! VEHICLE WOULDN'T START HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED, CHECKED THE OIL AND WAS FULL JUST GOT IT CHANGED 3 WEEKS PRIOR AT THE DEALERSHIP. TOWED IT TO A SHOP AND THEY SAID THE ENGINE WAS DONE! HAD A WARRANTY FOR 6 MONTHS AND 2 WEEKS AFTER THIS EXPIRED IS WHEN THIS OCCURRED! HAVE COMPLAINED EVERYWHERE I CAN AND I GET TOLD THIS HAS NEVER BEEN HEARD OF WELL ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GOOGLE THIS ENGINE AND THE COMPLAINTS ARE ENDLESS! I AM SO UNBELIEVABLY DISAPPOINTED AND NO ONE IS OWNING UP TO THIS PROBLEM! I AM DONE WITH JEEP AND CHRYSLER AND I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYONE I EVER KNOW IS TOO! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD STARTED MAKING A LOUD, CLICKING NOISE. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD JUST BEFORE THE CAR BECAME FILLED WITH SMOKE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SMOKE INHALATION HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED AS DESTROYED. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

THREE WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE USED, THE CAR BEGAN HICCUPPING OR LURCHING WHILE IDLING, AND HAD DIFFICULTY ACCELERATING FROM SECOND TO FIRST GEAR. MECHANIC CHECKED ERROR MESSAGE INDICATING CYLINDER MISS FIRE AND FOUND THAT ALL SPARK PLUGS AND ONE COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PROBLEM CONTINUED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. SAME MECHANIC CHECKED ERROR MESSAGE INDICATING CYLINDER MISS FIRE, AND FOUND RUBBER GASKET ON COOLANT TANK MANGLED CAUSING COOLANT TO SPLATTERED OVER ENGINE. REPLACED CAP. I TOOK A 1200 HIGHWAY TRIP WITH NO PROBLEM. AFTER I RETURNED AND RESUMED LOW SPEED STOP AND GO DRIVING, THE PROBLEM RESUMED. THIS TIME, THE CHECK ENGINE ALSO INDICATED CYLINDER MISFIRE, BUT A HOSE EXITING COOLANT TANK WAS RUPTURED LEAKING COOLANT DIRECTLY ON TO THE SAME CYLINDER THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. THINKING WE HAD FINALLY SOLVED THE PROBLEM, THE HOSE WAS REPLACED, THE CYLINDER REMOVED AND CLEANED, BUT LEAKAGE UNDER CAR AND SPLATTERED OVER ENGINE CONTINUED. CAR IS LURCHING ESPECIALLY WHEN ACCELERATING UPHILL, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS FLASHING ON AND OFF. THERE IS A HISSING NOISE AFTER I TURN OFF THE ENGINE. MY LICENSE PLATE HAS EXPIRED AND I CAN'T RE-NEW UNTIL MY EXHAUST IS TESTED, WHICH THEY WILL NOT DO IF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND UPON OPENING THE HOOD NOTICED FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TO THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE INSPECTOR DETERMINED THERE WAS NOT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V337000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT OF THE OUTSTANDING RECALLS WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE THE ENGINE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE NOTICED SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

IN 2012 MY JEEP STARTED BUCKING AND JERKING,IDLE SURGING, STALLING AND HAD. HESITATION WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE, IT ALSO HAD SUDDEN SURGES IN CAR'S SPEED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ALWAYS ON AND AT TIMES IT FELT LIKE THE BACK WHEELS WOULD SPIN BEFORE THE CAR GOT TRACTION. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, A NEW ENGINE WAS PUT IN IN FEB 2012 AND MY CAR HAS NEVER RUN RIGHT SINCE. I AM NOW ON MY SECOND NEW MOTOR AND STILL AM HAVING SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THE CAR. EVERYTIME ONE THING IS FIXED ANOTHER THING GOES WRONG AND IT IS A NEVER ENDING CYCLE. I WOULD NEVER BUY ANOTHER JEEP PRODUCT AGAIN. THIS IS ONLY A PART OF ALL THE PROBLEMS I HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH MY 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. *TR