2005 Jeep Liberty Complaint Log

2005 JEEP LIBERTY CRD HAS INTERMITTENT AND UNPREDICTABLE ISSUES WITH "SHUDDERING" AND "BUCKING" BOTH ON THE HIGHWAY AND AT LOW SPEED OR STOP. THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES DIES UNEXPECTEDLY AT INTERSECTIONS, OR HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING SUCH AS TURNING FROM STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION "GEAR HUNTS" BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUDDER AND LURCH UNPREDICTABLY. MOST NOTABLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM IS THAT OF THE VEHICLE DYING WHEN THE BRAKE IS STEPPED ON WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, OR DYING WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM AN INTERSECTION. THIS SITUATION COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, AS THE VEHICLE WILL STOP WITHOUT THE BRAKE BEING APPLIED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME TROUBLE. THE HESITATION PROBLEMS SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR FOR A TIME, BUT ALWAYS RETURN. THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDER AND "GEAR HUNTING" HAVE NEVER CEASED. THE DEALER HAS REPEATEDLY SUGGESTED THAT IT IS "TURBO LAG" OR THE "FILTERS NEED TO BE REPLACED." FILTER REPLACEMENT HAS DONE NOTHING. *NM

MY VEHICLE HAS A STEERING PROBLEM; I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BALL JOINTS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THE DEALER (BERRY, IN CORSICANA, TEXAS), SAYS THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE AND REFUSES TO WORK ON IT. I HAVE ALREADY HAD IT IN FOR SERVICE, PRIOR TO LEARNING ABOUT THE RECALL, THREE TIMES WITH NO RESOLUTION. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THERE WERE 22,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. NOW, THERE ARE 31,000 MILES. *NM

TRANSMISSION ISSUES- 2005 JEEP LIBERTY MANUAL TRANSMISSION, WOULD NOT STAY IN REVERSE AND HAD TO BE FORCED IN. THEN WOULD NOT SHIFT AND GROUND IN FIRST GEAR GOING 5 MPH. IN SHOP 5 TIMES ALL PARTS REPLACED STILL MAKES NOISE IN REVERSE A THUDDING SOUND AND ONLY IN REVERSE. MAKES OTHER NOISES NOT NATURAL GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND BACK TO FIRST. DEALERSHIP REPLACED SYNCHROS TWICE, STILL NOT FIXED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO REPLACED THE POWER CONTROL MODULE. THE PROBLEM RETURNED AFTER A MONTH. THAT COMPONENT WAS REPLACED FIVE TIMES. ALSO, WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE LOST PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE OPERATED AFTER RESTARTING. THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BUT THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS NORMAL. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THESE PROBLEMS.

I ALMOST LOST MY LIFE ON A CLIFFSIDE CORNER ON HWY 1 WHEN MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY CRD (COMMON RAIL DIESEL) TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED CAUSING BOTH REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP AT 55 MPH. HAPPENED AGAIN A COUPLE MILES LATER AND THEN CONTINUED TO REPEAT ITSELF AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER 5 TIMES TO DATE FOR THE INITIAL PROBLEMS (STALLING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND GOING INTO LIMP MODES). I KNEW IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER PREPARING TO GO OUT BECAUSE I HAD RESEARCHED CONSUMER REPORTINGS OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS ONLINE. THE DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER, EXPLAINED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY FOLLOW CHRYSLER CORPORATE'S RULES AND CORPORATE WASN'T ALLOWING THEM TO REPLACE THE CONVERTER. INSTEAD THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRANSMISSION SOLENOID, THEN TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, THEN CALLED TO TELL ME IT WAS MY AFTERMARKET INSTALLATION PROBLEM (TWICE). EACH TIME THIS MEANT THAT THEY SENT ME OUT IN A "FIXED" VEHICLE THAT STALLED ON ME AND CAUSED ME TO PUT EMERGENCY HAZARDS ON AND DRIVE IN LIMP MODE IN RIGHT HAND LANE OR ON SHOULDER. THEN WHEN THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER DROVE IT AND PERSONALLY FELT WHAT A "SAFETY ISSUE IT WAS", HAS NOW LOOKED AT THE POSTINGS AND IS BEFUDDLED WHY CORPORATE WASN'T ADVISING THEM OF THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT WITH THESE 2005 AND 2006 JEEP LIBERTY CRDS AND THAT CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF IT BUT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. CHRYSLER IS PUTTING ITS CONSUMERS AT GRAVE RISK FOR LOSS OF LIFE. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT (1) CHRYSLER HAS STOPPED PRODUCTION OF THEM IN THE U.S. AND MAYBE WE NOW UNDERSTAND WHY AND (2) ONLY 11,000 WERE SOLD IN THE U.S. I AM A LAWYER AND WILL EXERCISE LEMON LAW RIGHT AS THIS VEHICLE CANNOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT. HOWEVER, ALL 11,000 OF THESE VEHICLES WILL MOST LIKELY FAIL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY EXISTS 11,000 TIMES. *NM

MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY HAS BEEN PULLING TO THE RIGHT SINCE I HAD THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE LOWER BALL JOINTS DUE TO THE RECALL. I'VE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP SINCE IT WAS DONE AND THEY'VE TAKEN IT IN AND LOOKED AT IT SEVERAL TIMES. IT HAS BEEN ALIGNED AND THE TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED MORE THAN IS SPECIFIED JUST TRYING TO GET IT TO DRIVE STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN. IT HAS TORN UP TO INNER RIGHT FRONT FENDER WELLS AND HAS WORN THE TIRE DOWN ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE. I DON'T BELIEVE MY VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE. IT'S DIFFICULT TO KEEP IT ON THE ROAD BECAUSE IF I LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL EVEN FOR A MOMENT IT VEERS OFF TO THE RIGHT IMMEDIATELY. *JB

MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY HAS A RECALL FOR SAFETY CHRYSLER SAFETY RECALL F23- AND WE ONLY FOUND OUT BY ACCIDENT, IN SPEAKING TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF VECHILE AND SAME YEAR NONE OF THESE PEOPLE EVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE FROM DAIMLER CHRYSLER- WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS RECALL - 60 DAYS AGO WE CALLED THE DEALER AND I ALSO CONTRACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER - I WAS TOLD THAT THE DEALERS ONLY GET ABOUT 3 FIX KITS PER WEEK- AND WE ARE NOW NUMBER 96 ON A WAIT LIST. NHTS NEEDS TO LITE A FIRE UNDER DAIMLER CHRYSLER TO GET MORE FIX KITS OUT AND TO MAKE THEM NOTIFY OWNER AND WE ARE THE ORGINAL OWER OF ANY FURTHER RECALLS

I HAVE A NATIONWIDE SAFETY RECALL ON MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY FROM DAIMLER CHRYSLER. WHEN I CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP AS INSTRUCTED BY CHRYSLER I WAS INFORMED THEY WERE ONLY RECEIVING 3 PARTS A WEEK FROM CHRYSLER. AS OF TODAY I AM 80TH ON THE WAITING LIST. AS YOU CAN SEE IT WILL TAKE ALMOST 27 WEEKS AND/OR MORE TO GET MY JEEP FIXED. MY CONCERN IS THE RECALL STATES THE FOLLOWING:"WHEN THE DRIVER CONTINUES TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE WITH THIS CONDITION, THE CONTAMINATION CAN LEAD TO CORROSION, ACCELERATED WEAR AND POSSIBLY SEPARATION FROM THE STEERING KNUCKLE CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE STEERING CONTROL INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH." IT APPEARS THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONDITION THAT COULD KILL THE PEOPLE IN THE LIBERTY AND OTHER VEHICLES IF THIS UNIT FAILS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. THANK YOU, LARRY J. PAUL. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO THE FRONT SUSPENSION, LOWER CONTROL ARM, BALL JOINT AS LISTED IN RECALL # 06V288000. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS UNABLE TO SCHEDULE THE REPAIR IMMEDIATELY. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, ALTHOUGH NOTIFICATION WAS NOT YET RECEIVED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REFUEL THE VEHICLE, FUEL SPLATTERED ALL OVER THE CONTACT'S CLOTHING AND SHOES AND SPILLED DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50.

THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM IS: OUR CAR HAS BEHAVED LIKE WE'VE SLOWLY RELEASED THE CLUTCH ON A MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. IT HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD, HARD AGAINST THE BRAKES, THE ENGINE WILL START STRAINING AND FINALLY STALL OUT. FORTUNATELY, EACH TIME IT'S DONE THIS, WE WERE IN OUR OWN DRIVEWAY OR A PLACE WHERE THERE WAS NO DANGER OF CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, OR WERE ABLE TO HOLD THE BRAKES HARD ENOUGH TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM ENTERING THE ROADWAY. IT SEEMS TO DO THIS WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS COOLED OFF BUT NOT NECESSARILY WHEN IT'S COMPLETELY COLD. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECREATE THE RIGHT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE DEALER TO SEE THE PROBLEM (WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT THE RIGHT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES ARE). SINCE NO CODES HAVE BEEN SET, AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED WHEN THE DEALER DROVE IT, NO REPAIR HAS BEEN MADE OR OFFERED TO BE MADE. *NM

1. RANDOM EVENT, VEHICLE START AFTER OVERNIGHT REST (MIN 8 HRS), COLD START DRIVEWAY. NOT AFFECTED BY AMBIENT TEMP OR SEASON. THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND RANDOMLY HAPPENS ONCE PER WEEK ON THE AVERAGE. 2. VEHICLE STARTED, EITHER BACKED FROM GARAGE OR PARKING LOT DRIVEWAY , PLACED IN DRIVE AND DRIVE AWAY INITIATED UNTIL STOPPED AT INTERSECTION. TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP AND STALLS ENGINE AT /OR IN INTERSECTION. SINCE THIS IS RANDOM , WORK AROUND SAFETY MEASURES CANNOT BE PREDICTED TO PROVIDE SAFE ENTRY INTO INTERSECTION, HENCE SOMETIMES WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WITH A STALLED ENGINE. 3. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DELIVERED TO DEALERSHIP PURCHASED FROM . THERE HAS BEEN 4 VISITS/ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR WITH NO AVAIL. MEETING WITH DEALERSHIP RESULTED IN DEALERSHIP EXPLAINING THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, NOR DOES THE JEEP TECH REP "JOHN STICK ROD", AND THEY HAVE NO SOLUTIONS FROM JEEP AUBURN HILLS SERVICE ORGANIZATION SINCE THEY CLAIM THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE. WE HAVE SUBMITTED OTHER INTERNET ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALERSHIP IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THEM OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS COMMON PROBLEM ON JEEP LIBERTY CRD DIESEL MODELS. *JB

TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AND KILLED THE ENGINE WHEN PUTTING THE TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE. WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AFTER SITTING FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT SITUATION WAS THE JEEP WAS IN TRAFFIC AND CREATED A TRAFFIC HAZARD. *NM

12,000 ODOMETER. TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHUTTERING WHILE WE WERE ALMOST HOME FROM A TRIP WITH SMALL 7.5 FT POP UP CAMPER. TOOK TO DEALER AND THE JEEP WAS "WORKED" ON FOR A FULL WEEK. I PICKED IT UP NEXT WEEK AND NOTICED WORSE CONDITION BEFORE GETTING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. CO-OWNER OF DEALERSHIP WAS ASKED TO RIDE IN THE JEEP AND WHILE HE WAS DRIVING IT THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKED UP AND STRANDED US. THANKFULLY, THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN THE PREVIOUS WEEK WHEN WE WERE 3 STATES AWAY FROM HOME. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THE JEEP HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN FEBRUARY 06. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE AND THE VEHICLE BRIEFLY STOPPED MOVING. SHE IS AWARE OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN 2006 FOR THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE DEALER PERFORMED THE RECALL REPAIR ON APPROXIMATELY SEPTEMBER 8, 2006; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED DAILY AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE DEALER ADVISED HER TO GET THE TIRES BALANCED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO PERSIST. A MECHANIC LATER STATED THAT THIS WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT READ A NEWS ARTICLE STATING THAT THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION RELATED TO THE UPPER BALL JOINTS AND THE FAILURE WAS NOT RELATED TO HER YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRES WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THERE WAS A VIBRATION FROM THE FRONT END AND THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT AT HIGH SPEEDS OF 85 MPH. AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD WORN OUT AT ONLY 18,000 MILES. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 06V288000, REGARDING THE SUSPENSION: FRONT: CONTROL ARM: LOWER BALL JOINT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. UPDATED 12/1/2006 - THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER BUT THE VIBRATION CONTINUED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED 18000 MILES DUE TO CUPPING. THE DEALER CONTINUES TO LOOK FOR THE CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE NO VISIBLE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 06V288000 REGARDING THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

SINCE NEW WITH MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY CRD (DIESEL) IN SEPT. 2005 MY CRD HAS NEEDED TO HAVE NUMEROUS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS (TSB'S) DONE TO ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THESE TSB'S ARE NUMBERED 18-008-06, 21-009-06, 21-007-06 AND NOW A RECALL NUMBER F31 AS AN EMISSION ISSUE AS THE PREVIOUS TSB'S CAUSED A SITUATION WHERE BY SCAN TOOLS COULD NOT "READ" THE VEHICLES COMPUTER FOR EMISSIONS TESTING. THERE IS ALSO TSB 18-023-06 AND TSB 18-009-06. SYMPTOMS HAVE BEEN STALLING AND ROUGH SHIFT POINTS FOR THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS ON WINDY SECONDARY ROADS MY VEHICLE TWICE STALLED AT 40 MPH, ONE OCCASION I HAS A SEMI BEHIND ME THAT NARROWLY AVOIDED IMPACTING MY VEHICLE AS IT SUDDENLY LOST SPEED ON A TURN DUE TO STALLING. THE DEALER CAN NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. IT IS FAIRLY OBVIOUS AFTER RESEARCH ONLINE THAT THERE ARE KNOWN ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OF THE CRD THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO PROLONG THE SERVICE LIFE OF TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS BY USE OF VARIOUS "UNOFFICIAL" RECALLS KNOWN AS TSB'S., THUS TOTAL FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION, TORQUE CONVERTER WILL OCCUR OUT OF WARRANTY. IN MY SITUATION I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I URGE YOU TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION AND JEEPS KNOWLEDGE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT HAS BECOME UNFORTUNATELY OBVIOUS THAT JEEP IS HOPING TO "BAND AID" THE SITUATION UNTIL WARRANTY PERIODS EXPIRE IN ORDER TO SAVE COSTS. THE DANGER IS WHEN THESE "BAND AIDED" COMPONENTS ACT UP OR FAIL THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND WITH NO WARNING STOPS. YOU I'M SURE CAN SEE THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS. THE LIBERTY CRD (DIESEL) WAS AN EXTREMELY LIMITED PRODUCTION RUN FOR JEEP OF ONLY SOME 13,000 VEHICLES OVER A 1.5 YEAR PERIOD. THEY NO LONGER PRODUCE THE VEHICLE FOR THE US MARKET. I'M SURE DUE TO THE SMALL PRODUCTION THEY FEEL THIS ISSUE CAN BE "HANDLED" QUIETLY, I FEAR THAT SOMEBODY WILL DIE. *NM

MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY CRD HAS A TRANSMISSION "SHUDDER" AND LOOSES POWER BETWEEN 55 AND 60 MPH. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CRD OWNERS AND JEEP HAS ISSUED SEVERAL TSB'S THAT CONSIST OF COMPUTER REFLASHES THAT HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. I AM TO THE POINT WHERE I DO NOT TRANSPORT MY CHILDREN IN THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE IT LOOSES POWER AT 55 MPH ON HIGHWAY MERGES AND CRUISING. I AM VERY CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY, BECAUSE OTHER CRD OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION FAILURE FOLLOWING THE "SHUDDER" SYMPTOM. JEEP ONLY MADE 11,000 CRD'S (DISCONTINUED IN 2006, HOWEVER STILL PART OF THEIR MARKETING CAMPAIGN!) AND THE OWNERS ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING THEM TO RESPOND TO SEVERAL SAFETY PROBLEMS. THE ERG VALVE IS ANOTHER ISSUE. MINE HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE, OTHER CRD OWNERS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE REPLACEMENTS. MY JEEP CRD TOTALLY LOST POWER WHEN THE EGR VALVE FAILED. IT WAS ON AN INTERSTATE TRAVELING 65 MPH. LUCKILY I HAD A CLEAR PATH TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE WAS SIDE SWIPED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACTS VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL, STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THEN CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED THREE FRACTURED RIBS, PAIN IN THE NECK AND BACK, CHEST BURN FROM THE SEAT BELT, AND STRESS. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE LOWER BALL JOINTS IN APRIL OF 2007. SHE STATED THAT HAD THE RECALL REPAIR BEEN PERFORMED, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE CRASH. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 20,000. UPDATED 11/16/07 *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THREE TIRES HAVE BLOWN OUT WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE LAST ONE; THE REAR RIGHT TIRE FAILED ON 8-16-06. AS THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING ON A DRY HIGHWAY AT 30 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRE, THE CONTACT NOTICED A SLIT ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE. THERE WAS ALSO A SLIT ON THE SIDE OF ONE OF THE OTHER TWO TIRES THAT FAILED. THE CONTACT MAINTAINED PROPER MAINTENANCE ON THE TIRES. THE DEALERSHIP WAS INFORMED. THE TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR, WRANGLER. THE TIRE SIZE WAS: P220/75R/16 . *AK UPDATED 9/13/2006 - *NM

THE WINDOWS HAVE FALLEN INTO MY DOOR WELL BECAUSE, AS I'M TOLD BY JEEP SERVICE ADVISORS, BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE PLASTIC CLIPS INSTALLED ON THEIR WINDOW ASSEMBLIES. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE I'VE OWNED THIS JEEP AND I CONSIDER IT TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE HEART OF CARJACKINGS, THEFTS, & CRIME IN GENERAL, AND CANNOT LOCK MY CAR BECAUSE I HAVE NO WINDOWS. (I AM ALSO ELDERLY, FEMALE & CONSIDER MYSELF TO MORE VULNERABLE TO CRIME CHRYSLER HAS AGREED TO REIMBURSE ME, BUT THEN RE-ENGAGED, AND WOULD RATHER HAVE A "CAT FIGHT" THAN TO STEP UP PLATE & PAY FOR THE PROBLEM THEY HAVE CREATED FOR THE CONSUMER! MANY JEEP OWNERS, LIKE MYSELF HAVE HAD THEIR WINDOW FALL MORE THAN 10 TIMES @ $400.00 PER FIX = $4,000 X 10 MILLION SOLD (APPROX.) = $40,000,000. STAGGERING AND INTENTIONAL PROFITS WHEN THE HAVE CREATED INTENTIONAL DEFECTS TO PASS ON TO THE CONSUMER! CHRYSLER HAS BULLIED ME AND THEIR GREED HAS CAUSED ME MUCH STRESS AND UNNECESSARY EXPENSE DUE TO THE FACT THAT I AM ON LIMITED INCOME AND CANNOT SUSTAIN THIS EXPENSE. I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER JEEP SIMPLY BECAUSE OF CHRYSLER'S APATHY, LACK OF FAIRNESS TO THE FOUNDATION WHO BUILT THEIR LOUSY CORP - THE AMERICANS! THEY ARE AWARE THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD, BUT CHOSE TO TREAT EACH CASE AS ISOLATED, AND IN MOST CASES WILL NOT PAY. BAIL THEM OUT AND WE GET RIPPED OFF IN RETURN! *TR

1.A) CK ENGINE LT CAME ON, HEAVY BLACK SMOKE, JEEP WOULD STALL, FUEL MIL DECREASED,B) A/C QUIT WORKING,C) JEEP VIOLENTLY JERKED WHILE ACCELERATING/BRAKING, JEEP WOULD LURCH AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, JEEP STALLED DURING TURNS AND IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS LEAVING THE JEEP STUCK IN THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC,D) SAFETY RECALL OF LOWER BALL JOINTS,E) WHILE OUT OF STATE, DRIVING HOME AT PM ON HIGHWAY, THE ELECT THROTTLE AND BATTERY WARNING LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING, ELECTRONICS AND LIGHTS ON JEEP FAILED, JEEP STALLED ON HIGHWAY AND WOULD NOT RESTART, F) AFTER P/U THE JEEP UP FROM THE SHOP FOR A NEW STARTER AND BATTERY, WITHIN 30 MILES, SAME WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED, ELECTR QUIT, AND JEEP AGAIN STALLED IN TRAFFIC AND WOULD NOT RESTART, REAR HATCH OPENED AND WINDOWS STUCK DOWN 2.A) WOULDN'T RUN PROPERLY, UNSAFE TO DRIVE B)A/C QUIT C)NOT SAFE OPERATE JEEP FOR 5 DAYS UNTIL AUTH DEALER COULD TAKE IN THEJEEP D) RECALL REPLACEMENT E) HAD TO HAVE CHRYSLER TOW TO SHOP (FIRST SITE DIDN'T EVEN WORK ON DIESELS, SECOND DIDN'T HAVE A CERTIFIED DIESEL TECH IN) F) HAD TO HAVE CHRYSLER TOW TO SHOP 3.A)EGR ETC REPLACED BUT IN SHOP FOR 5 DAYS DUE TO BACKORDER ON PARTS B) TRANSDUCER SWITCH REPLACED, REFRIGERANT REFILLED; SAFETY BACKUP SWITCH ON A/C NOT REPLACED BECAUSE PART WAS ON BACKORDER,PART INSTALLED A MONTH LATER C) AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED DIAGNOSTICS SHOWED TRANSMISSION FAILURE TO INCLUDE FRONT PUMP, SEALS, AND OTHER MISC. PARTS WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER OUT OF RANGE, SERVICE BULLENTIN ISSUED BY CHRYSLER INDICATED PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER, PARTS INSTALLED AFTER 10 DAYS IN THE SHOP D) LOWER BALL JOINT KIT INSTALLED, IN SHOP AND UNABLE TO DRIVE FOR 1 DAY E) INSTALLED NEW STARTER, LET JEEP SIT FOR 1 DAY AND WAS NOT ABLE TO START, PUT IN NEW BATTERY AND STATED JEEP WAS FIXED, UNABLE TO DRIVE JEEP 7 DAYS F) JEEP STILL THERE, NO POWER, MAY BE THE ALTERNATOR BUT BECAUSE BATTERY IS DEAD, THE FAILURE HISTORY IS UNRETRIEVABLE, NOT ABLE TO DIAG PROBLEMS OTHER THEAN PROB ELECTRICAL. *NM

I HAVE A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY LIMITED. IT HAS 22596 MILES ON IT AND TODAY, 8/5/2006, I HAD TO HAVE THE LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOSE. THE DEALER FOUND THIS PROBLEM DURING A VISIT FOR AN OIL CHANGE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A LOUD ROARING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 10 MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SERVICE DEALER FOR REPAIR BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. A DIAGNOSTICS TEST WAS PERFORMED AND DISPLAYED NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT NO SOLUTION WAS AVAILABLE.

MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY WAS RUNNING ROUGH, SO I PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE. I OPENED THE HOOD, BUT COULDN'T SEE MUCH IN THE DARK. I WENT AROUND TO THE PASSENGER SIDE TO RETRIEVE A FLASHLIGHT AND AS I OPENED THE GLOVE BOX, I SAW FLAMES FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. I REACHED TO SHUT THE HOOD AND THEN CALLED 911 FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UNKNOWN REASON FOR THE START OF THE FIRE. OTHER NOTES: I HAD PREVIOUSLY FILLED THE TANK EARLIER IN THE DAY. IN JULY THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE SERVICE AND A FACTORY RECALL ON THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM. MONTHS EARLIER THE CAR HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE SERVICE AND I COMPLAINED OF A FUEL ODOR, WHICH THEY WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY. *JB

TRANSMISSION ON MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY CRD DIESEL EXPERIENCES ON-GOING SHUDDER AND HARD SHIFTING WHEN DRIVING IT. CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED SEVERAL TSB'S TO CORRECT THE SOFTWARE ISSUE, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. MANY OTHER LIBERTY CRD DIESEL OWNERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME SYMPTOM BEFORE THEIR TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED AND REQUIRED FULL REPLACEMENT. I AM AFRAID TO TAKE THE CAR ON LONG-DISTANCE TRIPS FROM HOME FOR FEAR OR BEING BROKEN DOWN ON RURAL HIGHWAYS OR ROADS AND STUCK HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM HOME WHILE A JEEP DEALER TAKES 2 OR 3 WEEKS TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION. CHRYLSER NEEDS TO FIX THIS, PLEASE HELP! REGARDING THE INCIDENT DATE, PLEASE NOTE I JUST CHOSE TODAY'S DATE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVER SINCE I GOT THE JEEP. *JB

UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION - 2005 JEEP LIBERTY CRD DIESEL. *JB

2005 JEEP LIBERTY CRD LAST SPRING I HAD SHUDDERING AND STALLING DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM IN JULY AT JUST SHORT OF 25,000 MILES THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.. IT WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH A TRANSMISSION PUMP, AND TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER. I AM STILL OCCASIONALLY GETTING SOME TRANSMISSION SHUDDER AND CLUNKING. *JB

ON THE 2005 AND 2006 DIESEL JEEP LIBERTY (4X4) THE OIL FILTERED IS EXPOSED TO DAMAGE WHEN OFF ROADING. CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO SKID PLATE AVAILABLE FOR THE OIL FILTER. WHILE OFF ROAD A ROCK HIT THE OIL FILTER AND OPENED A HOLE WHICH DRAINED ALL OIL AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO TURN OFF. *JB

WHEN COMING TO A STOP, MY TORQUE CONVERTER WILL LOCK UP AND STALL MY ENGINE. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALER WHO HAS REPLICATED THE ISSUE AND ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE TORQUE CONVERTER BUT THE ISSUE STILL EXISTS. IT HAS HAPPENED ON MANY OCCASIONS (20 OR MORE) FOR THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF AND IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE STALL MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE IN TRAFFIC. *JB

OWN A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER AT 14,000 MILES DUE TO EXCESSIVE PLAY. DID NOT HAVE A JOINT SEPARATION OR CRASH, JUST UNSAFE AMOUNT OF PLAY. CAR IS ONLY 9 MONTHS OLD. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND DURING DAY WITH NO WARNING OR EVENTS LEADING UP TO, THE LIGHTS AND RADIO SHUT OFF AND THEN A FEW SECONDS LATER COME BACK ON. WHILE DRIVING ANYTIME ANY SPEED CAR BUCKS LIKE A BULL. CAR WILL OCCASIONALLY STALL OUT AFTER BACKING UP WHILE SHIFTING INTO DRIVE ALSO WHILE GOING UP HILL CAR ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS FALLING OUT FROM UNDER IT HAD GAS TO FLOOR NO MOTION DEALERS REPLACES PARTS BUT CLAIMS NO PROBLEM FOUND. *NM

2005 JEEP LIBERTY CRV DIESEL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. DEALER REPLACED EGR VALVE TWICE (UNDER WARRANTY). PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED UNTIL THE THIRD TRIP TO THE DEALER. THEY REPLACED THE BLOCK THAT THE EGR VALVE MOUNTED TO AND THIS FINALLY RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. I NOW HAVE 28,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND NO PROBLEMS. THE DEALER WAS VERY GOOD AND PERSISTENT IN FINDING THE PROBLEM. *NM

LOWER BALL JOINTS BEGAN TO FAIL, BUT WERE RECOGNIZED AND REPLACED BEFORE SERIOUS DAMAGE OR LOSS OF LIFE COULD OCCUR. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED AT A REDUCED SPEED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE ALERTED. A FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER SUSPECTED THE COMBINATION OF THE DIESEL ENGINE AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WERE THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AWAITING FURTHER INSPECTION BY THE DEALER.

TOOK MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY IN TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT A SHIFT SHUDDER. THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS BREAKING APART. IF I HAD NOT TAKEN IT IN WHO KNOWS WHERE IT WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED AND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES COULD HAVE BEEN. *JB

2005 LIBERTY WITH ONLY 20,000 MILES... I CHECKED LOWER BALL JOINTS MYSELF AFTER HEARING OF SO MANY PROBLEMS... FOUND EXCESSIVE PLAY (UP AND DOWN MOVEMENT) IN THE BALL JOINTS... DEALERSHIP VERIFIED THAT THE BALL JOINTS NEED REPLACED.. HAVE AND APPOINTMENT TO GET THEM REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY LIMITED ON 05/23/2006. PRIOR TO TAKING DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE, I TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE AND I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND WAS TOLD BY THE SALESPERSON THAT IT PROBABLY JUST NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. I RECEIVED AN "WE OWE YOU" FOR THE ALIGNMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE ALIGNMENT. THE MECHANIC STATED ON THE SERVICE SLIP THAT AFTER HE PERFORMED THE ALIGNMENT THE LIBERTY STILL PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND HE STATED THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE CROWNING OF THE ROADWAY. THE ROAD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND I EVEN DROVE IT ON A FLAT SURFACED PARKING LOT, FIRST DOING ABOUT 25 MPH AND IT PULLED RIGHT AND THEN LETTING LIBERTY COAST AND IT STILL PULLED RIGHT. I HAVE OWNED AND HAVE DRIVEN SEVERAL VEHICLES AND I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. RECEIVED A CALL FROM A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP REGARDING THE VISIT TO THE SERVICE DEPT. FOR THE ALIGNMENT AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STILL PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND THAT I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH MY EXPERIENCE PURCHASING THIS JEEP, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD NOTIFIED THE SERVICE MANAGER. I HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY THE SERVICE MANGER. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I SEE THAT JEEP HAS HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE PULLING RIGHT ISSUE, AND HAS HAD SOME RECALLS. IT STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND SEEMS TO BE WORSE. NUMBER OF FAILURES WOULD BE EVERYTIME I DRIVE THE THING. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT JEEP CHRYSLER NEEDS TO GET FIXED. THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS WITH THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER HP TIRES. THESE ARE NOT SAFE FOR THIS VEHICLE. I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, COMPLETELY STOPPED WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN. IT HAD JUST STARTED TO SPRINKLE. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I STARTED TO GO FORWARD AND WAS JUST MAKING MY TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE FISHTAILED AND I SPUN COMPLETELY AROUND AND WAS FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. HOW COULD A VEHICLE SPIN OUT UPON STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP AT A STOP LIGHT??? *NM

DRIVETRAIN VIBRATION AT CERTAIN SPEEDS, UNSURE IF PROBLEM CAUSED TOTAL FAILURE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *JB

2005 JEEP LIBERTY EXHIBITS A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE IN THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WHEN BACKING UP AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT WHEN THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 50 DEGREES F. ONCE THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN A SHORT DISTANCE, THE NOISE DISAPPEARS. THIS NOISE FIRST APPEARED TO BE THE REAR AXLE BUT AFTER OWNER HUNG OUT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHILE ANOTHER PERSON WAS DRIVING IT BACKWARDS, IT IS COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES AND DISCS. HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE INTO JEEP 3 TIMES TO HAVE THIS CORRECTED. THE FIRST TIME THEY DIDN'T EVEN LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM SINCE THEY DID NOT HEAR IT. THE SECOND TIME, THEY HEARD IT BUT COULD NOT FIND IT. THE THIRD TIME, THEY WERE DIRECTED TO THE REAR BRAKES BY THE OWNER AND THEY STILL COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP APPEARS TO NOT KNOW THESE VEHICLES VERY WELL. SINCE THIS IS IN TEXAS, WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR COLDER FALL TEMPS AND OWNER WILL LIKELY HAVE TO FIX SINCE DEALERSHIP IS CONFUSED. *JB

I'M REPORTING A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT CRD (4X4 DIESEL) TRANSMISSION PUMP AND TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE WITH ONLY 6000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THIS FAILURE RESULTED IN LOSS OF SHIFTING AT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THE VEHICLE IN 5TH GEAR. AFTER COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT MY FAMILY WAS STRANDED AT A DESOLATE INTERSECTION IN HOT SOUTH TEXAS. THERE WAS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR A COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE WHEN VEHICLE CONTROL AND ACCELERATION WAS LOST AS WELL AS WHILE PUSHING THE VEHICLE FROM TRAVEL LANES. THE REPAIR TOOK 3 WEEKS LEAVING ME WITHOUT MY NEW VEHICLE. I INCURRED GREATER THAN $1500 IN EXPENSES IN HOTEL AND TRAVEL EXPENSES TO RETRIEVE MY CAR FROM A DEALERSHIP FAR FROM HOME. TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, JEEP WAS AND IS AWARE OF TRANSMISSION RELIABILITY ISSUES AND HAS ISSUED A TSB "SILENT RECALL" BUT DID NOT NOTIFY DRIVERS THEREFORE UNNECESSARILY PUTTING MY FAMILY AT RISK. *NM

MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY DIESEL HAD A CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THE DRIVE HOME FROM THE PURCHASE FROM THE DEALER. I BOUGHT IT USED WITH 18,000 MILES AND DURING THE DRIVE HOME I HAD IRREGULAR SHIFTING FOLLOWED BY HIGH ENGINE REVS AND THEN A LOSS OF POWER ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS (ALMOST AS IF I HAD LOST A GEAR). AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER THE FIRST TIME, THEY REPLACED AN INTERNAL COMPONENT IN THE TRANSMISSION, I DROVE IT HOME (APPROX. 30 MI.) AND HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. THE SECOND TIME THE DEALER SAID THAT THE ORIGINALLY, THEY DID NOT REPLACE ENOUGH OF THE TRANS. TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I ENDED UP NEEDING A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER AND VARIOUS OTHER INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS. THIS MUST HAVE BEEN QUITE THE POPULAR REPAIR BECAUSE THE DEALER HAD MY CAR FOR 3 1/2 WEEKS AS THE PART WAS ON CHRYSLER BACKORDER. SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION STILL SEEMS AWKWARD AND I GET AN OCCASIONAL SHUDDER HOWEVER, THE OCCURRENCES VARY AND IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT OR PINPOINT WHEN SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPENS. *NM

WHILE TRAVELING APPROX 25 MPH, ANOTHER CAR APPROACHING TOOK A LEFT IN THE INTERSECTION AS WE APPROACHED AND CAUSED A COLLISION. OUR CAR HIT HEAD ON, THEIR CAR WAS HIT IN PASSENGER FRONT CORNER. MAJOR DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. OUR AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING HEAD & NECK INJURIES TO BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER. THE OTHER VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY WITH NO INJURIES TO DRIVER OR PASSENGER. *JB

DRIVING VEHICLE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHEN TRANSMISSION FAILED, LOCKING WHEELS IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION, STALLING VEHICLE. NEARLY REAR-ENDED DUE TO SUDDEN LOCK-UP OF REAR WHEELS AND VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE, HAD TO PUT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN 1ST GEAR AND FLOOR ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO MOVE AT BARELY 1 MPH. REQUIRED 2 MINUTES TO MOVE VEHICLE OUT OF INTERSECTION AND ONTO ROADSIDE TO AVOID TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. *NM

AS A SINGLE MOTHER OF BABY TWINS, I AM BOTH COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT AS WELL AS GRATEFULLY RELIEVED TO HAVE FOUND THIS SITE. THE COMPLAINTS READ LIKE A CHECKLIST OF PAST ISSUES AND GOD WILLING, PREVENTABLE FUTURE ISSUES. THE GAS TANK CANNOT BE "TOPPED OFF"... ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, THIS WAS A SEEMINGLY ACCEPTABLE ISSUE. THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON ACCOMPANIED BY TOTALLY UNEXPLAINED STALLING EVERY SO OFTEN BECAME A PROBLEM WHICH WOULD CEASE JUST AS RANDOMLY AS IT OCCURRED. FINALLY (WHEN PREGNANT AND NERVOUS) I BROUGHT IT IN AFTER ONE TOO MANY TIMES. APPARENTLY THIS JEEP MODEL/YEAR IS WEATHER SENSITIVE. RAIN SEEMED TO BE THE CATALYST, BUT I REFUSE TO PUT ONE OF THOSE ANAL PERSON CAR COVERS ON BECOMING A SLAVE TO THE WEATHERCHANNEL. MECHANIC CHANGED TEMPERAMENTAL SENSOR WHICH, SO FAR, SEEMS TO BE MANAGED. THE A/C FAN ONLY WORKS AT 3 AND UP, WHICH IS TOO MUCH HOT/COLD FOR EVEN THE MOST ANEMIC AFTER MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES. BACK TO THE WEATHER, WINTER CAUSES FRONT STRUTS TO CREAK AND MOAN LIKE A GERIATRIC BEAST. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS ANNOYING BUT SEEMINGLY INNOCUOUS. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SHIFT ONLY WORKS IN PART TIME HI (OR LOW, DON'T RECALL), WHICH IS DISAPPOINTING THOUGH AGAIN, NOT LIFE THREATENING. THE COMBINATION OF THESE DEFECTS SIMPLY FEELS AS IF IT WAS BUILT WITH INDIFFERENCE TO THE CONSUMER. NOW THAT I HAVE TWO PRICELESS PASSENGERS, I REFUSE TO WAIT FOR THE CV JOINTS TO DISENGAGE BEFORE DEMANDING ALL REPAIRS BE MADE AND DOUBLE CHECKED BY MY IMPLICITLY TRUSTED MECHANIC (IRONICALLY ALSO A TWIN). IN CLOSING, THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED THEIR STORIES AND ENLIGHTENING ME TO CAUTION REGARDING THE DANGEROUS FLAWS AS WELL AS COMMISERATING OUR SHARED FRUSTRATION WITH THE PROBLEMS, LIKE THE WINDOW TRACK DISENGAGING, WHICH COMBINED ARE ONE BIG EXPENSIVE POTENTIALITY DANGEROUS HEADACHE. *TR

EGR FAILURE. TOURQUE CONVERTER FAILURE - REQURED TOW AND 8 DAYS IN SERVICE. 4 TSBS. *NM

MY JEEP LIBERTY RECALL E14 HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. WE HAVE TIME NUMEROUS TIMES TO SCHEDULE THE VEHICLE FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX. HOWEVER, THEY NEVER HAVE THE PART FOR THE "TRANSMISSION CUP PLUG BRACKET". I EVEN TOOK A DAY OFF OF WORK TO BRING THE JEEP TO THE DEALERSHIP SO THEY CAN TELL ME THEY RAN OUT OF PARTS. THIS IS FRUSTRATING DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DEALER STORE IS BEING NEGLIGENT. *NM

I HAVE HAD MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY IN FIVE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. IN EACH CASE THERE IS A SEVERE TO VERY SEVERE ACCELERATION PROBLEM. IN TWO CASES HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED IN BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL, TWO TIMES I HAD TO BABY THE VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP ONLY ONCE DID I DRIVE IT IN LIKE AN ALMOST NORMAL VEHICLE. ENGINE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING FINE IN NEUTRAL BUT SEEMED TO BE MAYBE FIGHTING WITH AUTO TRANSMISSION OR TORQUE CONVERTER TO MOVE. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED NUMEROUS PARTS ON TRANSMISSION, EGR VALVE TWICE, REPROGRAMMED SOMETHING ON TORQUE CONVERTER AND YET PROBLEM IS STILL THERE ON AN ONGOING BASIS SOMETIMES SLIGHT BUT ALWAYS APPARENT. ONE TIME IT TOOK ME TWO MINUTES TO GET THROUGH A STOP AND GO LIGHTS, THAT TIME DEALERSHIP SAID COMPUTER SAID I RAN OUT OF FUEL EVEN THOUGH FUEL GAGE SAID I STILL HAD A QUARTER OF A TANK AND THE WEEK BEFORE I HAD RUN IT TO EMPTY AND HAD NOT RUN OUT OF FUEL. VEHICLE CURRENTLY STUTTERS AT ABOUT 55-60 MPH HOUR AND HAS CONSISTENTLY GETS NO MORE THAN 22 MPG EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A DIESEL THAT SHOULD GET 26 MPG AND IT IS ALL HIGHWAY MILES. ONCE WHEN PASSING A VEHICLE IT STARTED TO ACT UP, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL LOSE ACCELERATION. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND I HAVE SENT IN A LEMON LAW REQUEST WHICH THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THEY RECEIVED 10 DAYS AGO AND STATED SOMEONE FROM MILWAUKEE OFFICE WOULD CONTACT ME IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS OR LESS BUT STILL HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE EVEN AFTER I CALLED TWO DAYS AGO ASKING WHY I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM MILWAUKEE OFFICE. *JB