2006 Jeep Liberty Brakes Problems

I'VE HAD LOWER BALL JOINTS, BUSHING AND CONTROL ARMS ALREADY REPLACED ONCE IN 2017 AND NOW THEY ARE OUT AGAIN. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY MOPAR THAT MY 2006 LIBERTY WAS MADE 5 WEEKS AFTER THE LAST ONE INVOLVED IN THE RECALL.THIS IS INEXCUSABLE. I'VE HAD 3 WINDOW REGULATORS REPLACED. THIS IS A FATALITY WAITING TO HAPPEN IF I DRIVE. I STARTED HEARING AND FEELING THE BALL JOINTS GOING BAD ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. I HARDLY HAVE DRIVEN IT SINCE I WORK FROM HOME NOW. CAN CHRYSLER SEE ALL THESE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE BALL JOINTS AND STILL NOT ADD THESE 06 JEEP'S TO THAT RECALL. THIS IS NOT GOOD BUSINESS AT ALL. ALSO JUST HAD FRONT BRAKES DONE 1 YEAR AGO AND THEY NEED REPLACED ALREADY. IGNITION - MY KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION UNLESS I PUSH ON THE IGNITION CABLE. PLEASE HELP ME TO GET THESE PROBLEMS FIXED. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FROM CHRYSLER.

NHTSA ID

11376079

Incident

Nov 1, 2020

Mileage

165,000 mi

YESTERDAY MY ABS AND ESB LIGHTS CAME ON. I DID NOTICE A BIT OF GRINDING TYPE NOISE APPROXIMATELY TWICE IN A FULL DAY OF DRIVING. TODAY, SAME THING, BUT LIGHTS WENT OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES RIGHT AFTER START UP. MY BRAKES AND TIRES WERE REPLACED IN LATE AUGUST. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID MY BRAKES WERE IN GOOD ORDER BUT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR IS BAD. IF THIS DOESN'T CORRECT ISSUE, A WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND RESET THE STEERING ANGLE IS RECOMMENDED. NONE OF THESE ISSUES WOULD WARRANT THE ODD GRINDING NOISE WHEN BREAKING AND ONLY OCCASSIONALLY DOES THIS HAPPEN AND IT DID NOT OCCUR WHEN THE TECHNICIAN DROVE IT. THIS WAS ALL ON CITY STREETS AND DRIVING STRAIGHT IN GOOD WEATHER. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY OWNERS OF THE 2006 JEEP LIBERTY. MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKES, SENSORS, ROTORS AND ALL THINGS BRAKES BUT STILL EXPERIENCE THE LIGHTS AND THE NOISE. OFTEN, THERE IS REFERENCE MADE TO THE CLOCK SPRING. SINCE I SAW SO MANY COMPLAINTS AND MY REPAIRMAN WAS SO VAGUE THAT HIS RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD ACTUALLY SOLVE THE ISSUE, I FELT IT IS WORTHY OF INVESTIGATING.

NHTSA ID

11372276

Incident

Oct 29, 2020

Mileage

188,300 mi

PARKING BRAKE BACKING PLATES HAVE COME LOOSE AND THE PARKING BRAKE SHOES ARE DRAGGING AND WEARING OUT TOO FAST

NHTSA ID

11338770

Incident

Jan 20, 2020

Mileage

98,000 mi

ESP PROBLEM, I BEEN WORKING ON THE BREAKS, MASTER CYLINDER, CALIPERS, BRAKE CONTROL, SENSORS AND I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT TO DO. *TR

NHTSA ID

11330644

Incident

May 12, 2020

ABS LIGHT KEEPS GOING OFF EVEN WHEN BRAKES AND ROTORS HAS BEEN REPLACED . BRAKES WILL SKIP OR MAKE A SHAKING VIBRATION ON THE PEDAL WHEN PRESS AND MAKES IT HARD TO STOP OR IMPOSSIBLE WHILE IN MOTION RATHER DRIVING IN THE CITY OR ON THE HIGHWAY.

NHTSA ID

11316813

Incident

Feb 12, 2020

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE UNDERCARRIAGE HAD RUSTED EXTENSIVELY. THE ABS SENSOR LIGHTS REMAINED ON BECAUSE THE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS SAGGING TOWARD THE TIRES SETTING OFF THE SENSORS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT WHEN HE TOUCHED THE UNDERCARRIAGE RUST FELL OFF IN HIS HANDS. THE MECHANIC REFUSED THE FIX THE VEHICLE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT SIMILAR VEHICLE WERE SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS PROVIDED THE VIN HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO CONTACT THE NHTSA HOTLINE TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000. *BF CONSUMER STATED THE "ARM" WAS RECALLED AND REPLACED BUT HAS RUSTED. CONSUMER'S MECHANIC IS WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ISSUE.*JB

NHTSA ID

11307187

Incident

Feb 1, 2018

Mileage

94,000 mi

WHILE APPLYING BRAKE & SHIFTING TO REVERSE, CAR ACCELERATED IN REVERSE AT HIGH SPEED WITH NO THROTTLE ENGAGED. BRAKE WAS PRESSED THE WHOLE TIME AND PUMPED TO STOP VEHICLE, THERE WAS NO BRAKING. A POLE WAS IMPACTED CRUSHING VEHICLE. NO WARNINGS OF THIS ISSUE. THIS HAS LEFT THE FAMILY IN FEAR OF EVER DRIVING A JEEP. THIS WAS A JEEP LIBERTY 2006 WITH LESS THAN 70K MILES. WELL KEPT MAINTAINED VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

11118097

Incident

Aug 3, 2018

Mileage

70,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND A GRINDING SOUND WAS HEARD. IN ADDITION, THE ABS, ESP, AND ANTI-SKID WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (LAKESHORE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT, 330 E HOWZE BEACH RD, SLIDELL, LA 70461), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 240,000.

NHTSA ID

11091037

Incident

Apr 6, 2018

Mileage

240,000 mi

WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE ABS BAS ESP STOPPED WORKING AND THE LIGHTS CAME ON. WE WERE LIVING IN FT WAYNE INDIANS AT THE TIME AND WITHOUT THOSE FEATURES THIS JEEP IS FLAT OUT DANGEROUS. I HAD THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR REPLACED TWICE BUT THAT WASN'T IT. ONE DEALER REBUILT ALL FOUR OF MY BRAKES AND PURGED THE SYSTEM. THAT DIDN'T WORK. I PAID FOUR DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS OVER 3800$ PLUS RENT FEES. IT STILL IS T FIXED.

NHTSA ID

11052132

Incident

Jan 15, 2013

Mileage

200,300 mi

MY ANTI SKID, ABS, AND ESP LIGHTS ARE ON. THE CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT WORKING. ALSO, AT ABOUT 50 MPH, MY FRONT END ACTS UP. I AM TOLD THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE CLOCK SPRING.

NHTSA ID

10967887

Incident

Mar 10, 2017

Mileage

107,000 mi

AT 44,143 IN DEC 2009 I HAD 4 NEW TIRES AND REAR DISC PADS REPLACED. IN JULY 2012, ABOUT MILEAGE 54000, WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN, THE LEFT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF ABS, ESP, AND CRUISE CONTROL. I HAD DEALER REPAIR. AT 67,642,IN APRIL 2016, I NOTICED THE REAR DISC ROTORS WERE CAKED WITH A CRUSTY RUST AND IT APPEARED THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE WORN OUT.. THE REAR BRAKES COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WORKING. THE DEALER PUT ON NEW ROTORS, CALIPERS, PADS, AND FLUSHED THE SYSTEM. THE RUSTY ROTORS COULD NOT BE TURNED TO REUSE, THE CALIPERS WERE BOTH "STUCK" AND THE BRAKE FLUID WAS "BLACK". I ALSO HAD THE FRONT ROTORS TURNED AND NEW PADS INSTALLED. THE ABS, ESP, AND CRUISE CONTROL STILL LIGHTS UP ON THE DASH FOR A MINUTE THEN GOES OUT BY ITSELF, LEADING ME TO TOTALLY DISTRUST THE SYSTEM. I HAVE NEVER SEEN BRAKE ROTORS SO RUSTED IN MY 65 YEARS.

NHTSA ID

10863029

Incident

Apr 5, 2016

Mileage

67,642 mi

PARKING BREAK MOUNTING PLATE ATTACHMENTS HAVE SHEARED SEPARATING THE THE PARKING BREAK ASSEMBLY FROM THE AXEL HOUSING RENDERING THE BREAK USELESS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. CAUSE OF FAILURE UNKNOWN BUT THE ISSUE APPEARS SYSTEMATIC WITH THE VEHICLE AND IS NOT EASILY REPAIRED.

NHTSA ID

10853321

Incident

Mar 25, 2016

Mileage

130,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A ROARING NOISE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND STRUCK THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE BRAKES SEIZED AND THE PEDAL WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE POLICE FILED A REPORT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000. UPDATED 05/11/16*LJ *TR

NHTSA ID

10850778

Incident

Aug 11, 2015

Mileage

137,000 mi

THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEED OF NEW BRAKES, ROTORS, PARKING BRAKE SHOES AND HARDWARE AT 93000 MILES. A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS PRESENT WHEN IN MOTION AND ASSUMED TO BE WARPED ROTORS. WHEN THE ROTORS WERE REMOVED IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PARKING BRAKE BACKING PLATE AND THE BOLTS THAT SECURE IT HAVE RUSTED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PLATE IS LOOSE AND NO LONGER SECURED, WHICH MAKES THE PARKING BRAKE DEFECTIVE AND IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND FOR A VEHICLE UNDER 10 YEARS OLD AND 100000 MILES TO HAVE PARTS RUST SO SEVERELY THAT THEY FAIL IS AN ISSUE THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD ADDRESS, AS IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS PART WAS NOT MADE TO LAST.

NHTSA ID

10789231

Incident

Nov 7, 2015

Mileage

93,000 mi

ABS SYSTEM GOES OUT WHICH IN TURN MAKES THE CRUISE CONTROL GO OUT. THEN WHEN YOU USE THE VEHICLE AGAIN THE ABS IS ON SO IS THE CRUISE CONTROL BUT THE BRAKES DON'T WORK WELL AND GRAB. THEN WHEN YOU ARE USING THE LIGHTS AT NIGHT IT DIMS FOR NO REASON INSIDE AND OUT. STILL WAITING ON THE FIX FOR THE REAR END FUEL TANK ISSUE

NHTSA ID

10778614

Incident

Sep 10, 2015

Mileage

135,000 mi

ABS, BAS/ESP, TCS INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATE, VEHICLE LOSES POWER, BRAKES ARE APPLIED ( MOST LIKELY RIGHT FRONT AS CAR PULLS TO RIGHT) RELEASING THROTTLE CANCELS THE BRAKING. AS THROTTLE IS REAPPLIED SAME ACTION IS REPEATED. SO FAR IT HAS ONLY OCCURRED AT SPEEDS< 35 MPH. SHOULD IT OCCUR IN SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS IT MOST LIKELY RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL.IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET, IT SEEMS TO BE OR IS BECOMING A MORE COMMON OCCURENCE WHICH FCA IS NOT ADDRESSING. IF YOU READ THE OTHER COMPLAINT OF THE SAME PROBLEM IT DATES BACK A FEW YEARS, YET THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYTHING DONE TO CORRECT IT. SOME COMPLAINANTS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO HAVE IT CORRECTED EVEN AT JEEP DEALERSHIPS, OTHERS REPORT IT'S SOMETHING CALLED THE CLOCK SPRING THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND THE PARTS TO REPAIR IT AREN'T AVAILABLE. HAVING JUST RECENTLY HAD FCA'S GAS TANK SOLUTION CORRECTED, I HOPE A FIX FOR THIS WON'T TAKE AS LONG. I NEGLECTED TO SAY THIS WAS NOT A ONE-TIME EVENT IN AS MUCH AS IT HAPPENS NOW ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS. A LOCAL SHOP CHECKED FOR FAULT CODES BUT THERE WERE NONE IN MEMORY; I HAVE IT SCHEDULED FOR FURTHER TESTS 09/16/2015.

NHTSA ID

10762714

Incident

Sep 2, 2015

Mileage

124,300 mi

THE PAIN ON THE OUTSIDE ROOF IS PEELING, I DO LIVE IN A STATE WHERE THE ROADS ARE SALTED HOWEVER, THERE IS NO SALT USED ON THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE, THIS, WHILE NOT A NEW VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE PEELING THE WAY IT IS. THE FRONT WINDSHIELD HAD A SEVERE CHIP & THE INSTALLER WAS BARELY ABLE TO SAND THIS AREA DOWN ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SEAL THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH & THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ALONG WITH THE REAR WINDOW REGULATORS BOTH OF WHICH HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE EMERGENCY BREAK & THE JEEP DEALERSHIP GIVES ONE REASON FOR THE ABS, ESP AMONG OTHER WHEEL AND BREAKING ISSUES. AND NOW THE ONE THING THAT JEEP IS FINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT RATHER THAN ME HAVING TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THIS VEHICLE FOR, THE GAS TANK RECALL SEEMS TO BE A RIDICULOUS FIX, AND I HAVE BEEN ON A WAITING LIST FOR THIS FOR MONTHS AND STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT IN TO GET THIS FIXED. I SAW A NEWS STORY THAT SAID THAT CHRYSLER WAS BEING MANDATED TO FIX THESE VERY POORLY MADE VEHICLES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL INTO THE OTHER RECALLS WHEN IT HAS BEEN HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I HAVE BEEN HAVING BREAKING SYSTEM ISSUES AS LONG BACK AS 13 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

10759314

Incident

Aug 25, 2015

THE CLOCK SPRING ON THIS 2006 JEEP LIBERTY HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. THIS HAS DISABLED THE ABS SYSTEM, VEHICLE STABILITY PROGRAM AND THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO JEEP AND THEY ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. THEY JUST CONTINUE TO SAY THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. THIS IS UNSAFE AND SOMEONE MUST FORCE A MANDATORY IMMEDIATE SOLUTION IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS ALONE SINCE MAY 2015 THE BACKORDER HAS GROWN FROM 500+ TO 700+ AND NOW CHRYSLER WON'T EVEN RETURN MY CALL

NHTSA ID

10733909

Incident

Jan 2, 2014

Mileage

96,000 mi

I WAS IN STOP-AND-GO COMMUTE TRAFFIC TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH. TRAFFIC STARTED MOVING A LITTLE FASTER WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BRAKE HARD, I PRESSED HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND MY JEEP LURCHED FORWARD BEFORE BRAKING HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE ROAD WAS DRY AND THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS.THE WAY THE JEEP LURCHED FORWARD IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKE PADS WERE WORN OUT OR THE ROTORS WERE WARPED OR THE SHOCKS WERE FAULTY. WE HAD BOUGHT THE JEEP LIBERTY NEW LESS THAN ONE YEAR EARLIER. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE JEEP HOME. THAT WAS A FRIDAY AND BY MONDAY MY STOMACH BECAME SO DISTENDED I COULD BARELY MOVE. I HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH KAISER ADVICE NURSES THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND THAT MONDAY I WAS HOSPITALIZED. 2 WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL RESULTED IN THE FIRST OF 3 SURGERIES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE AND MY FAMILIES LIFE PERMANENTLY. SURGERY 1 WAS AN ILLEOSTOMY IN JULY 2007, SURGERY 2 WAS J-POUCH SURGERY IN DECEMBER 2007. SURGERY 3 WAS ABDOMINAL RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY IN SEPTEMBER 2013. I HAVE PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE IN MY STOMACH, PAINFUL SCAR TISSUES THROUGHOUT MY UPPER TORSO, A DEGENERATING DISC IN MY LOWER BACK AND ONGOING ABDOMINAL AND HIP PAIN. THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL TOLL THIS HAS HAD ON MY FAMILY IS TREMENDOUS. MY 2006 JEEP LIBERTY HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A LEMON BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. *TR

NHTSA ID

10627598

Incident

Jul 15, 2007

Mileage

15,000 mi

ESP BAS ABS LIGHTS KEEPING COMING ON AND PULLING TO ONE SIDE OCCASIONALLY FOR UNKNOWN REASON WHILE LIGHTS ARE ON. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET FROM OTHER 2006 JEEP LIBERTY OWNERS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10576942

Incident

Mar 12, 2014

Mileage

90,000 mi

2006 JEEP LIBERTY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND BRAKE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT AT TIMES, WITH OR WITHOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL ON. ALSO, THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE, WHEN HE TAPPED THE BRAKE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10562027

Incident

Jan 1, 2014

2006 JEEP LIBERTY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SUSPENSION SYSTEM FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE GRANDDAUGHTER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE STORE, HOWEVER, WHEN SHE RETURNED, THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE. WHEN SHE TRIED TO BACKUP, THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION COLLAPSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE SERVICE WRITER STATED THE UNDERSIDE LOOKED RUSTY. AN INSPECTION REVEALED, THE RIGHT FRONT CONTROL ARM HAD COLLAPSED. THE BRAKE LINE AND WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WERE REPLACED. ALSO, THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS CRACKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

NHTSA ID

10541667

Incident

Jun 10, 2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND AFTER INSPECTION, THE MECHANIC INFORMED HER THAT THE REAR BACKING PLATE, WHICH COVERED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FROM DEBRIS, HAD BECOME RUSTED AND CORRODED, DETACHING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

NHTSA ID

10488661

Incident

Dec 6, 2012

Mileage

78,000 mi

TOOK CAR IN FOR REAR STEERING ARM RECALL. WAS HAVING A RECURRENT SHIMMY ON FRONT DRIVERS SIDE AND A SQUEAKING NOISE. HAD U JOINT BOLTS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED AND BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED IN LATE OCTOBER 2011. ROTORS AGAIN REPLACED IN FEB.2012 DUE TO WARPING AND AGAIN REPLACED DUE TO WARPING IN SEPT.2012. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REAR STEERING CONTROL ARM RECALL THEY FOUND THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL ARM. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM? THE FRONT CONTROL ARMS HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED. LESS THAN A MONTH HAS GONE BY AND I AM STARTING TO FEEL A SHIMMY AGAIN. DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR ANYMORE. CAR IS GARAGE KEPT AND UP TO DATE WITH SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. ALSO PART-TIME LIGHT ON DASH RANDOMLY FLASHES ON AND OFF. HOW LONG UNTIL THE DRIVERS SIDE CONTROL ARM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED? *TR

NHTSA ID

10479364

Incident

Feb 1, 2011

Mileage

38,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP LIBERTY 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD WHEN SHIFTING INTO ANY GEAR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO LOOSE POWER ABNORMALLY. THE EGR (EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION) VALVE MELTED, CAUSING A BURNING SMELL TO RELEASE INTO THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD SHIFT OUT OF PARK INDEPENDENTLY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE BECAME DEFECTIVE, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN THE VEHICLE DOOR FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE AND THE ABS, ESP AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101,000. ....UPDATED 06/18/12 *BF THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CONTROL ARM ON THE VEHICLE AND BECAUSE OF THE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM A RECALL AS ISSUED. THE CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THE RECALL WAS OLD, AND HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WOULD LOOSE POWER SUDDENLY AFTER DRIVING FORWARD, THE WINDOWS WOULD MAKE A DRAGGING NOISE, EVEN THOUGH THE DEALER REPLACE, THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WAS REPLACED, THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS INOPERATIVE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED SEVERAL TIMES. UPDATED 06/22/12 UPDATED 6/25/12 *CN UPDATED 06/29/12

NHTSA ID

10450530

Incident

Mar 6, 2012

Mileage

20,000 mi