2006 Jeep Liberty Driver assistance Problems

Air bag light stays on and the never been setoff

NHTSA ID

11460319

Incident

Apr 10, 2022

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

MY ENGINE LIGHT IT ON

NHTSA ID

11320968

Incident

Apr 13, 2020

I'VE TO REPLACE THE REAR TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY 4 TIMES, IT KEEPS BLOWING OUT THE BRAKE AND TAIL LIGHT. I'VE ALSO HAD TO PURCHASE 5 A/C COMPESSORS FOR THIS TRUCK AND THE ABS, TRACTION LIGHT STAYS ON.

NHTSA ID

11288369

Incident

Nov 16, 2019

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 JEEP LIBERTY, FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE ESP, ABS, AND BRAKE LIGHTS ALL SARTED FLASHING AT ONCE. SINCE THEN, MY VEHICLE WOULD CONSTANTLY LOSE POWER AND STALL OUT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. DIAGNOSTIC CHECK INDICATED A DEFECTIVE SPEED SENSOR. IT WAS REPLACED, AND THE ISSUE CORRECTED ITSELF SOMEWHAT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. HOWEVER...THE SAME EXACT ISSUE RETURNED. IT PROGRESSIVELY BECAME SO BAD I HAD TO REMOVE THE ABS FUSES IN ORDER TO EVEN DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THUS CREATING AN EQUALLY DANGROUS SITUATION. MY JEEP IS OUT OF WARRANTY, OF COURSE, AND I'VE READ TONS OF COMPLAINTS OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, SO I AM BASICALLY (DANGEROUSLY) WAITING FOR A RECALL TO OCCUR.

NHTSA ID

11172448

Incident

Mar 15, 2017

Mileage

105,000 mi

SO BASICALLY I'M DRIVING MY MOM TO WORK AND ABOUT TO REACH AND LIGHT AND ACCELERATION ISN'T WORKING AND I'M LIKE WHATEVER IT'S A RED LIGHT ILL JUST BRAKE SO I BRAKE THEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATION AND NOTHING IT'S NOT MOVING SO THEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP LITERALLY COULDN'T TURN IT I MISS THE LIGHT TURN OFF THE CAR TURN IT ON IT'S WORKING I GET TO A STOP SIGN THE SAME THING HAPPENS BUT THE OIL LIGHT COMES ON SO I'M LIKE OK MAYBE THIS THEN I BUY OIL THEN I'M ON MY WAY HOME MAKING A RIGHT ONTO A MAIN ROAD I'M LIKE OK I'LL MAKE IT AND AGAIN THE ACCELERATION STOPS WORKING AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP SO BEFORE IT LOCKS ALL THE WAY I PULL UP AND THEN TURN IT OFF BACK ON AND DRIVE ALL THE WAY HOME WITH THE HAZARDS YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TERRIFYING IT WAS TO BE ON A MAIN ROAD AND THE ACCELERATION STOPS LIKE I PRESSED ALL THE WAY AND IT WOULDN'T INCREASE THE SPEED THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED COULDN'T EVEN SLIGHTLY TURN SO IT WAS SO SCARY I'M SO SCARED TO DRIVE IT AND IDK WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO FIX IT THAT'S WHY I NEED HELP

NHTSA ID

11172385

Incident

Jan 27, 2019

Mileage

145,000 mi

AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT REPEATEDLY TURNS ON AND OFF DURING VEHICLE OPERATION. WHEN THE SPEED CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED, WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE VEHICLE CONTINUALLY ACCELERATED ALMOST CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.

NHTSA ID

11170618

Incident

Jan 15, 2018

Mileage

179,000 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

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

ON CROWDED CITY STREET APPLIED BRAKES AS SOMEONE WAS STARTING TO CROSS STREET IN A CROSSWALK. ENGINE STARTED TO REV UP AND CAR WOULD NOT STOP. I WENT THROUGH THE CROSSWALK AND MANAGED TO STOP SAFELY. TRIED A FEW SLOW SPEED STOPS, AND CAR SEEMED OKAY. THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER AT ANOTHER CROSSWALK APPLIED BRAKES. ENGINE REVVED UP. HAD BOTH FEET ON BRAKES. REAR BRAKES SEEMED TO FAIL. REAR TIRES STARTED TO BURN RUBBER WITH LOUD SQUEALING NOISE. I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO PARK. ENGINE SLOWED DOWN AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF AFTERWARDS. MADE IT HOME (9 MILES). DID A FEW SLOW STOPS ON THE WAY. BRAKES WORKED OKAY AND ENGINE DID NOT REV. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ANY FURTHER DRIVING OF THIS VEHICLE. PEDESTRIAN LIVES DEFINITELY WERE IN DANGER.

NHTSA ID

11003809

Incident

Jul 7, 2017

Mileage

56,000 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

WENT TO START SMOKE CAME OUT FROM DASH WAS PARKED IN GARGAGE TRUCK IS STILL IN SHOP INS TOLD ME ONLY REASON THEY WOUL D COVER IS BECAUSE IS WAS A LONG COUSTOMER THY ONLY GAVE ME 883 TO REPAIR THERE ARE AT LEAST 14 CODES DUE TO THIS DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL RESET IF NOT I HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS I DO HAVE FIRE PROTECTION ON TRUCK THIS IS ALLSTATE I WILL SEND PAPER WORK IF NEEDED AT A LATER DATE I HAVE NONE ALSO WAITING FOR CHECK TOLD FOR ME TO PAY REPAIR SHOP

NHTSA ID

10862101

Incident

Apr 16, 2016

Mileage

90,000 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

JEEP WOULD NOT START -HAD LIGHTS, RADIO, HORN ETC. BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER AT ALL. TOWED TO DEALER. TECH PERFORMED DIAGNOSIS AND FOUND THE PROBLEM - STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED. TOTAL COST $798.00. I WAS TOLD THAT THE STEERING COLUMN AND IGNITION SWITCH WERE PROBLEM ISSUES IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL BUT NO RECALL WAS IN PLACE TO REPAIR. IGNITION SWITCH RECALL REPLACE IN 2006 JEEP LIBERTY MANUAL TRANSMISSION BUT NOT IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA ID

10811696

Incident

Dec 7, 2015

Mileage

100,000 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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKE, CHECK ENGINE, AND ANTI SKID WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE WAS ACTIVATED, BUT FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE PART NOT BEING AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000. UPDATED 09/21/15*LJ UPDATED 12/12/2017*CN

NHTSA ID

10744167

Incident

Apr 7, 2015

Mileage

125,000 mi

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED IN EXCESS. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND A TREE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL REMAINED DEPRESSED AFTER THE CRASH. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED CHEST, LEFT ARM, AND LEG INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

NHTSA ID

10730616

Incident

Jun 20, 2015

Mileage

106,000 mi

AFTER A SERVICE AT FERMAN CHRYSLER IN NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA ...MY ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHTS CAME ON AND WHEN I WAS TRAVELING IN A CONGESTED AREA THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED COMING TO AN EXTREME STOP WITHOUT MY CONTROL OR EVEN APPLYING THE BRAKES.

NHTSA ID

10724407

Incident

May 27, 2015

Mileage

61,000 mi

ESP/BAS, ABS AND SKIDDING VEHICLE ICON LIGHTS CAME ON IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER! THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE WE HAD ON OUR 2007 JEEP WRANGLER, WHICH I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA, WHICH ISSUED A RECALL ON OUR JEEP. THE CLOCK SPRING MODULE, LOCATED UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL, CONTROLS, THE ABS, ESP/BAS, CRUISE CONTROL, HORN, AND AIR BAG! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED, LIKE MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER WAS!

NHTSA ID

10721294

Incident

May 21, 2015

Mileage

66,525 mi

I BOUGHT A2006 JEEP LIBERTY IN AUGUST OF 2014,BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES ,WHICH KEEP SEEPING AIR AND I HAVE TO PUT AIR IN IT EVERY OTHER DAY. WHEN I PRESS ON THE FOOT PEDAL THE CAR JERKS AND IT SPEEDS UP BY ITSELF. COULDN'T GET MY KEY OUT AFTER IT WAS PUT IN PARK. PRESS ON BRAKES AND STILL COULDN'T GET THEM OUT. THE SHIFT LEVER MOVES WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BUTTON THAT SUPPOSED TO LOCK IT IN PLACE. THE DATE THAT I PUT IN IS FOR THE SHIFT LEVER WHICH STILL ISN'T FIXED YET .THE OTHER THINGS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR . *TR

NHTSA ID

10701511

Incident

Feb 19, 2015

Mileage

77,345 mi

UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION. WHILE AT A FULL STOP AT A RED LIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR STARTED JUMPING AS THE REAR TIRES 'BURNED RUBBER'. PRESSING HARDER ON THE BRAKE DID NOT HELP. I PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN THE ENGINE WENT BACK TO IDLE. THIS IS THE THIRD INSTANCE OF THIS IN 5 YEARS (THE FIRST WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/16/09 IN NYC, THEN AGAIN ON 2/6/12 IN NM, AND THEN THIS ONE ON 10/20/14 IN NY. THE FIRST TIME I WAS AT A BUSY CROSSWALK BY A SCHOOL. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MANY INJURIES. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS AT A FULL STOP, THE ENGINE AT IDLE AND MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTED ACCELERATING WILDLY. UPDATED 12/02/14. *JB

NHTSA ID

10650190

Incident

Jan 20, 2009

Mileage

192,000 mi