Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2007 Jeep Liberty submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 20 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Brakes were locking up as I was driving the vehicle. ABS module needs reprogramming. Mechanic inspected, he states the brakes could lock up without this update only available from Chryslar. This repair is in a recall but not for my vin number. I have been told my vehicle is unsafe to drive. ABS light on in gauge cluster.
ALL THE LIGHTS PERTAINING TO THE BREAK ABS AND STABILITY CONTROLS ARE ON. SOMETIMES WHEN BREAKING THE ABS KICKS IN AND WE ARE NOT BREAKING HARD AND ON DRY PAVEMENT ITS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW. TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON IT. BUT NOTHING COMES UP ON THIS SITE
MY JEEP LIBERTY IS NOT LISTED FOR HAVING THE FOLLOW PROBLEMS ACCORDING TO THE VIN NUMBER. 1-ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2-BRAKES - HYDRAULICS-ABS 3-TRACTION CONTROL THE JEEP BRAKE PEDAL WILL PULSATE THEN DROP TO THE FLOOR. THEN THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WILL COME ON.
ANTIOCH BRAKE SYSTEM CONTROL MODULE SOFTWARE
WHEN STARTING UP MY CAR AFTER 4 DAYS OF NOT DRIVING, THE ABS, BRAKE & TRACTION SENSOR WARNING LIGHTS CONTINUELY STAY ON ONCE MY CAR IS STARTED AND MOVING, NHTSA RECALL REF#06V493000, STATES AND ABS CONTROL MODULE SOFWARE PROBLEM, MAY CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, NOT SURE WHAT MODEL THIS RECALL IS FOR, CONTACTED CRYSLER, AND RECEIVED NO ASSIST OR ADVICE, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD BE DRIVING MY CAR OR NOT, I'M VERY CONCERNED
I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASH BOARD. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND FOUND OUT THAT THE AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING WAS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL. IN ADDITION, THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE FEATURE, CRUISE CONTROL, AND AIRBAG ARE NO LONGER OPERATIONAL. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS PART FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND IT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN MOST CASES. THE ORIGINAL COST FOR THE CLOCKSPRING RANGED FROM $80 TO $130 DEPENDING ON THE DEALER. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND ONE CLOCKSPRING AND THE DEALER WANTED $650 FOR THE PART PLUS INSTALLATION, AND HE ONLY HAD ONE AVAILABLE.
THE AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING HAS BROKEN AND WE WERE TOLD THE AIRBAGS, ANTI LOCK BRAKES AND THE STABILITY CONTROL WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT THIS PART. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THIS PART AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS ON BACK ORDER AND ANYWHERE FROM 35 TO 100 ARE ON THE WAITING LIST BEFORE US. THIS IS FOR THE MOPAR REPLACEMENT PART. NO ONE ELSE IS MAKING THIS PART AND WE ARE FORCED TO DRIVE, WHAT WE FEEL IS AN UNSAFE CAR. NOTHING PARTICULAR HAPPENED, THE WARNING LIGHTS JUST WENT ON.
ONE WEEK AGO FROM 11/28/15, I WAS INFORMED MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE OUT. JUST SUDDENLY NO LIGHTS, THEN ONE BY ONE TAIL LIGHTS STARTED GOING OUT. I HAD A 2008 COMPASS WITH THE SAME ISSUE, THAT WAS NEVER REPAIRABLE. I WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME, AND WITH NO MEANS OF OTHER TRANSPORTATION I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH NO LIGHTS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V493000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V493000 (SERVICE BRAKES). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.
I MANAGE AN EMISSIONS TESTING BUSINESS A WOMAN CAME IN WITH A 2007 JEEP LIBERTY FOR A SMOG CHECK. DURING THE ASM TEST, WHERE I HAVE TO DRIVE THE CAR ON THE DYNAMOMETER, IT HOPS OFF THE DYNO, GOING THROUGH THE PRECAUTIONS I TAKE FOR A REAR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE(PLACING A SHOCK IN FRONT OF THE FRONT WHEELS), AND CRASHES INTO THE WALL, DAMAGING MYSELF AND $5,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT. ALSO, THE CAR KEPT ON ACCELERATING INTO THE WALL, EVEN WHEN PUSHING ON THE BRAKES AS HARD I COULD SO THAT'S WHEN I SHIFTED IT INTO PARK AND ENGAGED THE HANDBRAKE. OBVIOUSLY, THIS CAR HAS SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH IT. AT FIRST, I LOOKED ONLINE AND THE YEAR AND MODEL HAD NUMEROUS RECALLS ON IT, INCLUDING THE REAR SUSPENSION, AND BRAKES LOCKING UP, WHICH I BELIEVED HAD HAPPENED IN MY CASE. (HTTP://WWW.MOTORTREND.COM/CARS/2007/JEEP/LIBERTY/RECALLS/), BUT AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WASN'T ANY MAJOR RECALLS ISSUED ON IT, WHICH IS WHY IM FILING THIS COMPLAINT AFTER SMOGGING HUNDREDS OF CARS, THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME UNTIL THAT DAY. *TR
SAME GAS PROBLEM IT OVERFLOWS TANK WHEN FILLING IT. ABS LIGHT, ESP BAS, AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON AND BRAKES GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AT TIMES. WINDOW REGULATORS KEEP GOING OUT MAKING MY VEHICLE UNSAFE FOR ME TO PUT MY CHILD IN. AS A SINGLE PARENT I CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP PAYING FOR COSTLY REPAIRS (MAINLY THE WINDOWS) TO PREVENT MY CHILD FROM GETTING SICK IN WISCONSIN WINTER. I DO NOT HAVE TIME IN MY DAY TO SIT AND WAIT ON REPAIRS TO BE DONE. I HATE RISKING FROST BITE WHEN MY WINDOW DECIDES TO FALL AND I'M TRYING TO HOLD IT UP! IT IS NOW SNOWING AND MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW HAS FALLEN INTO MY DOOR YET AGAIN AND IT IS 2 AM AND I REALLY HOPE GARBAGE BAGS KEEP IT DRY! *TR
THE REAR BRAKES AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE KEEP FAILING. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE REAR BRAKES 6-7 TIMES SINCE WE HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND NOW NEEDS IT AGAIN IN LESS THAN 7 MONTHS. WE DON'T EVEN USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SO WHY DOES IT KEEP WEARING OUT? WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS AND ARE READY TO DO SO AGAIN. IS THIS FAULTY PARTS ON THE JEEP OR WHAT? WE HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE AN EMERGENCY BRAKE ON ANY OTHER VEHICLE WE HAVE OWNED BEFORE. NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EVERY 6 MONTH EXPENSE WE CAN'T AFFORD. *TR
THE ABS CONTROL MODULE ALERTS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SYSTEM RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. WE WERE TOLD THERE IS A RECALL F50, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #06V49300, REGARDING THIS FROM OUR LOCAL MECHANIC. WE HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED ON 07/30/2012 AT A AUTHORIZED JEEP SERVICE CENTER DEALERSHIP REGARDING THIS PROBLEM, MODULE AND ASSOCIATED WIRING WERE REPLACED AT OUR COST. THIS DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. WE DIDN'T RESOLVE THE ISSUE ANY FURTHER UNTIL NOW, SINCE WE WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH OUR EXPERIENCE AT THIS SERVICE CENTER DEALERSHIP. TODAY WE CONTACTED ANOTHER LOCAL AUTHORIZED JEEP SERVICE CENTER DEALERSHIP AND THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER RECALL CENTER REGARDING THE N46 RECALL [GASOLINE STORAGE TANK ASSEMBLY/HITCH] AND THE PREVIOUS F50 RECALL. BOTH SAID THE F50 RECALL IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH FOR OUR VIN. HOWEVER, AFTER DOING SOME FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE IT SEEMS THE F50 RECALL IS ASSIGNED TO 2007 JEEP LIBERTY 2WD ONLY. THEREFORE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS MAY BE THE REASON OUR VEHICLE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE IS RECALL AND WE MUST NOW PAY OUT OF POCKET AGAIN TO FIX THIS MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. WE HAVE SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH AN AUTHORIZED JEEP SERVICE CENTER DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO REPROGRAM THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT PER THE REMEDY ASSIGNED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #06V49300 AT OUR OWN EXPENSE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMPLAINT IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT THIS PROBLEM IS ALSO ON THE 2007 JEEP LIBERTY 4X4WD AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE CORRECT/ADD 4X4WD VIN NUMBERS TO THIS RECURRING PROBLEM SO THAT POSSIBLY WE MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM CHRYSLER. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THE MATTER. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL IN ACTIVATION. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM, SKID, TRACTION CONTROL AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAM WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INACTIVE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINT WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V493000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTI-LOCK: CONTROL UNIT/MODULE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,600.
12/15/2009:2007JEEP LIBERTY:BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHEN FIRST APPLYING,HAVE TO PUMP BRAKE REPEATEDLY TO GET GOOD BRAKE PEDAL. VEHICLE IS AT DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR 2 WEEKS. THEY'VE REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER, ABS SENSOR,ABS MOTOR, BRAKE LINES(FRONT AND REAR) CHECK CALIPERS AND BRAKE PADS (BOTH IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION) AND STILL CAN'T GET BRAKE PEDAL TO APPLY WHEN FIRST PRESSING ON IT. THE SERVICE DEPT. MANAGER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO AND HAS PUT IN A CALL TO JEEP TECHNICAL SERVICE. NOTE: THIS IS A RIGHT HAND DRIVE MAIL JEEP ORIGINAL FROM FACTORY. NO MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DONE. JEEP IS OUT OF MILEAGE WARRANTY - 69,000 MILES AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL REPAIRS. *TR
I PURCHASED MY JEEP 2 YEARS AGO. OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN NOTICING I CAN HARDLY STOP WITH CAR. I BROUGHT MY JEEP TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. MY VEHICLE AT JUST UNDER 19,000 MILES ON IT HAD TO HAVE ALL COMPLETE BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED INCLUDING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PADS ON IT AND NONE OF IT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. ROTORS ARE ONLY COVERED FOR ONE YEAR OR 12,000 MILES. SO THEY ARE THINKING THE BRAKES AND ROTORS ARE ONLY SAFE FOR ONE YEAR ON BRAND NEW VEHICLES. MY ROTORS AT 19,000 MILES WERE ALMOST FALLING OUT OF MY TWO YEAR OLD VEHICLE, THEY WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A HUGE ACCIDENT. THIS JUST DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT AT ALL, HOWEVER CHRYSLER WOULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT, SORRY ABOUT MY LUCK BASICALLY. IS THERE A BASIC WARRANTY THAT DEALER'S HAVE TO FOLLOW TO KEEP THE CONSUMER AND THOSE AROUND THE CONSUMER SAFE? OR IS IT THE NORM NOWADAYS TO NOT ONLY PAY FOR A BRAND NEW VEHICLE, BUT HAVE TO SPEND $1,200 A YEAR IN NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR? *TR
THE ABS TRACTION CONTROL SENSOR HAVE FAILED CAUSING THEM TO STOP WORKING. THE WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE ALL FAILED CAUSING THEM TO BE REPLACED. THE WINDOWS DID NOT FAIL ALL AT THE SAME TIME. EACH ONE ABOUT 2 MONTHS APART. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. WHEN THE DRIVER APPROACHED A STOP SIGN, SHE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE BRAKES THEN COMPLETELY FAILED AND THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT WERE ACCELERATING, CAUSING HER TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL ABLE TO BE DRIVEN, BUT THE BRAKES BARELY WORK. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 9,000.
PURCHASED JEEP DEC, 2006 FOR MY BIRTHDAY/CHRISTMAS. AS OF 4 WEEKS AGO, WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT THE BRAKES GO TO THE FLOOR. (1ST TIME IT OCCURRED THERE WAS A WHOOSHING SOUND). TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP (ON 3/26/07) WHERE PURCHASED AND MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. PICKED UP FROM SVC DEPT. ON MARCH 28TH (WED) AND THEN THE NEXT EVENING (THURS) IT WORSENED. WE RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON FRI., MARCH 30TH AND AS OF TODAY (APRIL 5TH)WITH LIBERTY STILL THERE, THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG AND THAT IT MEETS DAIMLER CHRYSLER STANDARDS. AND WE ARE TO PICK IT UP. THEY WILL NOT REFER WHERE WE CAN GET IT REPAIRED AND IS FULLY UNDER WARRANTY. WE OWN A JEEP WRANGLER, NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT JEEP. WE NEED AN EXPLANATION, BEFORE THERE IS ANOTHER CRASH AS THERE WAS IN PORT ARANSAS, WHERE THE JEEP LIBERTY LOST CONTROL HIT ANOTHER CAR AND EXPLODED AND THE PEOPLE WERE BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION! (ON LOCAL NEWS AND PORT ARANSAS WEBSITE). *JB
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