2002 JEEP LIBERTY Complaints

2002 JEEP LIBERTY LIMITED 4WD. MAINTENANCE KEPT UP. ENGINE HAS BLOWN UP AT 85,000 MILES. NEED TO REPLACE AND COST IS $6,400.00. *JB

THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT ON MY 2002 JEEP LIBERTY WILL NO LONGER LATCH. THERE WAS NO WARNING LEADING UP TO THIS FAILURE. WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO REPAIR IT. *NM

2002 JEEP LIBERTY @ 53,571 MILES.[XXX]. 4/6/06 FAILURE. THE LOWER PASSENGER SIDE BALL JOINT BROKE AS MY WIFE WAS WAITING FOR THE GARAGE DOOR TO OPEN. FORTUNATELY, THE JEEP WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS (UNDER THE FORMAL RECALL). THIS IS THE SECOND TIME BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE...THE FIRST TIME BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED WAS AT 26,887 MILES (ALSO UNDER THE RECALL)! BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED @ 39,527 MILES (I ORIGINALLY PAID FOR THIS BUT CHRYSLER PAID AFTER MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS)! IT APPEARS THAT REPLACEMENT BALL JOINTS WERE NOT CORRECTED AND ARE FAILING ALSO!!!! *NM UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AND HEARD A LOUD CLUCK. I STOPPED THE TRUCK AND FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT SHAFT HAD BROKEN. THIS CAUSED THE LOWER CONTROL ARM TO SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING KNUCKLE AND REST ON THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL. WHEN IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE I HAD THE LOWER BALL JOINT RECALL DONE ON MY JEEP LIBERTY PREVIOUSLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE LOWER BALL JOINT, UPPER CONTROL ARM, AXLE SHAFT, AND A FEW SEALS. THE OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH STICKS IN DOWN/RELEASE POSITION AND MUST BE PRIED UP IN ORDER TO LATCH SEAT BELT. *NM

THE SEAT BELT LATCH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IS BROKEN. THE BUTTON STICKS DOWN AND DOES NOT COME BACK UP AFTER UNLATCHING THE SEAT BELT. I AM AFRAID THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE THE SEAT BELT NOT TO WORK IF I HAVE A CRASH. *NM

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH RED BUTTON BECOMES STUCK IN THE DOWN POSITION AFTER THE SEA BELT IS RELEASED. THE BUTTON MUST THEN BE MANUALLY PULLED UP USING A STIFF PIECE OF METAL BEFORE BUCKLING THE SEAT BELT AGAIN. I HAVE NOTICED A PIECE OF BROKEN RED PLASTIC WITHIN THE ASSEMBLY.*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE IS A RECALL, NHTSA # 03V460000 CONCERNING THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME SYMPTOMS AGAIN.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WITHOUT WARNING, THE ENGINE STALLED AT 55 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR FRACTURED AND WENT INTO THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE FAILURE.

SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY. THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH STICKS NOT ALLOWING TO FASTEN SEAT BELT. I HAVE TO BANG ON IT SO IT WILL RELEASE IN ORDER TO FASTEN THE SEAT BELT. I HAVE NOT HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED YET. I WANTED TO COME HERE FIRST TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON WITH THIS PROBLEM. *NM