2002 JEEP LIBERTY Complaints

COMPLAINT REGARDING RECALL ON LOWER BALL JOINTS. *MR THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE HAD COME OFF OF THE AXLE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. ALSO, THE CONTAINER BUSTED WHEN THE BALL JOINTS BROKE WHICH COULD BE IN REFERENCE TO THE WARNING SIGNAL THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID WAS LOW. RECALL #03V460000. *SC *JB PHONE INTERVIEW UPDATE (OCT 5, 05): THE COMPLAINANT'S HUSBAND SAID THAT THEY DID NOT RECEVIE A RECALL NOTICE.

WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT, AND IN BOTH REVERSE AND FORWARD, THERE IS A LOUD POPPING SOUND. DEALER CORRECTED SITUATION UNDER THE RECALL FOR THE BALL JOINTS. HOWEVER, LESS THAN 2 MONTHS LATER IT WAS OCCURING AGAIN WITH MORE FREQUENCY.*AK

2002 JEEP LIBERTY UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. *MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND ON THE HIGHWAY BARELY AVOIDING A COLLISION. THE FRONT AND REAR TIRE HAD BOTH DEFLATED AND DETACHED COMPLETELY FROM THE RIMS. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. *SC THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE DEFECTIVE LOWER BALL JOINTS.

THE FACTORY JACK WAS UNABLE TO HOLD THE VEHICLE'S WEIGHT. THIS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE CRASHING DOWN WHILE A GOOD SAMARITAN WAS CHANGING THE FRONT TIRE. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS ONLY OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN ANGLE AND NOT LEVELED. *JB IT HAD TAKEN TWO JACKS TO HOLD THE VEHICLE SAFELY WHILE CHANGING THE TIRES. *SC *JB

DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES TWICE, AND VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. ALSO, HEADLIGHTS/ HORN/WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT "THE VEHICLE WILL BE REAR ENDED AS A RESULT TO THE FAILURE". PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE OR SUSPENSION DEFECT. I ROLLED IN A JEEP LIBERTY 2002 2 WHEEL DRIVE, TOWING ACCORDING TO SPECS. ON THE MODEL. DRIVING THE 25 MILES BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT, SLIGHT SWERVE TO AVOID AN OBSTACLE IN THE ROAD,HAD NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND FLIPPED THE JEEP 2 TIMES.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED IN NOVEMBER 2003 AT 57,000 MILES. CLUTCHES IN THE CENTER OF THE CLUTCH PACK WERE DESTROYED WHILE THE REMAINING CLUTCHES WERE LIKE NEW. *AK

AFTER BEING SCHEDULE FOR 2 APPOINTMENTS WITH THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE LOWER BALL JOINT RECALL 03V460000 PERFORMED, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE DEALERSHIP WAS PERFORMING THE RECALL ON THE VEHICLES OF THE CONSUMER'S WHO BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM THEM FIRST. *JB *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35 TO 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED, THIS CAUSED LOST OF THE STEERING AND BRAKES. *JB