2012 JEEP LIBERTY Complaints

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  • 2012 JEEP LIBERTY
    - LANTANA, TX

    AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. DEALER SAID IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY RECALL AND THEREFORE WILL COST ME ~$600 TO REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD REPAIR FAULTY AIRBAGS FREE OF CHARGE.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 JEEP LIBERTY
    - JACKSONVILLE, FL

    STARTED THE JEEP ONE MORNING AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS BEEN ON EVER SINCE.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 JEEP LIBERTY
    - KANSIS CITY , MO

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE IGNITED INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A POLICE AND A FIRE REPORT WERE FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2012 JEEP LIBERTY
    - JACKSONVILLE, FL

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V282000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DEALER ONLY RESET THE HEAD RESTRAINT AND DID NOT FLASH THE TIPM OR REPLACE THE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2012 JEEP LIBERTY
    - DELRAY BEACH, FL

    ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, FIRST ONE DRIVING ON 95 FROM NEW YORK ON DECEMBER 3, 2014, I PUT ON CRUISE CONTROL AND CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF MY CONTROL, BRAKES DIDN'T WORK AND I HAD TO CROSS OVER LANES AND TRIED EVERYTHING TO STOP CAR, DROVE IN TO A DITCH AND CAR DIED, WOULDN'T RESTART FOR HOURS. THE SECOND TIME WAS MARCH 6 2015 IN FLORIDA, I WAS JUST DRIVING ALONG AND THE CAR JUST GOT OUT FROM UNDER ME AT A VERY FAST SPEED AND I COULDN'T STOP IT, I THREW IT INTO PARK AND THE CAR DIED AND THE IGNITION JUST KEPT DOING A CLICKING NOISE, LEFT IT OVER NIGHT BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T START, HAD TO HAVE IT FLATBED AWAY, THE CAR STARTED THE NEXT DAY?? NOW ON APRIL 3RD 2015 IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS GOING 3 MILES AN HOUR IN MY PARKING LOT AND THE JEEP ACCELERATED AND I DROVE STRAIGHT BETWEEN 2 PARKED CARS AND OVER A HANDICAP SIGN TO STOP, NOW IT HAS BEEN SITTING SINCE FRIDAY IN TO A PARKING SPOT THAT MY NEIGHBORS HELPED ME PUSH IT IN TO, I COULD OF BEEN KILLED OR HURT OTHERS. THIS CAR IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION, WELL MAINTAINED AND LOW MILEAGE...WHO CAN HELP ME??? *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 JEEP LIBERTY
    - FAR ROCKAWAY, NY

    WHILE DRIVING THE ESC OFF CAME ON AND THE JEEP DRIVING STRANGE . IT IS JERKING WHEN YOU ARE COMING TO A STOP. ALTHOUGH YOU ARE DRIVING IN 2ND IT IS FLASHING 4WDL. THE ESC OFF IS FLASHING. IT IS SCARY DRIVING WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING . ALSO SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW IN 2012 , I HAD TO PAY FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT TO BE CHANGE FIVE TIMES ALREADY. I THINK THESE JEEPS HAVE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 JEEP LIBERTY
    - CASSELBERRY , FL

    ON JUNE 17, 2014 I WENT TO FIELDS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE IN SANFORD FL. DUE TO STARTING ISSUES WITH MY 2012 JEEP LIBERTY WHICH I PURCHASED ON DECEMBER 2012 UPON ARRIVAL I ENTERED THE SERVICE LANE AND WAS GREETED BY A COMPANY EMPLOYEE. HE SAID ?SOMEONE WILL BE WITH YOU SHORTLY? NOT LONG AFTER ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SAID BASICALLY THE SAME THING. I WAITED A WHILE LONGER THEN ANOTHER PERSON WHO DID NOT INTRODUCE HIMSELF (WHOM NOW I KNOW AS [XXX]). HOW CAN I HELP YOU? I STATE TO HIM THAT MY JEEP IS HAVING STARTING ISSUES AND WITHOUT LETTING ME FINISH HE SAID YOU GOT NO WARRANTY IT'S A 2012 JEEP. I STATED, ?SIR THIS JEEP WAS PURCHASED ON 12/2012 AND IT DOESN'T MATTER THE WARRANTY GOES FROM THE MANUFACTURED DATE.? I CONTINUE TO EXPLAIN THAT THE WARRANTY SAYS 12 MONTH WITH AN 18 MONTH REPLACEMENT THEN IT'S PRORATED. THEN [XXX] LOOKED INTO THE TRUCK AND SAID YOU HAVE TOO MANY MILES IN A RUDE AND NON-PROFESSIONAL MANNER. I SAID CAN WE LOOK AT THE BATTERY AND LOOK AT THE WARRANTY. I RELEASED THE LATCH AND HE OPENED THE HOOD. [XXX] WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE JEEP AND I WAS BY THE DRIVER SIDE I BEGAN TO READ THE PRINTED WARRANTY ON THE BATTERY. I BEGAN TO NOTICE LIQUID COMING FROM UNDER ONE OF THE CAPS. I SAID LOOK AT THAT NOT GOOD. AT THAT TIME [XXX] SAID LET ME HANDLE THIS ISSUE. I TOUCHED IT AND THE TOP BLEW OFF EXPLODING AND SPRAYING ME IN THE EYES AND IN THE FACE. I WAS RUSHED TO ANOTHER AREA OF THE SHOP WHERE THEY BEGAN TO FLUSH MY EYES. THE FIRST PERSON THAT GREETED ME UPON ARRIVAL HE SAID I?M THE PERSON WHO FIRST GREETED YOU THE MEDIC CANE AND CONTINUED FIRST AID WHILE TRANSPORTING ME TO THE HOSPITAL IN SANFORD THEN THE EMERGENCY ROOM OPERATORS TOOK OVER. I RECEIVED 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS ON MY FACE. MY EYES ARE SEVERELY DAMAGED MY VISION HAS BEEN GREATLY DECREASED WITH DRY EYES CLOUDY AND VISION WHICH IS HINDERING MY NIGHT TIME DRIVING. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 JEEP LIBERTY
    - RICHMOND , TX

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,474.

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2012 JEEP LIBERTY
    - RICHMOND, TX

    TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2012 JEEP LIBERTY
    - VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

    THE HOSES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID ARE NO LONGER CONNECTED. THERE ARE NO CLAMPS HOLDING THE HOSES IN PLACE SO I AM ASSUMING JEEP USED SOME SORT OF ADHESIVE. THE ADHESIVE CAME UNDONE ON BOTH PIECES AND I CAN NO LONGER CLEAN MY WINDSHIELD. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING BECAUSE NOW I CAN NOT CLEAN MY WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE