2008 JEEP LIBERTY Complaints

THE PROBLEM OCCURS ON A REPLACEMENT GAS TANK. IT DID NOT HAPPEN WITH THE ORIGINAL TANK. WHEN THE TANK IS FILLED, THE CLICK OF THE PUMP SHUTTING OFF CAN BE HEARD, YET GASOLINE SPEWS OUT OF THE FILLER PIPE, DOWN THE SIDE OF THE CAR, AND ONTO THE GROUND. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED A FEW TIMES WHILE THE REPLACEMENT TANK WAS UNDER WARRANTY. I BLAMED THE GAS STATIONS UNTIL I WAS INFORMED BY ONE OF THE ATTENDANTS CLEANING UP THE TOXIC SPILL THAT IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH JEEPS. WHEN I TALKED TO MY LOCAL JEEP SERVICE ON THE PHONE, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE TANK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE COST OF REPLACING THE TANK WOULD BE OVER $800 SINCE THE CURRENT TANK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE IN THE LAST YEAR, AND I CAN NO LONGER FILL THE TANK COMPLETELY WITHOUT THE GAS SPEWING ONTO THE GROUND. SLOWING THE RATE OF FILLING DOES NOT PREVENT THE PROBLEM. REPEATED STOPPING AND STARTING THE FILLING PROCESS DOES NOT PREVENT THE PROBLEM. THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE DONE TO AVOID THE PROBLEM IS NOT FILLING THE TANK ALL OF THE WAY. VIDEO OF THE PROBLEM OCCURRING CAN BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST. *TR

WHEN FUELING, GASOLINE SPITS BACK JUST AFTER PUMP AUTOMATICALLY TURNS OFF. EACH TIME APPROXIMATION ONE CUP OF GAS IS SPILLED ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR AND GROUND. IN ADDITION TO WASTING MONEY, THIS IS BOTH A FIRE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. THIS OCCURS ALMOST EVERYTIME THE TANK IS FILLED UP WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 65F. *TR

SEPT. 8, 2012 I TOOK MY JEEP TO THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED IT FROM, AND HAVE HAD ALL MAINTENANCE WORK COMPLETED BY, FOR ROUTINE FACTORY MAINTENANCE AND AN OIL CHANGE. I TOLD THEM I WAS LEAVING FOR AN EXTENDED ROAD TRIP AND REQUESTED THEY LOOK EVERYTHING OVER TO SEE IF THERE MIGHT BE ANY SAFETY ISSUES. ON SEPT. 17, 2012 WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, I ACCELERATED AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. I DO NOT HAVE CRUISE CONTROL AND IT WAS NOT RELATED TO THE FLOOR MATS. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE ON THE ROAD TRIP. I RETURNED HOME SEPT. 19, 2012 AND FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS THE ACCELERATOR STUCK INTERMITTENTLY, WITH NO COMMON UNDERLYING CAUSE. OCT. 2, 2012, WHILE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AT A HIGH RPM AND I NEARLY CRASHED. I CONTACTED THE SAME DEALERSHIP, WHO ORIGINALLY WANTED TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE ALMOST A WEEK LATER EVEN AFTER I EXPLAINED HOW SERIOUS THE ISSUE WAS. I MANAGED TO TALK THEM INTO LOOKING AT THE JEEP ON OCT 3, 2012 AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ACCELERATOR STICKING ON THEIR FIRST TRY. THEY CONTACTED ME LATER IN THE DAY TO TELL ME IT WOULD BE $385 TO FIX AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. I CONTACTED THE WARRANTY ADMINISTRATORS WHO ALSO SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED AS THE ACCELERATOR IS CONSIDERED "AN ACCESSORY". I TRIED TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE THROUGH CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE ASSISTANCE TO NO AVAIL. NOW THE ISSUE HAS BECOME SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS WORSE NOW THAN BEFORE. I'D LIKE TO RECEIVE SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THIS ISSUE AND/OR FIND OUT WHAT TRULY CONSTITUTES A VEHICLE ACCESSORY, AS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEEMS TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE VEHICLE'S OPERATION, NOT AN "ACCESSORY" LIKE A STEREO OR LUGGAGE RACK. HELP? *TR

SKY SLIDER ROOF WHICH IS AN OPTION FOR THIS VEHICLE HAS BROKEN LOOSE FROM THE VEHICLE. THIS IS THE THIRD FAILURE OF THIS CONVERTIBLE TOP FEATURE. THE TOP SLIDES BACKWARD ELECTRICALLY ON METAL TRACKS AND IS PULLED BACKWARDS USING CABLES. THE FIRST FAILURE OF THE ROOF WAS IN 2010. AT THAT TIME THE ROOF WOULD NOT CLOSE LEAVING IT OPEN AND DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER MFG WARRANTY AND THE ENTIRE CABLE AND TRACK WAS REPLACED. THE SECOND IDENTICAL PROBLEM OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY 2011 RESULTING IN REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF CABLES AND TRACK. MOST RECENTLY, THE CABLES HAVE AGAIN BROKEN LEAVING THE TOP UNABLE TO CLOSE, ONLY THIS TIME, THE COMPONENTS HAVE BROKEN AND WHILE DRIVING THE TOP CAME LOOSE AND FLEW OPEN CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED FOR THIS IDENTICAL ISSUE IS AWARE OF THE ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE SKY SLIDER. CHRYSLER/JEEP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND A CASE HAS BEEN OPENED, HOWEVER, DESPITE THE PROBLEM BEING WELL-KNOWN THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING REPAIR. *TR

WHILE RE-FUELING AT A GAS STATION, ONCE THE GAS PUMP STOPPED, FUEL EXPLODED OUT OF THE JEEP LIBERTY'S FUEL TANK DRENCHING MY LEGS AND THE JEEP WITH GASOLINE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!! THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY TIME I REFILLED THE TANK - EVEN IF I STOPPED THE FUEL FLOW WELL BEFORE THE GAS TANK WAS FULL. *TR

ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED DATE I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM RUNNING ERRANDS AND WHILE DOING SO I HAD MY SUNROOF OPEN. WHILE I WAS DRIVING I DECIDED TO CLOSE MY SUNROOF AND WHEN I DID SO IT MADE A STRANGE SOUND WHILE CLOSING. I THEN NOTICED THAT THE SUNROOF HAD NOT CLOSED PROPERLY AND WAS STILL PARTIALLY OPEN. I CONTACTED MY INSURANCE AGENCY WHO SUGGESTED I BRING MY VEHICLE TO ONE OF THEIR GARAGES TO BE INSPECTED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS INDEED NOT COVERED UNDER MY INSURANCE PLAN. I WAS REFEREED TO YOU FOR POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER IT WOULD RAIN, RAIN WATER LEAKED INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE ROOF AND THE DOME LIGHT, CAUSING THE DOME LIGHT TO FAIL. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60,000.

BOUGHT THE JEEP NEW FROM JEEP DEALER AND IT CAME WITH A FACTORY INSTALLED 'SKYSLIDER'. WE HARDLY EVER USE THE SKYSLIDER AND AFTER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, WE NOTICED WHEN DRIVING THE JEEP, THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE. THE SKYSLIDER HAD BUNCHED UP AND WAS NOT CLOSING. TOOK THE JEEP TO OUR MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A 1" PIECE ON THE TRACK THAT WAS BROKEN AND THE PART WOULD COST APPROX. $1900.!!!. I CALLED CHRYSLER BECAUSE THE JEEP IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS A CLEAR DEFECT. CHRYSLER ADVISE ME TO TAKE THE JEEP TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS...A BROKEN PIECE ON THE FRAME WHICH NEEDED TO HAVE THE WHOLE FRAME REPLACED AT A COST OF - $4K. FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE SKYSLIDER IS DEFECTIVE ON ALL 2008 JEEP LIBERTY MODELS AND THIS COULD CAUSE A FATALITY. THE SKYSLIDER IS MADE OF CANVAS AND CAN POP OFF THE TRACK AND FLY OFF. I CROSS A BRIDE DAILY AND CANNOT DRIVE MORE THAN 20MPH OR THE ROOF STARTS TO LIFT UP. *TR

WHEN THE GAS TANK IS FILLED GAS SHOOTS OUT WHEN THE GAS PUMP SHUTS OFF. THERE SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A BUILDUP OF PRESSURE IN THE GAS TANK. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH EVERY FILL UP. *TR

WHEN VEHICLE IS OR IS NOT IN MOTION THE VEHICLES LIGHTS,HORN,TURN SIGNALS,INSTRUMENT GAUGES,AND WINDSHIELD WIPER BEGIN TO MALFUNCTION AND OPERATE ON ITS OWN SQUIRTING ALL THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUIDS,HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING,HORN HONKING ON IT'S OWN AND INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES FLICKER AND FLASHING,UNTIL EITHER BATTERY DIES OR BATTERY BECOMES DISCONNECTED. *TR