2008 JEEP LIBERTY Complaints

WHEN I AM REFUELING MY 2008 JEEP LIBERTY 1 OUT OF 4 TIMES THE FUEL DOES NOT STOP WHEN FILLED AND SPILLS OUT EVERYWHERE. GAS SPLASHES ON ME, THE GROUND AND MY CAR. THIS HAPPENS AT DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS AND PUMPS AND SEEMS VERY UNHEALTHY AND DANGEROUS. *TR

VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND WOULD NOT STOP. I DID HARD BRAKING AND IT JUST PUSHED IT ANYWAY. PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND THE WHEELS DUG TRENCHES IN THE DIRT. GOT IT STOPPED, CALLED A WRECKER AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE JEEP DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT THE THROTTLE LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD AND THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE. THEY RESET THE COMPUTER AND SENT ME HOME. I AM CONCERNED IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHERS ? *TR

WHEN FILLING THE GASTANK AS NORMAL, GASOLINE OVERFLOWS FROM THE GASTANK. IT SPEWS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT (APPROX 1/4 LITER OF GASOLINE). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH; THE HORN SOUNDED, FRONT AND REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS ENGAGED, AND THE REAR WINDOW WASHER PUMP ACTIVATED DISPENSING WASHER FLUID. THE UNEXPECTED FAILURES OCCURRED VOLUNTARILY. WHEN THE SPEED RATE WAS REDUCED THE FAILURES NO LONGER PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TRAVELING AND FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED, FOLLOWED BY NO ENGINE POWER. SUDDENLY, THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING LIGHT INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION THE FAILURES RESET INDEPENDENTLY. IN ADDITION, ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE FAILURES INVOLVING THE HORN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WIPER WASHER FLUID ACTIVATION OCCURRED WHEN ACCESSING THE VEHICLE WITH THE REMOTE KEY ENTRY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW ON MY 2008 JEEP LIBERTY FELL DOWN A FEW DAYS AGO. WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN TO GET FIXED, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND, BECAUSE OF THAT, THE PART HAD BEEN REDESIGNED AND I WOULD NOW NEED A NEW WINDOW AS WELL, TOTALING OVER $800. MY WARRANTY JUST ELAPSED LESS THAN 6,000 MILES AGO. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS WOULD LIKELY BE RECALLED EVENTUALLY BUT THAT DOESN'T HELP ME WHILE MY WINDOW IS BEING HELD UP WITH DUCT TAPE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE AN EXTRA $800 TO FIX IT AT THE MOMENT. *TR

PURCHASED USED JEEP LIBERTY FOR MY DAUGHTER. 2008 MODEL WITH 25,000 MILES. HAD JEEP 1 YEAR AND 2ND WINDOW MOTOR JUST WENT OUT WHILE ON VACATION. STOPPED AT MECH. SHOP ON VACATION TO GET WINDOW UP UNTIL I COULD GET HOME AND HE SAID HIS SON HAD 3 GO OUT. TALKED TO 2 PEOPLE AT HOTEL WHO HAD THEIR WINDOW TAPPED UP FOR SAME THING. LOOKING ON INTERNET I AM AMAZED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS. HOW MANY HAVE TO BREAK BEFORE JEEP MAKES THIS GOOD? *TR

VEHICLE FEELS LOOSE IN REAR, SWAYS AT 40 MPH AND GETS WORST AT HIGHER SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN BRAKING GROOVES ON ROADWAYS HARD TO HANDLE. *TR

MY BRAKE LIGHT IS NOT FUNCTIONING. I WENT TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM REPLACE BULB, BUT THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED BULBS AND BULBS WERE GOOD. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOTIFIED ME THAT THERE IS A WIRING ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. IF MY BRAKE LIGHTS FAIL DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT THIS COULD BE A HUGE LIABILITY TO CHRYSLER. I HAVE TO GO BACK TO DEALER WHEN I HAVE MORE TIME. THEY SAID THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO FIX IT TODAY. I HOPE THAT THIS IS TAKEN CARE OF ASAP. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY JEEP LIBERTY DOES NOT DEFOG PROPERLY. AT OUTDOOR TEMPS BELOW -13 C. IT BEGINS TO ICE UP AND WILL GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CANNOT SEE OUT OF THE SIDE WINDOWS. IT HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALER SIX TIMES. THE LAST TIME THEY SAID THEY HAD REPLACED THE ENTIRE HEATING SYSTEM. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE ENGINEERS AT CHRYSLER CANADA TOLD ME THE SYSTEM IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO MOISTURE; SO IF THERE ARE WET BOOTS OR A HOCKEY BAG IN THE VEHICLE THE SYSTEM WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. CONSIDERING I LIVE IN NORTHERN ONTARIO THIS SOUNDS A LITTLE STRANGE TO ME. I DID KEEP THE RECORDED MESSAGE FROM CHRYSLER COSTUMER SERVICE. *TR

UPON REMOVAL OF FUEL NOZZLE FROM THE TANK, AFTER FILLING THE TANK, ABOUT TWO CUPS OF FUEL BURP OUT OF THE TANK ONTO THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND GROUND. HAPPENS AT ALL STATIONS, ONLY WAY TO AVOID IT IS TO NOT FILL THE TANK OR LET THE FUEL NOZZLE SIT FOR A MINUTE OR TWO BEFORE REMOVAL. I HAVE RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALER WITH THIS COMPLAINT THREE TIMES WITH NO REPAIR ACTION TAKEN BY THE DEALER. *TR