2002 JEEP LIBERTY Complaints

WE DRIVE A JEEP LIBERTY 2002 WHICH WE PURCHASED AT CARMAX IN ARLINGTON,TX IN 2006. DESPITE HAVING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRIC WINDOWS FOR WHICH THEY HAD TO REPLACE UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, WE BEGAN TO NOTICE A LOUD POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END WHEN WE MAKE A HARD LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A SERVICE MECHANIC, DIAGNOSED CV AXLES,BALL-JOINT PROBLEMS. ATTEMPT MADE TO CORRECT IT IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED AND GETTING MORE WORRISOME BY THE AMOUNT IF TIME IT HAPPENED IN A DAY AND 7 DAYS/WEEK. WE ALSO TAKE NOTICED THAT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE (JEEP OWNERS) WITH THIS PROBLEM, WE ARE TIRED TO TAKE THE JEEP TO REPAIR MECHANICS AND TRULY, WE FEEL UNSAFE TO DRIVE IT ON THE FREEWAY. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? WILL CHRYSLER FIX THE PROBLEM? THANKS *TR

HAD JUST PURCHASED A JEEP LIBERTY USED --FIRST TIME I DROVE IT ON A WET ROAD-I WAS BRAKING AS USUAL AT A RED LIGHT--THE CAR SKIDDED AND SWERVED 40 FEET, FINALLY STOPPING BUT NOT BEFORE I HAD TO VERY OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME --I WAS ONLY GOING 30-35 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I STARTED BRAKING--I WAS TERRIFIED BY THE FACT THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP AND COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES!! --TOOK THE CAR INTO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP--THEY SAID THE BRAKES WERE FINE --I HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON THE CAR --EVEN THOUGH THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE TIRES WERE FINE TOO --THE SECOND TIME -(--WET ROAD)--I WAS GOING ABOUT 25 MILES AND HOUR AND LIGHTLY BRAKED ----CAR SLID INSTEAD OF STOPPING---SAME DAY---NOW VERY CAUTIOUS, I CAREFULLY HIT THE BRAKES WHEN A CAR QUITE A DISTANCE AHEAD OF ME PULLED OUT --AGAIN--I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 35MPH---FORTUNATELY I STARTED BRAKING THE SECOND I SAW HIM BECAUSE THE CAR SKIDDED 30-40 FEET AT LEAST, TURNING TOWARD THE RIGHT, AND FINALLY STOPPED 3 CAR LENGTHS BEFORE I WOULD HAVE HIT THIS CAR IN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR ---HAD I NOT HAD THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT JUST MINUTES BEFORE ---I WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING 60 MILES AN HOUR AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT--I WENT ONLINE TODAY --THERE ARE NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WITH JEEP LIBERTY'S--ONE PERSON REFERS TO HER LIBERTY AS A DEATH TRAP--ANOTHER MAN SAID HIS WIFE COMPLAINED OF THIS AND HE DIDN'T BELIEVE HER UNTIL HE SKIDDED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION GOING ONLY 20 MPH!!! SOMEONE ELSE, KNOWING THIS PROBLEM , SIMPLY TRADED HIS VEHICLE TO AN UNSUSPECTING BUYER ---THIS DEFECT IS FRIGHTENING!!!! THIS IS A CAR I RARELY DRIVE-- FORTUNATELY BECAUSE NOW I CAN'T TAKE IT ON THE ROAD FOR FEAR OF HAVING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT!! *TR

DRIVERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE (FEMALE END) RELEASE REMAINS RETRACTED AFTER RELEASE OF THE MALE END. THE BUTTON EITHER MUST BE PRIED BACK UP TO LATCH THE SEAT BELT, OR, AFTER NUMEROUS TRIES. *TR

WITHOUT WARNING THE BODY CONTROL MODULE SHORTS OUT DRAINING THE BATTERY AND DAMAGING THE MULTI-CONTROL SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN. CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS, INTERIORLIGHTS, RUNNING LIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, FACTORY ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS, AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS TO FAIL. THIS CAN CAUSE A FIRE RESULTING IN A TOTAL VEHICLE LOSS OR LOSS OF LIGHTING AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOOSE SIGHT OF THE ROAD. IN RAIN CONDITIONS LOSS OF WIPERS DURING DRIVING WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF VISIBILITY CREATING A DANGEROUS DRIVER ON THE ROAD. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY LIMITED EDITION JAN. 2008. AFTER ABOUT 7 MONTHS IT STARTED STALLING EVERYTIME I HIT THE BREAKS, OR TURNED A CORNER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO FOUR MECHANICS AND NO ONE CAN FIGURE IT OUT. THEY HOOKED IT UP TO A COMPUTER AND SAID IT DOESN'T READ ANYTHING IS WRONG. I HAVE NEARLY BEEN REAR ENDED SEVERAL TIMES TURNING DUE TO IT STALLING. SOME DAYS IT WILL BE FINE AND THEN THE NEXT IT WILL STALL EVERYTIME I STOP OR TURN. IT SEEMS TO STALL MORE WHEN I AM TURNING. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TAKE IT TO GET FIXED SINCE NO ONE CAN DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT OR HAVE MY KIDS IN IT. I HAVE NOTICED ON WEBSITES THAT JEEP HAVE BEEN HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS ISSUE. I JUST WANT IT REPAIRED AND THERE SEEM TO BE NO RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE ALTHOUGH JEEP IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BEFORE THIS PROBLEM IS FIXED. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW THE PROBLEM AND HOW TO GET IT FIXED!! *TR

FAILURE OF UPPER BALL JOINT LET SIDE ON 2-27-09, TWO DAYS AFTER THE LOWER BALL JOINT ON SAME SIDE WAS REPLACED AS PER RECALL. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LOWER BALL JOINT WAS THE FOURTH SUCH REPLACEMENT. I INITIATED THE REPAIR TWO DAYS EARLIER AFTER THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. THE LOWER BALL JOINT FAILED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING IN REVERSE AT LOW SPEED WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. THE FAILURE OF THE UPPER BALL JOINT HAPPENED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER TRAVELING AT 70 MPH DOWN AN INTERSTATE. AFTER EXITING THE FREEWAY, I PULLED THE JEEP INTO A PARKING LOT OF A CONVENIENCE TO CHECK DIRECTIONS AND THEN PULLED OUT AT LOW SPEED - LESS THAN 10 MPH. IT FAILED. *TR

2002 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT REACHING 92,000 MI REPEATEDLY STALLS (TURNS OFF) WHILE DRIVING. *TR

SAME AS EA05022. 2002 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT PASSENGER SEAT BELT LATCH HAS A BROKEN SPRING. PURCHASED OCT 21, 2001. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. WHEN THE CONTACT USED THE JACK TO CHANGE THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE, THE JACK BECAME STUCK IN AN UPWARD POSITION. HE WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE JACK FROM HIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER DID NOT ASSIST. THE JACK INFORMATION AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 92,400.

ON DEC 8, 2008 I PICKED UP MY JEEP LIBERTY FROM MY MECHANIC, HE HAD REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION OIL PAN THAT RUSTED OUT AND DRAINED ALL THE TRANSMISSION OIL OUT. ON JANUARY 6, 2009 ON MY WAY TO WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING THE TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT TOTALLY, I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK HOME AND ONCE AGAIN THE MECHANIC HAS THE LIBERTY REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. I FEEL THE TRANSMISSION OIL PAN RUSTING OUT AND LEAKING CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION BLOWOUT A MONTH LATER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID COME ON IN DECEMBER AND I HAD AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE ENGINE LOOKED AT WHEN THE WHOLE PAN BLEW OUT. THE TRANSMISSION TOTALLY DROPPING IN JANUARY COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT IF I WERE DRIVING LATER, AND I FEEL THIS COULD CAUSE MAJOR ACCIDENTS ON THE ROADWAYS ACROSS THE NATION. I HAVE COMPLAINED VIA THE WEBPAGE AT JEEP TO NO AVAIL, THIS SHOULD BE AT LEAST A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES. *TR