Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 11/06/2012 | 102000 | 1 | |
| Speedometer, cruise control, brake warning lamp and abs light on, mileage counter not working, check engine light on as well, car dies or stall when slowing down even on hwy or when turning. we have replaced almost everything we can think of. look online and hundred if not thousands of owners have exact same problems and no solution to problem. how are you supposed to have vehicle inspected if the emergency brake lights wont go off? we have replaced front and back brakes, master cylinder, wheel cylinders, speed sensors front driver and passenger and rear one. fuel pump fuel filter have now been replaced. we have replaced more but i know we have spent well over 2 grand and nothing please help we are not the only ones having this issue. *tr | |||
| 11/06/2012 | 102000 | ||
| Speedometer, cruise control, brake warning lamp and abs light on, mileage counter not working, check engine light on as well, car dies or stall when slowing down even on hwy or when turning. we have replaced almost everything we can think of. look online and hundred if not thousands of owners have exact same problems and no solution to problem. how are you supposed to have vehicle inspected if the emergency brake lights wont go off? we have replaced front and back brakes, master cylinder, wheel cylinders, speed sensors front driver and passenger and rear one. fuel pump fuel filter have now been replaced. we have replaced more but i know we have spent well over 2 grand and nothing please help we are not the only ones having this issue | |||
| 11/04/2012 | 174463 | 1 | |
| While driving i activated the cruise control at 57 mph. the jeep kept accelerating. the speedometer read 50 mph. i tapped the brake to disengage the cruise control and the speedometer jumped up to 70 mph. i did this a second time with the same results. i've had this vehicle a year and may have had this happen one other time. i got a ticket for going 68 mph when i thought i was going 50 mph. i got a $110.00 fine. i cannot recall if the cruise control was activated at that time. i owned the vehicle for a few weeks then. *tr | |||
| 11/04/2012 | 174463 | ||
| While driving i activated the cruise control at 57 mph. the jeep kept accelerating. the speedometer read 50 mph. i tapped the brake to disengage the cruise control and the speedometer jumped up to 70 mph. i did this a second time with the same results. i've had this vehicle a year and may have had this happen one other time. i got a ticket for going 68 mph when i thought i was going 50 mph. i got a $110.00 fine. i cannot recall if the cruise control was activated at that time. i owned the vehicle for a few weeks then. | |||
| 07/09/2012 | 133000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. the contact stated that the speedometer failed and caused an unexpected acceleration. the contact was accelerating from a stop light when the vehicle surged forward and caused the contact to crash into the rear of another vehicle. no one was injured, but the contact had the vehicle inspected by two dealers and was told there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. the contact stated that when the vehicle was sitting at a stop light the speedometer would read 80 mph and the vehicle would rapidly accelerate when the brake was released. the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was not included. the failure mileage was 133,000 and the current mileage was 136,000. | |||
| 07/09/2012 | 133000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. the contact stated the speedometer fails and it caused an unexpected acceleration with the vehicle. the contact stated that while pulling away from a red light the surged forward and caused the contact run into the rear of another vehicle. no one was injured, but the contact had the vehicle inspected by two dealers and was told there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. the contact stated that when the vehicle is sitting at a stop light the speedometer will read 80 mph and the vehicle will take off if you release the brake. the vin was not included. the failure mileage was 133,000 and the current mileage was 136,000.rl | |||
| 10/29/2010 | |||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. the contact stated that while driving approximately 5 mph the vehicle started to surge forward once trying to decelerate. the vehicle was able to stop and after putting the car in neutral it corrected itself. this occurs on an intermittent basis. the vehicle has not been inspected by a dealer. the vehicle has not been repaired. the failure mileage was unknown. tb | |||
| 09/29/2010 | 62000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. the contact stated that while sitting at a red light with vehicles in front of her the vehicle began accelerating forward and the back wheels were spinning with smoke coming from the rear end. the contact put both feet on the brake and the acceleration stopped. she drove the vehicle home and called chrysler. they stated that there was no recall so they could not do anything. the vehicle has not been repaired. the failure and current mileages were 62,000. rd | |||
| 12/11/2003 | 18000 | 3 | 07/01/2002 |
| Tl* the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. the contact stated that while braking the vehicle will come to a complete stop and while having his foot on the brake the vehicle will surge forward. this has occurred several times since he purchased the vehicle. the dealer was contacted and the dealer stated that have never heard of this failure. the contacted stated he has previously reported the failure to the dealer. there have been no repairs to the vehicle. the vehicle was currently being diagnosed by the dealer . the failure mileage was 18000 and current mileage was 49000. updated 4/7/2010 *cn updated 06/04/10 | |||
| 11/14/2009 | 130000 | 1 | |
| 2002 jeep liberty sport, speed sensor failure causes speedometer to stop working or fluctuate till it stops working. check engine light comes on, engine will stall while driving with a result in loss of power steering, loss of power brakes and steering wheel locks up. 3rd time i've dealt with this issue in 5 years. the wiring in the harness constantly rubs and eventually becomes compromised to the elements, thus causing a short. i've managed to avoid any type of accident since i experienced this issue more than once!! jeep has not acknowledged this is a safety issue and continually ignores the potential danger in a faulty design. *tr | |||
| 10/09/2009 | 135000 | 1 | |
| 2002 jeep liberty speed sensor failure causes speedometer to stop working, engine to die while driving, loss of powersteering, loss of brakes, steering wheel locks up. *tr | |||
| 06/10/2006 | 1 | 02/01/2002 | |
| Speed sensor connector wires break at differential from friction from the emergency brake cable resuting in no speedomter or odomter readings. *jb | |||
| 10/01/2005 | 70000 | 3 | 12/01/2003 |
| Dt*: the contact stated the speedometer failed three times. the first time the speedometer failed due to a rusted sensor. the second time, the speedometer failed due to an abs sensor. the third time the vehicle had not been to a service dealer to determine the problem.*ak | |||
| 08/08/2005 | 10 | 03/15/2004 | |
| Dt: the speedometer quit and the engine shut down. this happened while driving. the consumer has taken vehicle to the dealer multiple times for this problem. they have replaced the rear out put sensor at least ten times. the most recent time this occurred was on 8-8-05. the problem occurred at a variety of speeds. there are no other known problems with the vehicle at this time. *ak during the last repair the dealer replaced the rear wheel speed sensor in the wiring harness. *nm | |||
| 11/30/2004 | 8 | 04/10/2003 | |
| Major electrical problems....dash went dead, wipers dead, power door locks dead, tail gate latch released, no headlights, no speedometer, all shut off while driving in the rain at night at 65 mph.*ak | |||
| 05/07/2004 | 5 | 09/01/2002 | |
| 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 | |||
| 03/13/2004 | 42000 | 1 | 10/26/2003 |
| While driving at highway speeds, the speedometer would intermittently stop functioning. all other electronics seem to still function alright.*ak | |||
| 01/23/2004 | 1 | ||
| While driving, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. the driver was unable to maintain control of the vehicle. this caused the driver to hit another vehicle on the drivers side. none of the air bags deployed. the driver was not hurt. the driver had the vehicle towed to the dealer for analysis. the mechanic was unable to duplicate the problem. *jb | |||
| 06/01/2003 | 38000 | 1 | |
| Speedometer has malfunctioned. dealer notified. *ak | |||
| 03/27/2003 | 1 | ||
| The vehicle accelerated foward and collided with another vehicle, also the seat belt failed to restrain the consumer properly and was subsequently injured. *jb | |||
| 03/27/2003 | 1 | ||
| The vehicle accelerated and collided with another vehicle, consumer was injured. *jb | |||
| When making a right turn steeering wheel locks and engine shuts down. dealer notified, and said speed sensor needs replacing. ts. *ak | |||
| 09/27/2002 | 4 | 09/01/2002 | |
| Jeep motor starts racing high rpm when tring to stop, rear wheels starts spinning in reverse when slowing down or tring to put into park took to dealer three times dealer can't duplicate problem. dealer has called chrysler to times to report problem. i have called chrysler two times to report problem, no solution at this time. dt | |||
| 03/15/2002 | 3 | ||
| When coming to a stop applied brakes and engine will rev, and tires spin. vehicle was moving forward, consumer has to shut off engine to stop vehicle. this has happened 3 times. vehicle was taken to dealer twice, could not duplicate the problem.*ak | |||
| While in reverse vehicle accelerated forward, resulting in a collision. dealer is inspecting vehicle. please provide further information. ak | |||
| 07/29/2001 | 1 | 07/05/2001 | |
| Consumer was slowing vehicle down while going 25mph, and 30-40 feet before it almost came at a stand still, engine revved and vehicle was trying to go forward. rear wheels were still spinning, and only way to stop vehicle from going forward was to put it in neutral. dealer held vehicle for 2 days, and couldn't find anything wrong with it. *ak *slc | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 12/13/2003 | 31000 | 2 | |
| While driving throttle stuck, causing the vehicle to accelerate without warning. as a result, vehicle collided into two other vehicles. no report of air bag deployment. *ak | |||
| 06/25/2003 | 1 | ||
| Consumer states that while driving and with no warning anti lock brakes will lock up while consumer is pressing the accelerator pedal , and it will be hard for the consumer to control the vehicle. dealer notified.*ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 07/14/2006 | 48266 | 2 | 12/29/2001 |
| Speedometer again became erratic and then inop. cruise control inop and engine light came on. took car to dealer and just made it when engine cut out completely sensor replaced again second time was charged $91.44!!!! *nm | |||
| 06/03/2004 | 4 | ||
| Consumer was driving with cruise control set to 62mph and without warning vehicle decelerated to 0 mph; then, jumped to 95 mph, but consumer was not able to disengage cruise control. took to dealer, who diagnosed that the speed sensor had failed for the 4th time. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | |||
| 58000 | 5 | 10/01/2001 | |
| When exiting the highway speedometer stopped operating and the vehicle stalled. vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the mechanic determined that speed sensor was the cause of the problem, and replaced it. *ak *mr | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - SPRINGS | |||
| 12/14/2002 | 61000 | 1 | 10/01/2002 |
| 2002 jeep liberty spontaneously engaged in full acceleration. vehicle reached 100 mph with no accelerator pedal influence or ability of brakes to decelerate. put vehicle in neutral, rpms reached 7000 (maximum on tachometer) and i waited til vehicle reached 20 mph at which point i measured that i could safely shut off power and coast to a stop. source of problem: accelerator spring mechanism got stuck under nearby cable in full-throttle position. *tr | |||