Jeep Liberty Complaints (2002)
1,808 consumer complaints on file.
- #10166613August 26, 2006ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SEAT BELTS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, STRUCTURE:BODY
JEEP LIBERTY PULLS TO RIGHT, WILL STOP DEAD IN ITS TRACKS WHILE IN DRIVE, HARD TO CONTROL, THUMPING NOISE, METAL TO METAL GRINDING FROM FRONT END, SEAT BELTS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY, HARD TO START, FRONT SEAT COVERS RIPPLED, PAINT PEELED ON HOOD, TAILGATE, BREAKS ONLY WORK SOME OF THE TIME, SHAKES AND HARD TO CONTROL ON SPEED ABOVE 35 MPH, ALL INTERIOR WEATHER STRIPPING CAME OFF. SAME COMPLAINTS FROM 1/7/03 BALL JOINTS REPLACED ON RECALL ON 1/10/03 STILL HAD PULLING TO RIGHT PROBLEMS, SHAKING,. WEATHER STRIPPING ALL FELL OFF ON INTERIOR OF CAR, ACTS LIKE WHEELS ARE BINDING. 3/4/03 SAME COMPLAINTS PULLING TO RIGHT, STOPS DEAD IN ITS TRACK, HARD TO CONTROL, WHEELS BIND, DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE COMPLAINTS (DID NOT WRITE UP WORK ORDER) 3/27/03 DEALER INSTALLED INTERIOR WEATHER STRIPPING, SAME COMPLAINTS AS 1/10/03,3/4/03. AGAIN ON 6/2/03 TOOK JEEP LIBERTY TO DEALER TOOK A TEST DRIVE COULD NOT VERIFY COMPLAINTS. DID NOT WRITE UP A WORK ORDER. 1/16/04 JEEP LIBERTY HARD TO START, PULLS TO RIGHT, JEEP SHAKES & VIBRATES HARD TO CONTROL, SEAT BELTS DO NOT WORK, SEAT RIPPLING, CAR STOPS DEAD IT ITS TRACKS, DEALER FIXED LOWER BALL JOINTS AGAIN ON 2/13/04 AT 23,850 MILES. 2-13-04 PICKED UP CAR FROM DEALER STILL HAD SAME PROBLEMS" DEALER STATED " THIS IS HOW JEEPS DRIVE" THEY ARE NUTS! 11-04 DEALER TOOK TEST DRIVE WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS CLAIMED EVERYTHING OKAY. DID NOT RIGHT UP A WORK ORDER. 5/27/05 HAD MASSIVE PROBLEMS BRAKES WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR, SOMETIME WOULD WORK AND OTHER TIME NOT. TOOK TO NEAREST BRAKE PLACE PADS, OKAY, BUT WHEEL CYLINDER LEAKED. CLAIM IT COULD BE A INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF MASTER CYLINDER, CALLED DEALER SHIP NO PART AVAILABLE. 7/5/05 TOOK TO DEALER AGAIN WITH SAME PROBLEMS,R THEY HAD NOT EVEN LOOKED AT IT. REMOVED JEEP AND TOOK TO PRIVATE AUTO PLACED,UT WITH INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS YOU COULD REPLACE MOST OF THE PARTS ON THE CAR & YOU MAY NOT CURE THE PROBLEMS. *JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10166432August 24, 2006SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AS THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED INTO THE DRIVEWAY AT 2 MPH, THE FRONT RIGHT BEARING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED.*AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10166489August 24, 2006SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET OIL CHANGE, TIRES ROTATED, AND THE 23 POINT INSPECTION. TOLD THEM AT THE TIME OF THE NOISE VEHICLE WAS MAKING. ENDED UP HAVING TO REPLACE THE FRONT TWO TIRES AND PAYING TO GET THEM BALANCED AND ALIGNED AS WELL. WAS TOLD THAT IF THE NOISE CONTINUES TO BRING IT BACK. SOUNDS AND NOISE GOT WORSE OVER THE NEXT DAY SO TOOK IT IN THE FOLLOWING DAY. WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE BALL JOINTS THAT ARE ON RECALL AND SO ALL THEY WOULD NEED TO DO IS REPLACE THOSE AND THERE WOULD BE NO COSTS. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE KITS WERE NOT WORKING AND THEY HAD TRIED TWO DIFFERENT ONES FROM TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT TO MAKE THEM WORK THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE STEERING KNUCKLES AND IT WOULD COST ME ABOUT $800 TO GET THIS DONE. I REFUSED TO PAY FOR THIS WHEN THE STEERING KNUCKLES WERE NOT DAMAGED AND THE BALL JOINTS WERE THE MANUFACTURERS MISTAKE, SO THEY NEEDED TO FIND SOME BALL JOINTS THAT WORKED OR FIX THE PROBLEM. I WAS THEN TOLD TODAY THAT THEY WERE SENT THE STEERING KNUCKLES AND THE BALL JOINTS WORKED WITH THIS REPLACEMENT AND THEY WOULD GIVE ME A DISCOUNT OF $628, OF WHICH I CAN'T AFFORD. THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT TALK TO ME AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS LIKE TALKING TO AN AUTOMATED ANSWERING SERVICE. THE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP IS TO CALL ME IN THE MORNING IF HE COULD DO ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME, WHICH DOES NOT LOOK PROMISING AT ALL. MY ISSUE IS I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A PART THAT WAS NOT DAMAGED JUST SO THE RECALLED PARTS OF BALL JOINTS CAN FIT ON MY VEHICLE THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO FIT. *JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10166201August 22, 2006ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
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
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10166262August 22, 2006SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
THERE HAD BEEN SOME OCCASIONAL FRONT END SQUEAKING BUT NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE NOTICE. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I WAS INFORMED BY MY MOTHER THAT CERTAIN JEEPS HAD BEEN RECALLED. WE WENT TO JEEP'S WEBSITE PUT IN THE VIN AS THE PAGE REQUESTED AND WERE UNABLE TO FIND A RECORD. ONE SATURDAY MORNING I CALLED A LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP TO ASK IF I COULD BRING IT IN AND HAVE THEM CHECK IT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT WOULD NOT DO ANY GOOD BECAUSE JEEP HAD NOT RELEASED ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECALL AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL EARLY SEPTEMBER AND A LETTER WOULD BE SENT ADVISING OF THE RECALL. SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2006 I WAS TAKING OUR DAUGHTER TO WORK AND HEARD AN AWFUL THUD AND THE JEEP LURCHED TO A STOP. I HAD TO LEAVE IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND USE OUR OTHER VEHICLE TO TAKE OUR DAUGHTER TO WORK. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME, MY PARTNER TOLD ME THAT SHE CONTACTED HER BROTHER AND HE SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS THE BALL JOINT. I TRIED TO MOVE IT AND THE BALL JOINT BROKE AND DAMAGED THE TIRE AND THE GREY MATERIAL OVER THE TIRE. I CONTACTED JEEP'S HEADQUARTER AS WELL AS A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT WE WERE INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN RECALLED AND REPAIRED IN MARCH OF 2004 (IT WAS A BALL JOIN ISSUE AT THAT TIME AS WELL). THIS WAS NOT REFLECTED ON OUR CARFAX REPORT. *JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10166120August 21, 2006SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL DETACHED WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LOCAL MECHANIC. UPON INSPECTION, A MECHANIC DETERMINED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE BALL JOINT DETACHED. AN NHTSA RECALL, # 03V460000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE SUSPENSION: FRONT: CONTROL ARM: LOWER BALL JOINT IN AUGUST 2004 HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR WITHOUT CHARGE UNDER THE RECALL.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10165956August 18, 2006SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PULL OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION, THE LEFT FRONT AXLE WAS ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP WHO REPLACED THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WHICH WERE FRACTURED. A NHTSA RECALL, #04V596000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE UPPER BALL JOINTS HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10165698August 16, 2006STEERING, SUSPENSION
I REPORTED A NOISE DURING OPERATING MY JEEP LIBERTY, LTD. 4 WD OVER BUMPS AND TURNS. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH 5 MILES ON 8/13/2002. 3/21/2003 AT 11638 MILES, THE SERVICE SHOP MADE A WARRANTY CLAIM - LUBED THE BUSHINGS. 4/28/2003 AT 12932 MILES, THE SERVICE SHOP MADE ANOTHER WARRANTY CLAIM -SLEEVE & STRAP WAS REPLACED. 2/9/2004, AT 25045 MILES, THE SERVICE SHOP MADE YET ANOTHER WARRANTY CLAIM -REPLACED THE SWAY BAR BUSHINGS & LINKS. I ALSO HAD LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED FOR A RECALL. 4/16/2004, SERVICE SHOP REPOSITIONS THE FT SHIELD AT FT SUSPENSION. THE NOISE NEVER WENT AWAY. AT THE SERVICE SHOPS ADVICE, I NEEDED TO BRING IT IN IF THE NOISE BECAME WORSE. YEAH RIGHT! TWO OTHER MECHANICS SUGGESTED STEERING/SUSPENSION RELATED. ON 4/09/2006, I HAD MY CAR INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE ONCE AGAIN FOR THE WORSEN NOISE. THE SERVICE TEAM REPLACED THE REAR CENTER BALL JOINT AT A COST OF $276.17 AND RETURNED MY VEHICLE. WITH MY WARRANTY RUNNING OUT, THE SERVICE TEAM HAS SUPPOSEDLY FOUND MORE SERIOUS PART CHANGES, OF COURSE. ON 6/15/2006, THE SERVICE TEAM REPLACED THE LOWER BALL JOINT DUE TO WEAR AND REPAIRED A LEAK IN MY TIRE AT THE COST OF $224.05. I ALSO HAVE NOTICED VEHICLE PULLING TO THE RIGHT. IN ADDITION TO HAVING PAID FOR SERVICES WITH MY WARRANTY STILL EFFECTIVE, I HAVE FURTHER DEVELOPED OTHER SERIOUS CAR ISSUES. I HAVE A LEAK IN MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND MY BRAKE LIGHT & ABS LIGHTS ARE ON. I HAD TO STOP AT A SERVICE STATION TO FILL MY TIRE FROM 10 PSI! ALTHOUGH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE ME TO BRING BACK MY CAR, I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE FOR A FOURTH VISIT. ON MY LAST TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP, I HAD REQUESTED THAT IF THERE ARE ANY PARTS REPLACED TO PLEASE SAVE THE OLD PART. UPON MY PICK UP OF THE VEHICLE, I DID NOT RECEIVE THESE PARTS. I HAVE PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY END OF JULY FOR 1,600.00 JUST IN CASE. *NM
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10165457August 14, 2006SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35MPH ON THE HIGHWAY UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, THERE WAS A LOUD, BANGING NOISE FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE BY USING THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE RIGHT FRONT BALL JOINT FRACTURED. A NHTSA RECALL, #06V288000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION; HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10165209August 11, 2006SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE DIFFICULT TO UNLATCH AND RED BUTTON IS STUCK IN DOWN POSITION. *NM
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10165139August 10, 2006ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY EVERY TIME STALLING OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE VALVE TRAIN ON THE FIFTH CYLINDER OF THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10165094August 9, 2006POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
VEHICLE VIBRATES LOUDLY FROM FRONT DRIVELINE BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH AND OVER 70 MPH, CONCERNED THIS IS A SEVERE, UNSAFE, AND COMMON PROBLEM BECAUSE OF MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME DEFINITION FROM OTHER LIBERTY OWNERS. *JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10165100August 9, 2006SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS STARTED TO SEPARATE WHICH CREATED A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AN ACCESS RAMP AT 30 MPH. A NHTSA RECALL, # 03V46000, WAS PERFORMED ON 02/25/2004 CONCERNING, THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINTS. HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10164891August 8, 2006SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY ON THE VEHICLE WILL NOT LATCH. *JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10164893August 8, 2006INTERIOR LIGHTING
MY CAR WOULD NOT START AND THE DOOR LOCKS WHERE OPENING AND CLOSING, SO IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THE BATTERY WAS DEAD SO THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE IT AND THEN THEY WOULD RUN A TEST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. I INFORMED THE DEALER THAT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS MY OVER HEAD LIGHTS WOULD COME ON EVERY SO OFTEN AND I WOULD HAVE TO GIGGLE THE TURN SIGNAL TO MAKE THEM GO OFF (SOMETIMES USING THE TURN SIGNAL TRIGGERS THE LIGHT TO COME ON). I ASKED IF IT COULD BE A SHORT IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THEY SAID NO IT WAS JUST A DEAD BATTERY. A FEW DAYS LATER I NOTICED THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS ON IN MY CAR AFTER IT GOT DARK OUTSIDE AND THEY WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF EVERY FEW MINUTES. AFTER DISCUSSING THE RECENT RECALL ON THE FRONT BALL BEARINGS WITH A CO-WORKER I FOUND OUT THAT SHE TOO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS (2002 MODEL), I THEN ASKED ANOTHER CO-WORKER WHO OWNS A 2004 MODEL AND HE TOO HAD THIS PROBLEM. APPARENTLY THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. IT IS DANGEROUS WHEN THIS HAPPENS ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT DISTRACTS THE DRIVER. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT NOW MY LIGHT IS OUT ON THE SHIFT PANEL. I THINK THIS COULD BE A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT IT LEADING INTO OTHER SHORTS IN THE CAR. I FEEL THAT BECAUSE I NO LONGER HAVE A WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE THAT THE DEALER IS TRYING TO MAKE MONEY ON ME AND THIS OBVIOUSLY A MALFUNCTION IN THIS MODEL. *JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10164965August 8, 2006SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WOULD NOT ENGAGE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED IN JUNE 2006 NOW THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT IS DOING THE SAME THING. SEAT BELT WILL NOT LATCH. JEEP DEALER SAID THERE IS NO RECALL AND I HAD TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT SEAT BELT LATCH.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10164570August 4, 2006SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
I HAVE A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. WITH ONLY 24,000 MILES AND LITTLE OFF-ROAD USE, BOTH UPPER(NOT LOWER--WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN THE SUBJECT OF RECALLS) BALL JOINTS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. I COULD HEAR SEVERE CLUNKING NOISE ON TURNS AND BUMPS. THEY WERE DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED BY A JEEP DEALER. *NM
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10164434August 3, 2006SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
BALL JOINT SNAPPED WHILE MAKING A TURN AND THE WHEEL CAME OFF AND THE CAR HIT THE GROUND. A YEAR AGO, THE BOTH BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL. DEALERSHIP WANTS TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY AS THEY ARE TOO BUSY. I AM LUCKY I AM ALIVE AFTER WHAT I WENT THROUGH. *JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10164326August 3, 2006POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
DRIVING THE JEEP AROUND 20 MPH. TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR, BUT WOULD GO INTO PARK. I TURNED THE JEEP OFF, RESTARTED IT AND IT WENT INTO GEAR FOR ABOUT 30 FEET, THEN WENT BACK INTO NEUTRAL AGAIN. IT WOULD MOVE AFTER A RESTART EVERY TIME, THEN STOP AGAIN VERY SHORTLY AFTER PUTTING IT INTO GEAR. HAD THE JEEP TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP, THEY FOUND NO CODES IN THE COMPUTER AND ARE NOW SAYING THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE FILTER TO CLOG. *JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10164344August 3, 2006SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
MY 2002 JEEP LIBERTY BEGAN TO MAKE A NOISE FROM THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AREA. I CALLED THE DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM AND WAS GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT ABOUT 10 DAYS OUT. ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN MAKING THE APPOINTMENT AND THE DAY OF THE APPOINTMENT WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN THE LOWER BALL JOINT ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BROKE APART DROPPING THAT SIDE OF THE CAR DOWN ON TO THE TIRE. IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THE VEHICLE UP ON TO THE FLATBED TOW TRUCK THE TIRE DID SOME DAMAGE TO THE PLASTIC PART OF THE FENDER SURROUNDING THE WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS DROPPED AT THE DEALER (SEACOAST MOTORS) FOR REPAIRS AT ABOUT 5:30 PM ON 8/2/06. AS OF THIS WRITING (8/3/06 @ 1 PM) THEY HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE OR CONFIRMED THE ACTUAL PROBLEM SO I AM WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME AT THIS POINT. *JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0