This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Sudden unintended acceleration, seatbelts failed on second impact, airbag deployed after my head broke wind shield. Car accelerated in another moving vehicle and accelerated faster into a concrete wall. All on closed circuit video I am left with a traumatic brain injury, disabled
While driving my 2011 Jeep Liberty with the cruise control set at 70mph on I-65 interstate coming out of gary Indiana the tell-tales lit up and the car dropped out of cruise control and it took the car a few seconds to gain power again. This all started with the drivers door not unlocking with the remote. A diagnostics was run on the car and they said they couldn't find anything wrong, other than a rear sensor on the brake making the brake light come on. Doing an internet research the tipm sensor is the cause of most of these problems which Chrysler doesn't want to admit. This same issue was deemed not an issue a few years back by the NHTSA with the Liberty but deemed no good by the NHTSA for the Jeep Cherokee and Dodge durango. This was a dangerous situation for me and my family. If I hadn't took action as quick as I did we would have been rear ended by a semi. I don't feel safe driving this SUV and this is my wife's car which she takes my son to school in. The NHTSA needs to do something about this issue now.
Vehicle continues to accelerate when brakes are applied. When approaching an intersection on Suburban street with stopped vehicles, brakes were applied, the car continued to accelerate causing a crash. Only by changing gear to park, did acceleration stop.
The contact owned a 2011 Jeep Liberty. When the contact entered the vehicle and depressed the brake pedal, the vehicle surged forward, struck another vehicle, and crashed into a concrete wall. There were two injuries that required medical attention. The contact did not observe any warning lights illuminated. The air bags deployed. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal would become stuck and unresponsive, causing the vehicle to accelerate independently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer at least five times where they replaced the throttle body sensor but the problem persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure who informed the contact to take the vehicle back to the dealer for further repairs. A claim was also filed with the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 4,622. Updated 11/14/11 the consumer stated when the failure occurred, the engine would surge to 2600 RPM's and continue until the vehicle was shut off. The accelerator pedal was inoperable. The consumer had to slam on the brakes and put the gear in neutral. Updated 11/18/11 the consumer stated the vehicle would not accelerate over 40 mph, as the accelerator pedal was completely unresponsive. On a separate occasion, while stopped at a red light, the vehicle suddenly lurched forward through the red light into the intersection. The consumer stopped the vehicle from going any further by slamming on the brakes and throwing the transmission into neutral. The throttle position sensor was replaced, as well as the main computer. However, the consumer continued to experience problems. Updated 12/28/11
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