Tl* the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. When coming to an idle speed and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle independently accelerated. The contact mentioned that excessive force was required on the brake pedal in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The mechanic stated that the throttle body needed to be cleaned and the idle control needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 118,000. The VIN was not available. Updated 5/26/15*cn the consumer was informed the brake and accelerator pedal were too close together. Updated 06/18/15
2002 Jeep Liberty acceleration complaints
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I was driving on the highway with cruise control on doing about 60 MPH when suddenly the jeep liberty started jerking and the RPM needle arm and the speedometer arm started going crazy up and down. The liberty started to slow down so I had to press on the gas pedal to maintain speed. The speedometer quit working and so did the cruise control , the auto door locks also quit working. The motor also started to die whenever I slowed down or come to a stop at a stop sign or red lights. Where its dangerous is when I am slowing down to make a turn and going in to it or half way in to it the motor dies and I lose the power steering. It takes alot of strength to complete the turn safely. I took the liberty to a repair shop where they hooked it to a analyze machine. It said the speed sensor was bad, I had it replaced but it didn't fix anything. I took it to the dealer where I bought it, they told me it could be hundreds of dollars just to try to find out what is wrong with it. Recently I checked in the internet and saw that there are hundreds of other 2002 jeep liberty owners having the same problem. Speedometer quits working, motor died when you slowdown, and replacing the speed sensor doesn't fix anything. Its dangerous because you can crash when making a turn and the motor dies and you lose your steering. I know I have had some close calls. I hope you will check in to this problem. Just check in the internet and you will see alot of people have it with there 2002 jeep libertys. Thank you for your time.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. The contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v252000 (electrical system, electronic stability control, exterior lighting, service brakes, hydraulic, vehicle speed control); however, the parts were not available. The dealer did not know when the parts would be available. The VIN was not available. The contact had not experienced a failure.
The jeep all of sudden starts to accelerate and will not stop accelerating even when on the brake. My daughter first experience it and had to pull into a parking lot and pull the emergency brake and turn off jeep. I then experience it after she told me about it I was stopping at a stop light when it started to accelerate.I had no cars in front of me I had to turn right the jeep felt like someone had there foot on the gas pedal when I had my foot on the brake. I had to pull into ditch and put it in neutral and pull the emergency brake on and turn off jeep. Every time I started the jeep the engine would rev up like the pedal was stuck to floor please help my daughter drives this jeep. I took it the shop and the diagnostic claims there is nothing wrong with it.
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.
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.
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.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 MPH, the vehicle began to surge forward when he attempted to slow down. The contact was able to stop the vehicle after shifting into neutral. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
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 pedal and the acceleration stopped. She drove the vehicle home and called chrysler. They stated that since there were no recalls there was nothing they could do. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileages were 62,000.
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
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.
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.
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.
Speed sensor connector wires break at differential from friction from the emergency brake cable resuting in no speedomter or odomter readings.
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.
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!!!!
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.
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.
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
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
While driving at highway speeds, the speedometer would intermittently stop functioning. All other electronics seem to still function alright.
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.
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.
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.
Speedometer has malfunctioned. Dealer notified.
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.
The vehicle accelerated foward and collided with another vehicle, also the seat belt failed to restrain the consumer properly and was subsequently injured.
The vehicle accelerated and collided with another vehicle, consumer was injured.
When making a right turn steeering wheel locks and engine shuts down. Dealer notified, and said speed sensor needs replacing. Ts.
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
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