2006 Jeep Liberty: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Mar 21, 2016 · Acceleration, Brakes · 137,000 miles · NC · crash

Tl* the contact owned a 2006 jeep liberty. The contact stated that the gear shift would not engage into drive and the vehicle started making a roaring noise. The contact's vehicle lunged forward and struck the preceding vehicle. The brakes seized and the pedal was all the way down to the floor. The police filed a report. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to an impound lot. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 137,000. Updated 05/11/16*lj

Filed Mar 6, 2012 · Brakes, Electrical · 20,000 miles · CO

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep liberty 4x4. The contact stated that vehicle would surge forward when shifting into any gear and the vehicle would also loose power abnormally. The egr (exhaust gas recirculation) valve melted, causing a burning smell to release into the vehicle. In addition, the gear shifter would shift out of park independently, causing the vehicle to roll away. The contact also stated that the rear passenger side door handle became defective, making it impossible to open the vehicle door from the interior of the vehicle and the ABS, esp and traction control lights were illuminated on the instrument panel. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failures. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 20,000 and the current mileage was 101,000. ....updated 06/18/12 *bf the consumer also stated there was a problem with the control arm on the vehicle and because of the widespread problem a recall as issued. The consumer was then informed the recall was old, and her VIN was not included. The vehicle would loose power suddenly after driving forward, the windows would make a dragging noise, even though the dealer replace, the wheel speed sensor was replaced, the interior door handle on the passenger side was inoperative. The check engine light illuminated several times. Updated 06/22/12 updated 6/25/12 *cn updated 06/29/12

Filed Jul 8, 2010 · Acceleration, Electrical · 90,290 miles · MI

Unintended acceleration while at a stoplight. Had to turn of the motor to reset.

Filed Jun 2, 2010 · Acceleration · 50,000 miles · PA

My father's jeep liberty turbo diesel automatically & randomly accelerated on its own about 2-3 days on his way to work (similar to the toyota situation). The jeep on-board computer threw up an engine fault code. When he took the car to the jeep dealership, they said his accelerator pedal module was bad and made my dad pay over $300 to get it replace. The jeep had under 50k miles on it and it should be against the law to make customer pay to repair a car that speeds up on its own. Are we the only people who have had this problem with a jeep (chrysler) product? We have receipts for the repairs and it should have documented the engine fault code that jeep discovered.

Filed Apr 16, 2010 · Acceleration · 32,000 miles · VA · crash · 1 injury

2006 chrysler jeep liberty sudden accelerating. *dt the consumer was driving when the vehicle suddenly accelerated to 65 MPH. No amount of pushing on the brakes made the car stop. She was going down a mountain, whizzed past a stop sign, and went around another curve until she came to a major state road with lots of speeding cars. She had to make a decision either to try to merge onto the road or plow into the mountain. She plowed into the mountain and came to a stop when her car crashed a stop sign at the end of the road inches from the ongoing traffic. Both of her feet were on the brakes the entire time. The vehicle flipped on its side and the engine was still roaring.

Filed May 19, 2009 · Acceleration · VA · crash

Letter from congressman boucher on behalf of constituent concerning his purchase of a 2006 jeep liberty. *nj the vehicle was sold by the consumer to another consumer who experienced sudden acceleration and subsequently had an accident. The consumer stated everything was fine until she tried to stop at a stop sign at the bottom of a steep hill. The consumer realized the vehicle was not slowing down and barely made the turn. Even after the consumer removed her foot from the accelerator, the vehicle was still accelerating. The consumer stated she tried slamming on the brakes, but to no avail. The vehicle finally stopped when the consumer hit a stop sign and then proceeded to flip over on the right side. The engine continued to rev loudly and only stopped after the consumer turned the ignition off.

Filed Mar 27, 2009 · Acceleration · 33,348 miles · VA · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 jeep liberty. The contact experienced unintended acceleration and a crash occurred while traveling 40 MPH. The brakes failed to engage and the vehicle drove into an embankment and rolled over. A police report was filed. There were no serious injuries. The vehicle was taken to a body shop and then to the dealer; however, the dealer could not find any error codes for the failure. The manufacturer stated that they could not assist, but offered to send a crash investigator. After sending the investigator, the manufacturer concluded that they could do nothing more to assist. The current and failure mileages were 33,348.

Filed Feb 24, 2009 · Acceleration, Brakes · 32,000 miles · VA · crash · 1 injury

The consumer was driving when the vehicle suddenly accelerated to 65 MPH. No amount of pushing on the brakes made the car stop. She was going down a mountain, whizzed past a stop sign, and went around another curve until she came to a major state road with lots of speeding cars. She had to make a decision either to try to merge onto the road or plow into the mountain. She plowed into the mountain and came to a stop where she hit a stop sign at the end of the road inches from the ongoing traffic. Both of her feet were on the brakes the entire time. The vehicle flipped on its side and the engine was still roaring.

Filed Mar 5, 2008 · Acceleration · NC

On 2/21/08 I took my 2006 jeep liberty to david o'neal automotive to have my vehicle checked as a result of two incidents that had occurred during it's operation and another operational problem. The first incident occurred in the walmart parking lot as I was stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the parking lot. The jeep accelerated while it was in a stopped position and I had to put the vehicle in park to avoid hitting the pedestrian. On the second incident I was stopped at a light when the jeep once again accelerated on its own. The other problem that I was having with the vehicle is it's inability to accelerate effectively at times. The service advisor advised me that they did get the jeep to duplicate the problem but they did not get a code for the problem. On 2/22/08 I spoke to the service manager for the dealership with regard to the problems I was having with the vehicle, the issue of my having to pay for diagnostic fees and repairs and the safety issues involved with this matter. He advised me to wait until the vehicle repeats the problem and bring it in to see if we can get a code. I notified him that they had already seen the problem repeat itself when I had it in for repair and a code did not activate. He again stated that I should bring it in to see if a code could be retrieved. I asked him, if a code could not be retrieved, what do we do then? He could not give me any definitive answer to this question. On this same date I relayed all of this same information to the customer relations coordinator. In addition I expressed the fact that when the repair bills and diagnostic fees were being charged to me it was okay to proceed without codes but now that I feel that the dealership should be paying for these costs, due to when the vehicle was purchased (1/3/2008) and the nature of the problem (defect), the dealership feels that we cannot proceed without a code.