I was doing a rapid deceleration for traffic slowing down suddenly on us 30 in york county, pa. I heard a loud clunk as I slowed down and the check engine light came on. As I tried to get back up to speed the jeep would not get out of 3rd gear. I kept to the right and got off at the first exit. After 5 minutes, I got back in the jeep, started it up, the check engine light still on. It shifted somewhat normally although it did shudder a bit. The following day, 9/10/06, the engine light was off and appears to be shifting ok now. I called the dealer who said that if it happens again I should bring it in. I am aware that there have been problems with this torque converter/transmission. I am concerned that it will happen when I have less flexibility to respond with a sudden power loss, especially in rainy/snowy weather, or a crowded road with only one lane. Jeep liberty limited, 2006, 2800 miles.
2006 Jeep Liberty transmission complaints
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2006 jeep liberty crd with 2200 miles completely died on the on ramp to an interstate. After 7 days the dealer said that it was the flywheel in the torque converter. They say that they cant get parts to fix the problem. I had my two children in the car and had to wait for a tow truck to rescue us. I felt very lucky that I was not getting on the interstate the other way because there is no place to even try to pull over.
On the 5th. Of september I was traveling home from dayton, oh on i70 and just as I was coming into indianapolis, in. My 2006 jeep liberty crd had a failure in its transmission that caused me to temporary lose control of the car. I was driving at the speed limit of 65 to 70 MPH and all of a sudden there was a very loud klunk and the cars speed dropped from about 65 MPH to 40 to 35 MPH almost instantly and that's when I almost lost control for just about a second. I check and there was no cars either behind or to either side of me, which was lucky for me because if a car or semi would have been behind me I would not be here writing this. I pulled over to the right hand lane and started to leave the road for the shoulder. Then all of a sudden my car started to drive normally again. I drove at a reduced speed for awhile and did notice that ther was a slight transmission shudder. This went away after a few minuetes and I was able to drive home to florissant missouri without futher trouble. I would like to say that I have checked with other's who own libertyi's and several of them have had the same problem. Though their's was not as harrowing as mind. I took my jeep jiberty down to the dealer's the following day and left it there. That was two days ago and they are still working on it. I will be seeing the service rep. Tomorrow and will finding out a little more about what happen. I do know that this it seems to be a ongoing problem with the 5 speed automatic traansmission with a transfer case. Thank you for reading this. James e. Friese, 115 st. Benedict lane, florissant, missouri, 63033, pn. 314‑837‑3885.
This is a new liberty crd (diesel) with 610 miles that was accelerating from a border patrol checkpoint on I-8 east of san diego. While accelerating to ~65 the vehicle suddenly lost power in heavy freeway traffic and slowed to 35 MPH even though the engine was running good. This sudden loss of power caused overtaking vehicles to swerve violently to avoid an accident including at least 2 panic stops. When the vehicle was safely on the shoulder (engine was idling fine) the car was shutdown and restarted which apparently recycled the computer and cleared the condition. Vehicle has performed fine since that incident.
Vehicle was driven up to red light. When light turned green, vehicle would not move leaving it in traffic unable to get out of the way. It was later determined by the dealer to be a failed torque converter. The part was replaced, however, other parts in engine and transmission that could have been damaged were not replaced. Was told by dealer that redesigned torque converter is not yet available but coming.
I am currently leasing a 2006 jeep liberty. I am able to turn off the vehicle and remove the key while still in 'drive'. I did this once and the vehicle began to roll away when I stepped out of the car. I was able to get back in the car and stop it. No accident/no injuries.
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