2008 Jeep Liberty brakes problems

Filed Apr 12, 2021 · Brakes, Engine · 138,880 miles · KY · fire

Once parked the heat sheild came up against the heater core and must have sparked causing it to catch fire under the hood! Needs to be investigated before causing a possible fatal issue

Filed Jan 24, 2021 · Acceleration, Brakes · 116,100 miles · CA

I'm speeding up as I'm passing a truck on 395, signaling with left blinker. Start speed as beginning to pass is approx. 55 MPH. I signal right as I pull back in the south bound lane, take my foot off the gas pedal as I notice I'm driving 80 MPH. The gas pedal is stuck and the car is going 80 MPH on its own. I step on the brake carefully but its rock hard and doesn't move at all. At this point the car is stuck at 80 MPH. I try to brake again but the same - brake pedal is stuck, doesn't move at all and is rock hard. Road conditions are good so I'm in a "controlled panic", and try the brake one more time. This time the brakes engage and I get the car down to 65 MPH. I don't want to burn the brakes so I release the brake and immediately the car speeds up on its own to 80 MPH. I repeat. Slow to 65 MPH, step off the brake and again the car immediately speeds up to 80 MPH. At this point my thoughts go to cruise control (which I had not activated or used on this trip). I pull the "cancel" on the cruise control, nothing. I try again and look at the dashboard where the cruise control light is "off", indicating cruise control is not on. I turn the cruise control on and pull the "cancel" again and brake. This time the car comes out of it, and I turn the cruise control off again. Since the cruise control was not even on to begin with, I don't know if that's what actually made the car 'unfreeze'. I was lucky I was on a straight stretch of road with no traffic in front of me. Since I was passing a truck I'm not 100% sure if I sped up to 80 MPH or if the car suddenly did that on its own. I do believe the car did that, as there was no reason to get up to that speed to pass safely.

Filed Jan 18, 2021 · Brakes · PA

There is a grinding noice coming from either the transfer case or the dove shaft, either was it is loud and causes lights on the dash to come on and stay illuminated the lights are as follows: ABS, traction control, esp bas, and service 4wd.

Filed May 6, 2020 · Brakes, Electrical · 115,000 miles · GA

When I am driving my jeep the parking break will randomly come on when I am driving down the highway or street. The heat shaft under my jeep completely fell off while I was driving 30 miles per hour on a city street. The electric windows, locks and auto start frequently glitch out where they just do not work at all. The cruise control works only about half of the time and will not turn on at all the other half of the time.

Filed Feb 8, 2020 · Brakes, Seat belts · UT

The seatbelts have a trick I have to play with the drivers seatbelt to get it to click. The breaks have always squeaked and not stopped correctly the suspension feels off. The wheel turns to the left. I don't know about the airbags because I have yet to get into a wreck. The wheel turned to the left staring up my car after getting gas causing me to smash in my passenger drivers side door. Problems upon problems since I got the vehicle from four seasons auto in st.george utah. Busy now has damage the engine gets hot and smelly. Snow will literally blow through my defrost vents and hit me in the face with mists of snow.

Filed Dec 17, 2018 · Airbags, Brakes · TX

I haven't had anything happened yet but I had a light on my dash that LED me to doing some research which also LED me to some recalls and what has happened to other people and it just worries me about my safety and for my children. I was inquiring about getting recall repairs made

Filed Jul 28, 2018 · Brakes · 157,000 miles · NJ

Front brakes come on while driving and ABS causes front end to shake. Brakes are so hot the the pads are burning. The vehicle has no power because the front brakes are both being apppied

Filed May 28, 2017 · Brakes · 79,000 miles · AZ

The rear brake lines are mounted in such a way that they rub against the fuel lines as well as the transmission cooler line. This caused the break line to leak and the brakes to become non functional. Fortunately I was able to notice this before a crash. My wife would not have been so lucky as she may have not noticed this. I had this happen as I was driving in traffic, and consider myself fortunate that I was able to get off the road.

Filed Aug 19, 2016 · Brakes, Suspension · 85,000 miles · NC

Severe rusting of all suspension components. Rf and lf cv joints rusted beyond repair. Front brake rotors beyond repair. Jeep dealers said vehicle has severe rusting and unsafe to drive. Was told may not be worth repairing. Most jeep liberties are covered under a recall except 2008. Dealer said repairs would be in the thousands.

Filed Jan 26, 2016 · Brakes, Suspension · 70,100 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. While the vehicle was parked, a burning odor emitted from the rear driver side wheel. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the rear axle drain plug and both front and rear brakes were replaced. In addition, the vehicle was taken to the dealer on two separate occasions. The rear driver side axle drain plug was replaced twice, including the rear driver side brakes. The failure persisted after the repairs. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,100.