1st incident occurred in march 2013. I was driving to work in a 25mph zone. Suddenly, the horn started beeping, windshield wipers (front and rear) were going, washer fluid was pouring out, power door locks where going on and off. Had to pull over because I could not see with the fluid spraying out at full speed. I turn the car off and removed key from the ignition and this continued to go on for 5 minutes. Brought the car to manfredi dealership. They replaced the tipm module which was very costly. A year and 1/2 later on may 18, 2015, I experienced the same exact problem. There is definitely a major flaw with this part. It's extremely dangerous when this occurs on a highway/turnpike doing the speed limit. This part should be recalled immediately. I should not be responsible to pay for yet another tipm. When I called the dealer they explained it's only a 1 year/12 months guarantee, but this part should last at least 5 years. Really???
2008 Jeep Liberty visibility complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. While driving at various speeds, there was a leakage that came from the sky slider sun roof. The sun roof would not close and vibrated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who diagnosed that the entire roof needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
When using my remote to unlock my 2008 jeep liberty, the horn starts honking, the windshield wipers (front and back) turn on, the windshield washers (front and back) shoot fluid, the door locks won't open and the headlights turn on and off. This has happened four times in the last two months. The headlights have also started turning off while driving and I'm unable to turn them back on.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. The contact stated that the sky slider was able to be opened but would not close when activated. The failure caused water to enter the vehicle and cause damage internally when there was rainy weather. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Heat decided to not work on the first 30 day w/ snow and ice. Passenger vents are blowing luke warm air, and the drivers side blowing cold air. Also, no air at all coming from the blower at the drivers feet. Not happy about this as I had read 100's of complaints about the blend door not operating properly on jeeps of all types. This is a $1000 fit, and there should be a recall on the blend door. This is an absolute outrage!
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. The contact stated that the lights flashed, horn activated and windshield wipers with wiper fluid independently turned on. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that the tipm needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
February 2014: opened my car with the key when the fob wouldn't work. Horn and radio blared, both front and rear windshield wipers turned on, in addition to all dashboard lights. Continued for 10 minutes until battery was disconnected. In that time, the car would not start. After 5 minutes, the battery was reconnected and the car started without issue. April 2014: while turning into a gas station, my jeep completely stopped. After waiting 2 minutes it started again. I took it to my local mechanic who cleaned corrosion around the battery. 2 weeks later, I was driving on a 3 lane highway, began to decelerate and at approximately 25mph, the jeep's engine turned off. At the same time, all of the dashboard lights turned on in addition to the horn and windshield wipers. Thankfully I was able to coast to the shoulder without incident, where the jeep continued the same behavior for about 10 minutes, and then abruptly stopped. The car would not start again until the battery was disconnected and then reconnected. I brought it to a chrysler dealer that evening and detailed the issues. They monitored it for 3 days, but ultimately returned the car stating they could not find any issues but could replace module for almost $1000! May 2014: replaced the battery and had minimal issues including windshield wipers randomly starting and stopping, but no horn or shut down issues, until... June 2014: a similar incident occurred that mirrored the april deceleration incident. At this point I disconnected my horn--a safety issue, but the blaring was becoming increasingly inconvenient. A week later the car turned off while pulling into a parking space. When I exited the the store and attempted to start the car, it started without incident. Since june, the jeep has only exhibited minor issues such as the windshield wipers randomly starting, but it's only a matter of time.
The sky slider roof stopped in the open position and would not close. The cost to fix is $4,000. Due to it being stuck open there is now water damage all around the top of the jeep roof.
Got out my truck at walmart and the doors automatic locked when I closed the driver door the lights started flashing and the locks started locking and un locking. That was on june 3,2014. The really bad one happen on june16,2014 when I had my daughter and grandbaby with me I got out the car and it locked as usual and the lights started flashing and I could not get my daughter or grandbaby out it was very hot outside and I thought I was going to have to break the window. I am very afraid to drive my jeep. I feel trapped in it and I feel like something is going to happen if my kids or grandbaby is in there and it want let me in. I wake up some mornings and the battery is dead and want crank leaving my kids late for school. Please help.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. The contact stated that water was entering the cabin through the windshield and there was water on the floor. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 68,470.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. The contact stated while driving approximately 56 MPH he activated the rear defroster and smelled a burning odor. The contact also heard a loud banging sound and noticed that the rear glass shattered. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 64,000.
The 2008 jeep and years after all have a defective skyslider(as far as I know every single person I spoke with that has a sky slider had some malfunction) which seems to be a huge safety concern. This panoramic roof constantly malfunctions, the replacement parts cost almost a 1/4 of the vehicle cost and when it breaks it usually is not fixed properly. The concern is, it can come flying off at high speeds causing possible injury, also makes vehicle un-secure due to being accessibly by the roof, also causes rain, and other contaminants to enter the cabin area. I understand that chrysler is under government protection due to it financial situation but there is no reason they can not recall, repair, or have a engineered replacement for this due to the amount of complaints and issues it has.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, he attempted to use the windshield washer but it failed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the power control module would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 115,660.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. The contact stated that the driver's side window failed and fell into the door panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to have a diagnostic performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure and current mileage was 60,000.
Panoramic roof - will not close. Appears that passenger side track is not operating correctly and the top will not fully close and flaps in the wind. My vehicle is no longer secure as well as the annoyance of the flapping in the wind. Also, no way to secure during inclement weather which is causing staining of the interior around the roof.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 MPH with the panoramic sunroof closed, the sound inside the cabin of the vehicle became extremely loud. The contact stated that she felt the roof may have become detached from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where the technician stated that the failure was a known issue but there was no repair available. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 58,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. The contact stated that the skyslider roof of the vehicle failed to close completely. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the arm and the cable had fractured and both would need to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 59,000.
Roughly two years ago while driving on a highway I noticed part of my sky slider moon roof started to have gaps of daylight in between it, I then noticed that the front part of my sky slider started to flip backward. When I noticed part of my sky slider was flipping backward I proceeded to get off the highway, knowing if it randomly started to flip backward it could catch wind and rip off completely hitting the vehicle behind me. I immediately drove it to the dealership to have them look at it, they basically told me this is a common problem and that it would be around $2500-$3000 to fix. I ended up taking it to a different auto shop to have it fixed at a much more reasonable price. Now, the second time happened just a few days ago, I was once again driving on the highway, (please note, I have not used this sky slider since having it repaired two years ago in fear that it would break again) and while my roof was closed I once again noticed that I could see day light between my car and my sky slider. Pulling off the highway I get out and check, only to notice that the two back ends of this roof had been completely broke off the track and had began to flap in the wind while driving. Now with fear of it ripping off completely and hitting the car behind me I am stranded. I have taken it to two dealerships since, to learn that chrysler has discontinued making this feature, knowing the problems it has, however both dealerships told me the same thing, there was nothing they could do and once again I would need to put $2500-$3000 into fixing it, again! I'm concerned to re fix this vehicle and once again be driving on the highway when my roof starts to rip off, causing a safety hazard for anyone that might be on the highway at the time.
The skyslider roof system has failed. The roof opened as normal but failed to close when button was closed. On investigation of the roof top I found the sky slider roof had come off the track. When I took the jeep to the dealer they told me they could only replace the roof at a cost of 1500.00. I took the car home and was able to manually pull the roof back into place. This appears to be a design defect with the roof systems as there are thousands of complaints about wind noise and the skyslider failing and chrysler jeep ignoring the problem.
On the above mentioned date I was driving home from running errands and while doing so I had my sunroof open. While I was driving I decided to close my sunroof and when I did so it made a strange sound while closing. I then noticed that the sunroof had not closed properly and was still partially open. I contacted my insurance agency who suggested I bring my vehicle to one of their garages to be inspected. Upon inspection, it was determined that this was indeed not covered under my insurance plan. I was refereed to you for possible assistance.
When vehicle is or is not in motion the vehicles lights,horn,turn signals,instrument gauges,and windshield wiper begin to malfunction and operate on its own squirting all the windshield wiper fluids,headlights flickering,horn honking on it's own and instrument panel gauges flicker and flashing,until either battery dies or battery becomes disconnected.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. The contact stated that while driving at moderate speeds, the windshield wipers, horn and door locks would activate independently. The contact stated that when the doors locked, no one could exit the vehicle. The vehicle manually had to be unlocked from the outside. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed no failures. The vehicle was then taken to an auto mechanic who was also unable to diagnose any failures. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was 88,000 and the current mileage was 93,000.
Upon opening skyslider passanger side of top did not open, when finally starting to open got stuck at first frame. Would not close properly. This needs to be recalled. Consumer should not have this many problems.
The skyslider malfunctioned, does not open evenly, will not close correctly.
While driving my jeep liberty, the wipers and horn came on suddenly and the entire electrical panel lit up. After taking it to the dealer several times, they finally determined it was the tipm module that needed to be replaced. The part was backordered. I have since found there is a national backorder (since 2010) with over 270+ in my area alone. The issue became progressively worse as I would get in my car and it would not start. Unlocking the vehicle appears to cause the automobile to engage something electrical (though I only open it manually - not with the keyless entry) which results in the vehicle acting as though it is already on. Most recently, while driving on the freeway at 70mph, I had a jolt before the wipers/horn went off and the emergency brake light was on. I believe the system is now engaging the emergency brake. I have discontinued driving the vehicle as a result. I believe this vehicle is a lemon. There are multiple complaints online with many other jeep owners experiencing the same issues.
Sky slider roof assembly partially opened and will not close.
The sky slider roof on my jeep liberty stopped closing properly several weeks ago. At first it was just leaking and small parts of the roof wouldn't close. Eventually it progressed to the entire sky slider and now will not close completely at both ends. I have seen several other complaints about this same problem on the internet and I believe that this is a faulty product made by jeep and should be recalled immediately!
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. The contact stated the sunroof would not open. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing and they could not identify the failure. The manufacturer stated they would contact him if they were going to assume the repair cost of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 42,000 and current mileage was 57,000. The VIN was not available.
2008 jeep liberty was brought into dealership due to manufacturing weakness with the sky slider. One press of the close button and the whole back portion of the sky slider misaligned and would not close. The service rep. Stated that the whole assembly line was defaulted and would be very expensive to fix. Meanwhile, due to this manufacturing weakness, my jeep was not drivable due to the sky slider sliding forward and backward suddenly and loudly every time the jeep was driven over 35mph. The process in getting the jeep repaired has taken over 3 weeks and the repairs are still not completed at the time this compliant was submitted. The chrysler corporation is assisting with the repairs, however at this time there is no recall on this product.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep liberty. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, she heard an excessive wind noise coming from the sun roof. The contact stated that the noise was unbearable. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, but they were unable to remedy the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and the contact was awaiting a response. The failure mileage was 57,276.
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