2010 Jeep Liberty: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Oct 10, 2024 · Electrical · 166,000 miles · NC · fire

The contact owns a 2010 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated while her husband was driving approximately 60 MPH, the driver lowered the driver's side window when a smoke odor was present. The driver saw a flame burst from the door-mounted electrical panel with the door lock and window controls. The contact blew the flames out and then returned to the residence. The contact mentioned that her husband's clothes had a strong smoke odor due to the failure. No warning light was illuminated. A dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Additionally, the contact stated that before the electrical fire, during brake work on the vehicle, a mechanic had advised that a wire harness on the tow hitch had melted and had warned the contact not to use the tow hitch. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 166,000.

Filed Oct 26, 2019 · Electrical, Lights · PA

I lease my vehicle from jd byrider we first noticed the windows after my purchase.I went there 3 times he said he would have to take the door apart.while at the drive inns I realized there was no heat I was freezing they attempted to fix it worked like 2 days then stopped.the 4 wheel drive sticks I'm not sure if its electrical cuz the windows dont work n when it rains the tailgate light comes on with the inside lights?since I bought it the wheels make a really loud noise you cannot have windows down its behind my seat.I have read about ppls cars catching on fire they had no way to escape due to windows in these jeeps I have been in a burning van on route 20 in girard community auto did something bad to my van and this is the first time me driving in years.my 30 days are up and I cannot pay to fix these problems I pay $380 a month for car payment & $700 rent I have 4 children and a grandson we need heat a safe vehicle to drive

Filed Jan 3, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 11,000 miles · NY · fire

My 2010 jeep liberty sport went on fire. I was stopping at a stop sign and all of a sudden the car started to completely malfunction. The care shut off at the stop sign, the horn went off for about 5 minutes, the windsheild wippers went off, all of the doors locked and I saw smoke from the hood. I didnt know what to do and maybe after about 3 minutes of trying to get doors to unlock they finally did I got out and opened the hood and the whole hood was up in flames. Now its a total loss they are only paying off my loan and I am stuck with trying to come up with my own money to buy a new car now I think I should be entilted to a lawsuit I could of died if those doors did not end up unlocking. Every jeep should be recalled.

Filed Apr 18, 2016 · Engine, Fuel system · 60,000 miles · IN · fire

2010 jeep liberty spontaneously caught on fire and exploded on friday april 15, 2016. My stepdad and I were out and we stopped and picked up a pizza on the way home and everything was just fine the whole drive home, no smell, no driving issues, no smoke, no overheating dings, no funky sounds. We pulled into the driveway to park and turned off the car, my stepdad got out first, and when I opened my door I said 'ooh it smells like fall!' (I thought the neighbors were having a bonfire or something.) then I saw it and told him 'the car is smoking!' and I got out of the car and got away from it. He tried to open the hood thinking it was a radiator or something but it was so hot it burned his fingers and then he lifted it a bit with a screwdriver as we went to get the fire extinguisher and we saw the fire start shooting out of the sides. It was so hot and so fast. I screamed at him to get him away from it because I knew it was going to explode, and as soon as he was a bit away from it, the hood did explode up and then it started really shooting flames out and and that's when I called 911. There were several more explosions while we waited on the firefighters. It was totally engulfed in flames in 5 minutes. There is nothing left but a shell, and it was one layer from burning our house down. If we were in it another 60 seconds, we'd have taken that first explosion to the faces. We could have died and we almost lost our house, our barn and another car inside the barn. I'm furious. Other people could die.

Filed Feb 21, 2015 · Electrical · 70,000 miles · CA

Started my vehicle like any other day and suddenly a whole lot of white smoke came out the rear exaust. Then it happened again two days later and again in another day. So I went online to see if there was any problems with white smoke coming out on any 2010 jeep liberty and I learned there was a pending investigation involving the totally integrated power module failure and in the description it says there's white smoke present.