2002 JEEP LIBERTY — Complaint #1065963
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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS:TANK VALVE/GAUGE filed May 17, 2014
NHTSA complaint #1065963 (ODI reference 10592080) concerns a 2002 JEEP LIBERTY and was filed on May 17, 2014. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 2, 2014. The report was geocoded to Virginia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:recreational vehicle/trailer:lpg systems:tank valve/gauge, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same JEEP LIBERTY cohort independently describe similar equipment:recreational vehicle/trailer:lpg systems:tank valve/gauge failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2002 JEEP LIBERTY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
RECEIVED A REAR STRUCTURE REINFORCEMENT LETTER FROM CHRYSLER AND THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION STATING THAT CERTAIN 2002-2007 MODEL YEAR JEEP LIBERTY VEHICLES CONTAINS DEFECT RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY. PROBLEM: THE FUEL TANK ON VEHICLE HAS A SMALL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING A FUEL LEAK DURING CERTAIN TYPES OF REAR END COLLISIONS. FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN AN UNDERBODY FIRE. WHAT DEALER WILL DO: CHRYSLER INTENDS TO INSPECT YOUR VEHICLE AND INSTALL AN OEM TRAILER HITCH WHERE APPROPRIATE, FREE OF CHARGE (PARTS AND LABOR) TO BETTER MANAGE CRASH FORCES IN LOW-SPEED IMPACTS.... WHAT YOU MUST DO TO ENSURE YOUR SAFETY: ONCE YOU RECEIVE YOUR FOLLOW UP NOTICE IN THE MAIL, SIMPLY CONTACT DEALER RIGHT AWAY TO SCHEDULE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A FOLLOW UP NOTICE IN THE MAIL. I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO CALL THE DEALER AND THEY WERE NOT HELPFUL. THEY SAID THEY WERE BOOKED WITH APPOINTMENTS BUT WOULD GIVE ME A
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1065963 |
| ODI Number | 10592080 |
| Date Filed | May 17, 2014 |
| Failure Date | February 2, 2014 |
| VIN | 1J4GL48KX4W |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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