2011 JEEP LIBERTY — Complaint #1558483
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE filed April 16, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1558483 (ODI reference 11196765) concerns a 2011 JEEP LIBERTY and was filed on April 16, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 4, 2016. The vehicle had 80,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Connecticut based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine, 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 engine 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 2011 JEEP LIBERTY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SOFT TOP COVER UNDERNEATH THE SUN ROOF WOULD NOT PULL OUT CORRECTLY. THE SOFT TOP WAS PART OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE FAILURE CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE ENGINE AND THE CHECK ENGINE, TIRE PRESSURE, AND SUN ROOF WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GARAVEL JEEP (300 WESTPORT AVE, NORWALK, CT 06851, (203) 424-2688) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW EGR VALVE NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1558483 |
| ODI Number | 11196765 |
| Date Filed | April 16, 2019 |
| Failure Date | September 4, 2016 |
| VIN | 1J4PN2GK9BW |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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