2006 JEEP LIBERTY — Complaint #1773999
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT filed October 18, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1773999 (ODI reference 11437155) concerns a 2006 JEEP LIBERTY and was filed on October 18, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 1, 2021. The vehicle had 157,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Kansas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint, 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 suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint 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 2006 JEEP LIBERTY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that upon making turns in either direction, an abnormal squeaking noise would emit from the vehicle without warning. The contact was informed by an independent mechanic that the front lower ball joints were defective and needed to be repaired. The contact was informed of NHTSA Campaign Number: 06V288000 (Suspension) which the mechanic linked to the failure. The manufacturer was notified, and the contact was informed that her vehicle was not included in the recall. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 157,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1773999 |
| ODI Number | 11437155 |
| Date Filed | October 18, 2021 |
| Failure Date | July 1, 2021 |
| VIN | 1J4GK48K66W |
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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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