2002 JEEP LIBERTY — Complaint #576195
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM filed March 18, 2006
NHTSA complaint #576195 (ODI reference 10153077) concerns a 2002 JEEP LIBERTY and was filed on March 18, 2006. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 17, 2006. The vehicle had 59,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:control arm:upper arm, 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. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.
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:upper arm 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
I CURRENTLY OWN A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. AS I WAS MAKING A TURN IN THE PARKING LOT MY CAR STOPPED AND I SAW MY TIRE BENT UNDER MY CAR THE BALL JOINTS IN MY JEEP LIBERTY WENT 2 TIMES ON ME. FIRST THE LOWER BALL JOINTS BEFORE THE RECALL AND THEN THE UPPER BALL JOINTS THE CONTROL ARM AND THE AXLE FAILED ON ME JUST YESTERDAY. THE UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE ALSO CAUSED A LARGE PUNCTURE IN MY ROTOR AND IT BENT MY AXLE. I FEAR FOR THE OTHER JEEP LIBERTY OWNERS; FOR INSTANCE WHAT IF THIS HAPPENED ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE TOTAL CONTROL? SOMEONE COULD HAVE LOST THEIR LIFE. THIS UPPER BALL JOINT ISSUE SHOULD BE RESEARCHED AND RECALLED. *JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 576195 |
| ODI Number | 10153077 |
| Date Filed | March 18, 2006 |
| Failure Date | March 17, 2006 |
Similar SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM Complaints for 2002 JEEP LIBERTY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING AT 4 MPH, THE DRIVER TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE ENTIRE CONTROL UPPER ARM COLLAPSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT NO
VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE PROBLEM WAS MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL O3V460000 CONCERNING UPPER CONTROL ARM FAILURE, BUT THE
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED WITH LESS THEN 25000 MILES ON 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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