2005 JEEP LIBERTY — Complaint #646355
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DRUM:DRUM filed November 15, 2007
NHTSA complaint #646355 (ODI reference 10209065) concerns a 2005 JEEP LIBERTY and was filed on November 15, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 2, 2007. The vehicle had 26,000 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 service brakes, air:drum:drum, 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: yes, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. 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 service brakes, air:drum:drum 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 2005 JEEP LIBERTY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
THE BRAKES ON MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY FAILED IN A MALL PARKING LOT AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. ONLY 1-1/2 MONTHS EARLIER I HAD REAR BRAKES REPLACED AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE DEALERSHIP (MILEAGE WAS 25,000 MILES). THE DEALERSHIP NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (TWICE), AND THEY SAID THEY CHECKED EVERYTHING AND COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. THE BRAKES FAILED TWICE SINCE THE ACCIDENT; FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS AROUND. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN BRAKING THAT IT FEELS LIKE THE BRAKES ARE SLIPPING. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. CONTACTED JEEP COMPLAINT LINE AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO BECAUSE I HAVE NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THERE IS A PROBLEM. I STOPPED AT THE DEALERSHIP A THIRD TIME, AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT COULD BE AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND UNLESS THEY ARE DRIVING IT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THEY CANNOT HELP ME. CONSEQUENTLY, THERE WAS $3,300 DAMAGE DONE TO MY JEEP A
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 646355 |
| ODI Number | 10209065 |
| Date Filed | November 15, 2007 |
| Failure Date | October 2, 2007 |
| VIN | 1J4GL48KX5W |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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