NHTSA Complaint #10168821 — 2005 JEEP LIBERTY

1. RANDOM EVENT, VEHICLE START AFTER OVERNIGHT REST (MIN 8 HRS), COLD START DRIVEWAY. NOT AFFECTED BY AMBIENT TEMP OR SEASON. THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND RANDOMLY HAPPENS ONCE PER WEEK ON THE AVERAGE. 2. VEHICLE STARTED, EITHER BACKED FROM GARAGE OR PARKING LOT DRIVEWAY , PLACED IN DRIVE AND DRIVE AWAY INITIATED UNTIL STOPPED AT INTERSECTION. TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP AND STALLS ENGINE AT /OR IN INTERSECTION. SINCE THIS IS RANDOM , WORK AROUND SAFETY MEASURES CANNOT BE PREDICTED TO PROVIDE SAFE ENTRY INTO INTERSECTION, HENCE SOMETIMES WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WITH A STALLED ENGINE. 3. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DELIVERED TO DEALERSHIP PURCHASED FROM . THERE HAS BEEN 4 VISITS/ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR WITH NO AVAIL. MEETING WITH DEALERSHIP RESULTED IN DEALERSHIP EXPLAINING THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, NOR DOES THE JEEP TECH REP "JOHN STICK ROD", AND THEY HAVE NO SOLUTIONS FROM JEEP AUBURN HILLS SERVICE ORGANIZATION SINCE THEY CLAIM THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE. WE HAVE SUBMITTED OTHER INTERNET ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALERSHIP IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THEM OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS COMMON PROBLEM ON JEEP LIBERTY CRD DIESEL MODELS. *JB