NHTSA Complaint #10214506 — 2006 JEEP LIBERTY

ON THE 27TH. OF DEC. 2007 I WAS TRAVELING ON I70E AND AS I WAS GETTING BACK ON THE HWY. FROM A REST STOP JUST EAST OF INDIANAPLOIS, IN. MY 2006 JEEP LIBERTY CRD HAD A FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER. I GOING ABOUT 60-65 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A LOT OF SHUDDERING COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND THEN A LOUD KLUNK AND IT CAUSE A SUDDEN DROP IN MY SPEED FROM 65 TO 30 MPH. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED OR HURT, HOWEVER AS IN THE PAST WHEN THIS HAPPEN, ITS WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING A TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL. THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDER HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES WHILE II WAS TRAVELING. MY DEALER HAS KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR, AND I HAVE REPORTED IT TO HIS SERVICE DEPARTMENT MORE THAN 4 TIMES AND THE PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE FIXED. CHRYSLER I BELIEVE KNOWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE JEEP LIBERTY CRD'S DRIVE TRAIN BUT HAS YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS WILL BE MY THIRD COMPLAINT TO NHTSA ON THIS. THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN WHEN I WAS RETURNING HOME ON THE 3RD OF JAN. 2008. I WILL BE SEEING A REP ON THIS COMING MONDAY AND I DO NOT EXPECT TO GET ANY SATISFACTION FROM HIM ON THIS SAFETY MATTER. ALSO MY REAR BRAKES ARE GROANING EVERY TIME THAT I STOP AND THE DEALER HAS ALREADY DID A TSB ON THEM ONCE AND THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. THEY TOLD ME THAT AFTER THE CAR HAS MORE THAN 12,000 MILES THEY WILL DO NOTHING. THE CAR HAS JUST 16,500. *TR