NHTSA Complaint #10266748 — 2002 JEEP LIBERTY

HAD JUST PURCHASED A JEEP LIBERTY USED --FIRST TIME I DROVE IT ON A WET ROAD-I WAS BRAKING AS USUAL AT A RED LIGHT--THE CAR SKIDDED AND SWERVED 40 FEET, FINALLY STOPPING BUT NOT BEFORE I HAD TO VERY OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME --I WAS ONLY GOING 30-35 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I STARTED BRAKING--I WAS TERRIFIED BY THE FACT THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP AND COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES!! --TOOK THE CAR INTO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP--THEY SAID THE BRAKES WERE FINE --I HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON THE CAR --EVEN THOUGH THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE TIRES WERE FINE TOO --THE SECOND TIME -(--WET ROAD)--I WAS GOING ABOUT 25 MILES AND HOUR AND LIGHTLY BRAKED ----CAR SLID INSTEAD OF STOPPING---SAME DAY---NOW VERY CAUTIOUS, I CAREFULLY HIT THE BRAKES WHEN A CAR QUITE A DISTANCE AHEAD OF ME PULLED OUT --AGAIN--I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 35MPH---FORTUNATELY I STARTED BRAKING THE SECOND I SAW HIM BECAUSE THE CAR SKIDDED 30-40 FEET AT LEAST, TURNING TOWARD THE RIGHT, AND FINALLY STOPPED 3 CAR LENGTHS BEFORE I WOULD HAVE HIT THIS CAR IN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR ---HAD I NOT HAD THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT JUST MINUTES BEFORE ---I WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING 60 MILES AN HOUR AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT--I WENT ONLINE TODAY --THERE ARE NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WITH JEEP LIBERTY'S--ONE PERSON REFERS TO HER LIBERTY AS A DEATH TRAP--ANOTHER MAN SAID HIS WIFE COMPLAINED OF THIS AND HE DIDN'T BELIEVE HER UNTIL HE SKIDDED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION GOING ONLY 20 MPH!!! SOMEONE ELSE, KNOWING THIS PROBLEM , SIMPLY TRADED HIS VEHICLE TO AN UNSUSPECTING BUYER ---THIS DEFECT IS FRIGHTENING!!!! THIS IS A CAR I RARELY DRIVE-- FORTUNATELY BECAUSE NOW I CAN'T TAKE IT ON THE ROAD FOR FEAR OF HAVING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT!! *TR