NHTSA Complaint #10339744 — 2005 JEEP LIBERTY

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX 55-60 MPH, DRIVER DEPRESSED BRAKES TO QUICKLY SLOW DOWN TO AVOID THE CAR IN FRONT WHICH HAD SLOWED AND WAS TURNING. REAR BRAKES ON VEHICLE LOCKED CAUSING VEHICLE TO SCREECH, TIRES TO SMOKE AND VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND IN A CIRCLE AND CROSS CENTER LINE ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS A CLEAN, DRY HIGHWAY AT APPROX 5:45 PM. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES IN THE AREA BESIDES THE ONE IN FRONT. HAD AN AUTOMOBILE BEEN BEHIND THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY FROM THE SCENE. ABS LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE INCIDENT, BUT DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED THE NEXT TIME ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER. ABS LIGHT WAS NOT ON PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN OPERATED SINCE IT WAS RE-STARTED 2 HOURS AFTER INCIDENT AND DRIVEN ABOUT 6 MILES HOME. *TR