NHTSA Complaint #10362992 — 2003 JEEP LIBERTY

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN DRIVING. 2003 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT/FREEDOM. WHEN DRIVING, CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS TIGHTENING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, RPM DIAL STARTED SPINNING LIKE CRAZY, AND THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. TOWED TO MECHANIC, TOLD CODE REGISTERED CAM SHAFT SENSOR. REPLACED! PICKED UP VEHICLE, DROVE 4 MILES, SHUT DOWN AGAIN. IF VEHICLE SITS AND COOLS OFF, IT WILL RESTART. DROVE BACK TO MECHANIC, HE REPLACED CAM SHAFT SENSOR - THINKING IT WAS DEFECTIVE. NEXT MORNING, ON WAY TO WORK, STALLED WHILE DRIVING AGAIN. SO, THREE DAYS IN A ROW, SAME PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS!!!!!!. THIS TIME CODE REGISTERED COMPUTER PROBLEMS, AND HE SUGGESTED I TAKE TO DEALER, AS CODE PART WAS COVERED UNDER FEDERAL EMISSIONS WARRANTY. TOOK TO DEALER ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 - 8 DAYS NOW (ALSO NEED TO DO RECALL WORK, APPARENTLY THAT'S NOT HIGH ON A DEALER'S LIST) AND HE SAID HE CAN'T GET IT TO STALL, AND HIS CODE IS REGISTERING A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. I KNOW I'M A 'GIRL', BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT THE CAR WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN IF THE TRANSMISSION HAD GEAR PROBLEMS. THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN! WONDERING WHY NO RECALL - SEEMS LIKE OTHER JEEP OWNERS HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS (READING THREADS ON INTERNET). I THINK DEALER MAY BE TRYING TO SAVE COSTS, BECAUSE I TOLD HIM I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN THE VEHICLE AND MAY TRADE OR SELL. HE SAID PART IS $875, BUT CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT IS PROBLEM, HE HAS TO CLEAR ALL THE CODES 1ST. HOW DOES HE KNOW THE COMPUTER ISN'T KICKING OUT FAULTY CODES AT THIS POINT? I SAY THIS BECAUSE WHEN WE REPLACED THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR, THE COMPUTER SAID IT WAS STILL BAD, ALTHOUGH IT WAS A BRAND NEW PART. AND, THE MECHANIC DID NOT GET THE CODE THE DEALER IS GETTING NOW. SEEMS LIKE JEEP HAS A PROBLEM, BUT NO SOLUTION. BTW, MY 7 YEAR/70,000 MILE WARRANTY APPARENTLY EXPIRED ON MAY 24, 2010. *TR