NHTSA Complaint #10410979 — 2002 JEEP LIBERTY

WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED THAT MORNING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. NO APPARENT PROBLEMS OIL AND OTHER FLUIDS OK. THE POWER STEERING AT ONE POINT THAT DAY SEEMED TO GO OUT FOR A BRIEF MOMENT BUT PROBLEM WAS NOT RECURRING. DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THAT AFTERNOON AND THE VEHICLE JUST DIED SMOKE WAS POURING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, LIQUID WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE GROUND. CALLED A MECHANIC HE STATED IT WAS ANTIFREEZE LEAKING. COULD NOT RESTART VEHICLE, HAD IT TOWED TO MECHANIC. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND OUT THE LONG BLOCK WAS CRACKED. I BOUGHT THE JEEP A YEAR AGO USED, CURRENTLY 140,000 MILES. I AM STILL PAYING ON IT MONTHLY. IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE AND IS CURRENTLY SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. I AM STILL PAYING ON IT MONTHLY. AFTER TALKING TO A FEW MECHANICS I FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR. THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE CONFIRMS IT. I AM PAYING TO EVERY MONTH TO HAVE A BROKENDOWN VEHICLE IN MY DRIVEWAY THAT I CAN'T DRIVE AND CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX. THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE MANUFACTURING OF THE ENGINE WHO IS GOING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. *TR