NHTSA Complaint #10434160 — 2002 JEEP LIBERTY

AUGUST 08, BOUGHT MY 02 LIBERTY. TOOK ABOUT 1.5 YEARS TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT - THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT THE LIBERTY. ABOUT 1 YEAR LATER THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE WENT OUT, HAD TO REPLACE IT. THERE'S BEEN OTHER, MINOR THINGS, LIKE WHEN ACCELERATING, FEELS LIKE SOMEONE BUMPED INTO ME. SOMETIMES ARE WORSE THAN OTHERS. OFTEN FEEL A "VIBRATION." WITHIN MONTHS OF BEING 1 YEAR OF REPLACING THE IAV, BEGAN TO GET EXTREMELY BAD GAS MILEAGE - ABOUT 187M TO A TANK. NOT SURE WHY. REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS, DID A LOF, INSPECTION, ETC.. ALMOST EXACTLY 1 YEAR FROM REPLACING THE IAV, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ON FOR 1-1.5 DAYS. I DECIDED NOT USE IT UNTIL I COULD GET IT TO THE MECHANIC. NEXT MORNING, WAS GOING TO THE STORE & THE LIGHT WAS OFF! BUT WHEN I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE, IT DIED. THIS SORT OF THINGS HAPPENED BEFORE, DB CLUSTER BEING "FAULTY." OTHER THINGS [VACUUM SEAL LEAK, ETC] NEVER PROMPTED THE LIGHTS ON. HAD TO REPLACE THE IAV AGAIN & IT RAN FINE. RECENTLY, BEEN GETTING THAT "KICKING" FEELING & LIKE MY CAR IS RUNNING "ROUGH". TODAY, I NOTICED THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS STUCK ON. CHECKED THE MANUAL, IT SAID TO HAVE THE AIRBAG SYSTEM CHECKED. I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT DRIVING - HAD AN ODD FEELING THE AIRBAG WOULD DEPLOY - MOVED MY SEAT BACK JUST IN CASE. SINCE THE ACCIDENT, I GET ANXIETY OVER THESE THINGS. LUCKILY, NO DEPLOYMENT. GOT IT HOME, TURNED IT OFF, WAITED, TURNED IT ON, WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND THE LIGHT TURNED OFF THIS TIME. WENT STRAIGHT TO MY COMPUTER ONLY TO FIND THESE RECALLS AND INVESTIGATIONS - ONE BEING THE STEERING - LAST WEEK HAD A NERVE-WRACKING EXPERIENCE, MY CAR BEGAN TO SWERVE TURNING LEFT ONTO THE FREEWAY, IT WAS RAINING, SO, I SLOWLY MERGED. WASN'T UNTIL IT STRAIGHTENED OUT THAT IT BEGAN TO SWERVE, ALMOST LIKE LOSING CONTROL, DIDN'T FEEL LIKE A "SLIP." BUT I JUST ASSUMED IT WAS. ALSO, THE SEAT BELTS DON'T SEEM TO STAY CLICK IN AT TIMES. *TR