NHTSA Complaint #10482658 — 2004 JEEP LIBERTY

CAR SUDDENLY TURNED LEFT ON 6-LANE BUSY STREET, ACCELERATED, CROSSED 2 LANES ON LEFT, IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED & HIT 6-LANE HIGHWAY DIVIDER AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE.. BOUNCED UP. PERCHED THERE FOR A AWFUL SECOND THEN TIPPED DOWN ON OPPOSITE ROAD. ENGINE STILL MAXED & UNCONTROLLABLE.. CAR TURNED GENTLY OVER ON ROOF BECAUSE ENGINE STILL AT MAX. TURNED IT OFF FEARING FIRE. WIFE AND I SAT THERE UPSIDE DOWN IN OUR BELTS TILL THE EMTS CAME. RESEARCHED ON INTERNET & FOUND ARTICLES BY AT LEAST 3 JEEP DEALERS STERNLY TELLING DRIVERS TO GET THEIR REAR DIFFERENTIAL PINION GEARS ADJUSTED IF THEY MOUNTED OVERSIZE TIRES. OUR CAR HAD OVERSIZED TIRES WHEN WE BOUGHT IT USED. NO JEEP COMPANY WARNINGS. WERE ISSUED JEEP OR BY DEALER. FOUND 1 TERRIFYING ARTICLE OF A DRIVER WHO SLID TO THE LEFT WITHOUT STEERING CONTROL AND WAS STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING TRUCK. I'VE DRIVEN ABOUT 2 MILLION MILES WITHOUT EVER BEING CHG'D W/CONTRIBUTING TO AN ACCIDENT.. *TR