NHTSA Complaint #10483298 — 2011 JEEP LIBERTY

THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. I HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIME ADVISED COMPUTER SAYS OK AND THEY CANT FIND A PROBLEM. FIRST, TIME HAPPENED AS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC CROSSING 6 LANES AND ENGINE POWER DIED..FOOT STILL ON ACCELERATOR AND ENGINE AND POWER ON BUT RPM DROP TO 0 AND CAR WONT MOVE..LARGE 18 WHEEL SEMI SLAMMED ON BRAKES AS I SAT HELPLESS IN THE MIDDLE OF LANES UNABLE TO MOVE AND CAME TO A STOP 2 INCHES FROM MY DOOR. AFTER REAPPLYING FOOT TO ACCELERATOR CAR MOVED AND I DROVE STRAIGHT TO DEALER ADVISED EVERYTHING FINE AND NOTHING THEY COULD DO.....INCIDENTS SOMETIMES ONLY HAPPEN ONCE EVERY 3-6 WEEKS.AFTER A FEW MORE INCIDENTS OF SAME PROBLEM TOOK TO DEALER ADVISED SAME UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM..LAST TIME THEY SAID THEY CHANGED A FEW COMPUTER CHIPS...FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS THOUGHT AND PRAYED PROBLEM FIXED...HOWEVER, THIS PAST WEEK ON WAY TO WORK SITTING AT IDLE IN DOUBLE TURN LANE IN ONE OF BUSIEST/LARGEST INTERSECTIONS THE ARROW LIGHT TURNED GREEN I STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND RPM DROPPED AND CAR WOULDN'T MOVE..I PUSHED FOOT ALL THE WAY TO GROUND MULTIPLE TIMES AND CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND. HOWEVER, POWER AND ENGINE ON. THIS TIME I WAS DESPERATE AS CARS WERE HONKING AT ME AND RACING AROUND ME ALMOST HITTING ME. I EVEN TRIED TO PUT CAR IN PARK AND HIT ACCELERATOR AND NO RPM ENGINE RESPONSE...TRYING NOT TO PANIC, I DECIDED TO RISK SHUTTING CAR OFF. I TURNED KEY AND SHUT OFF ENGINE AND TURNED KEY AND RESTARTED ENGINE PUT IN DRIVE AND CAR WENT BACK TO NORMAL..WITH WORK I CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP SITTING AT A DEALER WITH A CAR ONLY 1 YEAR OLD. TRY DEALER AGAIN. 1 OTHER EPISODE WHEN SOMEONE IN CAR WITH ME AS I ACCELERATED CAR SPUTTERED AND CLUNKED AND I HAD TO RELEASE AND APPLY TO ACCELERATOR AND THEN WENT TO NORMAL..I AM ONLY BLESSED WITH AN ANGEL THAT THIS CAR HAS NOT YET KILLED ME OR SOMEONE ELSE.