NHTSA Complaint #10503313 — 2003 JEEP LIBERTY

DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN I HEARD CLICKING NOISES NEAR FUSE PANEL LEFT SIDE OF STEERING WHEEL COLUMN; SHORTLY THEREAFTER HEADLIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS. PROBLEM BECAME INTERMITTENT BUT USUALLY OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. CLICKING NOISES PERSIST NEAR FUSE PANEL AND HEADLIGHTS FLASH OFF AND ON. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM AS THEY SAID THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM, BUT THEY TRIED SWAPPING HEADLAMP RELAY WITH DRIVER'S DOOR LOCK RELAY. HOWEVER, THIS SOLUTION DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. IN FACT, CLICKING NOISES ARE NOW HEARD EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY JEEP, AND THE HEADLIGHTS CONTINUE TO RANDOMLY FLASH ON AND OFF. THE PROBLEM NOW OCCURS DURING THE DAY WITH HEADLIGHTS ON AS WELL AS AT NIGHT.THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT YET CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, BUT DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH RANDOM FLASHING HEADLIGHTS CREATES A SAFETY PROBLEM WITH MY VISIBILITY AND OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN DEALS WITH THE POTENTIAL RESPONSES FROM OTHER DRIVERS THAT BELIEVE I AM FLASHING THEM FOR AN AGGRESSIVE REASON. I FOUND ONLINE DISCUSSIONS FROM OTHERS JEEP OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. RANDOM FLASHING HEADLIGHTS, OUT OF THE CONTROL OF THE DRIVER, PRESENTS A HUGE SAFETY RISK AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. *TR