NHTSA Complaint #10537104 — 2002 JEEP LIBERTY

HAD RECENTLY CHECKED THE OIL, AND EVERYTHING WAS GREAT. JUST GOT BACK FROM A LONG TRIP WITH NO PROBLEMS. THEN 3 WEEKS LATER WITH NO WARNING, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A BAD SOUND. (WHICH IT HAD NEVER DONE) NO WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH, NOTHING. PULLED OVER CHECKED THE OIL AGAIN AND IT REGISTERED A LITTLE LOW WHICH WAS ALSO UNUSUAL. PUT A QUART OF OIL IN IT AND HEADED THE 7 MILES HOME, BUT BY THE TIME I GOT HOME THE ENGINE SOUNDED HORRIBLE, I DROVE VERY CAREFUL AND WATCHED THE GAUGES AND FOR ANY WARNING LIGHTS INCLUDING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR OIL LIGHT TO COME ON BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE CRAP. I HAD A MECHANIC FRIEND COME TO MY HOUSE TO LOOK AT IT AND HE SAID THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE A NEW ENGINE. WHAT THE HECK, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. WHY IS JEEP OR CHRYSLER DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. THE ENGINE HAS EXTREMELY LOW MILES, SHOULD BE GOOD FOR LONGER THAN THIS. *TR