NHTSA Complaint #10621150 — 2007 JEEP LIBERTY

WHILE DRIVING TO MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL ON 08/08, I HEARD A LOUD POP WHILE TURNING ONTO A MAJOR SECONDARY ROAD. THE FRONT END ON PASSENGER SIDE DROPPED ON THE TIRE AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE (THE STEERING WHEEL GOT SHAKY AND WOBBLY) AND I WAS FIGHTING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH ALMOST COST ME TO FLIP OVER. I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP IN THE MEDIUM. IN ACCESSING THE DAMAGE, MY FRONT TIRE IS PARTIALLY FLAT, MY FRONT END BUMPER IS LAYING HEAVILY ON THE WHEEL ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHICH IS CAUSING THE TRUCK TO LEAN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MY HOME WHERE THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ASSESS THE BALL JOINT ON THE RIGHT SIDE HAD DISMANTLED. I'M AWARE THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS YEAR BUT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN RECALLS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM EXPERIENCED BY OTHER JEEP DRIVERS. I IMPLORE YOU TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I ALMOST LOST MY LIFE ON YESTERDAY AND COULD HAD POSSIBLY HURT OTHERS IN THE PROCESS. I QUITE SURE CHRYSLER INC HAS BEEN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS BUT HAS FAILED TO HELP CONSUMERS. BECAUSE OF THIS, I'M WITHOUT A VEHICLE AND HAVE TO FIND OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS BEFORE SOME ONE LOSES HIS OR HER LIFE BEHIND THIS DEFECT. *TR