NHTSA Complaint #10913855 — 2006 JEEP LIBERTY

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. A CO WORKER TOLD ME MY TAIL LIGHT WAS OUT AND THE NEXT DAY I LOOKED AT IT AND TRIED TO REPLACE THE BULB BUT THE BULB WAS MELTED AND BROKEN INSIDE THE LENS. THE BULB WAS MELTED TO A PIECE OF PLASTIC INSIDE...TO SOME TYPE OF FIN. THIS IS THE DRIVER SIDE TAIL LIGHT. I ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY EARLIER THIS YEAR. I REPLACED THE BULB 3 TIMES BEFORE I FIGURED OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. NOW THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURED WITH THE DRIVER SIDE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE BULB MELTED TO THAT FIN INSIDE THE ASSEMBLY AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED TO REPLACE THE BULB. I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY AGAIN, WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE AT $130 EACH PLUS THE BULBS. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE...OR A WRECK SINCE MY BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT WORK UNTIL THIS TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS SPECIAL ORDERED AND RELACED, WHICH TOOK A COUPLE OF DAYS TO RECEIVE. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS LIKE A DEFECT.