NHTSA Complaint #10969224 — 2002 JEEP LIBERTY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE MOVED DUE TO OVERHEATING. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN 25 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DID NOT INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO OVERHEAT AND THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO STEAM OR SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE, THE COOLANT RESERVOIR WAS DAMAGED, AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED.