NHTSA Complaint #11046577 — 2011 JEEP LIBERTY

10/20/17 DRIVING 5 MINUTES & BRAKES LOCKED - JEEP WOULDN'T MOVE AT ALL - AFTER 20 MINUTES JEEP RAN NORMALLY FOR 3 WEEKS; 11/9/17 DRIVING GRANDBABIES HOME - GOING 40 ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY - BRAKES AGAIN LOCK UP JEEP CAME TO A STOP & WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD AND WOULD NOT REVERSE - ESC INDICATOR LIGHT ON, ESC OFF APPEARED IN THE ODOMETER AND THE ABS LIGHT WAS ON - THE SMELL OF BRAKES WAS OVERWHELMING - CALLED AAA FOR A TOW - AFTER AN HOUR - ALL SORTS OF CREAKING NOISES COULD BE HEARD - ? BRAKES RELEASING - WAS THEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE JEEP - CANCELLED AAA - DROVE JEEP IMMEDIATELY TO MY MECHANIC - AFTER 2 DAYS HE COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS NOR COULD THE ISSUE BE DUPLICATED ; CALLED THE JEEP DEALER THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM ON ESSINGTON AVE IN PHILADELPHIA - THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE - TO BRING THE JEEP IN TO BE "DIAGNOSED" FOR $115.00 - WHEN ASKED FOR A LOANER - THEY TOLD ME I'D HAVE TO PAY FOR A RENTAL - THERE ARE 55,000 MILES ON THE JEEP