NHTSA Complaint #11164168 — 2007 JEEP LIBERTY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH UPHILL, THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER AND VEHICLE CONTROL. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE SUSPENSION FAILED TO FUNCTION AND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SWAYED EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE BUMPER, HEADLIGHT, AND REAR QUARTER PANEL WERE DAMAGED. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED; HOWEVER, A HIGHWAY PATROL AGENT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT WAS LATER NOTIFIED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V278000 (SUSPENSION). AUTOSTAR CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT OF WAYNESVILLE (280 HYATT CREEK RD, WAYNESVILLE, NC 28786, (828) 452-2841) WAS CONTACTED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD NOT YET INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,523. DYD