There are 26 stored owner reports matching the speed control & cruise leading-label group for the 2002 Jeep Liberty in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT AN INTERSECTION, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND ACCELERATED FORWARD. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS THEN DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE ENGINE REMAINED REVVED UP. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND FUNCTIONED AS DESIGNED AFTER RESTARTED WITHOUT FURTHER FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000.
ON 10/1/16 I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY TO PARK MY 2002 JEEP LIBERTY WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, CRASHING THROUGH MY GARAGE DOOR. WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE HAND BRAKE APPLIED THE JEEP WOULD NOT STOP. IT SMASHED INTO MY WIFE'S CAR PARKED IN THE GARAGE, SLAMMING IT INTO THE GARAGE REFRIGERATOR. WITH BRAKES STILL APPLIED I ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL TO SHUT OFF ENGINE WHEN IT SLAMMED INTO REVERSE AND AT GREAT SPEED CAREENED OUT OF THE GARAGE AND DOWN THE STREET. AT NO TIME DID I FEEL I HAD CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. IT FINALLY STOPPED WHEN IT HIT SHRUBBERY AND SMALL BOULDERS. WHEN I START MY JEEP WHEN ENGINE COLD,THE RPM'S ARE HIGH AS THOUGH I PUSHED DOEN ON ACCELERATOR. ON 6-13-15 WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WAITING FOR THE GREEN LIGHT (FOOT ON BRAKE)THE JEEP SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND SMASHED THE CAR IN FRONT OF US, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE INSURANCE CO HAS TOTALED MY WIFE'S CAR, WE HAVE A DAMAGED REFRIGERATOR, WE NEED A NEW GARAGE DOOR AND HAVE A JEEP LIBERTY THAT WE ARE NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE. I HAVE READ MANY, MANY IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE REGARDING 2002-2008 JEEP LIBERTY-I COULD HAVE WRITTEN THEIR STORIES-AND I HAVE LITTLE FAITH THAT I WILL EVER DRIVE MY JEEP AGAIN. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS AND INJURIES BEFORE CHRYSLER ADMITS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM? DIDN'T READ ABOUT ANY DEATHS SO I GUESS THERE'S YOUR ANSWER.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE HAS SPONTANEOUSLY ACCELERATED TO A VERY HIGH SPEED EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE STANDING ON THE BRAKE WITH BOTH FEET. THE BACK WHEELS ARE SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL, BURNING RUBBER, AND YOU HAVE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. IT HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY AND HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES (ALL ON CITY STREETS). WE HAVE HAD TWO DIFFERENT MODULES REPLACED (DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE CALLED) AND IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO READ THE VEHICLE PROPER SPEED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS SENSOR WIRES WERE FRACTURED AND RUBBING AGAINST THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
ON JULY 23, 2015, WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MILES/HOUR, THE ODOMETER, SPEEDOMETER AND CRUISE CONTROL SIMULTANEOUSLY STOPPED WORKING FOR NO APPARENTLY KNOWN REASON. WHEN ARRIVING AT MY DESTINATION IN ANOTHER STATE, (APPROX. 60 MILES), I RESEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. A NUMBER OF OTHER 2002 JEEP LIBERTY OWNERS HAD EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. ADDITIONALLY, SEVERAL OWNERS HAD EXPERIENCED ENGINE STALLING WHEN BRAKING AT A STOPLIGHT OR INTERSECTION. ON JULY 28, 2015, WHEN TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, I PULLED OFF TO THE SAFETY LANE TO TAKE A TELEPHONE CALL. WHILE I WAS SLOWLY PUSHING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MOVE SAFELY TO CURB LANE, THE ENGINE STOPPED WORKING, AS DID MY STEERING. QUICK THINKING - HAVING READ PRIOR OWNERS' COMMENTS - TOLD ME TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURN THE IGNITION KEY ON. THAT WORKED! I GOT THE CAR SAFELY TO THE SIDE LANE. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING PROBLEMS CORRECTED; HOWEVER, OTHER OWNERS HAVE STATED THAT THE PROBLEM OF STALLING PERSISTS.
THE JEEP ALL OF SUDDEN STARTS TO ACCELERATE AND WILL NOT STOP ACCELERATING EVEN WHEN ON THE BRAKE. MY DAUGHTER FIRST EXPERIENCE IT AND HAD TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND TURN OFF JEEP. I THEN EXPERIENCE IT AFTER SHE TOLD ME ABOUT IT I WAS STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE.I HAD NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME I HAD TO TURN RIGHT THE JEEP FELT LIKE SOMEONE HAD THERE FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL WHEN I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I HAD TO PULL INTO DITCH AND PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON AND TURN OFF JEEP. EVERY TIME I STARTED THE JEEP THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP LIKE THE PEDAL WAS STUCK TO FLOOR PLEASE HELP MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS JEEP. I TOOK IT THE SHOP AND THE DIAGNOSTIC CLAIMS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. *TR
WHILE DRIVING I ACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL AT 57 MPH. THE JEEP KEPT ACCELERATING. THE SPEEDOMETER READ 50 MPH. I TAPPED THE BRAKE TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPED UP TO 70 MPH. I DID THIS A SECOND TIME WITH THE SAME RESULTS. I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE A YEAR AND MAY HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN ONE OTHER TIME. I GOT A TICKET FOR GOING 68 MPH WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS GOING 50 MPH. I GOT A $110.00 FINE. I CANNOT RECALL IF THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED AT THAT TIME. I OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR A FEW WEEKS THEN. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED AND CAUSED AN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY TWO DEALERS AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ 80 MPH AND THE VEHICLE WOULD RAPIDLY ACCELERATE WHEN THE BRAKE WAS RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 136,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INPUT AND OUTPUT SPEED CONTROL SENSORS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED HOWEVER, IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE FORWARD WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AFTER SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WITH VEHICLES IN FRONT OF HER THE VEHICLE BEGAN ACCELERATING FORWARD AND THE BACK WHEELS WERE SPINNING WITH SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR END. THE CONTACT PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATION STOPPED. SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND CALLED CHRYSLER. THEY STATED THAT SINCE THERE WERE NO RECALLS THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 62,000.
2002 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT, SPEED SENSOR FAILURE CAUSES SPEEDOMETER TO STOP WORKING OR FLUCTUATE TILL IT STOPS WORKING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, ENGINE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING WITH A RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING, LOSS OF POWER BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP. 3RD TIME I'VE DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE IN 5 YEARS. THE WIRING IN THE HARNESS CONSTANTLY RUBS AND EVENTUALLY BECOMES COMPROMISED TO THE ELEMENTS, THUS CAUSING A SHORT. I'VE MANAGED TO AVOID ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT SINCE I EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE MORE THAN ONCE!! JEEP HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND CONTINUALLY IGNORES THE POTENTIAL DANGER IN A FAULTY DESIGN. *TR
SPEED SENSOR CONNECTOR WIRES BREAK AT DIFFERENTIAL FROM FRICTION FROM THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE RESUTING IN NO SPEEDOMTER OR ODOMTER READINGS. *JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED DUE TO A RUSTED SENSOR. THE SECOND TIME, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED DUE TO AN ABS SENSOR. THE THIRD TIME THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM.*AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 62MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 0 MPH; THEN, JUMPED TO 95 MPH, BUT CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL. TOOK TO DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPEED SENSOR HAD FAILED FOR THE 4TH TIME. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STOP FUNCTIONING. ALL OTHER ELECTRONICS SEEM TO STILL FUNCTION ALRIGHT.*AK
WHILE DRIVING THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE COLLIDED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. NO REPORT OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. *AK
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BRAKING THE VEHICLE WILL COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND WHILE HAVING HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THE DEALER STATED THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS FAILURE. THE CONTACTED STATED HE HAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THE FAILURE TO THE DEALER. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER . THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49000. UPDATED 4/7/2010 *CN UPDATED 06/04/10
SPEEDOMETER HAS MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *JB
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