2004 Jeep Liberty Vehicle speed control Problems

“I drove for about an hour on a steep mountain road. Sometimes using the overdrive to go up steep grades. The cruise control would not work. I made it to town and was on the main road stopped in traffic. Suddenly, the rpms raced and the Jeep accelerated on its own. I had my foot on the brake, but had to put it in park to stop it, but not before it hit then truck in front of me. I was shaken up and checked the floor mat to make sure it was not touching the gas pedal. It was not.”

“At about 5-6,000 miles my 04 Jeep Liberty sport's acceleration began to stutter at around 50 MPH. If you drive consistently between 50-60 MPH for a few miles and then try to accelerate the engine pressure drops, the rpms drop and the gas peddle feels like it's disappeared. Eventually it will catch and the rpms spike to about 4000 rpms and the car accelerates but in an emergency situation I feel that the cars acceleration will fail. …”

“I was at a complete stop with my foot firmly on the brake waiting to exit a parking lot to enter traffic, when the Jeep started to accelerate into oncoming traffic. I was holding the brake down and I could hear a grinding noise as the car continued to advance into traffic. I took my foot from the brake and put on the accelerator to narrowly miss being hit broadside by a pickup truck. I called chrysler and was told that she had never heard of this happening, but I have found many other peoples' stories online of the same problem.”

“The speedometer / mileage odometer have intermittently stopped working on several occasions. I brought this up to the dealership since prior to the vehicle going out of the 36mo/36000 mile warranty and was told there was nothing wrong with it, there obviously is. The final time they went out was on nov 10th while we were going through the mountains of tennessee on our way to nc. It has not worked since. After much looking on the internet I have discovered there are a lot of other consumers with the identical complaint on the 2001 through 2006 Jeep Liberty's. …”

“At interstate speed the Jeep accelerates unexpectedly as if the throttle is pressed to the floor. This is the third time this has happened. Accelerates to 80 miles per hour almost instantly.”