2009 Jeep Liberty Tires Problems

“Approximately june 30, 2013, I was driving on an interstate at 65 MPH when the low tire pressure light came on. I managed to cross 2 lanes and get to the side of the road to discover my front driver's side tire was flat. The cause of the flat was a broken valve stem. These are the aluminum valve stems used in the tire pressure monitoring system. I had it replaced. On november 22, 2013, only 5 months later, while traveling at a high rate of speed again, 65 MPH, another of the aluminum valve stems broke. I did keep some of the pieces that I found. …”

“While driving on I-696 in michigan at 70 MPH with my wife and another person, suddenly my car started to wobble as if I had a flat tire. I slowed down the vehicle and exited the highway at the first off-ramp. I was puzzled because the tires were purchased only a year ago. Pulled into a gas station and discovered that my rear passenger tire was flat and that the air valve was missing. This was memorial day weekend. Aaa roadside service changed the tire. The day after memorial day I took the Jeep into the tire repair store. I needed a new tire and a new air sensor valve stem for the wheel. …”

“Went I bought my Jeep 5 months ago I was told new tires were put on my car, however my low tire light keeps going on....I checked over and over the pressure in tires was all good, even had garage check them they found nothing. So when I took the Jeep back to the dealer they took me there was a small leak in the one tire, that the tire pressure censor was bad in all the Jeep Liberty's they fixed the problem in the next model but didn't recall this one. They want me to pay $80.00 per tire to fix the problem. …”

“The contact owns a 2009 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that all of the valve stem sensors were corroded and causing the tire to deflate. The vehicle was taken to an independent tire repair shop where they replaced the valve stem with rubber ones in order to prevent the failure from happening again. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 100,000. The current mileage was 127,000.”

“The contact owns a 2009 Jeep Liberty. While driving at 70 MPH, the front driver side tire flattened without warning .the vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the tire pressure monitor needed to be replaced on the front driver side tire. The contact requested to have all four tire pressure monitors replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 47,683. Updated 7/1/15 the consumer stated the tire valves were replaced, due to aluminum casings being cracked. Updated 08/04/15”