NHTSA complaint: 2007 JEEP LIBERTY — STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
2007 JEEP PATRIOT. CONSUMER STATES WATER POURED INTO VEHICLE OVER DASHBOARD DURING RAIN *TGW THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE RAIN CAME THROUGH THE LIGHT FIXTURE AND ALSO THE SMALL SEAMS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CEILING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GLASS REPAIR SHOP, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY LEAKS IN THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONSUMER STATED DURING ANOTHER RAINSTORM, WATER BEGAN COMING DOWN ON THE HER HEAD. A YEAR LATER, HOT WATER BEGAN POURING ONTO THE CONSUMER'S FEET WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER INFORMED HER, THE CHANNELS WERE CLOGGED. THERE WAS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH A LATCH HOLDING A SPEAKER IN THE HATCH. SOMEHOW, THE LATCH SNAPPED IN HALF AND EVERY TIME, THE CONSUMER OPENED THE HATCH, IT WOULD COME DOWN EXTREMELY FAST. THE LATCH WASN'T ACCESSIBLE UNLESS THE SPEAKER WAS DOWN. ON ONE OCCASION, HER SON WAS BEING HELD BY SOMEONE AND WHEN THE HATCH WAS LIFTED, THE SPEAKER CAME FLYING DOWN INTO THE CHILD'S FACE, WHICH RESULTED IN A BLEEDING GASH ON HIS FOREHEAD. *JB
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation