FEBRURAY 26, 2012 8;30 AM .I HAD BEEN DRIVING JEEP LIBERTY FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS, PARKED IN PARKING LOT,WENT SHOPPING , STARTED UP,AND WAS DRIVING MY JEEP LIBERTY AND NOTICE SMOKE IN THE VEHICLE THEN I NOTICED A BURNING YELLOW SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR CONTROL PANEL , AS QUICKLY AS I COULD I STOPPED JEEP INTO PARKING LOT , AT THAT TIME MY WINDOWS WHERE MALFUNCTIONING AND THE VEHICLE WAS FULLY ENGULFED WITH YELLOW SMOKE ,TURNED VEHICLE OFF COULD NOT GET SEAT BELT UNHOOKED,TURNED SWITCH ON PUT IN PARK AND THEN GOT SEAT BELT UNHOOK PULLED KEYS OUT OF IGNITION CLIMB OVER TO PASSENGER SIDE DOOR TO OPEN DOOR AND THEN OPENED DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND THREW SNOW AND WATER ON DOOR TO PUT FIRE OUT.. . STOOD THERE IN SHOCK FOR A MOMENT, SECOND TIME I DROVE WIFES VEHICLE AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE 5 MONTHS OLD!!! NOTICED THAT THE SMOKE IN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTING TO DISPENSED AND CLEARING OUT . NOTICED WINDOW SWITCHES HAD MELTED AND SANK INTO DOOR,BURNED FINGERS OPENENING DRIVER SIDE DOOR. REACHED IN AND TURNED KEY BACK ON ,AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE AGAIN , THREW THE WINDOW AND SPEAKER OF DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ,TURNED KEY OFF THREW MORE WATER IN DOOR PANEL AND AGAIN SMOKE SLOWLY DISPENSED . I WAS MOMENTS FROM ENTERING A INTERSTATE AND THE THOUGHT OF WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO MYSELF IF I WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD IN TIME !! I HAVE BEEN A MASTER MECHANIC FOR 30 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A THING HAPPEN IN ANY TYPE OF VEHICLE BEFORE.I TOO