Federal safety investigators have opened a "preliminary evaluation" safety investigation of 2005 Jeep Liberty and 2006 Jeep Liberty and 2006 Jeep Liberty 4x4 vehicles powered by a 2.8 liter 4 cylinder turbo charged diesel engine.
The National Highway Trafic Safety Administration is the federal agency responsible for investigating motor vehicle safety complaints. They also are in charge of motor vehicle recalls.
The say that consumers are reporting that diesel fuel leaks and signs that the electrical connector for the fuel heater shows signs of being burned.
Fuel leaks in a motor vehicle are just a step away from a vehicle fire so don't take a chance if you own one of the Liberty Jeep vehicles.
An estimated 20,000 Jeep vehicles are involved in the latest safety investigation. but Jeep has been the subject of numerous other recalls and service bulletins. If you've got a lemon Jeep Liberty, or any other Jeep lemon, be careful. You don't want to go up in smoke while you're going down the road.
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Known nationwide as a leading Lemon Law attorney, Ronald L. Burdge has represented literally thousands of consumers in "lemon" lawsuits and actively co-counsels and coaches other Consumer Law attorneys. From 2005 through 2018, attorney Ronald L. Burdge has been named as the only Lemon Law Ohio Super Lawyer by Law and Politics magazine and Thomson Reuters Corp., Professional Division. Burdge restricts his practice to Lemon Law and Consumer Law cases. The Ohio Super Lawyer results are published annually in the January issue of Cincinnati Magazine. Ronald L. Burdge was named Consumer Law Trial Lawyer of the Year 2004 by the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the nation's largest organization of consumer law private and government attorneys. "Your impact on the auto industry has been magnified many times over because of the trail you blazed for others," stated NACA's Executive Director, Will Ogburn. Burdge has represented thousands of consumers in Ohio, Kentucky and elsewhere since 1978 and is a frequent lecturer to national, state and local Bar Associations and Judicial organizations. Burdge is admitted to Ohio's state and federal courts, Kentucky's state courts, and Indiana's federal courts. Other court admissions are on a "pro hac" temporary, case by cases basis.