Jeep Liberty Unsafe?

DavidCCTX · 03-19-2007, 09:55 AM

My wife has a KJ and I have heard rumors of them being prone to explosions in bad accidents, but had never had any first hand evidence until this past weekend. What do you guys think about this?

http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_5425054,00.html

71charger_fan · 03-19-2007, 10:21 AM

Teenagers, spring break? How much flammable alcohol might have been inside the passenger compartment? Not exactly a complete report. I'm not worried, I survived driving my dad's Pinto.

tony673 · 03-19-2007, 10:31 AM

Just wear your Nomex underwear like me and you'll be fine.

CRD4Liberty · 03-19-2007, 10:33 AM

Don't think you have much to worry about, I've seen a lot of accident photos of Libertys on the LOST KJ site, post over there and I'm sure some of the photos will resurface. The Libs can take a licking and stay safe as you will see from the photos. From the back they most be pretty beefy as I've seen some demolished front end photos of rigs that took on the Libs from the back that have way less damage. I imagine any rig can be an inferno if the right set of circumstances are there. Fuel lines fractured atomizing fuel under the hood with a spark and there you go.

x99j · 03-19-2007, 10:55 AM

the article says the liberty ran into the silverado. it must of been a hard imapact to rupture fuel lines. if the liberty ran into the silverado how do you know that the silverado's fuel system didn't start the inferno? i have been a ff/medic for 15 years (fulltime), i have seen some strange things happen in accidents. basicly the higher the speed of the impact the greater risk of fire (with any car). i have seen cars catch fire on accidents that are not prone to catching fire. and in reality every car is at risk (minimal risk) of fire in an accident!

DavidCCTX · 03-19-2007, 11:13 AM

As it was on the local news here I know some more facts of the fire. The Silverado hit the jeep on the passenger side as it swerved across the highway. The fire was confined entirely to the jeep. The jeep did suffer serious damage. I was just concerned as I have heard rumors of this before, try a google search on jeep liberty fires and you will see what I mean.

BVCRD · 03-19-2007, 11:50 AM

No. Of course not.

DavidCCTX · 03-19-2007, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BVCRD

No. Of course not.

I do agree that the chances of an explosion/fire are non existent on a CRD.

Hawkeye7 · 03-19-2007, 03:06 PM

My wife got rearended by a guy who had a heart attack. He hit her going at least 45mph and went under the rearend and her car didn't blow up.

This was a fluke

TJJIM79 · 03-19-2007, 08:06 PM

Spring break......teenagers.......anything can happen

x99j · 03-19-2007, 08:16 PM

i just googled jeep liberty fires and nothing about accident fires. just stuff about alternator wiring overheating and hvac motors melting.

JoeShmoXJ · 03-19-2007, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by x99j

i just googled jeep liberty fires and nothing about accident fires. just stuff about alternator wiring overheating and hvac motors melting.

Thats reassuring, isnt it! Nah, I never doubted the safety of my KJ when i was daily driving it every day, never had any accidents in it, but i trusted it enough to drive it in Jersey traffic, so that says something.

DavidCCTX · 03-20-2007, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by x99j

i just googled jeep liberty fires and nothing about accident fires. just stuff about alternator wiring overheating and hvac motors melting.

These are a few results from google, i searched: jeep liberty fuel tank fire

http://forums.automotive.com/70/6228262/jeep/jeep-liberty-fuel-tank-fires/index.html

http://forums.off-road.com/jeep-liberty-kj/223278-jeep-liberty-2004-warning.html

http://www.riccilaw.com/FSL5CS/Breaking%20News/Breaking%20News114.asp

TJJIM79 · 03-20-2007, 10:47 AM

OK, rear ending on interstates usually mean high rate of speed. Any vehicle that is rear ended has a chance of catching fire. It all depends on the rate of speed. Not only that 2 of the URL's are the same person. So a couple of instances in approx 600,000 (or more) KJs that are out there, is not too bad. Take a look at the below links on other makes of vehicles.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/ford_expedition_fire.html

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2002/09/04/146816.html

http://automallusa.net/1997/buick/skylark/recalls.html
second recall down.

Every driver takes chances every time you get behind the wheel. If this was such a problem, DC would have recalled it.

rob92xj · 03-20-2007, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidCCTX

My wife has a KJ and I have heard rumors of them being prone to explosions in bad accidents, but had never had any first hand evidence until this past weekend. What do you guys think about this?

http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_5425054,00.html

First I'm ever hearing about that.

03-19-2007, 10:55 AM	#5
x99j Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: ohio Posts: 377 Profile Gallery Classifieds iTrader Rating	the article says the liberty ran into the silverado. it must of been a hard imapact to rupture fuel lines. if the liberty ran into the silverado how do you know that the silverado's fuel system didn't start the inferno? i have been a ff/medic for 15 years (fulltime), i have seen some strange things happen in accidents. basicly the higher the speed of the impact the greater risk of fire (with any car). i have seen cars catch fire on accidents that are not prone to catching fire. and in reality every car is at risk (minimal risk) of fire in an accident! __________________ 99xj, 4.0, aw4, nv 231 d-30, 8.25. dessert sand pearl. former rent a car from Enterprise. great shape! 06 kj 3.7l, 6speed manual, np241 command track 91 yj 2.5l, ax-5, np 231 3 inck lift, 31'' mud rovers

03-19-2007, 11:50 AM	#7
BVCRD Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Buena Vista, Colorado Posts: 1,510 Profile Gallery Classifieds iTrader Rating	No. Of course not. __________________ 2006 Jeep Liberty Sport CRD

03-19-2007, 08:16 PM	#11
x99j Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: ohio Posts: 377 Profile Gallery Classifieds iTrader Rating	i just googled jeep liberty fires and nothing about accident fires. just stuff about alternator wiring overheating and hvac motors melting. __________________ 99xj, 4.0, aw4, nv 231 d-30, 8.25. dessert sand pearl. former rent a car from Enterprise. great shape! 06 kj 3.7l, 6speed manual, np241 command track 91 yj 2.5l, ax-5, np 231 3 inck lift, 31'' mud rovers

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03-19-2007, 10:21 AM	#2
71charger_fan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cairo, Egypt Posts: 116 Profile Gallery Classifieds iTrader Rating	Teenagers, spring break? How much flammable alcohol might have been inside the passenger compartment? Not exactly a complete report. I'm not worried, I survived driving my dad's Pinto.

03-19-2007, 10:33 AM	#4
CRD4Liberty Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 454 Profile Gallery Classifieds iTrader Rating	Don't think you have much to worry about, I've seen a lot of accident photos of Libertys on the LOST KJ site, post over there and I'm sure some of the photos will resurface. The Libs can take a licking and stay safe as you will see from the photos. From the back they most be pretty beefy as I've seen some demolished front end photos of rigs that took on the Libs from the back that have way less damage. I imagine any rig can be an inferno if the right set of circumstances are there. Fuel lines fractured atomizing fuel under the hood with a spark and there you go.

03-19-2007, 11:13 AM	#6
DavidCCTX Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 36 Profile Gallery Classifieds iTrader Rating	As it was on the local news here I know some more facts of the fire. The Silverado hit the jeep on the passenger side as it swerved across the highway. The fire was confined entirely to the jeep. The jeep did suffer serious damage. I was just concerned as I have heard rumors of this before, try a google search on jeep liberty fires and you will see what I mean.