2003 Jeep Liberty — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 1,732 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Suspension466 (26.9%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 2002–2009.
• Air bags (restraint system)392 (22.6%)Official recall records for this system: 15, covering model years 2002–2012.
• Fuel system172 (9.9%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2002–2007.
• Body & structure111 (6.4%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2002–2008.
• Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)95 (5.5%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2008.
• Electrical system74 (4.3%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2004–2012.

Other / uncategorized: 28 classifications (1.6%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (17,744 records, model years 2001–2012) are most frequently classified under: suspension, fuel system and air bags (restraint system).
• Safety recalls (115 records, model years 2002–2012) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), suspension and brakes.
• Transport Canada recalls (72 records, model years 2002–2012) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), brakes and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Manufacturer communications (1,114 records, model years 2001–2012) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Investigations (72 records, model years 2002–2012) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), suspension and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 850reports included a mileage
• 87,246average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2001 24 records for 2001 24
2. 2002 1,935 records for 2002 1,935
3. 2003 1,442 records for 2003 1,442
4. 2004 1,193 records for 2004 1,193
5. 2005 1,213 records for 2005 1,213
6. 2006 1,453 records for 2006 1,453
7. 2007 769 records for 2007 769
8. 2008 600 records for 2008 600
9. 2009 157 records for 2009 157
10. 2010 267 records for 2010 267
11. 2011 277 records for 2011 277
12. 2012 505 records for 2012 505

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 134mention a crash
• 11mention a fire
• 170mention an injury
• 3mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 13
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 64
• Investigations NHTSA 8
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 7
• Owner complaints NHTSA 1,350

Explore the underlying evidence records