2002 JEEP LIBERTY Complaints

ENGINE HAD ALMOST 150,000 MILES. PARKED VEHICLE AND TURNED OFF. WHEN I TRIED TO START VEHICLE IT SHOOK AND RAN VERY ROUGH ONLY IF I HAD MY FOOT SLIGHTLY ON THE GAS PEDAL. MECHANIC SAID THAT THE RING THAT HOLDS THE VALVE COVER CAME OFF AND WENT INSIDE THE CYLINDER AND IT COULDN'T FIRE CORRECTLY. I NEEDED THE ENGINE REBUILT AT A COST OF OVER $4000. *TR

DRIVING SOUTH ON RT 3 ON THE ROCKLAND/NORWELL LIN IN MA. A DEER RAN ACROSS THE HIGHWAY - WE HIT IT HEAD ON AND ROLLED THE 2002 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY - MAJOR INJURIES.*TR

DRIVING SOUTH ON RT 3 ON THE ROCKLAND/NORWELL LIN IN MA. A DEER RAN ACROSS THE HIGHWAY - WE HIT IT HEAD ON AND ROLLED THE 2002 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY - MAJOR INJURIES. *TR

JEEP LIBERTY 2002 SEAT BELT RELEASE BUTTON STAY IN , DOES NOT WAYS CLICK. THEN THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. I WHEN JUST GOT ONE FROM THE JUNK YARD WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY LTD EDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS ON A DIRT ROAD DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH WHEN SHE CROSSED OVER A CREEK. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP; HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WAS STILL ON. THERE WERE 3 PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE AND ONE OF THE PASSENGERS IN THE BACK SEAT NOTICED THAT SPARKS WERE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 78,000. UPDATED 02/07/11 *BF UPDATED 02/11/11

REAR SEAT BRACKET THAT ATTACHES THE SEAT TO FLOOR SNAPPED WHILE SITTING IN STOPPED IN VEHICLE. NO EXCESSIVE RUST. HIDDEN PROBLEM??1. MECHANIC TOLD SEATS ARE ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. 2. MECHANIC FOUND USED SEAT AND WHEN HE RECEIVED THE SEAT THAT ONE WAS ALSO BROKEN IN THE EXACT SAME LOCATION. *TR

I HAD A FRONT END IMPACT WITH A GUARD RAIL IN MY 2002 JEEP LIBERTY AT A SPEED BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO AN ALMOST INSTANT STOP. THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. I WAS SLAMMED AGAINST THE DASHBOARD INJURING MY KNEES AND MY WIFE IS RECEIVING CONTINUING MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE NECK AND BACK INJURIES SHE SUSTAINED. I CONTACTED JEEP IN DECEMBER 2009 ABOUT THE ISSUE, A SPOKESPERSON FOR JEEP CALLED ME BACK AND TOLD ME THAT, "IF THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF THEN THEY MUST NOT HAVE NEEDED TO." *TR

IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME BY THE MECHANIC THAT A VALVE SLIPPED OUT OF THE HEAD CYLINDER. WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY THE CAR JUST SHUT-OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME. I HAD TO CALL A RELATIVE TO PUSH THE CAR HOME. THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED, AFTER THEY TOOK APART THE ENGINE THAT A VALVE SLIPPED OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD AND GOT INTO THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSE THE ENGINE TO FAIL. I HAVE A WARRANTY BUT NOT A FACTORY WARRANTY SO THEY DON'T WANT TO COVER IT. AND I STILL HAVE TO MAKE PAYMENTS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BRAKING THE VEHICLE WILL COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND WHILE HAVING HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THE DEALER STATED THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS FAILURE. THE CONTACTED STATED HE HAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THE FAILURE TO THE DEALER. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER . THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49000. UPDATED 4/7/2010 *CN UPDATED 06/04/10

AT APPROXIMATELY 8 P.M. MY BOYFRIEND AND I WERE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH WHEN THE FRONT OF MY 2002 JEEP LIBERTY STRUCK THE FRONT WHEEL OF ANOTHER DRIVERS VEHICLE AS THEY PULLED OUT AND NEGLECTED TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES WHICH NEEDED TO BE TOWED AWAY. WE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH WHIPLASH, KNEE, CHEST, SHOULDER, AND BACK INJURIES. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN AN AMBULANCE. MANY PEOPLE WERE CURIOUS AS TO WHY OUR AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I THINK IF THEY HAD DEPLOYED IT MAY HAVE PREVENTED SOME OF THE INJURIES THAT WERE CAUSED DO TO THIS ACCIDENT. *TR