Jeep Liberty Years to Avoid, Problems & Recalls

Which Jeep Liberty years should you avoid?

Going by 8,882 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Jeep Liberty years to avoid are 2002.

20021,808 complaints, 2.6× a typical Liberty year, most often about the airbags.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2012	385	2	14	19	Air Bags	Above average
2011	181	3	2	16	Electrical System	Routine
2010	197	2	4	13	Electrical System	Routine
2009	108	1	2	2	Electrical System	Routine
2008	541	5	4	11	Electrical System	Above average
2007	703	7	12	25	Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls	Above average
2006	1,372	10	19	40	Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls	Fatalities reported
2005	1,118	8	27	73	Fuel/Propulsion System	Fatalities reported
2004	1,101	13	39	86	Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint	Fatalities reported
2003	1,352	13	11	134	Air Bags	Fatalities reported
2002Avoid	1,808	14	21	174	Air Bags	Fatalities reported
2001	10	0	—	2	Air Bags	Fatalities reported
2000	6	0	—	—	Suspension	Routine

Year

Complaints

Relative volume

Recalls

Fires

Crashes

Most reported

Status

2012

385

Air Bags

Above average