2003 Jeep Liberty Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 392about this part
- Share
- 29%of 1,352 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 120,000miles
- Trend
- FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 392 complaints about the air bags of the 2003 Jeep Liberty, 29% of the 1,352 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 120,000 miles. 73 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers. 3 recall campaigns on record are filed under a similar system.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“While turning from a green light I was probably going maybe 5-10 MPH both my driver and passenger airbags both went off and man those things hurt badly but there was no car collision or anything they just went off out of the blue and there was a lot of smoke and left my ears ringing and parts of the dash came apart”
NHTSA complaint #11373420, filed 2020-11, 173,000 miles“My complaint is that of the air bags in this vehicle. On saturday october 15, 2016 I was rear ended by another vehicle and forced into a telephone pole stopping me in my tracks. Through the rear impact with the vehicle striking me and the front colision with the telephone pole the air bag system in the vehicle did not deploy.”
NHTSA complaint #10918587, filed 2016-10, 185,342 miles“Driving out of my neighborhood all of a sudden the two front airbags deployed for no reason. There was no one near me and I was able to safely stop and get out. However the airbags had already done it's damage to both my arms as well as my stomach, as well as my little yorkie that was in my lap. Thank god I hadn't made it to the highway before this happened.”
NHTSA complaint #10706004, filed 2015-04, 163,231 miles“Monday was driving home from hanies city to ocala fl in traffic doing about 45 when seen air bags light come. I had to get up florida turnpike were speed limit 70 air bag light when out few mins later back on again stayed on rest of my trip home I was terrific started raining really hard which made my drive home even more terrific .”
NHTSA complaint #10680953, filed 2015-02, 140,612 miles“There has not been an accident, but my airbag indicator light continues to come on, it will stay on for miles, sometimes it will go off, other times it will not go off until I turn off the engine. I never know when it will come on or go off, but I am constantly in fear that the airbag itself will deploy with me going down the road and cause me to have an accident.”
NHTSA complaint #10725837, filed 2015-06, 150,000 milesRelated recalls
- 15V673000Oct 19, 2015Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2003 Jeep Liberty vehicles manufactured March 29, 2003, to July 3, 2003, and 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee…Covers: Jeep Liberty 2003, Grand Cherokee 2004
- 15V046000Jan 28, 2015Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2002-2003 Jeep Liberty vehicles manufactured January 9, 2001, to March 28, 2003, 2002-2004 Jeep Grand…Covers: Jeep Liberty 2002–2003, Grand Cherokee 2002–2004, Dodge Viper 2003–2004
- 12V527000Nov 8, 2012Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2002 and 2003 Jeep Liberty vehicles manufactured January 9, 2001, through March 28, 2003, and 2002 through 2004 Jeep…Covers: Jeep Liberty 2002–2003, Grand Cherokee 2002–2004
Related service bulletins
- 10216350Nov 8, 2013Advanced Field Action Communication ? M3511082012 Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) announced a safety recall on 2002 and 2003 model year (KJ) Jeep Liberty vehicles built through…
- 10136473Nov 8, 2013Advanced Field Action Communication ? M3511082012 Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) announced a safety recall on 2002 and 2003 model year (KJ) Jeep Liberty vehicles built through…
- 10128935Nov 8, 2013Advanced Field Action Communication ? M3511082012 Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) announced a safety recall on 2002 and 2003 model year (KJ) Jeep Liberty vehicles built through…
- 10021599Feb 7, 2007Passenger air bag deactivation.
Air bags: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 169 | 44% |
| 2011 | 35 | 19% |
| 2010 | 15 | 8% |
| 2009 | 12 | 11% |
| 2008 | 43 | 8% |
| 2007 | 24 | 3% |
| 2006 | 31 | 2% |
| 2005 | 41 | 4% |
| 2004 | 39 | 4% |
| 2003 | 392 | 29% |
| 2002 | 546 | 30% |
| 2001 | 4 | 40% |
| 2000 | 1 | 17% |
Other parts of the 2003 Jeep Liberty
437 complaintsFuel system
172 complaintsBody and structure
111 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
97 complaintsElectrical system
72 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
64 complaintsSteering
52 complaintsBrakes
49 complaintsEngine cooling
42 complaintsSeat belts
36 complaintsExterior lighting
32 complaintsOther or unknown
30 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2003 Jeep Liberty
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology