2003 Jeep Liberty Equipment Problems

“I own a 2003 Jeep Liberty and have had it for 2 years now and have every problem you can think of. My warranty recently expired 6,000 miles ago. My warranty expired at 75,000 miles and at 78,000 miles my air conditioner broke and had to replace that it cost me $900.00. Just yesterday may car would not shift passed second gear, I have an automatic transmission, I noticed it when I was getting on the highway. Lately I have been noticing that the transmission seems to be slipping but never could find the problem because my transmission fluid was always fine. …”

“We had the recall(ball joints) done on our Jeep Liberty back in 03. Then on 10/03/06 we had it back in the shop for stiffness in the steering; we were told the ball joints were fine, and that it could be the power steering pump and rack and pinion. On 10/31/06, the ball joints broke off while driving resulting in major mechanical damage to our Jeep!!! If this is a recall on the first recall, why should we feel safe driving this vehicle after we get it back? How do we know its not going to happen again? Please give us some input.”

“My wife jessica and son andrew were traveling on interstate 80 east bound the day after christmas 2004 when we hit a patch of ice and were thrown off the road, down a bank and struck a tree head on at a speed of 40-50 MPH. Our air bags did not deploy and our seat belts did not lock up. I was in the passenger seat and was thrown forward towards the window and my wife flew up and hit the grab bar on the drivers side. I contacted Jeep and was told that an air bag should not have deployed. My mechanic had told me that there was enough force to deploy the air bags. …”

“Front end felt loose on the right side and when braking there was heavy clunking noise. Found a recall notice online and called my dealer. I was told to bring it in and have it checked. The dealer replaced the lower ball joints on both side stating that the right side was ready to break at any moment. The dealer also installed a heat shield between the front rotors and the ball joints. This was at approximately 32,000 miles. Steering felt tight again and the clunk noise was gone. Then at approximately 43,000 miles, the noise returned and again the steering felt loose on the right side. …”

“On 5-6-03 I purchased a 2003 Jeep Liberty. On 5-29-03 I took the vehicle to the shop for the first time(995 miles) for a possible missing in the engine. Tech found the A/C overfull but no miss in the engine. The A/C was discharged and recharged to the proper level. This did not correct the problem. Every 8 to 10 seconds the engine surges( what feels like a miss) and more frequent with higher rpms. The second shop visit was at 1,420 miles with same problem. No fix! The third shop visit was at 1,941 miles with same problem. No fix! The fourth shop visit was at 2,089 miles with same problem. …”