FaultScore

Worst years for a Jeep Liberty

Owners have filed 11,711 complaints about the Jeep Liberty with NHTSA across model years 2000 to 2012. More of them are about the suspension than anything else.

Avoid

2002 Jeep Liberty

2,330 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2009 Jeep Liberty

146 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Jeep Liberty year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2012 C 552 33 21 50,000 Airbags
2011 C 241 26 4 58,910 Electrical System
2010 B 271 20 9 60,000 Electrical System
2009 B 146 2 4 62,500 Fuel & Propulsion
2008 B 766 19 10 67,800 Fuel & Propulsion
2007 C 941 36 19 60,000 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2006 D 1,812 58 23 59,900 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2005 D 1,461 104 36 70,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2004 D 1,440 119 50 73,000 Suspension
2003 F 1,732 181 13 71,000 Suspension
2002 F 2,330 220 29 82,000 Airbags
2001 B 12 2 0 50,000 Airbags
2000 7 0 0 25,298 Suspension

What breaks on a Jeep Liberty

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Suspension 2,062 17.6%

Worst in 2002

Fuel & Propulsion 1,786 15.3%

Worst in 2005

Airbags 1,356 11.6%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2006

Body & Structure 895 7.6%

Worst in 2005

Engine & Cooling 605 5.2%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2005

Brakes 375 3.2%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2006

Steering 341 2.9%

Worst in 2002

Lights 241 2.1%

Worst in 2002

Seat Belts 234 2.0%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2002

Exactly what failed on a Jeep Liberty

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Lower Ball Joint 966 37.2%
Power Window Devices AND Controls 652 25.1%
Body 380 14.6%
Automatic Transmission 134 5.2%
Upper Ball Joint 120 4.6%
Front 100 3.8%
Frontal 92 3.5%
Engine 66 2.5%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 45 1.7%
Buckle Assembly 45 1.7%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Jeep Liberty, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 2001 peak 262 Aug 2026

Jeep Liberty problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Jeep Liberty

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.