Tl*the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the contact smelled a burning odor of coolant. The temperature gauge displayed a high temperature. The vehicle was driven onto the emergency lane and the vehicle was turned off. The contact allowed the vehicle to cool down for thirty minutes before restarting it. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the radiator, radiator fan, and cooling temperature sensor were replaced. The failure continued to occur after the vehicle was repaired. The vehicle was not repaired when the complaint was filed. The failure mileage was 195,000.
2002 Jeep Liberty engine complaints
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2002 jeep liberty. Letter from congressman bishop on behalf of constituent, re her warranty with chrysler *tgw the consumer stated the vehicle has a casting flaw for the cylinder head in the engine. According to the mechanics findings; the two intake valve lifter housings of the head had broken in half. The lifter came out of the head and the cam journal lobe was scored and grooved. The consumer is requesting that chrysler provide coverage for the repair.
2002 jeep liberty limited edition valve spring problem. All of sudden loosing power steering and with luck pulled over.
No warning of the failure. Valve spring broke due to non clearance in the valve guide causing the valve to hang and get smacked by the piston causing severe damage to the engine. Needs engine replaced at a cost of $5 thousand dollars.
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.
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!
We own a 2002 jeep liberty. A coup[le of weeks ago while traveling the little piece of tail pipe fell of the end of the exhaust pipe. We didn't realize this had happen until we started smelling very strong fumes of plastic melting. We got out and checked and found the piece had fallen of and the heat from the exhaust had melted a hole through the rear bumper. We had to drive the rest of the way with all of the windows down so we didn't get over come by the fumes. The worst part of it all is the pipe is right beside the gas tank. We were worried the whole time the heat would ignite the gas. We have had this jeep liberty less than a year and we have bumper to bumper warranty on it. The dealership refuses to do anything about it. We want to know if this car has been recalled for this problem. It is a real safety hazard.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. Whenever the vehicle is started, the engine compartment makes a loud clunking noise. The mechanic stated that there was an issue with the spark plugs. The spark plugs were replaced, but the failure was not corrected. The contact was informed that there was an issue with the valve system. Through research, he has found numerous complaints on this same failure and believes it to be a manufacturer defect. He also believes that a recall should be issued. The current and failure mileages were 91,000.
Driving down interstate the oil light came on. Checked oil was full. We live about 5 miles away so got off interstate heard a faint noise under the hood we put it in neutral and turned key off and coasted into a parking lot. Checked oil and belts everything looked fine. Turned the key and nothing happened. No warnings what so ever. The oil pump went bad an seized the engine. This is my transportation now I have nothing to drive until I can afford $7,000 plus for a new engine. This was out of warranty by less then 90 days. Have almost 90,000 miles on it. I love my liberty but will never buy another jeep again. It has always been maintained and without warning the engine goes out.
I own a 2002 jeep liberty and within the last year I have replaced the serpentine belt, spark plugs, temp, brakes,rotors, all fluids have been change yearly, thecoils to spark plugs, etc. Alot of things have gone wrong. It has about 82,000 miles. It's overheating, shaking, my engine is burning all the coolant and oil as soon as it hits the engine I can hear it boiling under the hood now and it's not safe to drive anymore. I've had it towed to see what's going on,but I was told that my engine is shot and he has no explanation to why except that its burning all the fluids put in it everything else looks fine and is new thanks to me because I've been trying to figure out what is wrong with it and really to find out there is nothing I could do about it. So I called your jeep dealerships and they say its not common for that to happen so is this a safety issue or is this engine defective? Please help me I've done everything I could do.
Air conditioning compressor fails to engage. I had to replace the compressor once already in 2007, service tech said the spring in the compressor must have broke. Needed to replace the compressor. Now 2009, and again having the same problem, the A/C compressor will not engage. Going to have it repaired this week !
Jeep liberty has problem with engine misfire resulting in a dangerous condition if you are driving. The engine will buck wildly. Have taken to dealer 5 times. Appears to fix problem, but returns without fail after a few thousand miles. I have seen many of the same complaints on various web sites (google "engine misfire jeep liberty 2002 3.7). Codes from car computer are p0354 and p0304 indicating failure in coil and engine misfire. Replace coil and spark plugs problem keeps returning. I have seen many others with same problem although the last digit of the odb codes could be different. I believe there is a serious defect in the manufacturing of the vehicle causing the problem. If you were in an accident avoidance situation, this problem could cause a crash and death.
2002 jeep liberty limited. I have replaced the engine, rebuilt the 4 -wheel drive shaft, replaced the A/C condenser and coil, and now the radio, dome lights, power locks are broken. The blower motor resistor has been replaced but now the blower motor is broken. What a lemon from day one. Latches on hatch not working correctly, mold smell from A/C. It is something all the time with this vehicle.
This is the letter I sent chrysler corporation. I have a major problem with the valve seat coming off and damaging my jeep liberty engine. We purchased the car new and have continually provided maintenance on the vehicle at your dealerships. In fact, we were one of the very first owners of the jeep liberty and was invited and participated in a focus group supporting this vehicle. What is upsetting is the lack of interest now from your customer relations department except for your local dealership who has been supportive, on what has occurred. This is a safety issue and this problem is a manufacturer defect . This incident could have caused my daughter to have an accident since she was driving this car as a high school senior. I will take every step possible and report this safety issue to all parties. I was told the engine needs to be rebuilt or replaced and chrysler customer relations won't help. This is not a isolated incident as other data has been discovered on other similar engines reported same resulting problems. I have photos and there is additional information revealing other valve seat problems resulted in damage to other engines.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. The contact's vehicle was repaired in 2007 according to the federal safety agency campaign id number 06v288000 (suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint). One year later, while attempting to make left turns, he heard a loud popping noise coming from the rear driver's side tire. He has not had the vehicle inspected to determine the cause of the failure. The upper part of the radiator also produced a hairline crack, causing radiator fluid to leak from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who found the source of the leak at the radiator tube. The failure mileage was 60,000 and current mileage was 81,000. Updated 10/14/08. *lj the lower ball joint failed. Updated 10/15/08
2002 jeep liberty ---plastic fan broke and took out the electric fan, all shrouds total cost was $1,236.19 [plastic fan what the ?!@#$% gives].
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. While starting the vehicle, the electronic cooling fan blade separated and penetrated the shroud. A piece of the blade penetrated and stuck in the insulation of the hood. The dealer was notified and gave the contact the run-around. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number 06v199000 (engine and engine cooling:cooling system:fan) for the 2002 jeep grand cherokee. The vehicle has not been inspected by a mechanic or dealer at this time. The contact has pictures. The current and failure mileages were 113,000.
2 weeks ago we had an engine light come on and took it to a dealership to have it serviced. It came back after putting it on the analyzer that cylinder 6 had misfired so they just reset the light and said if it came back on to come in and they would replace the sparkplug. 2 weeks later the light came back on and the upper and lower seal blew. I was told by the service dept. That it would be 6 to 8 weeks to get the part and that we are number 60 on the list for the same parts. Is there a recall problem that we don't know about?
Rocker arm came off #4 exhaust valve ....dealership found defective valve...car has continued to have major engine issues.
I was driving my 2002 jeep liberty when the oil light went on. Within minutes I lost all steering of the car and the car died. Luckily I had just gotten off the highway when this occured.
The first incident happened back when I first got my jeep right before the warranty was about to expire. It was running fine and had no indication that anything was wrong. It was around the 35,000 mile mark. I was driving to work and my jeep just stalled on me. I pulled off to the side of the road, tried to start it again, and nothing. So I called the dealership who told me to call the 800# for the tow truck (which took 2 hours at 20 degrees....no heat...not good). I found out that was actually a piston and a rocker-arm along with many other little parts that needed to be fixed in the engine.......so major engine repair. The jeep was in the shop for a couple of weeks. After it was fixed all was well.....until the breakdown from the recall....that is my next complaint....stay tuned!!! :)
3 rocker arms in engine has had to be replaced over a 1 yr time span with less than 56000 mile and 6 yrs old. Rear window motors have been replace and now have to be replaced again under little to no use. This vehicle I feel is a lemon and needs to be looked at. Contact to the dealer and manufacture has proven to be no use of help. The date I have listed is the recent occurrence and I feel this engine is going to lead to a crash if action is not taken. All services has been kept regularly. The night home from work was very scary in I didn't know if the car was going to blow up or lead to a crash. Please help me check into whether there is more events of this nationwide that are similar.
2002 jeep liberty engine problems due to sludge. Consumer states that the engine light illuminated due to the engine having sludge in it from infrequent oil changes and/or weak gasoline. Dealer stated the engine needed to be replaced but decided not to replace it, because of the circumstances which caused the engine to be in need of replacement. *kb the dealer replaced the cylinder heads and evaporation hose. The engine overheated, however the dealer stated everything checked out ok and was probably hard air.
Jeep liberty 2002 has vibration in the steering wheel that makes controlling the jeep very difficult at speeds over 60 miles an hour. Then I was on the freeway and I had a total loss off power all most causing accidents the dealership said that the engine needs to be torn apart and inspected and a recall of ball joints done the work took them over a year and the problem still continues their is no warranty and I was charged for the recall repair work I asked for the inspection report showing the work on the engine heads and recall work done when I picked up my jeep they gave me an invoice that showed battery and sparkplug for $2085.00 failing to present me with reports I asked for they said all work is warranted for 1yr 12,000 miles I drove the jeep liberty back to service dept after having another facility look at the engine to confirm if work had been done it had not been touched reported the mechanic and I am now scared to drive or own this vehicle .
Constant power train problems with vehicle. *tr [e-mail 1-18-08] it is not a powertrain problem. It is really an engine sludging problem. I have researched this problem and have found out this is a common problem for chrysler products such as the intrepid and durango. It is now starting to show up on vehicles like mines, which is a jeep liberty. My vehicle's check engine light came on december 21, 2007 and it has been at the dealership for repairs every since. I was informed it is awaiting a camshaft that is on a nationwide backorder with no eta. In my opinion, it is obvious other vehicles are experiencing similar problems throughout the country. The dealer refuse to replace the engine because I was unable to produce all of my receipts for oil changes. The vehicle currently has 61,000 miles and I was able to come up with receipts from 38,000 up until the current mileage. This vehicle has had numerous problems such as overheating and cylinder head replacement on numerous occasions, 49,622, 51,621, 51,793, 55,182, 57,269 and finally 61,211, all due to engine sludging. I was told all the problems were due to improper oil changes and/or cheep gasoline; however, I have changed the oil in accordance with the manufacturer's suggested intervals and have always used gasoline from distributors such as amoco, exxon and valero. I suspect this in another defective chrysler product that will cost the manufacturer millions if they did the right thing. Why is there a shortage of camshafts for this vehicle? Why is this part in high demand? Hopefully your investigation will reveal what is truly going on. Chrysler is trying to make it look like it is the owners who are at fault but in reality, its another defective product they have put on the market. Thanks for your response and your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated.
Check engine light came on and was told that the spark plugs were "fouled". Replaced all spark plugs and within one day, check engine light was back on. Returned to dealership and was told that the car needed a new engine gasket. Gasket was replaced. Within 10 months check engine light appeared again and I was told by the dealership that the car now needs a new engine cylinder. Car has approx. 85,000 miles and is used only for transportation to and from work - no "off-roading" or "towing".
Air conditioner would intermittently blow warm air. Brought it to the dealership, several times. Eventually it was found to be the bearing in the compressor. The bearing would heat up and bind, causing the clutch not to engage. Had to replace the whole compressor( $900.00). Air conditioner finally blows cold.
Ltr re recalls on her daimler chrysler purchased back in august 13, 2001. *kb the consumer stated the vehicle has been recalled more than 3 times and supposedly fixed over 6 times regarding the ball joints. The consumer had an accident. The ball joint broke while the consumer was attempting to park. The radiator was leaking at the seam. The right front hub bearing was noisy. The cd changer would skip after a few songs. The dealer found an internal fault. There was a heavy crunchy noise when driving, stopping and making turns. The front stabilizer/sway bar was replaced. The rack and pinion was leaking.
Electric cooling fan blades disintegrated penetrating the fan shroud and damaging the radiator.
While leaving a parking lot, the electric cooling fan blades on my 2002 jeep liberty 4wd limited broke apart sending pieces through the shroud in several places. Just hours before, I was checking the engine for an intermittent noise. I would have been severely injured if the fan disintegrated while checking the out the noise! I have an appointment with the dealer for repairs. I have been told that the repair is not covered under warranty or recall action.
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