2002 Jeep Liberty: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Feb 3, 2019 · Lights · 200,000 miles · FL

Headlights will shut off while driving at night. While driving at night the headlights will intermittently shut themselves off and then turn back on approximately 10 to 15 seconds later. I have tried switching the lights completely off and back on to see if the headlights began working but they did not. I have searched the web and this site and found multiple complaints with no resolution or recall. This is a serious safety issue as there is no way to immediately correct the issue while driving or predict when it will occur. The vehicle is in motion when this occurs. The lights will come back on and stay on for a little while and then shut back off again. Sometimes they will flash from low beams to high beams and then shut off which makes it dangerous for the cars that are driving towards me. This has happened on several occasions so far and at this point I am scared to drive at night.

Filed Oct 27, 2015 · Lights, Visibility · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v046000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure related to the air bags. In addition, the contact stated that the headlights were burned out and the windows failed to close. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed Sep 11, 2015 · Lights · 130,000 miles · IL

The headlights will go off while driving, so far they have come back on within 5 seconds, however, that is a long time without lights. I purchased the car used about 5 months ago so I do not know whether it was happening to the prior owner. It has happened 6 times since the beginning of september 2015. This car was purchased for my daughter who is turning 16y/o in october. The is dangerous for an experienced driver let alone a new driver. This issue is all over the internet dating back to at least 2008. Why has nothing been done.

Filed Mar 19, 2015 · Lights · 129,800 miles · NC

When returning home from work one evening, my headlights flickered on and off and then completely shut off. I heard a clicking sound down in the dashboard which may have been a relay. After pulling over to the side of the road, I opened my driver's side door and noticed my dome light was out as well. My dashboard lights stayed on while my headlights and dome light was off. This same incident has happened more than 8-10 times. The flickering of headlights annoys drivers ahead of me and I'm concerned they will become raged, not to mention the danger of the headlights going off while driving. I had a jeep dealership investigate and perform a diagnostic test and nothing surfaced. I had them replace the low beam relay since I had read several reports of this same problem on the web and some guessed it may be the relay. Well, I can tell you that the problem is not resolved after replacing the low beam relay as the headlights are still going off. The federal safety agency, please investigate this problem before someone is seriously hurt.

Filed Feb 6, 2015 · Airbags, Fuel system · 237,000 miles · IN

I received two recall notices from jeep in the fall of 2014 for the defective design for the gas tank location on my jeep liberty. I spoke to the local dealer last fall after getting the second notice. I knew it was a waste of time to contact them after only the first mailed notification, since I knew there wouldn't be parts available. I spoke to the dealer on a visit in the fall after the second mailed notification and the local dealer told me the parts would not be available for quite some time. I left them my name and asked them to contact me if the parts were availabel. In january of 2015, I contacted the local dealer again and they chuckled and told me the parts were not available but they could put me on the growing list they kept at the dealership. So I had not even made it onto the local dealer waiting list yet! To make matters worse, I got a call a week later from a chrysler warranty customer center. I called back after the second call and told them that the dealer had laughed at me just two weeks before when I had asked if the parts were available. In addition to the defective gas tank location, my jeep also has the air bags that can inadvertently inflate (supposedly with a few seconds of warning if you happen to be looking at the dashboard and notice a warning light). I got that recall fixed (a very low cost jumper) last fall. I understand that now my jeep may also have a defective trw airbag inflator. I suspect this was the issue all along but chrysler took the cheapest possible route (a jumper). Lastly, I have submitted a formal complaint on the federal safety agency web site concerning my headlights going off by themselves while driving at night. They have done this multiple times and normally come back on within 5 seconds. There are many other complaints for this issue on the federal safety agency site and yet there has been no recall for this without warning issue.

Filed Jan 27, 2015 · Electrical, Lights · 169,173 miles · GA

I was driving my vehicle down the highway when my vehicle made a loud popping sound that sounded like it came through the stereo system. I noticed all power to my car went out. The radio, lights, dash, headlights, everything shut off. I went and tried everything. I thought maybe a fuse had blown, not the case. I replaced head lamps, and the lights still didn't work. I changed my steering switch out and have since figured out it must be an electrical issue? I have read many many pages about people with this same issue or very similar. I can no longer drive the vehicle at this time because I don't feel safe in it and its not street safe.

Filed Dec 3, 2014 · Lights · 117,000 miles · FL

After picking up my car from the dealer after it was there for the recall work of putting a hitch on the rear of the car for a safety recall, while driving home in the dark my car lights started to flash then shut off completely, I pulled over on the side of the highway turned off the car then restarted it and once again after 10 minutes of driving the lights shut off so I had to drive home with no headlights at all. I called the dealer the next day and was given the run around that I would have to pay for it to be checked. I only drive the car during the day now because I am afraid of it occurring again.

Filed Oct 20, 2014 · 123,000 miles · DC

Driver side break light does not work only when headlights are on. I have replaced the light, fuse, the whole housing unit and it will work for one day than stop again. Also airbag light is now on all the time after getting the m35 recall done on my car. Dealer ship seems to think it ia nothing that they did wrong and now I gotta pay at least $135 to get a diagnostics done on my car to see what is wrong. Also seatbelt light never stays on any more even if my seatbelt ia not on ut just comes on when I turn car on then goes off when airbag light comes on.

Filed Oct 20, 2014 · 123,000 miles · DC

Driver side break light does not work only when headlights are on. I have replaced the light, fuse, the whole housing unit and it will work for one day than stop again. Also airbag light is now on all the time after getting the m35 recall done on my car. Dealer ship seems to think it ia nothing that they did wrong and now I gotta pay at least $135 to get a diagnostics done on my car to see what is wrong. Also seatbelt light never stays on any more even if my seatbelt ia not on ut just comes on when I turn car on then goes off when airbag light comes on.

Filed Oct 13, 2014 · Lights · 85,000 miles · IL

All lights (interior and exterior) go off without warning. They come back on, but it's pretty scary when you're driving at night in traffic at 65 MPH. The issue is becoming more frequent - isn't temperature related (happens in winter and summer), can happen soon after starting vehicle or after 60 minutes of driving, is not related to rough road surface or crossing a railroad crossing. Has been to jeep dealer twice - both times dealer stated they couldn't repeat the issue and sent the car back without fixing it. If you google - 2002 jeep liberty headlight problems this issue comes up frequently. You'd be amazed. This vehicle is driven daily by my daughter. It has never been involved in any kind of an accident. Originally, I just wanted it fixed - it scares my daughter to drive it. Now it's scaring me. Should this vehicle be recalled? It's been recalled for a rear trailer hitch and has never had a trailer hitch. Now, I want the car made safe. Check the website, contact jeep - this is a more common problem than you might think. Thank you for listening.

Filed Aug 1, 2014 · Electrical, Lights · 210,000 miles · IN

On two or three occasions, while driving at night with the headlights on, without warning my headlights and park lights have shut off by themselves. The lights will usually be off for approximately 5 - 10 seconds and then come back on by themselves. The events seem to happen randomly and without warning.

Filed Feb 26, 2014 · Lights · 52,000 miles · NY

When driving with the headlights on, lights begin flashing off and on, along with a clicking noise such as a relay. After a minute or so they finally stay on solid. This is very scary and dangerous on a dark road, and confusing to oncoming traffic! We took the car to a jeep dealer who found no defect. I called chrysler and they have no information of this happening. However there are numerous entries on the internet describing this same issue, including this web site. Chrysler clearly does not want to own up to this extreme safety issue!