2003 Jeep Liberty transmission problems

Filed Apr 6, 2020 · Steering, Suspension · 182,000 miles · MA · crash

I am the second owner of this vehicle, when I acquired it, I had it serviced at the dealership and they preformed all recall work. It has been kept serviced and up to date on any recall work since. During the day on christmas eve 2019 I was returning home from a visit at my mother's home and suddenly lost control of the jeep. There was loud noise and things breaking off the vehicle as I fought to control it and pull over. Upon inspection, saw the passenger side front wheel had come loose from the suspension, tore off the fender wheel well and broke a piece off the right-side running board. Undriveable, I had it towed to my mechanic. Unfortunately, they were closed until after new years. In early january I found out the diagnosis was a sheared lower ball joint failure. I looked in my files and found that this was one of the recalls that had been preformed to the vehicle. Safety recall f23- lower ball joints was done on 8/1/2006. Obviously, you assume this problem is resolved and the vehicle is safe after the work is done. I luckily was traveling at 30mph, and not at highway speed, so I have only encountered a financial burden. (about $4k for rental, repair & bodywork) I am sure if I was going faster or in traffic, I would have been injured or killed. How do the thousands of jeep liberty owners still on the road who are up to date on recalls confidently drive their vehicles if the recall work fails in the exact manner described as the problem meant to be fixed by the recall? I've been driving for close to 40 years and have never had any vehicle suffer a catastrophic failure resulting in a crash before this.

Filed Nov 19, 2018 · Transmission · 190,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 jeep liberty. The contact stated that the vehicle shook while driving. The contact replaced the front passenger side tire and hubs; however, the engine still felt as if it would fall out of the vehicle while driving. The vehicle was taken to demontrond chrysler dodge jeep ram (888 I-45, conroe, tx 77304) where it was diagnosed that the driveshaft. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 190,000. *tt vehicle was repaired.

Filed Sep 8, 2018 · Transmission · 123,000 miles · FL

Vehicle will not move in any direction except reverse. We drove to a store and when reversing out of parking spot, the vehicle seized in reverse and wouldn't shift to drive initially. We managed to drive home and pulled into driveway. When we went into reverse to adjust vehicle position, it wouldn't move when we shifted to drive. We had to drive car in reverse around our loop in order to park car. We just had to have car towed to repair shop and are now waiting to find out cost to repair. I am reading about numerous complaints over the course of years with no recalls established or offers of repair. This is unacceptable for a company to be aware of an ongoing issue and not extend repair solutions.

Filed Dec 6, 2017 · Transmission · 120,000 miles · WA

Takata recall I am on my second rear gear in my freedom edition with the limited slip differential. They seem to start whinnying around120,000 miles the differential bearings start to abnormality wear causing the ring and pinion to wear prematurely which cause the gearing to slip wearing the teeth it's a very costly fix at 1,000 just for that type of special rear end the danger of it is the teeth could permanently slip on take off causing the flowing vehicle to rear you which could allow another serious problem of the libertys not having proper rear protection on low speed impact which could cause fire

Filed Dec 6, 2017 · Suspension, Transmission · 135,000 miles · WA

Takata recall I am steadily burning through front drive shaft assemblies where it goes into the transfer case. The bearing head keeps failing by throwing the bearings through the assembly, I have owed the vehicle for 2 years and have replaced it twice with the same parts failing. The part seems to just go with no warning and when the assembly comes apart it would leave the front shaft spinning since the jeep has full time locked hubs which could cause it to go through the floorboard or send bullet type projectiles through the assembly metal which could damage other components

Filed May 7, 2017 · Transmission · 116,000 miles · VA

When decelerating through 30 MPH, clump sound and slight jerk. Accelerates through 30 MPH smoothly.

Filed Sep 27, 2016 · Airbags, Electrical · CT

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 jeep liberty. The contact had not experienced a failure until after the vehicle was repaired per the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v673000 (air bags). A day after the repair, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to be restarted and was driven to the contact's residence and parked. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the speed sensor was replaced, but the failure continued. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the differential needed to be replaced. An independent mechanic took pictures of the differential and the contact took the part back to the dealer. The contact was waiting for a response from the manufacturer to determine a repair solution. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed Aug 11, 2015 · Acceleration, Transmission · 137,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 jeep liberty. While driving at various speeds, the speedometer became inoperable and the check engine warning light illuminated intermittently. In addition, the contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle stalled as the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed that the speedometer and rear center differential sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The contact mentioned that the speedometer sensor was replaced six times. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 137,000.

Filed Dec 17, 2013 · Transmission · 53,196 miles · NY

While I was driving westbound on washington avenue approaching main street the transmission began slipping. Upon closer examination I discovered the transmission fluid was leaking along the fresh fallen snow behind me.

Filed Aug 29, 2013 · Airbags, Electrical · FL

My vehicle has a recall on the air bags and the vehicle can not be corrected. I was told the jeep dealerships do not have the parts to fix it. Also, the PCM component of my vehicle needs to be replaced and the chrysler dealership has discontinued the part, an aftermarket part can not be found and none are on back order. My vehicle is still under warranty and the warranty department is sending the PCM to have the part refurbished but will not guarantee the part. My concern is the cars safety is not guaranteed due to the recall on airbags and the PCM is the main computer part for the car, if it can not be guaranteed to be safe and running what are my options?