The contact owns a 2010 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that the air bag warning light had been illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was determined that the air bags might fail to deploy in the event of a crash. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 220,000.
2010 Jeep Liberty airbags problems
15 complaints (8% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 75,000. 5 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 15
- of this car's complaints
- 8%
- typical mileage
- 75,000
- crashes
- 5
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Side/window1
At what mileage
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Jeep Liberty airbags problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 2010 Jeep Liberty airbags
Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Related investigations
Electrical overstress
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect. During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (ACU) for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) manufactured by ZF-TRW.  The ECU receives signals from crash sensors mounted in the vehicle and deploys the vehicle air bags and seat belt pretensioners in accordance with manufacturer design specifications.  The ECU in the subject vehicles contains a model DS84 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) which controls the communication of the crash sensor signal, firing commands (i.e., when to deploy the airbag(s) and/or pretensioners), and fault information (e.g., diagnostic trouble codes). In September 2016, FCA announced recall 16V‑668 for certain model year (MY) 2010 to 2014 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep products manufactured with the subject ZF-TRW ACU.  In this recall, FCA discussed an EOS condition that resulted in a failure of the subject DS84 ASIC, which caused air bag non-deployment. FCA noted that the defect condition had only been observed in vehicles equipped with sensor harnessing routed across the front of the vehicle.  Other FCA vehicles that also used the subject ACU, but were not equipped with cross-car harnessing, had not experienced EOS failures, despite similar time in service. During the course of this investigation, ODI sent two separate Information Request (IR) letters to six vehicle manufactures (including FCA, Hyundai, Honda, Kia, Mitsubishi, and Toyota) and one IR letter to ZF-TRW. These IR letters resulted in ODI receiving comprehensive data from these manufacturers and suppliers. Studies of this data found that the DS84 ASIC does not have sufficient protection against negative electrical transients or electrical overstress (âEOSâ) that can be generated in certain severe crashes. An electrical transient occurs when the electrical power supplied to a circuit changes momentarily over a short duration of time.  In these severe crash cases, the crash sensors and other powered wiring can be damaged and short circuited so as to create a negative electrical transient of sufficient intensity and duration (that are outside the vehicle manufacturer's specification) to damage the ASIC before the restraint device deployment signal is received by the SRS ECU. This damaged signal can lead to incomplete or nondeployment of the air bags and/or pretensioners.  Airbag non-deployment and/or lack of pretensioner operation can increase the risk or severity of injury in a crash.A total of 8 fatalities and 14 injuries were associated with known EOS events. The common element in all investigated manufacturers vehicles is the SRS ECU containing a DS84 ASIC manufactured by ZF-TRW. The risk associated with the ASIC is equally shared among all OEMS involved in the investigation. The actual real-world risk can be mitigated by other factors which were assessed by ODI during this investigation. The first mitigating factor involves protections built into the ACU design which protect the DS84 ASIC from damage. There are multiple strategies and levels of protection employed by different OEMs that provide effective EOS mitigation. The two most common strategies at the ACU level are circuit protection diodes on the remote senor signal lines, and current limiting resistors that protect critical components. The second mitigating factor is found at the vehicle level and involves the location and routing of the wires leading from the crash sensors to the SRS ECU. If the wires are well protected in a crash and are not routed with other power wires carrying large currents, the risk for an EOS event is significantly reduced or eliminated. These design specific factors combine to produce a spectrum of risk for the vehicles equipped with ACUs using the DS84 ASIC. Given the many of years of field exposure, it is possible to divide the subject population into two groups; vehicles which have experienced EOS events, and vehicles which have not experienced EOS field events. Four of the six OEMs involved in this investigation have experienced EOS field events on at least one of their models equipped with a DS84 ASIC. All vehicle models (including the Toyota models identified in the Failure Report Summary of the opening resume for this investigation) with field events have been recalled. In an abundance of caution, ODI kept this investigation open five years to monitor field performance and did not identify any field events on vehicles not included in existing safety recalls. Given the spectrum of risk identified in this investigation and that all vehicles with a demonstrated unreasonable risk have been recalled, ODI is closing this investigation. ODI is closing this investigation with the following manufacturer safety recalls: 16V‑668, 18E-043, 18V‑137, 18V‑363, and 20V‑024. With the recall actions taken by the subject vehicle and equipment manufacturers, this investigation is closed. The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by the federal safety agency that a safety-related defect does not exists on other model or model year vehicles outside of the recall scopes. The agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.
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What 2010 Jeep Liberty owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
The contact’s wife owns a 2010 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, his wife noticed that the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the air bags needed to be replaced. The dealer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed of the cost to replace the air bags. The contact was informed to call the manufacturer for assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that he was not the original owner and the manufacturer denied repair. The failure mileage was approximately 152,000.
Airbag light goes on and off. Is not throwing a code on advanced scan tool. Also at times does not recognize the key has been removed from the ignition, and that appears to be a fault with the ignition key pin in the housing which Chrysler wants $1,000 or more to replace the ends tire steering column. What the hell do y'all guys even do because these problems exist all over the internet. Do y'all get kickbacks or make deals with the car companies because it seems not have to do anything with the safety of the equipment that is being sold.
Airbag light suddenly came on when traveling on the highway. Mechanic says clockspring is broken and airbag light stays on.
Airbag light comes on and off sometimes they on I check they told me it's a clock spring the light is off in parking position but then when you turn the wheel in driving position it turns on and off
The airbag light keeps turning on and off while driving the vehicle. I heard jeeps have many problems with the airbags. I have also replace 5 water pumps on this vehicle paying for 2 of them the others were done under the tsb from chrysler. I also have a problem with the heat coming out of the vents on the drivers side of the vehicle. I have heard of many jeeps with the same problem this started about 3 years ago
I was driving on the interstate I started to approach a mac truck, I started to apply my breaks and I noticed I didnt slow down, so I kept trying, the check engine, ABS, esp, and two other lights came on. I rear ended the trucked and my jeep started spinning and I wrecked into the medium
Takata recall - my vehicle is 8 years old. A lot of problems have started to happen two years ago which I have paid out of my pocket considering it as age maintenance. Two years ago I was not going to pay dealer $800 cost to fix my front door locks that don't go up or down. I just do it the old fashion way. Recently my passenger front door has added the problem of the window button not working, which is a possible life safety of a person who could be forced to escape that way. Takata recall - now!!! Starting in mid april 2018 my dashboard dinged showing picture of what looks like driver airbag circle and driver in a seatbelt. It went away a minute later. It then started happening sparatically twice a week maybe. In may 2018, it became every drive off and on the airbag icon showed up and would ding about five times during the day drive staying lit at 2 minutes most approximately. Now june 2018, it has become an automatic of light dings on and then off several times during a drive that could range from 5minutes to 20 minutes. I started to observe that it happens when I turn the steering wheel only slightly right, but now the last week it has happened when steering wheel is turned slightly left or right. I am now truly in fear of my bag exploding while I drive and/or it will not go off to help my injury I'm involved in crash. I have read the htsa sight of recall and complaints and another owner's story is a match similar to mine....they are complaint the federal safety agency id number: 10986169. I have to go to the dealer this week for an appt for yet another problem with my vehicle and have to ask them to look at the airbag issue......I believe no matter what the manufacturers should pay for fixing any airbag problem a customer comes in with!!! It should not be put as a burden on the owner and a true hardship to me because I have to borrow money to fix possibly.
Takata recall: not sure how long a occupancy restraint module should last, but I know mine apparently is 7 years with 77,300 miles on it. May 10th, 2017 I had been driving my car all day, we made a stop at kroger and when we got into the vehicle the airbag light came on. Nothing we could do that night, so we went to a birthday dinner and while driving there it stayed on. Came out after we were finished the light had turned off. I turned the vehicle on to leave work on tuesday may 16, 2017 and the light had come on again. We called the service center to get it in and the service center had said the occupancy restraint module was faulty but they didn't understand why. After some research I found other jeep models with the same defect and was recalled. Also, the same model but different years were recalled. The service center advised that it would be a possibility that if I crashed I could be ejected from the car, and the airbags may not deploy.
Tl* the contact owned a 2010 jeep liberty. While driving 30 MPH, another vehicle crashed into the front driver side of the contact's vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries to the left arm and multiple bruises that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to an auto body shop. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000.
Questions about the 2010 Jeep Liberty airbags
Does the 2010 Jeep Liberty have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 15 complaints about the airbags of the 2010 Jeep Liberty, 8% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 2010 Jeep Liberty airbags problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 75,000 miles.
Was there a recall on the 2010 Jeep Liberty airbags?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Jeep Liberty have bad airbags?
The Jeep Liberty model years with the most airbags complaints are 2002 (546 complaints), 2003 (393 complaints) and 2012 (169 complaints).
Other 2010 Jeep Liberty problems
Electrical 41Fuel system 34Engine 25Brakes 18Body 16Lights 14Driver assistance 13Transmission 12Visibility 12Wheels 11Acceleration 6Tires 6Suspension 5Seat belts 3Seats 3Steering 2
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