18V278000
SUSPENSION:REAR
A fractured control arm can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
2005 JEEP LIBERTY
3 safety recall campaigns, 5 defect investigations, 1,461 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations5
Owner complaints1,461
Complaints citing a crash104
Complaints citing a fire36
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
13V252000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.
12V085000
SUSPENSION:REAR
A FRACTURE OF THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND MAY LEAD TO A VEHICLE CRASH.
What owners report most
- 192FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 175FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 147SUSPENSION
- 94SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
- 69STRUCTURE
- 61STRUCTURE:BODY
- 58VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
- 53STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2005 JEEP LIBERTYs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.