Faults:

4 wheel drive messed up, lower ball joints.

Now it won't shift right half the time, and when it doesn't, I smell something either burning or very hot. No smoke.

Faults:

I bought my Liberty new in 2002, and it has been very well maintained. A couple of years ago, at around 75,000 miles, the headlights started turning themselves off and back on while driving, accompanied by a clicking sound. It has continued to do it randomly ever since. The dome lights will also turn themselves on and off, but only when the headlights are not on. It does one or the other. Everyone I've spoken to about it or taken it to has no idea why it does this, and Chrysler claims to have never heard of this problem, in spite of the fact that there are thousands of posts on different sites regarding this, and many have called Chrysler about it.

Other than this, it is a great vehicle that I've had no other problem with, but this is a BIG problem that the manufacturer refuses to even acknowledge, let alone recall to fix it.

It is VERY dangerous at night; other drivers think you are flashing your lights at them. Chrysler needs to step up and do something about this, but I still would not buy another Chrysler/Jeep of any kind, ever.

Faults:

Replaced battery at 9 years/85,000 miles, and that was all until the transmission went at 91,000. According to the mechanic, the inside parts are the same as the Dodge Caravan with a modified case.

General Comments:

Very nimble, great in snow, comfortable.

Gets 15/23 MPG, which could be better, but is worth it.

Other than the trans, it's reliable, and even then, 10 years isn't bad.

Faults:

My wife and I purchased our Liberty brand new as a demo from with 500 miles on it. The first thing that broke were the little knobs on her stereo.

Then, the radiator claqued up at around 30,000 miles; that cost $300.00.

Then, not long after that, at around 50,000 miles, we started smelling a raw gasoline smell, which turned out to be a leaking connection where the fuel line plugs into the fuel filter.

Then, we had to change out the rear passenger tail light, because the board went bad at about the same time.

At around 70,000 miles, we had to change the A/C compressor, which cost about half what most of y'all paid, because this was a rebuild with a 2 year warranty.

Around 85,000 miles, we had the same raw gasoline smell with the same issue. So, I went and bought some gas line from the nearby NAPA dealer with some hose clamps, and fixed that problem permanently.

Both front speakers blew out at 96,000 miles.

Water pump died at around 112,000 miles.

Finally, the rear driver side window rail guide died at around 118,000, so I looked around and found this company on ebay that remakes that part out of metal down in Arizona.

I have changed two batteries the entire time we have had our Liberty.

General Comments:

Besides the things that have broken, all I have had to do is the regular maintenance.

Since the first oil change, I have put Mobil One 10w30 synthetic oil in my Liberty, and haven't had the first tick or knock.

I use a K&N air filter in my intake, and the Fram extra oil filter. I can check my oil dip stick at 6,000 miles, and the oil will still be kind of clear, starting to get dark.

That Jeep will still out run my 2000 Ford F-150 4x4 5.4L.

I haven't changed the first spark plug or ignition coil.

If you have any questions on how to make your Jeep last, e-mail me at rj1664@gmail.com