2003 Jeep Liberty Sport 4x4 3.7 liter
Summary:
Trustworthy, reliable, comfortable and roomy
Faults:
I have always experienced a problem with skidding or lack of wheels moving and turning on wet roads. I'm probably not explaining it accurately, but the truck sticks like I was riding on ice and the wheels spin. The tires are stock for the model. I was told that the torque power is too much and that's why the wheels spin when I'm trying to step on it.
Another thing that just occurred the other day. I was on the NJ Turnpike with cruise control set for 65 mph. I hit a traffic snag so I cancelled the cruise control only to see the speedometer moving up and down and the car was standing still! This kept up for at least 30 miles until I safely returned home. Also, the odometer and trip odometer stopped working! The cruise control did not operate either, not that I was going to use it.
The next day, the truck operated correctly; however, I have noticed that the speedometer is slightly off. I've seen the recommendation from a previous poster regarding checking the computer codes and I will do that to see if the computer registered any difficulties in operation.
I do love the handling of the Jeep in snow and of course on different terrain. However, using this truck in normal driving conditions gives the worst gas mileage of any vehicle I've owned. I get 13 mpg doing around town driving and if I'm lucky, 16 mpg on the highway. I can't quite figure that out as it is a 6 cylinder 3.7 liter engine. Any thoughts from posters out there would be welcome.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 13th March, 2006
21st Jun 2007, 08:49
It's the same with mine. I am lucky to get better than 16.5 MPG with mostly highway driving. Even the guys in the service area at the dealer made a joke about it when I was there, "We all know how fuel efficient those Liberty's are".