2002 Jeep Liberty air bags problems

551 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2002 Jeep Liberty, which is 24% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 551 24% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 115,000 miles 261 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 109 and 3
Injuries and deaths: 125 and 3

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Based on 261 complaints that include mileage. 14% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	11
20k to 40k miles	11
40k to 60k miles	14
60k to 80k miles	26
80k to 100k miles	31
100k to 120k miles	45
120k to 140k miles	41
140k to 160k miles	39
160k to 180k miles	25
180k to 200k miles	12
200k+ miles	6

What the data shows

Of the 261 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 115,000 miles, and 14% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 109 crashes, 3 fires, 125 injuries, 3 deaths.

What owners wrote

2002 jeep liberty suddenly accelerated at 10 miles in small parking lot to full throttle at maximum speed rear brakes spinning, and smoke from rear, brakes failed lasted 2 seconds; violent sudden acceleration causing fatal accident. Driving with 20yrs of clean spotless driving record. Jeep totaled, no airbag deployed. 10/4/14. Severe injuries; critical injuries.

October 2014 CrashInjuryDeath

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. While driving approximately 10 MPH making a right turn, the vehicle made a grinding noise, lunged forward, and stopped in the middle of an intersection. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the ball joints on the front passenger side failed and damaged the front passenger side tire. The vehicle was repaired.

Reported at 70,000 miles, August 2009

Air bags problems in other years

Air bags problems across all Jeep models