2002 Jeep Liberty fuel system problems

174 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2002 Jeep Liberty, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 174 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 107,000 miles 34 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 0 and 1
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Based on 34 complaints that include mileage. 15% 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	0
20k to 40k miles	2
40k to 60k miles	3
60k to 80k miles	4
80k to 100k miles	4
100k to 120k miles	7
120k to 140k miles	7
140k to 160k miles	2
160k to 180k miles	2
180k to 200k miles	2
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 34 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 107,000 miles, and 15% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. The contact stated that while parked, the vehicle caught on fire. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact received notification for NHTSA campaign number: 13v252000 (fuel system, gasoline , structure) but did not confirm if the VIN was included. The failure mileage was unknown.

August 2014 Fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 jeep liberty. The contact stated that he attempted to have the vehicle repaired under NHTSA campaign number:13v252000. The contact was made advised that the parts were not available and as a result the recall repair was unable to be performed. The manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. There are no failures at this time.

Reported at 125,000 miles, January 2014

Fuel system problems in other years

Fuel system problems across all Jeep models