2003 Jeep Liberty air bags problems

393 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2003 Jeep Liberty, which is 23% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 393 23% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 120,000 miles 209 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 73 and 1
Injuries and deaths: 135 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Based on 209 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	9
20k to 40k miles	9
40k to 60k miles	11
60k to 80k miles	22
80k to 100k miles	20
100k to 120k miles	32
120k to 140k miles	35
140k to 160k miles	26
160k to 180k miles	25
180k to 200k miles	11
200k+ miles	9

What the data shows

Of the 209 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 120,000 miles, and 14% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 73 crashes, 1 fire, 135 injuries, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact's spouse owned a 2003 jeep liberty. While driving at an unknown speed, the air bag may have inadvertently deployed and caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. The vehicle crossed over three interstate lanes before flipping over. The driver was ejected from the vehicle and was fatally injured. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was unknown. Updated 08-28-14 updated 09-25-14 *dsy updated 11/19/2014

October 2010 CrashInjuryDeath

I received recall notice m35/nhtsa 12v-527 in january 2013, but when I called my dealer, they said parts won't be in until 2nd q 2013. So I called in april. No parts. I called in may, june, july, and august and still no parts. This is a safety issue...why are there no parts?

Reported at 135,000 miles, January 2013

Air bags problems in other years

Air bags problems across all Jeep models