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2003 Jeep Liberty drivetrain & axles problems

Owners reported drivetrain & axles problems in 31 complaints for the 2003 Jeep Liberty, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
31 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
73,000 miles 27 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2003 Jeep Liberty Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 73,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 73,000 miles
Based on 27 complaints that include mileage. 44% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 27 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 73,000 miles, and 44% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Applied brakes to stop vehicle, put transmission into park, turned key off, removed key, opened driver door, took foot of brake pedal, exited vehicle,started to walk behind vehicle, noticed vehicle drifting towards me, opened driver door, attempted to jump in to apply brakes, tumbled halfway out of vehicle (strained neck and knee), pulled myself in by the steering wheel, applied brake as vehicle hit parked pickup truck, started vehicle, moved back into previous parking space, applied brakes, put transmission into…

Reported at 63,907 miles, April 2011 CrashInjury

Vehicle will not move in any direction except reverse. We drove to a store and when reversing out of parking spot, the vehicle seized in reverse and wouldn't shift to drive initially. We managed to drive home and pulled into driveway. When we went into reverse to adjust vehicle position, it wouldn't move when we shifted to drive. We had to drive car in reverse around our loop in order to park car. We just had to have car towed to repair shop and are now waiting to find out cost to repair.

Reported at 123,000 miles, September 2018

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