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2003 Jeep Liberty transmission problems

36 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2003 Jeep Liberty, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
36 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
20,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2003 Jeep Liberty Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 20,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 10 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 20,000 miles
Based on 23 complaints that include mileage. 87% 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 miles10
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 23 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 20,000 miles, and 87% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

While driving on any surface, my 4wd manual transmission 2003 jeep liberty pulls strongly to the right. It easily goes off the edge of the road, creating the need for an off road recovery. Dealer rotated the tires, but said that the wheels were aligned properly after an accident, an all wheel alignment was completed but it still pulls severely to the right.

Reported at 53,000 miles, November 2003 Fire

Bought the 2003 jeep liberty brand new in may, 2003. Now a year and seven months later, we still have squealing brakes. The dealer in wichita has replaced the pads 2 or 3 times, and re-surfaced the pads once or twice. They've now decided that they will need to replace the back brakes, including the roters. These parts have been ordered, and we are waiting to have this work done. Additionally, the automatic transmission started downshifting hard from 3rd gear to second gear, and down to first gear.

Reported at 1,500 miles, June 2003

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