2005 Jeep Liberty fuel system problems

409 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2005 Jeep Liberty, which is 28% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 409 28% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 70,000 miles 215 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 5 and 6
Injuries and deaths: 2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Based on 215 complaints that include mileage. 40% 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	7
20k to 40k miles	33
40k to 60k miles	46
60k to 80k miles	35
80k to 100k miles	43
100k to 120k miles	26
120k to 140k miles	14
140k to 160k miles	6
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	2
200k+ miles	2

What the data shows

Of the 215 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 40% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 6 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep liberty. The contact stated that she attempted to have her vehicle repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 13v252000 (fuel system, gasoline , structure) but was informed that the parts were not available. The contact felt that since the failure was reported in june of 2013, there should have been a remedy available before march of 2014. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable time for repair.

March 2014 CrashInjury

When filling my 2005 jeep liberty with fuel it spits back almost a quart. I have tried different pumps at different stations and it does this every time.

Reported at 82,000 miles, March 2011

Fuel system problems in other years

Fuel system problems across all Jeep models