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2005 Jeep Liberty lighting problems

19 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2005 Jeep Liberty, which is 1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
19 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
65,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 2
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2005 Jeep Liberty Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 65,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 65,000 miles
Based on 15 complaints that include mileage. 47% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 15 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 fires.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jeep liberty. While parked, the contact noticed that the passenger side taillight bulb was burned. The contact replaced the bulb but the failure continued. The driver side tail light also burned out. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The technician stated that the taillight assembly would have to be replaced due to overheating, which had melted the assembly. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.

Reported at 55,000 miles, April 2012 Fire

I was driving in the dark and suddenly my headlights on my jeep liberty suddenly shut off and did not come back on until I restarted my vehicle. This has happened numerous times.

Reported at 127,000 miles, August 2014

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