2005 Jeep Liberty body & structure problems

137 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2005 Jeep Liberty, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 137 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 84,000 miles 31 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 4 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Based on 31 complaints that include mileage. 13% 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	1
20k to 40k miles	2
40k to 60k miles	1
60k to 80k miles	6
80k to 100k miles	8
100k to 120k miles	7
120k to 140k miles	3
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 31 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 84,000 miles, and 13% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 1 injury.

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

In late 2008 and early 2009 our paint on the top of our vehicle began to peel, we had always had our vehicle in a carport as of now the entire top has peeled off, from what I can tell it is the cleat coat. I had brought this to the attention of a jeep dealership after a recall once.

Reported at 81,000 miles, January 2009

Body & structure problems in other years

Body & structure problems across all Jeep models