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2008 Jeep Liberty cruise control problems

16 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2008 Jeep Liberty, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
16 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
45,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2008 Jeep Liberty Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 45,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 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: 45,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 63% 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 miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 16 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 45,000 miles, and 62% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

I'm waiting there is a light change when I push and hold the brake to stop the car and it will move abruptly forward.

Reported at 7,239 miles, August 2008 Injury

Bad clock spring located in steering column, effects many things including airbag. Extremely expensive to replace and have found it is a very common issue.

Reported at 90,000 miles, October 2014

Other problems reported for the 2008 Jeep Liberty

Cruise control problems in other years

Cruise control problems across all Jeep models