2008 Jeep Liberty problems
The 2008 Jeep Liberty has 766 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (21%) concerns fuel system. After that come electrical system (16%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 766 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 19 and 10
- Injuries and deaths
- 31 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 68,000 miles 625 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 57 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 88 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 133 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 73 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 104 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 73 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 30 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 31 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 10 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 21 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Among the 625 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 68,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 43,000 miles (134 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 19 complaints mention a crash; 10 complaints mention a fire; 31 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2008 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Jeep Liberty with enough data (349 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
This cars tipm system is extremely faulty I've had it fixed 3 already and it still acts as of it is possessed. This happened on the freeway where the car started going off by it's self stalled and couldn't do anything about it. I almost died. There has been many complaints about this vehicles tipm system but jeep refuses to recall them. Also the airbags do not deploy. This is a huge safety issue
On 11/22/2017 I parked 5 spaces from the front door of meijer on e.michigan ave in jackson, mi. As my esa animal remained in the vehicle I left the car running and heat on low. I was in the store about 3 minutes. By the time I returned to the vehicle I was informed by a bystander my vehicle was on fire and help was on the way. I asked about my dog and was told no one had seen him. I frantically searched the car for (nagini) my dog causing 3rd degree burns on my hands.I was able to retrieve him from the jeep.
Upon opening skyslider passanger side of top did not open, when finally starting to open got stuck at first frame. Would not close properly. This needs to be recalled. Consumer should not have this many problems.
This is our second problem since 2010 when we purchased vehicle that the slider sunroof has come off it's tracks. The first time it was about a month after we purchased it and cost 1400.00 to fix now for no reason it just popped off and bows and track broke. Rained in her car and shorted out electrical. This is a piece of crap and when I look at all the complaints it should be something they are liable for fixing because now its going to cost 3500 and jeep dealers are telling us they don't want to deal with it…