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2012 Jeep Liberty electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 117 complaints for the 2012 Jeep Liberty, 21% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
117 21% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
57,000 miles 87 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 8
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2012 Jeep Liberty Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 57,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 14 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 14 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 20 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 11 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 14 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 7 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 57,000 miles
Based on 87 complaints that include mileage. 55% 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 miles14
20k to 40k miles14
40k to 60k miles20
60k to 80k miles11
80k to 100k miles14
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles7
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 87 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 57,000 miles, and 55% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 8 fires, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

On fri may 11, 2012 8;30 am .I was driving my jeep liberty and notice a strong odor in the vehicle then I noticed a burning black smoke coming from my drivers side door control panel , as quickly as I could I pulled off the road into a parking lot , at that time my windows where malfunctioning and the vehicle was fully engulfed with black smoke turned vehicle off and took keys out of ignition climb over to passenger side door to exit vehicle and got two children out from the back of the vehicle .

Reported at 10,200 miles, May 2012 Fire

2nd occurrence., lift gate light came on the instrument panel app 4 days ago, made sure door was closed. Light remain on. Then today, horn sounded while car was parked in my secured garage. I have contacted the dealership. They require a fee to put on dianostic machine. Then $200 for a lift gate sensor which they claim may not remedy the issue plus labor! I don't have money to waste on maybe's.

Reported at 51,349 miles, May 2017

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