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2012 Jeep Liberty seats problems

Owners reported seats problems in 16 complaints for the 2012 Jeep Liberty, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
16 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
48,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When seats problems show up

Seats complaints by mileage, 2012 Jeep Liberty Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 48,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 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: 48,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 64% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 11 seats complaints that report mileage, the median is about 48,000 miles, and 64% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 jeep liberty. While parked, the contact noticed a large metal pole had torn through the material of the left side of the front driver's seat. The contact also sustained a cut to his left leg. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a report was filed. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 11,423. Updated 09/06/12

Reported at 11,423 miles, August 2012 Injury

My engine and the entire electrical stop while driving, every system stopped while driving in the middle of the road. This vehicle has had many issues from defective drivers seats, oil leaks, windows not working, seat belt malfunctions, recalls, head rest issues, leaks from who know where the dealer had it time and time again misdiagnosed it several times, it was in the jeep dealer and did not even make it out of the parking lot went it stopped again.

Reported at 56,899 miles, February 2021 Injury

Other problems reported for the 2012 Jeep Liberty

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