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Model years to avoid

Jeep Liberty

What it says about you

Opinion

Boxy, capable, and rougher than the crossovers it was priced against. That roughness was the appeal.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

8 model years on record, 4,599 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2006 (window). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • window 2006, 2007 peak 33.3% of that year's complaints
  • module 2011, 2012 peak 29.1% of that year's complaints
  • bag 2011, 2012 peak 28.8% of that year's complaints
  • door 2006, 2007 peak 28.6% of that year's complaints
  • ball 2005, 2006 peak 18.4% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2012 2 recalls 385 complaints
  2. 2011 3 recalls 180 complaints
  3. 2010 2 recalls 195 complaints
  4. 2009 1 recall 108 complaints
  5. 2008 5 recalls 540 complaints
  6. 2007 7 recalls 703 complaints
  7. 2006 window 1,370 complaints
  8. 2005 8 recalls 1,118 complaints

What does a Jeep Liberty say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.