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vehicle
2005 / jeep / liberty
known issues
4 clusters (reviewed 2026-09-20)
complaints
1,118 on file (2005-03-06 → 2026-03-22)
recalls
0
investigations
0
fars
174 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
Front suspension ball joint separationSUSPENSION47 complaints2015-08 → 2025-10jeep-liberty-2005-front-ball-joint-separation
11694634 The ball joint broke while I was driving I lost all control of vehicle
11667307 I was driving on a bridge and my ball joint broke. Blew a hole through my tire and my rim and the fender flare blew off. I had had that same ball joint replaced approximately two years prior maybe sooner
11561064 The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated while driving approximately 70 MPH, the vehicle swerved to the left across three lanes of traffic and the contact turned the steering wheel to the right to prevent the vehicle from veering to the left
Rear lower control arm fracture from corrosionSUSPENSION16 complaints2015-08 → 2020-06jeep-liberty-2005-rear-control-arm-fracture
10968292 REAR CONTROL ARMS RUSTED AND ONE BROKE COMPLETELY IN TWO SENDING ME INTO THE ONCOMING LANE. LUCKILY I WAS ON A CITY STREET WITH A LOW MPH AND I WAS TRAVELING STRAIGHT WHEN IT BROKE
11005843 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE TURNING INTO A DRIVEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH, THE REAR CONTROL ARM FRACTURED IN TWO WITHOUT WARNING
10822536 RECALL OF CONTROL ARMS: PURCHASED IN NOVEMBER 2015. 1/22/16 IN THE EVENING, MY 16 YEAR OLD SON HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS COMING INTO TOWN (AT 25 MPH THANKFULLY), FELT A JERK AND HEARD A NOISE
Driver seat belt unlatching while drivingSEAT BELTS10 complaints2016-07 → 2020-02jeep-liberty-2005-driver-seat-belt-unlatching
11308855 DRIVER'S SEAT BELT COMES UNBUCKLED FOR NO REASON. THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DISENGAGES PERIODICALLY. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO PATTERN TO THE OCCURRENCES . IT HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY
11222860 THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT COMES UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. IT HAS BECOME UNLATCHED AT STOP SIGNS AND RED LIGHTS. IT DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF THE CAR IS IN MOTION OR NOT, THE SEATBELT COMES UNLATCHED
10917349 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED INDEPENDENTLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT
Fuel tank overflow during refuelingFUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM20 complaints2015-08 → 2020-02jeep-liberty-2005-fuel-tank-overflow
11311233 EVERY TIME I GET GAS, THE LIBERTY CANNOT TELL WHEN TO STOP THE PUMP FROM PUMPING GAS. GAS ENDS UP OVERFLOWING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE CAR, ON THE GROUND AND EVEN SOMETIMES ON ME. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION
10859909 EVERY TIME THE GAS TANK IS FILLED, GASOLINE OVERFLOWS BEFORE THE AUTOMATIC FUELING NOZZLE SHUTOFF ACTIVATES. FUEL RUNS DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND ONTO THE GROUND
10780699 THE CAR DOES NOT SHUT OFF FUELING WHEN THE GAS TANK IS FULL, CAUSING A LARGE AMOUNT OF GAS TO SPEW OUT OF THE CAR WHEN FILLING GAS EVERY TIME. CAUSES GASOLINE TO GO EVERYWHERE, IS A FIRE HAZARD
FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 2005 Jeep Liberty vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2005/jeep/liberty
@misc{wrenchpro_2005_jeep_liberty_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2005 Jeep Liberty},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2005/jeep/liberty}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
