All in all, the 2012 Liberty actually excels off-road, but since 99% of drivers never take this thing off pavement, that becomes somewhat of a moot point. The Liberty suffers from the worst fuel economy in its class (16/22 MPG) and offers an uncomfortable ride with suspect braking ability.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 8
Injuries / Deaths:
4 / 0
Average Mileage:
102,685 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 2012 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that while driving about 60 mph, the vehicle slowed down and lost power. The brake, the air bag, seat belts, the heater core and some other unknown warning lights illuminated. The contact also stated that the radio did not work. The vehicle was taken to the ferrario auto team of sayre dealer (570-888-2367, located at 102 spring St, sayre, pa 18840) where the technician recommended a diagnostic test. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the diagnostic test should be covered. However, the dealer stated no. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 139,000.
The instrument cluster lights intermittently turn off, sometimes just a 1/4 of the RPM gauge, sometime both 1/4 of RPM and mph gauge, sometimes half of one, none of the other, sometimes 3/4 of both, sometimes all of mph and RPM gauge. It is totally random what will be illuminated and what won't be. Digital compass displays only dashes, no direction. Windows will roll down (power windows) but will not roll back up unless you turn off the Jeep and turn it back
After driving the vehicle to my destination and shutting it off. It will not restart when I go to drive it to the next location.this has happened numerous times. It has left me stranded a couple times. While driving the vehicle to a location the headlights seem to dim on their own. After having a mechanic look at it. I was told it was the tipm causing the issues.
Jeep will just die while driving down the road, engine shuts off, got to the side of the road safely, the second time was able to get into a parking lot all the lights came on wipers came on while in the off position, windows stopped working locks stopped working, fuel gauge said empty when its full if this happened on a highway could be life threatening as everything stops working power steering brakes
- Medford, NJ, USA
Search CarComplaints.com for these popular complaint phrases...
The tipm(total integrated power module) has sticking or defective relays, fails to properly work on factory installed trailer hitch, and now rear braking lights staying on, causing a dead battery. I had to pull a fuse to stop this. The tipm has had a long history of manufacturing defects in other Chrysler vehicles which were recalled, replaced by mfr. I recommend the same for this model.
My driver's side door to my 2012 Jeep Liberty caught fire. The door started to smoke once I started the ignition. I smelled a burning smell and then I notice smoke coming out of the driver side window seal. I pulled off to the side of the road, and turned off the ignition. I notice the smoke continued to worsen even though I turned off the ignition. The smoke became small flame quickly. I crawled to the passenger side of the car to exit. I called 911 the fire dept was dispatched to put out the fire. Once they got there they removed the battery cables from the battery under the hood sprayed the whole entire Jeep inside and out. Its was scary to know something I work so hard to have and pay for caught on fire like that. I can't believe that I was driving around in something that was a fire hazard and unsafe. Thank god I survived through something so dangerous. All of this took place on a city street. I wasn't able to recover much of my belongings because of all the water that was used by the fire department to put the fire out.
Car wouldnt start; when finally did, pulled out to road, couldnt get it to go past 35 mph, pressed gas pedal, even tachometer wouldnt go faster; couldnt get any getup and go; pulled to side of road, put in park, tapped accelerator few times, wouldnt accelerate; afraid to shutdown, so started out on road (45 mph speed), car wouldnt accelerate past 35, finally got home; shut off, wouldnt start again. Calling dealer. Looks like others have similar problem. Engine light came on, red light under it flashed then stayed on.
The contact owns a 2012 Jeep Liberty. While driving various speeds, the sky slider unintentionally opened. As a result, the vehicle had water damage, which caused electrical failure and various unknown warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to brown's Jeep Chrysler Dodge Ram (483 NY-112, East patchogue, NY 11772, (888) 615-2184) where the contact was informed that the parts for the failure were discontinued. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000.
All my lights are on in dash(check engine, tire pressure, traction control, ABS) when this happens my ac doesn't work...the gauages doesn't work. Test done by mechanic say communication failed...
My boyfriend was looking at my Jeep back in may/June of 2018 to try to see if he could fix the ac. He disconnected the battery so that he could work behind the dash without risk of getting shocked for any reason, as well as the wiring to the 4 wheel drive switch so it would be out of the way while he worked behind the dash. When he went to reconnect the battery and the wiring for the 4 wheel drive, the vehicle got stuck in 4 wheel drive. We tried for what seemed like hours to get it to pop back to 2 wheel drive but nothing worked. We slowly drove it the few miles to bluebonnet Jeep in new braunfels, tx to have them look at it and fix the ac too while they had it. They had my Jeep for 2 weeks and nothing got done to remedy either issue until we had to physically go in and see what was going on. When we got there they hadn't worked on the Jeep hardly at all. They never did a diagnostic to see what the problem was with the 4 wheel drive and then tried to replace my transmission. We had to load the Jeep up on a trailer and haul it to another shop. That shop took apart my entire Jeep and followed all of the wires back to see what was wrong. That's when they found that components were missing from my Jeep to make it an actual 4 wheel drive. They made it so I can drive it but trying to fix the 4 wheel completely will be costly. I have expressed my concerns to Chrysler Jeep and basically they are telling me that I am going to have to pay more money for something that bluebonnet Jeep should have done in the first place before they will consider any type of action. The shop that looked at it and did the diagnostic has detailed notes and diagrams but that apparently is not sufficient. I don't believe that I should have to fork out the money to have the diagnostic done when Jeep is at fault for it not being done in the first place.
Tipm issue. All dash lights come on. All gauges drop to zero except fuel gauge. Ac stops working. Car still runs and is drivable, but you can't see your speed limit. I feel this should be recalled as this could potentially be very dangerous. This can happen while stationary or driving. Issue seems to come and go, but problem sticks around more than not.
Well serviced vehicle with 88,000 miles. Driving on a residential street when smoke began coming out of climate vents. Noted engine temperature gauge at normal. Stopped the car and turned off. Fire noted under the hood near the windshield. Within minutes, the car became fully engulfed and burned completely before fire department could arrive.
All of the dashboard lights are on. Speedometer, odometer, gps, automatic door lock, remote start, cruise control, none of that works. Tire pressure warning lights are constantly flashing different pressures. Everything lights up upon starting and stays on while moving until it's turned off. This initially happened when I was driving on a highway, and my first reaction was that I didn't have any brakes. It was quite frightening. Subsequent to that the lights would go on and off intermittently, but after a few months they are now permanently on. The dashboard also makes a ping noise every minute or so. I purchased the car in 2017 and this had not been a problem until a few months ago. The known danger is in not knowing how fast I am going. The unknown danger is could the brakes at some point not work, or if I become involved in an accident will the air bags not deploy or will the engine at some point just stop running. I have been told it could be a faulty tipm. I also have a 2008 Jeep Liberty that does not have this problem, however it suffers from the same dashboard random ping noise.
When driving the odometer flashes between the mileage and the word "gate". when parked the word "gate" comes up and goes on and off. If the doors are locked the alarm goes on doesn't shut off until the alarm is turned off. When parked and doors are not locked the word "gate" comes up and goes on and off as well.
Since I bought my Jeep almost one month ago I've already had to replace the rear hatch actuator tonight ( 4 weeks after replacing it) my cat is giving me same error message that the rear gate is open and alarm goes off by itself. Panic button doesn't turn it off so apparently it's not the alarm disgaging. I go out to car open and close make sure it's properly sealed and horn goes off again. This is completely ridiculous. Am I going to drop $400 on my car once a month to be able to lock my car or have my dash lights in while I drive at night or is that to much to ask of Jeep?
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
- Lowman, NY, USA