2003 Jeep Liberty Sport 4x4 3.7 liter

Summary:

Trustworthy, reliable, comfortable and roomy

Faults:

I have always experienced a problem with skidding or lack of wheels moving and turning on wet roads. I'm probably not explaining it accurately, but the truck sticks like I was riding on ice and the wheels spin. The tires are stock for the model. I was told that the torque power is too much and that's why the wheels spin when I'm trying to step on it.

Another thing that just occurred the other day. I was on the NJ Turnpike with cruise control set for 65 mph. I hit a traffic snag so I cancelled the cruise control only to see the speedometer moving up and down and the car was standing still! This kept up for at least 30 miles until I safely returned home. Also, the odometer and trip odometer stopped working! The cruise control did not operate either, not that I was going to use it.

The next day, the truck operated correctly; however, I have noticed that the speedometer is slightly off. I've seen the recommendation from a previous poster regarding checking the computer codes and I will do that to see if the computer registered any difficulties in operation.

I do love the handling of the Jeep in snow and of course on different terrain. However, using this truck in normal driving conditions gives the worst gas mileage of any vehicle I've owned. I get 13 mpg doing around town driving and if I'm lucky, 16 mpg on the highway. I can't quite figure that out as it is a 6 cylinder 3.7 liter engine. Any thoughts from posters out there would be welcome.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 13th March, 2006

21st Jun 2007, 08:49

It's the same with mine. I am lucky to get better than 16.5 MPG with mostly highway driving. Even the guys in the service area at the dealer made a joke about it when I was there, "We all know how fuel efficient those Liberty's are".

2003 Jeep Liberty sport 3.7

Summary:

I'd buy another one

Faults:

The rear differential had to be replaced at about 70,000 km.

General Comments:

I love my Liberty. But honestly, should the rear end have gone so early? I've put over 100,000km on it in about 27 months and love it. Sadly, while driving on glare ice (hey, I didn't know it was ice), I recently put it in the ditch. A trip to the body shop and a new rear axle has made it as good as new. The back seat is kind of small and only two hockey bags can fit in the rear, but a Tulle or other pod can fix that. It's a good little SUV at a reasonable price.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 4th February, 2006

2003 Jeep Liberty Limited Edition 3.7

Summary:

Nice vehicle to drive

Faults:

The rear brakes had to be replaced due to moaning noise when cold.

General Comments:

Great power, handles nice, but the glove box is too small and the gas mileage is poor.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 21st January, 2006

2003 Jeep Liberty SPORT 4 X 2 4 Cylinder

Summary:

Will end up trading this vehicle in. Would not suggest buying the 4 cylinder model as it is crap

Faults:

28,000 miles spark plug #1 fouled. Backfiring/engine not firing properly. Dealer replaced spark plug #1.

28,050 miles Engine backfiring, IDIOT light not on, Dealer will not fix.

28,100 miles Engine backfiring, all plugs and wires replaced by dealer.

38,000 miles Engine backfiring, spark plug #1 fouled, replaced spark plug and wire.

Engine still not running properly.

General Comments:

This is a known issue which they have a service bulletin on. The dealership wanted me to hold out until I reached 30,000 miles so I would have to pony up my own money to fix a known issue with the vehicle. Contacted Chrysler they wanted me to have an engine diagnostic done and dealer refused.

Not happy with the treatment of me personally and with the issue. I would be happy if they could fix the issue completely.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know

Review Date: 2nd January, 2006

3rd May 2006, 13:22

Jeep needs to get rid of thest cars and bring back the cherokee.