Faults:

Transfer gearbox rebuild required at 8000.

Front suspension rebuild at 8000.

Radio etc. at 10,000.

Rear discs at 9000.

Front pads at 11000.

Electric mirrors at 15000 + 22000.

All four discs (again) at 28000.

General Comments:

Nice car to drive, with low wind noise at motorway/freeway speeds.

Good 'not quite sure where it fits' brand image which means you can take it anywhere or use for anything.

Dreadfully engineered and great evidence that the Americans didn't make it to the moon. I can't believe the number of major things that have gone wrong - I've even bought a folding bicycle to make it easy to get it to and from the dealer.

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.

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.