2004 Jeep Liberty Limited from Puerto Rico - Comments

I have a 2005 Liberty with the same problem, rod knock, sitting in the driveway getting ready to be towed to dealer. It has 116,000 miles and I didn't change the oil every 3000 miles more like 60,000 miles. I started having the problem after I took it in for a oil change and then drove it for 3000 miles.

My 2003 Jeep Liberty has 85,000 miles and stopped on the exit ramp of a freeway. With no warning lights, the water pump stopped working and therefore I now need a new engine. We bought it used from the dealer at 30,000 miles, and have had nothing but problems with it!

I am so disappointed. My 2003 Jeep Liberty Sport with 60,000 miles overheated and apparently needs a new engine. So many similar stories... no engine light, no warning... and I had just gotten complete tuneup and oil change 2 weeks prior. These cars are supposed to last a couple hundred miles. What is going on here? I agree with the class action... something is not right here.

Add me to the list. A class-action suit is definitely in order.

My 2003 Liberty sits idle at the mechanic's shop and now I need to decide: spend $3000 for a replacement engine, or take $1460 to scrap it?

At least I got over 170,000 miles out of it, which is apparently a lot for one of these vehicles.

My 1973 Dodge Dart? Simple. Affordable. Built to last. Easy to repair (if I ever needed to). My 2003 Liberty, supposedly possessing 30 years of automotive advances? An overly-complicated, hard-to-fix piece of crap.

Nissan, you're be getting a returning customer. I got over 300,000 miles from my last Sentra (1 clutch, 1 heat shield replaced during 300,000+ miles).

I'm undecided about how to feel about my 2002 Jeep Liberty Limited. I have recently invested nearly $900.00 in it to replace fuel rail and starter. Now I've been told I may need a new head after white smoke comes from under my hood and out of my exhaust. Another $$$$$ pricey job to keep my Liberty running acceptable.

It has only 115,000 miles on it ~ I think it should run better!

Glad I found this, I almost picked up a used Liberty today! Looks like Jeeps aren't built like they were in the late 80s and early 90s. I've seen many of them with over 300,000 miles on them.

My wife drives a 2002 Jeep Liberty Limited, and really loves her car. It is the perfect size, and she loves the tough sturdy look of it. We purchased the car in 2004 from the local dealer used off of lease. This was our 3rd Jeep. We had been very happy with our 1991 Laredo with the 4.0 liter straight 6 and our 2002 Grand Cherokee with the 4.7 liter V8, and we felt confident with the Jeep brand.

The car had about 18000 miles on it when we purchased it, and ran good with regular maintenance every 3000 - 4500 miles with some minor repairs.

At about 80000 miles, the car started to rap and our local master mechanic tried to diagnose the lack of oil returning to one cylinder head, and finally decided that the engine needed to come out, and that replacing it with a used engine compared to a rebuild would be the least expensive answer.

He changed the motor with a 2004 low mileage replacement for about $4500 dollars, with more difficulty than he expected, and after some computer problems were solved, it is running fine with about 125000 miles on it, except that it is now losing 1 quart of oil every 700 miles or so.

We have given up trying to salvage this vehicle, and are trading it in on a 2011 Grand Cherokee with the new V6.

I am hoping that Chrysler/Jeep has stepped up to the plate, and the new technology is an improvement.

We still have the 2002 Grand Cherokee with 85000 miles, and I noticed that it was 1/2 quart low on 3000 mile regular maintenance interval, and I am a little concerned, as this engine is really the 3.7 V6 with 2 more cylinders.

I drag raced a Dodge 426 max wedge back in 1963 when Chrysler was the pinnacle of automotive engineering, and I hope they can find that level of excellence again. I am betting about $40000 on them.

I also have a 2004 Jeep Liberty and have the same problem as far as the engine or specially the oil pump. It has a loud banging noise in the engine area.

I'm still making payments. I need a car, can't afford to fix it... Can the dealer help?

My wife has a 2003 Liberty that died on an exit ramp and almost killed her. Same thing; broken valve spring, valve ate a piston for dinner, we really have to get a class action suit going, Chrysler really should be held responsible for this, not the people who bought their vehicles in good faith.

Have a 2004 Liberty 3.7L. Motor died via broken spring and subsequent chain reaction at 72,000 miles. This was in the summer of 2010. Now with 25,000 on the new heads and rebuild, the engine is about to do the same. Been faithful on changes, and the problem continues. Never buy a Liberty...

My 2002 Jeep Liberty just got towed after the engine light came on and the vehicle stalled out. Nice warning! Told that the second piston and cylinder are "coming apart"! Needs a new engine. WTF!! Nice garbage from Chrysler. Where's the class action lawsuit?