From the first day we took it home, there was a pull to the right. sometimes harder than others. The dealer did an aligment to correct the problem, but it still persists today. Have taken it back three times and am taking it back again.
Other than the pulling to the right, the Liberty is a great vehicle. Nice ride, comfortable, easy to get around in.
As for the pulling, have them check the lower ball joint. There is a recall going out on the 02-03 Liberty's. It shouldn't affect you, but it sounds like they might have accidentally put a bad one in yours.
Jeep On!
I had the same problem with my Jeep Liberty. I solved this by relocating the Battery. There is more space and less heat for the Battery problem if you relocate the Battery to underneath the Air Filter Box. I hope this helps.
They didn't mention anything about a battery heat problem. And I my self have never herd of that sort of thing in the Libertys. I wrote the first comment on this review.
I also own a jeep liberty 04 limited. Had the same problem with pulling to the right. After three times in there shop, they checked out everything and found the uni frame to be misaligned, fron the factory. Chrysler is going to replace the vehicle. We drove several other new ones, two out of four had the same problem. Two were great. Good luck.
Wow my 02 liberty pulls to the right also... Is this a major design flaw??? I think I'll take it to the dealer and see what they say...
No, it is not a major design flaw. I am the writer of the 1sr comment, and if you read it I said, "There is a recall that is going out on the 02-03 Liberty's for Lower Ball Joint replacement." Infact, this recall is now out and Chrysler is contacting those affected by this problem.
Interesting...I have a 2003 Liberty and while I notice a slight pull to the right, I have never made a deal out of it... but I have not been contacted on a recall yet, although I continue to get recall notices for my 2001 Grand Cherokee I traded in!
My fault, I should have been more specific with the actual Liberty's affected. It's all the 02's and the 03's that were made up untill March I believe. I can't remember the month off the top of my head. All the 02's will get a new heat shield (the problem) and an inspection to see if a new ball joint is necessary. The 03's will get an inspection to see if either of the 2 need replacing. Hope this helps. If you need more info on it, go to yahoo. com and type in Jeep Liberty Recall in the search engine. Its one of the first few links. Mine will pull to the right sometimes also, but I am convinced it is the road and not the ball joint b/c it only does this on occasion. Mine was made in May (according to the label on the side of my door). There is also a rumor of a recall going out about the brake squeeling for those of you (including myself) who have this annoyance. Not much of a problem, just annoying. There is a nice discussion between comments on another Liberty review on this site. It's under one of the people who said they'd never buy a Jeep again because of some lame reason (gas milage or something like that).
Thought I would pass along this gem of a web site. It is called L.O.S.T. (Liberty Owners Special Team). It is a website specific to Liberty's and you can find a lot of great information from the various people that are members of it. The address is:
http://p087.ezboard.com/bkjjeep.
If you haven't checked it out... please do. you won't be sorry!
I also have a 2004 Jeep Liberty. I have only driven it on the highway a few times. I thought it was just a very windy day! Glad to know other people also felt the Jeep pulling to one side.
I have an '02 Liberty Sport, and since I can remember it has pulled to the right. I thought it was my aggressive driving always pulling it out of alignment so I joined the Firestone lifetime alignment program (one time payment, about $70). I am going for my recall service this week so I will see if it makes a difference!!
Also my check engine light just came on yesterday, I think it the emissions. Any comments on that?? But overall it has been a great car.
I have a problem with the check engine light coming on. Anyone else? This is the second time in three months that I've had to have hoses replaced. It's a 2002 Liberty Sport. I think this is excessive.
It seems that in North America while your vehicles are pulling to the right, down here in Australia mine was pulling to the left!
If you let go of the steering wheel it is normal for a vehicle to want to pull into the kerb given the camber of the road. My Jeep (still called a Cherokee here and not Liberty) was probably doing it a bit much and it was getting annoying so I brought it back to the dealer. They corrected it no problem. However the first person I spoke to attempted to tell me that wheel alignment issues were not covered. A call to the Chrysler state manager here in Sydney sorted out that small irritation.
Dealer problems must be universal...
I have a 2004 Jeep Liberty and two weeks ago when the temperature was 10 degrees with a wind chill of minus 20 degrees. After driving through snow and then parking the vehicle for several hours, I used it again and only to find out that the brakes were frozen and would not apply.
I found out after hitting the garage. Dealer put vehicle in garage and after an hour of warming up, the brakes worked.
Any one have a problem with brakes freezing?
I have a 2004 Liberty Limited. A couple of week ago, I was traveling on a rural road, following another vehicle. When I started to go around a right curve in the road, the car would not steer to the right. As I crossed the left lane, I saw a Dodge Ram pick up headed at me, so I tried to steer to the left, but the car wouldn't turn to the left either. The pick up ended up hitting my jeep at the rear axle, and I continued into the ditch. My jeeps rolled onto the driver's side, and then back up onto the wheels. My jeep sustained extensive damage, but the air bags never deployed. The driveline is missing, and we have yet to be able to determine why the car wouldn't steer. I'm looking for anybody that may have had a similar incident regarding the steering of the 04 Liberty.