2004 Jeep Liberty Engine Problems

My jeep liberty's check engine light has come on I've done every thing my obd2 scanner has said is wrong but this piece of [XXX] will not come outta limp mode so there for the rpms will not go over 2500 rpms and id like to know [XXX] is causing it to do that I've seen videos on YouTube that says it Bent valves and I need to replace with an upgraded version but I just bought this [XXX] thing and only have it maybe 2 months before it started doing this [XXX] and just paid God [XXX] $3,500 for this [XXX] God [XXX] piece of [XXX]some one please help before I put a rag in the gas tank and light that [XXX] on fire I'm [XXX] sick and tired of always getting the [XXX] end of the stick when it comes to me getting vehicles. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

NHTSA ID

11509041

Incident

Nov 14, 2022

The contact owns a 2004 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that the vehicle intermittently lost motive power with the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact also stated that an abnormal noise would emit from the suspension. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and she was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 145,000.

NHTSA ID

11455039

Incident

Mar 1, 2021

Mileage

145,000 mi

THIS CAR HAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE THAT NO-ONE CAN FIGURE IT OUT. IT KEEPS GIVING US ALL THESE ERROR CODES: P0430, P2305, P2311, P2317 AND P0430. WE HAD REPLACED ALL THE SPARKPLUGS, THE ELECTRIC COILS, BATTERY, STARTER, THE COMPUTER (PCM), IGNITION SWITCH, THE 02 SENSOR AND STILL THE CAR WILL NOT STAY ON AND SHAKES WHILE IS RUNNING.

NHTSA ID

11375132

Incident

Sep 8, 2020

Mileage

10 mi

ABOUT A MONTH AGO I WAS COMING UP THE MOUNTAIN AND IT WAS HARD TO STERE AND IT MADE ME HIT A GARD RAIL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN ABOUT A WEEK AGO I WAS GOING TO TOWN AND I STOPPED AT THE STORE TO GET GAS AND TURN IT OFF AND IT WOULD NOT START BACK SO I DON'T NO WHAT IS WRONG

NHTSA ID

11372943

Incident

Sep 2, 2020

Mileage

235,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING WOULD RUN ROUGH, STALL OUT WHILE STOPPED, STEPPING ON GAS BOGS DOWN THE ENGINE MAKING THE VEHICLE NOT MOVE ON HIGHWAY, STREET DRIVING, TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. REPLACED ALL FUEL INJECTORS FUEL PUMP, CHARCOAL CANISTER, PLUGS AND COILS, STILL A PROBLEM TOOK TO GARAGE STATED A RECALL ON CYLINDER HEADS. *TR

NHTSA ID

11321283

Incident

Jan 1, 2020

Mileage

135,000 mi

FRONT SUSPENSION WENT OUT LOST ALL CONTROL OF VEHICLE

NHTSA ID

11317280

Incident

Mar 4, 2020

Mileage

160,000 mi

OIL PUMP WENT OUT AND OIL LIGHT IS ON AND STARTING TO MAKE NOISES IN THE TOP END.

NHTSA ID

11277157

Incident

Oct 20, 2019

Mileage

140,000 mi

JEEP WAS SHUT OFF AND IN PARK IN PARKING LOT WHEN FLAMES WERE SEEN COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPT. ARRIVED, THE FIRE HAD STARTED TO BREACH THE FIREWALL IN THE FRONT OF THE JEEP.

NHTSA ID

11244769

Incident

Aug 13, 2019

Mileage

140,000 mi

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. RUNNING ROUGH NOT IDLING CORRECTLY. THERE IS NO POWER ON ACCELERATION, VIBRATES AND SMOKES. I TOOK IT TO TIRES PLUS 1ST TIME, COST ME $800 FOR DIAGNOSIS, COMPRESSION TESTS AND REPAIRS THEY SAY NEEDED TO BE DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ABOUT A MONTH LATER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. TOOK JEEP BACK AND WAS TOLD THIS TIME THAT THE VALUE(S) ARE NOT SEATING. TOLD TO TAKE IT TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER DUE TO A SAFETY ISSUE. I RESEARCHED ON WEBSITES AND FOUND THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE FOR 2004 - 2011 JEEP LIBERTY AS WELL AS DODGES. WHY HAVE THEY NOT ISSUED A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS? THE ROCKER ARMS ARE POPPING OUT AND CAUSING HAVOC IN THE ENGINE. DEALER SAYS NO RECALL. CHRYSLER YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WHY NOT FIX IT!! THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE!!

NHTSA ID

11209706

Incident

Nov 24, 2018

Mileage

178,432 mi

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, ROUGH IDLE, NO POWER ON ACCELERATION, VIBRATES, BURNS GAS, SMOKES.. HAD A COMPRESSION TEST DONE AND AT THE 3RD CYLINDER HAS A COMPRESSION OF 65.. DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS AFTER WASTING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AND IT NEEDS NEW VALVES AND ROCKER ARM. UPON DOING RESEARCH I FOUND PUT THAT JEEPS FROM THE YEAR 2001 ON UP TO 2012 ARE KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM! WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED? THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE NOT TO MENTION VERY COSTLY!!

NHTSA ID

11192801

Incident

Oct 3, 2018

Mileage

135,762 mi

AT INTERSTATE SPEED THE JEEP ACCELERATES UNEXPECTEDLY AS IF THE THROTTLE IS PRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. ACCELERATES TO 80 MILES PER HOUR ALMOST INSTANTLY.

NHTSA ID

10959702

Incident

Mar 8, 2017

Mileage

105,000 mi

IMPORTANT THIS IS TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH TO ENGLISH IN GOOGLE TRANSLATOR. MY REASON FOR MY COMPLAINT IS, TO HELP ME WITH THE PROBLEM I HAVE, REALLY DO NOT KNOW IF THIS MERCHANT EXISTS OR IS SOMETHING GHOST. I HAVE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SELLER AND WITH THE LOCAL DEALER BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NO ANSWER, AS THE PLACE IS FAR TO GO, I HAVE NOT YET HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE LOCAL. FOR THIS REASON I THINK I AM A VICTIM OF FRAUD. I HAVE ALSO TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM USING BARIOS PHONE NUMBER, BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT ANSWER. SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 2016 I WAS CLEANING THE SUV WHEN I REALIZE THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT LACKS A TURNILLO AND SAFETY BELTS OF DEFECTS ARE REMOVED. I QUICKLY CALL THE SELLER BUT NOT ANSWERED. THAT SAME DAY I INFORMED MY MECHANIC AVIA COME TO MY HOUSE, TOLD MY SUV HAS A WATER LEAK AND BURNED IN THE MUFFLER, WHEN MY CHECK MECHANIC TELLS ME IS NOT WATER IS OIL, AGAIN I CONTACT THE SELLER AND I SENT HIM A TEXT MESSAGE AND DOES NOT ANSWER ME, MY MECHANIC INFORMS ME, THE TRADER CAN NOT SELL TIRE TRUCK WITH BAD QUALITY, MY SUV THE TIRE ARE WORN, NOT REALLY SAP THAT INFORMATION. UNTIL TODAY I CALL AND LEAVE A TEXT MESSAGE TO THE SELLER BUT HE DOES NOT ANSWER WHEN I CALL THE MERCHANT I END THE CALL. FOR THIS REASON I THINK I AM A VICTIM OF FRAUD. PLEASE ASK FOR HELP BECAUSE NOW I HAVE NO CAR AND NOT THINK IT'S SURE I USE THE SUV IN THESE CONDITIONS, ANOTHER THING I WANT TO ADD ON THE WATER LEAK, THE REALITY IS THAT THE RADIATOR IS BROKEN, THE SELLER LIED TO ME DECEIVED ME, THE ME I SWINDLED. THAT DAY WHEN I GOT HOME IT WAS NIGHT, I WHEN I GET HOME CHECK THE PART OF THE FRONT OF THE SUV, THE PART WHERE THE ENGINE IS, THE WATER RESERVOIR HAD NO WATER, FOR ME THAT WAS STRANGE AND CONTACT THE SELLER, I TOLD THE SALESMAN THAT THE WATER RESERVOIR HAD NO WATER, THE SELLER TOLD ME THAT WAS NORMAL.

NHTSA ID

10919872

Incident

Oct 21, 2016

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2015, I WAS ON MY WAY TO A WORKSHOP FOR MY JOB ON ROUTE 73 IN BERLIN, NEW JERSEY. I HAD STOPPED AT A LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I PROCEEDED TO GO. THE CAR STALLED OUT ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD BLINKED ON AND OFF AND THE CAR SHUT COMPLETELY OFF. THEN WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SO AS I WAS SITTING CONTEMPLATING WHAT TO DO NEXT. I LOOKED UP AND THE DRIVER IN THE CAR NEXT TO ME STARTED YELLING THAT THERE WAS FIRE UNDERNEATH THE CAR. I IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE CAR AND CROSSED THE STREET ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. WHEN I REACHED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. PITCH BLACK SMOKE ALONG WITH RED FLAMES BILLOWED OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. AFIRE RESCUE TRUCK ARRIVE AND IMMEDIATELY USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO DOUSE THE FIRE. THEN, THE FIRE TRUCKS AND POLICE CAME TO FOLLOW UP. THE FIREMAN LIFT THE HOOD UP AND ALLOWED ME TO VIEW THE DAMAGE. THE BATTERY ALONG WITH OTHER ITEMS ON THE ENGINE WAS MELTED LIKE CANDLE WAX. THE CAR WAS TOWED AWAY, HOWEVER AS THE CAR WAS PLACED ON THE FLATBED OF THE TRUCK, MY TRUCK STARTED SMOKING AND FLAMES WERE SHOOTING FROM UNDER THE CAR. CAR HAS BEEN DECLARED TOTALED. THAT WAS A VERY SAD DAY FOR ME.

NHTSA ID

10760621

Incident

Aug 25, 2015

Mileage

173,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE REMEDY TO INSTALL A TRAILER HITCH WAS INADEQUATE AND WOULD NOT IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

NHTSA ID

10743695

Incident

Mar 17, 2014

Mileage

85,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, SMOKE AND SPARKS APPEARED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. UPDATED 09/10/15*LJ UPDATED 10/26/2017*CN

NHTSA ID

10726939

Incident

May 30, 2015

Mileage

95,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A WHITE CLOUDY SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND INTO THE INNER COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT NOTICED SPARKS AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS A FIRE ERUPTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS LATER NOTIFIED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE) YEARS AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. MA 10/25/15

NHTSA ID

10705434

Incident

May 10, 2013

Mileage

150,000 mi

THIS VEHICLE IS GIVING ME A BUNCH OF PROBLEM IN THE SUSPENSION, THE FIRST PROBLEM IS WITH THE FRONT WHEEL BALL JOINTS WHICH IS A RECALL, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS FIXED YEARS AGO BUT HOW CAN IT BE FIXED AND STILL DEFECTIVE? THEY ACCEPT THE CONDITION AND WERE WILLING TO REPAIR BUT ONLY THE LOWER BALL JOINTS BUT THEY SAID I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WHICH IS OVER $1000, I DID NOT DO IT AND THE CAR DRIVES VERY UNSAFE, THERE IS A HEAVY VIBRATION IN THE WHEEL WHEN DRIVING OVER 30 MILES, ALSO THE BACK TIRES GOT WORN OUT EVERY 2 MONTHS AND I HAVE TO CHANGE THEM AND THEY SAID WILL CALL ME WHEN THE PART FROM THE FUEL TANK WILL BE AVAILABLE TO CHANGE IT BUT HASN'T HAPPEN YET IN MORE THAN 5 MONTHS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10672404

Incident

Dec 2, 2014

Mileage

154,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAVING MAINTENANCE PERFORMED BY THE DEALER, THE TECHNICIAN NOTIFIED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRONT AND REAR CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINTS WERE CORRODED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE POWER STEERING AND GASKET VALVE COVERS HAD TO BE REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR A RECURRING FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,000.

NHTSA ID

10670302

Incident

Jan 3, 2015

Mileage

164,000 mi

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS INCLUDING TODAY, MY 2004 JEEP LIBERTY HAS FALLEN OUT OF GEAR. PREVIOUSLY I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DOING ABOUT 60 MPH AND THE CAR SWITCHED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN. TODAY THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT I WAS LEAVING WAWA TO GET COFFEE AND ON MY WAY TO WORK, AT THE RED LIGHT THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE, FOOT ON BRAKE AS ONE WOULD NORMALLY DO. WHEN THE LIGHT SWITCHED TO GREEN I LIGHTLY TAPPED THE ACCELERATOR/GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR SAT THERE FOR A MOMENT WITHOUT MOVING AGAIN AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. SO I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME THE CAR STARTED TO REVERSE, AS THE GEAR SHIFT CLEARLY SHOWED THAT I WAS AGAIN IN DRIVE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, THANK GOD BOTH TIMES THIS HAS OCCURRED THAT NO OTHER VEHICLE WAS BEHIND ME OR ELSE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE READ ONLINE NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER JEEP OWNERS I AM VERY DISSATISFIED THAT IT SEEMS THERE WAS NO RECALL WITH THIS ISSUE AS FAR AS MY RESEARCH SHOWS. I DO HOPE THAT SOME ONE SINCERELY TAKES THE TIME TO LOOK OVER THE DATA AND ANY OTHER OCCURRENCES OF THIS ISSUE. *TR UPDATED 3/17/16 *JS

NHTSA ID

10669448

Incident

Jan 1, 2015

Mileage

192,260 mi

CAR SMOKES AND SMOKE COMES INSIDE THE CAR. IT IS EXTREMELY NOTICEABLE WHEN IT IS SITTING STILL CAR FILLED UP WITH SMOKE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10662124

Incident

May 1, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL CAP WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA ID

10654332

Incident

Jan 14, 2013

DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SUSPENSION AND OIL PAN WERE EXCESSIVELY RUSTED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10641169

Incident

Jun 11, 2014

Mileage

40,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

NHTSA ID

10638609

Incident

Sep 22, 2014

Mileage

130,000 mi

AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING AND SHORTLY AFTER VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING GROUNDING NOISE. SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER/PLASTIC COMING FROM VEHICLE. A/C COMPRESSOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH ORIFICE TUBE. MECHANIC SAYS IT IS SURPRISING I EVEN MADE IT HOME. UPON RESEARCH, I FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10608030

Incident

Jul 1, 2014

Mileage

89,900 mi

THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE THAT CAUSES FIRE WHEN HIT FROM BEHIND. JEEP/CHRYSLER HAS APPROVED THIS RECALL, AND SENT LETTERS OUT FIVE MONTHS AGO. THEY STILL HAVE NOT MOVED FORWARD WITH FIXING ANY JEEPS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10588859

Incident

Jan 8, 2014