Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2005 Jeep Liberty submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 41 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 41, in the owner's own words
WHILE TRYING TO AVOID A REAR END COLLISION AT 30MPH STEERING AND BREAK PEDAL GOT HARD CAUSING ROLLOVER WHERE THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY NOT DID THE SEATBELT RESTRAIN
AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON SINCE I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE. I'M WORRIED THE AIRBAG WILL GO OFF WHILE DRIVING OR WHILE STABLE AND CAUSE INJURY
ALL THE LIGHTS STAY ON AND WONT GO OUT THE WINDOW WILL NOT GO DOWN OR UP
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BECAME UNLATCHED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. WHEN THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF, AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 275,768.
AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON. IT WILL NOT GO OUT. I DID THE SELF DIAGNOSIS TEST WITH THE IGNITION BUT IT SAID WAS DONE AND DID NOT FLASH ANY CODES.
AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UNPON FRONT IMPACT. WE WAS DRIVING AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE
VEHICLE SPUN OUT ON SNOWY ROAD AND SLID OFF THE ROAD AT A ~120 ANGLE TO DIRECTION OF TRAVEL (LEFT ROAD FACING RIGHT AND BACKWARDS) AT AROUND 45MPH. STRUCK A SIGNPOST IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR, THEN ROLLED OVER ONCE DOWN A ~30 EMBANKMENT TO LAND BACK ON WHEELS. SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUFFERED FRACTURED CLAVICLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO THE DRIVEWAY, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE TURNED 360 DEGREES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RESTRAIN. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CHEST INJURY, AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED AN EYE AND TOOTH INJURY. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WINDOW WOULD OPEN INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE AN ABNORMAL NOISE FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
MY AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. I HAVE NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS WHERE THIS SHOULD OCCUR. I NOTICED THEY ARE FIXING OTHER YEARS FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT IT SEEMS MY YEAR SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
ON 6/5/2015, WHILE ON THE FREEWAY, THE DASHBOARD WENT CRAZY. ENGINE AND AIRBAG LIGHTS FLASHED, FUEL, TEMPERATURE, AND SPEED GAUGES WENT DEAD (ZERO), AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED. I DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE ELK GROVE DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND WHAT WAS WRONG. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THE COMPUTER MEMORY DID NOT SHOWED THEM ANYTHING. THEY PERFORMED THE 120K SERVICE INSTEAD. ON 6/18/2015, WHILE DRIVING AT 15MPH IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME, I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOOK A VIDEO OF THE DASHBOARD, AND AGAIN DROVE TO THE ELK GROVE DEALERSHIP. AS OF TODAY, THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE/FIND WHAT IS WRONG. THEY KNOW IS A CONTROL MODULE, BUT DO NOT KNOW WHICH ONE. SINCE OTHER JEEP MODELS EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO RECALL, I WANT TO KNOW WHY NOT FOR THE 2005 MODEL. I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF DRIVERS AROUND ME SHOULD THIS CONTROL MODULE KILLS THE ENGINE WHILE I AM ON THE FREEWAY. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION WHILE THE CAR IS HELD HOSTAGE FOR OBSERVATION. THIS MODULE HAS A FACTORY OR DESIGN DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BY JEEP!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE) AND 12V527000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TWO VEHICLES TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON A HIGHWAY WITH A SPEED LIMIT POSTING OF 50MPH. WE WERE HIT ON THE PASS. SIDE FRONT FENDER, SENDING US HEAD-ON INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER, SENDING US AIR BORN AND SPUN AROUND, COMING DOWNWARD, LANDING NOSE FIRST BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY, STRIKING THE OTHER VEHICLE UPON LANDING, AND SLID ANOTHER 100 YARDS INTO THE RIGHT SIDE EMERGENCY LANE OF THE HIGHWAY. PASS. WAS CUT OUT OF THE VEHICLE BY EMS. BOTH OCCUPANTS TAKEN TO HOSP. ONE OF THE SEVERAL INJURIES WAS A LACERATION TO THE NECK OF THE PASS. FROM THE SEATBELT, LEAVING A PERMANENT SCAR. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED! PASS. ALSO RECEIVED CERVICAL AND LUMBAR INJURIES AND BRUISED LEFT KNEE. DRIVER RECEIVED RIGHT & LEFT SHOULDER, RIGHT UPPER & LOWER QUADRANT, AND NECK TRAUMA. BOTH OCCUPANTS ARE HAVING CONTINUOUS HEADACHES TO DATE. BOTH OCCUPANTS HAVE BEEN FIRE & RESCUE FOR OVER 35 YEARS EACH, THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE GONE OFF! *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT SPORADICALLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.
A CAR GOT HIT BY A SEMI AND SPUN AROUND ON THE INTERSTATE AND HEADING STRAIGHT TOWARD ME, I STOPPED BUT STILL GOT HIT IN THE FRONT END ON THE DRIVERS SIDE (AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY) THEN I WAS HIT BY A SEMI ON THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE. HAD SIT BELT ON BUT STILL GOT JERKED AROUND AND INJURED MY NECK & BACK, MY RIGHT ARM HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND SUSTAINED AN INJURY AS WELL (STILL GOING TO DOCTOR FOR ARM AND CHIROPRACTOR FOR NECK AND BACK). MY JEEP WAS TOTALED. *TR
I NEED TO REPORT THAT [XXX] WAS IN AN ACCIDENT TODAY IN THE 05 JEEP LIBERTY. LOCATION WAS EAST BOUND SERVICE ROAD AT GREATSOUTH WEST HWY AND INTERSTATE 20 GRAND PRAIRIE TEXAS, ON AUGUST 17, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00PM. SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER ONTO I-20 AND DUE TO THE RAIN LOST CONTROL AND CAUSING HER TO TRAVEL OFF THE ROAD AND STRIKE INTO A COVERT DRAIN( DUE TO HYDRO PLAINING.AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY) . LOCATION WAS EAST BOUND SERVICE ROAD AT GREAT SOUTH WEST HWY AND INTERSTATE 20 GRAND PRAIRIE TEXAS, SHE WAS TAKE BY AMBULANCE (GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE AND RESCUE) TO MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL AT 3301 MEDLOCK ARLINGTON, TEXAS. SHE RECEIVED X-RAYS, CAT SCAN, AND SUTURES IN THE FACIAL AREA DISCHARGED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FROM THE SCENE. ING SHE WAS TAKE BY AMBULANCE (GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE AND RESCUE) TO MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL AT 3301 MEDLOCK ARLINGTON, TEXAS. SHE RECEIVED X-RAYS, CAT SCAN, AND SUTURES IN THE FACIAL AREA DISCHARGED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FROM THE SCENE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
DRIVING ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR CAR STOPPED IN FRONT .I APPLIED BRAKE MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT SOME ICE NOT SURE CAR SPEED UP INSTEAD .SEEING I WASN'T GOING TO STOP IN TIME VEERED OFF TO RIGHT TO MISS CAR HIT A POLE AND LANDED IN A DITCH BUT MY AIRBAGS ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH A LIGHT POLE AND SMALL TREE. DRIVER WAS FORCED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID A HEAD ON CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. TWO OF THE FRONT BUMPER SENSORS WERE HIT, BUT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVE HIT THE STEERING COLUMN THAT HAD BROKEN OFF WITH HER STERNUM, AND THE PASSENGER HIT THE WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS A QUESTION INVOLVING THE SEAT BELTS NOT HOLDING EITHER OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN PLACE. THE 2005 JEEP HAD SEVERAL RECALLS, AND MANY SHOP BULLETINS OF PART FAILURES ON FILE THOUGH THIS ONE WAS CHECKED BY THE DEALER AND CERTIFIED AS OK...UPDATED 09-18-13 *BF UPDATED *JB
AIR BAG LIGHT AND SEAT BELT LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF EVEN THOUGH THE SEATBELTS ARE FASTENED. ALL FUSES OK. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO MERGE INTO THE INTERSTATE AND CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED. BOTH VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S FACE WAS THROWN INTO THE STEERING WHEEL, THEN THE WINDSHIELD, KNOCKING OUT THREE OF HER FRONT TEETH. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN THREE CRASHES AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE HEAD, MOUTH, AND CLAVICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.
THIS EVENING, I HAD A COLLISION WITH A CAR THAT WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY, BUT PULLED OUT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES, BUT T-BONED THE OTHER VEHICLE. I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. HER VEHICLE SUSTAINED MOST OF THE DAMAGE, AND I WAS ACTUALLY VERY IMPRESSED THAT MY LIBERTY DID NOT SUSTAIN AS MUCH DAMAGE AS I HAD EXPECTED. I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT, BUT TO MY SURPRISE, MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MY CHEST HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DESPITE HITTING A VEHICLE THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY NOT EVEN MOVING. I LOVE MY JEEP, BUT HOW DO I KNOW THAT MY AIR BAG EVEN WORKS? LUCKILY I MADE IT THROUGH THIS ACCIDENT WITHOUT SEVERE INJURIES, BUT MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY NEXT TIME. *TR
THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON (MEANING THE AIRBAG IS OFF) WHEN THERE IS NO WEIGHT ON THE SEAT. THIS IS CONCERNING BECAUSE WHEN AN ADULT SEATS IN THE SEAT, THE LIGHT WILL TURN OFF BUT WILL THE AIRBAG BE TURNED ON? THE SEAT IS SUPPOSED TO DETECT A CHILD AND TURN OFF THE AIRBAG. HOWEVER, IT IS JUST TURNING OFF. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND COLLIDED WITH A TELEPHONE POLE WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AS A RESULT. THE CONTACT COULD NOT REMEMBER IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 80,000.
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