2005 Jeep Liberty Review: A Great Compact Adventure Vehicle, a Terrible Grocery-Getter

Chris on September 25, 2023

Bought this car used with 89K on the ODO, 1 previous owner in late 2018. The only issue where is cost me real money was the trans crapped out at about 109K, but the radio still worked. It is now having issues at almost 180K. Burns oil like there is no tomorrow, instead of changing the oil, I just add 5 qts every couple of weeks. I had to replace the water pump 2x as the first one was a xxx (my bad, I bought a cheap one) then I replaced the radiator 2x as well, but its looking like

Jefferson Woolley on September 21, 2023

Seems to be a good deal and the mileage is good looking forward to test driving the Jeep the overall car is excellent by far

Liz on May 21, 2022

I love ❤ mine.. it is great to drive!! Some mechanics issues.. Overall it's Very reliable.. I'm interested in how 🤔 many miles, with good quality upkeep there's are..

MelissaW on June 6, 2021

I have had a 2005 Jeep Liberty Sport with the Renegade package for the last five years. I have already had to replace almost everything but the engine itself on this vehicle. Constant problems with the transmission going into limp mode make no sense when they know that the 42RLE transmission had numerous issues and was a piece of junk transmission to start with. Not acknowledging issues with the overheating of these 3.7 V6 junk engines is ridiculous. These engines are the worst then you could ever have in a jeep. I have owned two jeeps in my other Jeep had less problems than this one. First if you want me to review the interior it is absolutely terrible and uncomfortable. The seats are hard and stiff and do not move very much back and forth so if you're a tall person do not buy this car at all. If you're a short person then this car is for you. The fact that the lock button is on the side panel of the door and not the for the windows is absolutely the worst is on I have ever seen in a vehicle. Who puts the freaking when do operators in the middle panel of the car? Oh yeah Chrysler. Had to be some stupid person to think that up. It would only make sense to have everything like the windows and the door locks in one place on the door itself not anywhere else. It seems like it's a backwards system. There's no room for hardly anything in there. So if your mom this is not the car for you. As a single mom with only one child this car still is not big enough for both of us and groceries. That is how small the inside of this car is. The trunk is no better. I have including the trunk when I say the total inside of the car is completely small. Constant issues underneath the hood with the overheating I had to replace almost $2,000 worth of Parts alone this year under the hood of this piece of junk. Chrysler who makes Jeeps refuses to acknowledge the major issues with this vehicle. Including the overheating and the terrible transmission which goes into limp mode because they cannot put a quality product into a vehicle. Not to mention trying to work on your own Jeep to save some money really does nothing but agitate you because every screw bolt nut is a different size socket with no information about diagrams or anyting in the handbook for the Jeep itself. I have every original piece of paper with it. The door handles have had to be replaced due to faulty breaking of the very cheap plastic that they use on the inside to hold the door handles on. At this point I said forget it and just bolted them into the door so they don't come off anymore. If you want a piece of junk that you have to continually put all your money and then this is the vehicle for you. If you want a good vehicle don't buy the Liberty with the transmission that I mentioned as well as the 3.7 V6 piece of junk engine. The overheating problem I certainly fix that myself by removing original parts and left them off. I will not say what parts that I took off but it solved the overheating of the engine after $1,000 of replacing parts to figure out what it was. I replaced the gas cap because the code for the gas evap leak kept coming up and it still comes up despite taking it to the dealership and they said it was nothing wrong with it and so they reset it but it still comes up. So how is that not a problem? Many problems not addressed by Chrysler on these vehicles. Very poor mileage I would say I get probably 15 miles to the gallon is that. And no I do not drive fast and I do not Drive erratically either. As a single mom I have only one car and that's it and I try to take care of what I have. Yet Chrysler screwed me on this one. So no more Jeeps for me.

MommaP on February 14, 2021

This is a easy car to drive. Loved it for getting groceries. Slide sacks in ,. No bending over. Plenty of leg room front and back. Slipt back seats that will fold down for extra cargo space.

EK on September 18, 2020

Good reliable car for the money. Love how the back window opens to Haul stuff. Wife loved it. Good on gas mileage. Back seats go down for shopping.

LittleDee on March 14, 2020

This vehicle meets all my needs. It has served well for commuting and Casual use. Maintenance has been low. To date I have only had preventive maintenance done on it. No major repairs required. I love my Jeep Liberty. Is Carla friend yes yes okay

Mike B on January 29, 2020

Excellent, meets my needs. I live on side road that is often not plowed till the next day so it is a packed down mess with ruts. And my driveway is long, garage is 400 feet from road. With the factory tires the Jeep struggled a bit in wet slushy snow. I installed General Grabbers at the suggestion of a forest ranger who had them on his Jeep Cherokee. Now, It can push and claw through deep snow and mud with relative ease. With 230,000 miles it only had one problem. An undetected oil leak from the EGR ruined a hose that had to be replaced. That is the only problem in all that time.

Adean on October 27, 2019

The Jeep meet all of my needs and is very dependable. It has a lift kit, new radio/pandora stereo system. It has new ball bearings, spark plugs, Tire sensors, oil change and inspection. Jeep handles well in the sand or rough terrain and is equipt to handle bigger tires if wanted. The color is Teal so a darker blue green which is very pretty.

littlesuzie on September 10, 2019

I love my car but I don't like the fact that every time I put gas in it to fill it up and it hits the end of the nozzle gas flies out all over the car