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2004 Jeep Liberty fuel/propulsion system problems

93 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2004 Jeep Liberty8% of all complaints for this model year.

93
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
8%
share of all complaints
128,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 7
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The vehicle dies after filling it up with fuel. It has now happened to us multiple times, from what I have been reading it has been happening to lots of other people with jeeps/chryslers as well

    filed Oct 21, 2019

  • On sept. 2, 2019 while driving on route 23 our 2004 jeep liberty's gas tank broke off and we dragged it down the road with gas pouring out, another driver alerted us that the gas tank was dragging. If a spark happened we would have been set on fire. The police and fire department were called and…

    filed Sep 5, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Fuel/propulsion System problems in other Liberty years

YearReportsShare
2012 Liberty92%
2011 Liberty3117%
2010 Liberty2513%
2009 Liberty1514%
2008 Liberty6111%
2007 Liberty10114%
2006 Liberty16412%
2005 Liberty19217%
2003 Liberty836%
2002 Liberty885%
Liberty fuel/propulsion system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.