NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Jeep Liberty Recalls
The 2002 Jeep Liberty has 14 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 28, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Jeep Liberty. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 14
- Owner complaints
- 1,808
- Crashes reported
- 174
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
21 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Jeep Liberty, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
14 recalls on the 2002 Jeep Liberty
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V046000
- Reported
- January 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 752,644
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Liberty, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 13V252000
- Reported
- June 19, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,560,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2007 Liberty
Air bags
- Campaign
- 12V527000
- Reported
- November 8, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 744,822
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Liberty, 1 other model
Suspension: front: control arm
- Campaign
- 09V119000
- Reported
- April 9, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43,489
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Liberty
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 06V288000
- Reported
- August 3, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 826,687
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2006 Liberty
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 03V460000
- Reported
- November 10, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 336,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Liberty
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 01V373000
- Reported
- December 5, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 102,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Jeep Liberty
Unknown or other
- Campaign
- 01V311000
- Reported
- October 4, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 72,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Jeep Liberty
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 06E022000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2005 Liberty, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Liberty, 23 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Liberty, 9 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Liberty, 57 other models
Suspension: front: hub
- Campaign
- 12E047000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2005 Liberty
2002 Jeep Liberty complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,808 owner complaints about the 2002 Jeep Liberty, the newest on July 5, 2026. Of these, 174 describe a crash (10%) and 21 a fire; owners reported 183 injuries and 4 deaths.
In complaints about the 2002 Jeep Liberty, the component group named most often is the air bags (30%), followed by the suspension (27%) and the electrical system (7%).
3 of the 2002 Jeep Liberty's 14 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2002 Jeep Liberty owners gave the mileage (1,048 complaints), the median was 82,002 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags546
- Suspension494
- Electrical System118
- Seat Belts110
- Structure108
- Fuel/Propulsion System88
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 85 | |
| 2003 | 111 | |
| 2004 | 97 | |
| 2005 | 76 | |
| 2006 | 223 | |
| 2007 | 119 | |
| 2008 | 64 | |
| 2009 | 49 | |
| 2010 | 80 | |
| 2011 | 57 | |
| 2012 | 84 | |
| 2013 | 196 | |
| 2014 | 182 | |
| 2015 | 198 | |
| 2016 | 106 | |
| 2017 | 28 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Jeep Liberty peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 223. 21% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Jeep Liberty drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Jeep Liberty year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 1,808 complaints about the 2002 Jeep Liberty are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Liberty by model year
Other 2002 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: July 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted