NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Jeep Liberty Recalls
The 2003 Jeep Liberty has 13 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 19, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Jeep Liberty. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 13
- Owner complaints
- 1,352
- Crashes reported
- 134
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Jeep Liberty, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
13 recalls on the 2003 Jeep Liberty
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 15V673000
- Reported
- October 19, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 284,611
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V046000
- Reported
- January 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 752,644
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002 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 2002, 2004–2007 Liberty
Air bags
- Campaign
- 12V527000
- Reported
- November 8, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 744,822
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002 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 2002 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 2002, 2004–2006 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 2002 Liberty
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2005 Liberty, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004 Liberty, 23 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004 Liberty, 9 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004 Liberty, 57 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 09E039000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2009 Liberty, 2 other models
Suspension: front: hub
- Campaign
- 12E047000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2005 Liberty
2003 Jeep Liberty complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,352 owner complaints about the 2003 Jeep Liberty, the newest on October 9, 2026. Of these, 134 describe a crash (10%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 171 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2003 Jeep Liberty, the component group named most often is the suspension (32%), followed by the air bags (29%) and the structure (8%).
5 of the 2003 Jeep Liberty's 13 recalls also concern the suspension.
Where 2003 Jeep Liberty owners gave the mileage (838 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension437
- Air Bags392
- Structure111
- Visibility92
- Fuel System, Gasoline89
- Fuel/Propulsion System83
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 42 | |
| 2004 | 69 | |
| 2005 | 48 | |
| 2006 | 159 | |
| 2007 | 128 | |
| 2008 | 47 | |
| 2009 | 36 | |
| 2010 | 62 | |
| 2011 | 58 | |
| 2012 | 57 | |
| 2013 | 103 | |
| 2014 | 175 | |
| 2015 | 148 | |
| 2016 | 99 | |
| 2017 | 32 | |
| 2018 | 27 | |
| 2019 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2003 Jeep Liberty peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 175. 24% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Jeep Liberty drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Jeep Liberty year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 1,352 complaints about the 2003 Jeep Liberty are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Liberty by model year
Other 2003 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: October 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted