NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Jeep Liberty Recalls
The 2005 Jeep Liberty has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 1, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Jeep Liberty. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 1,118
- Crashes reported
- 73
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
27 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Jeep Liberty, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2005 Jeep Liberty
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 18V278000
- Reported
- May 1, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 239,904
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006–2007 Liberty
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, 2006–2007 Liberty
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 12V085000
- Reported
- March 5, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 346,900
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006–2007 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
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 05V460000
- Reported
- October 6, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 256,409
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Liberty, 6 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Liberty, 42 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 09E039000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2009 Liberty, 2 other models
Suspension: front: hub
- Campaign
- 12E047000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Liberty
2005 Jeep Liberty complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,118 owner complaints about the 2005 Jeep Liberty, the newest on March 22, 2026. Of these, 73 describe a crash (7%) and 27 a fire; owners reported 53 injuries and 5 deaths.
In complaints about the 2005 Jeep Liberty, the component group named most often is the suspension (23%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (17%) and the fuel system, gasoline (16%).
5 of the 2005 Jeep Liberty's 8 recalls also concern the suspension.
Where 2005 Jeep Liberty owners gave the mileage (767 complaints), the median was 69,985 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension262
- Fuel/Propulsion System192
- Fuel System, Gasoline184
- Structure137
- Power Train97
- Visibility80
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 81 | |
| 2007 | 115 | |
| 2008 | 33 | |
| 2009 | 27 | |
| 2010 | 72 | |
| 2011 | 82 | |
| 2012 | 99 | |
| 2013 | 77 | |
| 2014 | 237 | |
| 2015 | 101 | |
| 2016 | 36 | |
| 2017 | 32 | |
| 2018 | 32 | |
| 2019 | 28 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Jeep Liberty peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 237. 22% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Jeep Liberty drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Jeep Liberty year in the same window: 4th highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 1,118 complaints about the 2005 Jeep Liberty are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Liberty by model year
Other 2005 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: March 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted