NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Jeep Liberty Recalls
The 2008 Jeep Liberty has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 3, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Jeep Liberty. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 541
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Jeep Liberty, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2008 Jeep Liberty
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 13V121000
- Reported
- April 3, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 62,578
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 10V550000
- Reported
- November 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,027
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2008 Jeep Liberty
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 08V525000
- Reported
- October 8, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,663
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 08V455000
- Reported
- September 9, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 494
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2008 Jeep Liberty
Suspension
- Campaign
- 09E039000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2007, 2009 Liberty, 2 other models
2008 Jeep Liberty complaints by year
NHTSA has received 541 owner complaints about the 2008 Jeep Liberty, the newest on August 19, 2026. Of these, 11 describe a crash (2%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Jeep Liberty, the component group named most often is the electrical system (23%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (18%) and the structure (16%).
None of the 2008 Jeep Liberty's 5 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2008 Jeep Liberty owners gave the mileage (444 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System124
- Fuel System, Gasoline95
- Structure85
- Fuel/Propulsion System61
- Unknown Or Other54
- Visibility47
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 28 | |
| 2011 | 73 | |
| 2012 | 58 | |
| 2013 | 57 | |
| 2014 | 55 | |
| 2015 | 58 | |
| 2016 | 36 | |
| 2017 | 31 | |
| 2018 | 39 | |
| 2019 | 27 | |
| 2020 | 25 | |
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2008 Jeep Liberty peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 73. 24% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Jeep Liberty drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Jeep Liberty year in the same window: 8th highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 541 complaints about the 2008 Jeep Liberty are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Liberty by model year
Other 2008 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: August 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted