NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Jeep Liberty Recalls
The 2012 Jeep Liberty has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 10, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Jeep Liberty. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 385
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Jeep Liberty, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2012 Jeep Liberty
Seats: front assembly: head restraint
- Campaign
- 17V640000
- Reported
- October 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 363,930
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Liberty, 2 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 13V282000
- Reported
- July 2, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 442,320
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Liberty, 4 other models
2012 Jeep Liberty complaints by year
NHTSA has received 385 owner complaints about the 2012 Jeep Liberty, the newest on July 24, 2026. Of these, 19 describe a crash (5%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 34 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Jeep Liberty, the component group named most often is the air bags (44%), followed by the electrical system (30%) and the engine (11%).
1 of the 2012 Jeep Liberty's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2012 Jeep Liberty owners gave the mileage (313 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags169
- Electrical System117
- Engine44
- Power Train34
- Unknown Or Other31
- Structure24
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 23 | |
| 2014 | 50 | |
| 2015 | 56 | |
| 2016 | 45 | |
| 2017 | 62 | |
| 2018 | 43 | |
| 2019 | 37 | |
| 2020 | 21 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Jeep Liberty peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 62. 38% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Jeep Liberty drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Jeep Liberty year in the same window: 7th highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★☆☆
- Frontal: 2/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 385 complaints about the 2012 Jeep Liberty are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Liberty by model year
Other 2012 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: July 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted