Posted on March 7th, 2012 • by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler will conduct a voluntary safety recall of some 2004 – 2005 Jeep Liberty models that may experience excessive corrosion on the rear lower control arms. This could lead to a weakening of the component potentially leading to a fracture that would decrease rear suspension stability. Approximately 267,353 Jeep Liberty models (209,746 U.S. and 24,727 [...]
Posted on November 22nd, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Justin Berkowitz posted some info on the next-generation Jeep Liberty in the Car & Driver Blog. Berkowitz reports a Chrysler executive has said the new Liberty, due in 2014, will be carlike and based on a front-wheel-drive platform. Up to now, Libertys have utilized a unibody with a reinforcing frame. According to C&D’s source, the [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defect Investigation (ODI) has opened a preliminary investigation into reported problems with accidental deployment of the driver’s airbag. ODI reports it has received seven consumer complaints about model year 2002-2003 Jeep Libertys including four that claimed the driver frontal air bag deployed without a crash and three [...]
Posted on August 13th, 2011 • by David Zatz
Larry P. Vellequette has again scooped the industry for the Toledo Blade, discovering a massive $365 million expansion plan which would allow for a 312,000 square foot expansion to the body shop of the Liberty/Nitro plant (as well as over 200,000 more feet of expansion elsewhere), new machinery and equipment, and a new level of [...]