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Does the Jeep Liberty have an addiction to rust? Back in 2003, approximately 326,000 2002-2003 Liberty SUVs were recalled because their lower control arm ball joints could corrode excessively. Just three years later in 2006, the issue popped up again, which prompted a recall of 826,000 potentially rust-happy 2002-2006 Jeep models. Another three years passed when, in 2009, Chrysler sent out a recall notice to 42,469 2002-2003 Jeep Liberty owners located in cold-weather states. This time, the problem was related to the upper ball joints.

Now it seems the Jeep Liberty is ready to jump the gun on its next every-three-years recall because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating 370,000 vehicles... for the same issue. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA has opened up an investigation that involves 2002-2005 Jeep Liberty sport utility vehicles. It's still just an investigation at this point, but given the round-eyed CUV's track record, we'll be keeping an eye out for more on this situation.

[Source: The Detroit News]Report: NHTSA opens investigation into Jeep Liberty over rust-related suspension failures originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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Why don't they just stopped building that P of C.
Wonderful so the rusted hole I have under my windshield on the drivers side inside won't be a recall for the 03 tj? or should I just wait and hold my breath..

 

Not just that, sudden acceleration of cars is dangerous since drivers life is at risk. In addition to lately more vehicles are under investigation. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been looking into probable issues with automatic transmissions in the Saturn Aura since last year. Saturn is no more, but the bureau is looking into similar flaws in other General Motors models. I guess there are flaws on the automatic transmission. Resource for this article: NHTSA widens probe of Saturn Aura transmission.