A jeep liberty recall has been announced by chrysler.
Jeep liberty roof rust.
Whether you use your jeep day in and day out or for weekend off roading and cruising down backroads rust and dirt can begin to accumulate over time.
The following photos show the rust and stress fractures cracks in the paint under the rails only after 2 years of life.
This will be four model years in a row where chrysler had to issue a jeep liberty recall for a similar rust problem reports the wall street journal.
Very frustrating to look at.
As part of the recall 137 176 jeep liberty suvs from the 2006 and 2007 model years are being called back to fix possible corrosion problem in the undercarriage.
The jeep liberty from this era first came into the limelight for rust issues when chrysler recalled 2002 2003 models in november 2003 with 336 000 units affected.
The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Average repair cost is 1 200 at 124 500 miles.
My 2004 jeep liberty renegade is having some rust issues.
The most noticeable is around the roof brake light and the rust strip continued all across to the right side of the jeep.
The car has 43 000 miles and was delivered to florida after production.
Rust perforation at the rear of the roof.
Rusted metal cut out patch panels fabricated welded in and painted.
The 2004 jeep liberty has 2 problems reported for severe rust.
I followed the instructions from atthehelm and removed the rails and 3m adhesive.
Definately not something you will fix for 20 30 unless its a dealer fix where you pound a dent where the rust shows and fill it with bondo and paint.
So this past weekend i removed the cosmetic roof rails from my 2012 liberty.
Jeep liberty owners have reported 6 problems related to frame rust under the structure category.
Besides this the jeep is running perfect no other problems.
Loads of major rust.
Straight line starting from the top brake light.
See real world jeep liberty body problems and repair histories as reported by other jeep liberty owners.
Looking into fixing this.
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