Three problems related to underhood wiring have been reported for the 2002 Jeep Liberty. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Jeep Liberty based on all problems reported for the 2002 Liberty.
A wiring harness in my 2002 Jeep Liberty fails every year or so - this disables the abs brakes and causes the speedometer to wander and be inaccurate. The dealership has replaced the harness 3 times (out of warranty) at a cost of about $200 each time. My abs system is disabled from the time the harness fails until I get it fixed. The abs light and brake light illuminate on the dash when it fails - and stays on until the repair is done.
2002 Jeep Liberty was being towed behind motor home, alerted by passing motorists I pulled over and got out of the RV. Smoke was poring out of the Liberty fire trucks arrived just as flames were shooting out of engine compartment. . They managed to free the Jeep from the motor home and used fire hoses on the Jeep. . Jeep is a total loss. . As yet no explanation for cause of fire.
Our 2002 Jeep Liberty limited with less than 1500 miles caught fire on the right side and proceeded to burn completely. My 5 year old son was in the passenger seat. By the time we saw the smoke and fire, he tried to get out but the door was too hot to open. I grabbed im, opened the drivers door and ran for safety. We were turning around on a gravel road and had entered some lite mud and lite, wet grass beside the gravel road and we were pulling a brand new very lite trailer with three small dirt bikes on it. The fire was so hot that the new trailer hitch melted and was fused to the trailer neck. My 5 year old son's bike which was on the right side of the trailer was burned and melted to the frame. My son and I were fortunate to get out alive.