Two problems related to brakes failed have been reported for the 2003 Jeep Liberty. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Jeep Liberty based on all problems reported for the 2003 Liberty.
At 54,000 miles the vehicle suffered a complete failure of the passenger side rear brake adjuster, causing additional damage to the brake hardware for that wheel including the total loss of the emergency shoe. Because of the extent of the damage and, the unusual amount of corrosion found by the dealer, they insist on replacing much of the rear brake hardware on both sides at a personal expence of around $800 (brakes are only warranted for 1 year or 12,000 miles by Jeep). About 10,000 miles and 6 months prior to this incident, new emergency shoes had been installed and worked well for 4 months when banging noises, dragging, lurching and, pulling began with increasing frequency up to the time I took it back to the dealer for the second time on the date I list here; the dealer had found nothing the prior time I complained. There appears to be an issue with critical brake parts corroding extensively and failing in a short period of time under what are considered normal driving conditions for the ne part of the country. There may also be an issue with the tolerance of replacement brake parts that are supposed to be factory authorized components. At any rate, I am not the first to complain about brake hardware problems associated with the 2003 Jeep Liberty. I have read references to corrosion related brake failures here and at other sites. Given the way the vehicle behaved intermittently and the failure of the dealer to find it early, a potentially dangerous and needlessly expensive situation exists in at least the early production 2003 Libertys (I bought one of the first available ones that year and noticed a rash of complaints on this subject beginning last summer).
Brakes failed on 2003 Jeep Liberty and car ran into home.