Tank Assembly problems of the 2005 Jeep Liberty - part 2

At least a year ago I verbally notified john elway Jeep-west, now go, that when adding gasoline at the filling station the auto-shut-off did not work and allowed the tank to overflow onto my person, the side of the vehicle and the cement. I was told the gas tank would need to be drained before a determination could be made. I did purchase fuel from three filling stations proving the overflowing was not a result of the equipment pumping gasoline into my vehicle.

2005 Jeep Liberty ltd. - when fueling the vehicle on four (4) occasions now, the gasoline spews out of the fuel tank onto the owner and also down the side of the vehicle. I saw a report where the gas tank needs to be at one-quarter full for inspection and that the fuel tank should be inspected because this is a very dangerous thing to have happen. This owner will contact the dealer (john elway-west, now go dealership) to make an appointment for checking of the gas tank, etc. This vehicle is completely under warranty until 60,000 miles. If you read this and have had this experience, please write thank you.

When fueling our 2005 Jeep Liberty limited 2wd the fuel sprays out of the filler neck on the ground and down the side of the vehicle. This has happened at several different gas stations at different times of the day with the fuel being discharged by hand and in the automatic mode on the fueling nozzle. It has happened to me and my wife on at least 4 different locations/instances. The vehicle will be taken to the dealership greenbrier Chrysler Jeep in chesapeake virginia when the current full fuel tank is at 1/4 tank so it can be inspected. This problem is very dangerous as the first two times it happened the fuel sprayed all the way to the pump not to mention up my arm and on my face.

We purchased this car in August of 2008 from a dealership with 25,462 miles. When you fill the car with gas it overflows out the gascap instead of the gas pump automatically shutting off. It splashes back at you. I have no check engine lights. I was told that because of saddle bag style gas tank I should let the engine run for a minute at idle before turning engine off and filling gas tank. I tried this several times and gas pump still does not stop when it should and splashes back at you before pump stops. Is there a solution to this problem? gas sprays back at you and also runs down side of car. It could be dangerous!.

Another 2005 Jeep Liberty sport model that started "burping" about a pint of fuel out of the fill when pumping gas and the tank gets to the full level. This vehicle did not do this for the first years of ownership. This happens at any station and during any weather. The only way around this is to guess how much fuel the vehicle is going to need based on the fuel gauge reading and slow the fill process down to a crawl when nearing what you think is nearly full. This is really a safety problem for both personal injury and fire. Unfortunately, with the vehicle out of warranty, the manufacturer will not be doing anything about this unless forced into a recall.

As a single mother of baby twins, I am both completely freaked out as well as gratefully relieved to have found this site. The complaints read like a checklist of past issues and god willing, preventable future issues. The gas tank cannot be "topped off". . . All things considered, this was a seemingly acceptable issue. The engine light coming on accompanied by totally unexplained stalling every so often became a problem which would cease just as randomly as it occurred. Finally (when pregnant and nervous) I brought it in after one too many times. Apparently this Jeep model/year is weather sensitive. Rain seemed to be the catalyst, but I refuse to put one of those anal person car covers on becoming a slave to the weatherchannel. Mechanic changed temperamental sensor which, so far, seems to be managed. The a/c fan only works at 3 and up, which is too much hot/cold for even the most anemic after more than five minutes. Back to the weather, winter causes front struts to creak and moan like a geriatric beast. Once again, this is annoying but seemingly innocuous. Four wheel drive shift only works in part time hi (or low, don't recall), which is disappointing though again, not life threatening. The combination of these defects simply feels as if it was built with indifference to the consumer. Now that I have two priceless passengers, I refuse to wait for the cv joints to disengage before demanding all repairs be made and double checked by my implicitly trusted mechanic (ironically also a twin). In closing, thank you to all who contributed their stories and enlightening me to caution regarding the dangerous flaws as well as commiserating our shared frustration with the problems, like the window track disengaging, which combined are one big expensive potentiality dangerous headache.

A minor impact into the rear of a 2005 Jeep Liberty by a mid size Lexus SUV traveling about 15 to 20 mph caused the poorly designed and poorly located plastic gas tank of the Jeep to rupture and leak profusely. Thankfully the vehicle did not ignite on fire otherwise someone would have died. I cannot believe that this and other Jeep products (the wrangler comes to mind) are allowed on the road. Many of these vehicles have or had rear mounted gas tanks with little or no crush space. The Liberty appears to be the worst with what could only be described as having a gas tank mounted bumper! also, the gas tank hangs well below the bumper and in most cases the vehicle that hits it from behind dives under the Jeeps bumper and hits the tank directly. Something needs to be done about these vehicles!.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. While fueling the vehicle the contact noticed fuel began to spray out once the fuel tank was full. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 6,000. Updated 05/11/12.