For every car sold, owners filed more complaints about the 2012 Liberty than about the typical Liberty year: 1.9 times as many. Among the 4 Liberty years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2011 (0.43 per 1,000 sold) and the most about this one, the 2012 (1.20).
Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.
1.9 times this nameplate’s own median
Counted from 85 complaints filed in the first three years, of 386 ever. 95% lower bound 0.94. Not counted: 4 complaints that reported only that a recall repair was unavailable, not a failure.
The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.
| Model year | Per 1,000 | Complaints | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.84 | 56 | |
| 2009 | 0.24 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 0.64 | 30 | |
| 2011 | 0.43 | 25 | |
| 2012 | 1.20 | 85 |
Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.
| module | 62 | 37% | |
| orc | 26 | 15% | |
| occupant restraint | 26 | 15% | |
| orc module | 22 | 13% | |
| control module | 19 | 11% | |
| restraint control | 18 | 11% |
| tipm | 16 | 14% | |
| bags electrical | 12 | 10% | |
| restraint | 11 | 9% | |
| occupant restraint | 10 | 8% | |
| occupant | 10 | 8% | |
| gate | 10 | 8% |
Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.
Totally Integrated Power Module Failure
For every car sold, owners filed more complaints about the 2012 Liberty than about the typical Liberty year: 1.9 times as many. Among the 4 Liberty years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2011 (0.43 per 1,000 sold) and the most about this one, the 2012 (1.20). The typical year is the median across its model years.
The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Air Bags (169), Electrical System (118), Engine (44). The phrases they used are listed above.
Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Liberty years: for every car sold, owners filed more complaints about the 2012 Liberty than about the typical Liberty year: 1.9 times as many.
Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2011, at 0.43 per 1,000 sold. Every Liberty year, ranked.
No guide we read covers the Liberty.
Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site: