There are 21 owner-reported lighting complaints for the 2004 Jeep Libertyin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
MY TAIL LIGHTS DON'T WORK THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED LIGHTING UP. *TR
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE LIGHT CUTS OFF FOR ABOUT 3 TO 5 SECONDS AND BACK ON AND I HEAR A CLICKING NOISE. *TR
THE VEHICLES HEADLIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT WILL BE INTERMITTENT AND LAST FOR 1-5 SECONDS. THEY THEN HAVE ALWAYS COME BACK ON AND STAYED ON BUT WE NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN OR IF THE LIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND THERE IS ALWAYS A CLICKING SOUND IN THE DASH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AFTER SEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET IT SEEMS TO BE AN ON GOING PROBLEM COVERING SEVERAL YEARS OF JEEP LIBERTY. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT CHRYSLER HAS NOT BEEN MADE TO FIX THIS SAFETY ISSUE. WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? I GUESS NO ONE WAS KILLED OR MAYBE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WERE KILLED YET. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEAD LIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT REACTIVATED THE LIGHTS AND THEY RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,845. *TR
WHILE DRIVING, THE HEADLIGHTS CLICK OFF THEN ON, OFF THEN ON. THE ACT IS SPORADIC AND COMES ON WITH NO WARNING. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE DRIVER AHEAD OF YOU THINKS YOU ARE ANGRY AT THEM. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC. HE CAN NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NOR DOES HIS COMPUTER EQUIPMENT INDICATE ANY MALFUNCTION. I KNOW I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. NO ONE HAS THE SOLUTION. *TR
OUR JEEP HAS TAKEN TO FLASHING THE HEADLAMPS AND/OR THE FOG LAMPS OFF AT ANY TIME. WHEN SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR LIKELY CAUSES, WE FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE AND COMPLAINTS TO CHRYSLER DEALERS ARE IGNORED. A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION. *TR
THIS IS DANGEROUS... YOU HEAR A CLICKING SOUND, THEN YOUR HEADLIGHTS START FLASHING RANDOMLY HIGH TO LOW< LOW TO HIGH. THIS GOES ON FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS. IT IS DANGEROUS....I HAVE TAKEN THIS JEEP TO SEVERAL PLACES AND NO ONE CAN FIND THE PROBLEM> JEEP HOWEVER WANTS TO CHARGE ME 90 TO TELL ME THEY CANT FIND THE PROBLEM. I SEE ON THE INTERNET WHERE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE> YOU GUYS NEED TO RECALL THESE JEEPS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED> *TR
HEADLIGHTS SWITCH OFF AND ON BY THEMSELVES. YOU CAN HEAR A CLICK AND THE LOWBEAMS JUST GO OUT. I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA WITH NO STREET LAMPS. I ALMOST HIT A DEER BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND IS VERY DANGEROUS.
WHILE DRIVING MY HEADLIGHTS BEGAN TO TURN ON AND OFF BY THEMSELVES. I HEAR THE CLICK CLICK LIKE THEY ARE BEING TURNED ON OR OFF BUT IT IS HAPPENING ON IT'S OWN. THIS HAS NO HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND CURRENTLY I CAN NOT DRIVE IT AT NIGHT OR DURING BAD WEATHER. IT HAPPENS IN RAPIDLY THE CARS AROUND THINK I AM FLASHING LIGHTS AT THEM. VERY DANGEROUS! *TR
2004 JEEP LIBERTY- THE HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN OFF AND THEN BACK ON WHILE DRIVING AND THERE IS AN AUDIBLE CLICKING SOUND WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT STARTED HAPPENING ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS ABOUT 60,000 MILES ON IT. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY BOTH SAY THEY CAN NOT DETERMINE INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS. I JUST GOOGLED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS AMAZING HOW MANY JEEP OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR
HEADLIGHTS GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY, FOR 1 - 2 SECONDS. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN REPEATEDLY ON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS, WHILE DRIVING PAST THE SAME LOCATION. THE HEADLIGHT RELAY CAN BE HEARD TO CLICK OFF AND ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THE DEALER CHECKED THE CAR FOR THIS PROBLEM 2 YEARS AGO BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT OR FIND ANY FAULT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TR
HEADLIGHTS SPONTANEOUSLY SWITCH OFF THEN BACK ON, SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES IN SUCCESSION. THIS OCCURS NEARLY EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED WITH LIGHTS ON. INDIVIDUAL EPISODES LAST ANYWHERE FROM 1-5 SEC, OCCUR MULTIPLE TIMES DURING ONE DRIVE INTERVAL. SIGNIFICANT SAFETY RISK FOR "BLIND" DRIVING (NO HEADLIGHTS) AND INCORRECT INTERPRETATION OF SIGNALS TO OTHER DRIVERS.
THE HEADLIGHTS WILL CUT OFF RANDOMLY WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. IT HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS. THERE IS A "CLICKING" SOUND WHEN THEY CUT OFF AND THEN BACK ON. IT SEEMS TO STOP IT WHEN I MANUALLY CUT THE HEADLIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES WHEN I DRIVING ON A FREEWAY AND ALSO ON LOCAL STREETS. *TR
I OWN A JEEP LIBERTY 2004 LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF SPORADICALLY HAPPENS ABOUT TWO TIMES A WEEK. MOST TIMES IT TENDS TO HAPPEN EITHER RAINY OR HUMID DAYS (IE: EARLY MORNING). *TR
THE HEADLIGHTS OF MY 2004 JEEP LIBERTY SPORADICALLY BLINK ON AND OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING. THIS FIRST OCCURRED OVER A YEAR AGO, WHICH I HAD BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALER'S SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN RESOLVED AFTER HAVING TO REPLACE THE LAMPS OF THE HEADLIGHTS A FEW WEEKS AFTER; HOWEVER, HAS RECURRED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. IN RESEARCH I'VE FOUND ON-LINE DISCUSSIONS OF JEEP DRIVERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE, AN ISSUES SOME COMMUNICATE THEY'VE REPORTED AS FAR BACK AS TWO YEARS AGO. I FIND IT VERY DISTURBING THE DEALER SERVICE CENTER WAS UNABLE TO PIN POINT THE ISSUE AND NOW VERY FRUSTRATED TO LEARN OTHERS HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL. PLEASE TAKE CONSIDERATION INTO THIS MATTER TO HELP RESOLVE THIS VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. INTERMITTENTLY THE HEAD-LIGHTS FLICKER OFF AND THEN BACK ON. HE ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. HE DID NOT CONTACT THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE LOW AND HIGH BEAMS BEGAN TO FLASH ON AND OFF, INTERMITTENTLY THE HEADLIGHTS FAIL TO COME ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED WITHIN THE HEADLIGHT MODULE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND DIMMED AUTOMATICALLY WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND WAS INFORMED THAT SHE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE THERE WERE NO RECALLS AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER AGREED WITH THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 56,000. UPDATED 5/5/08 *CN UPDATED. 05/05/08*JB
JEEP LIBERTY 2004, HEAD LIGHTS BLINK ON AND OFF RANDOMLY AND I CAN HEAR AN AUDIBLE CLICKING SOUND. HAVE TAKEN TO SERVICE DEPT. THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *JB
FRONT HEADLIGHTS GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING. *AK
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