Report: NHTSA opens investigation into Jeep Liberty over rust-related suspension failures
 

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Does the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/liberty">Jeep Liberty</a> have an addiction to rust? Back in 2003, approximately 326,000 2002-2003 Liberty SUVs were recalled because their lower control arm ball joints could corrode excessively. Just three years later in 2006, the issue popped up again, which prompted a recall of 826,000 potentially rust-happy 2002-2006 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/jeep/">Jeep</a> models. Another three years passed when, in 2009, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/chrysler/">Chrysler</a> sent out a recall notice to 42,469 2002-2003 Jeep Liberty owners located in cold-weather states. This time, the problem was related to the upper ball joints.<br />
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Now it seems the Jeep Liberty is ready to jump the gun on its next every-three-years recall because the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nhtsa/">National Highway Traffic Safety Administration</a> is investigating 370,000 vehicles... for the same issue. According to <em>The Detroit News</em>, NHTSA has opened up an investigation that involves 2002-2005 Jeep Liberty sport utility vehicles. It's still just an investigation at this point, but given the round-eyed CUV's track record, we'll be keeping an eye out for more on this situation.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://detnews.com/article/20110422/AUTO01/104220416/1148/rss25" target="_blank">The Detroit News</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/22/report-nhtsa-opens-investigation-into-jeep-liberty-over-rust-re/">Report: NHTSA opens investigation into Jeep Liberty over rust-related suspension failures</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://detnews.com/article/20110422/AUTO01/104220416/1148/rss25>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/22/report-nhtsa-opens-investigation-into-jeep-liberty-over-rust-re/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19921388/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/22/report-nhtsa-opens-investigation-into-jeep-liberty-over-rust-re/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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