Jeep Liberty Roof Rust

The following photos show the rust and stress fractures cracks in the paint under the rails only after 2 years of life.

Jeep liberty roof rust.

This will be four model years in a row where chrysler had to issue a jeep liberty recall for a similar rust problem reports the wall street journal. Loads of major rust. Whether you use your jeep day in and day out or for weekend off roading and cruising down backroads rust and dirt can begin to accumulate over time. Average repair cost is 1 200 at 124 500 miles.

Besides this the jeep is running perfect no other problems. So this past weekend i removed the cosmetic roof rails from my 2012 liberty. Straight line starting from the top brake light. Also see repair breakdown by problem area and cost.

You own a jeep liberty model between the years of 2002 and 2007 raybuck auto body parts offers rust repair panels for your specific vehicle. Rusted metal cut out patch panels fabricated welded in and painted. The 2004 jeep liberty has 2 problems reported for severe rust. The rust started on the inside and most likely is across the entire rear of the roof incompassing the 3rd light and the hinges for window.

Very frustrating to look at. My 2004 jeep liberty renegade is having some rust issues. The car has 43 000 miles and was delivered to florida after production. Definately not something you will fix for 20 30 unless its a dealer fix where you pound a dent where the rust shows and fill it with bondo and paint.

Looking into fixing this. The most noticeable is around the roof brake light and the rust strip continued all across to the right side of the jeep. As part of the recall 137 176 jeep liberty suvs from the 2006 and 2007 model years are being called back to fix possible corrosion problem in the undercarriage. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

Rust perforation at the rear of the roof. The jeep liberty from this era first came into the limelight for rust issues when chrysler recalled 2002 2003 models in november 2003 with 336 000 units affected. See real world jeep liberty body problems and repair histories as reported by other jeep liberty owners. I followed the instructions from atthehelm and removed the rails and 3m adhesive.