Loads of major rust.
Jeep liberty roof rust.
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.
Besides this the jeep is running perfect no other problems.
So this past weekend i removed the cosmetic roof rails from my 2012 liberty.
Rusted metal cut out patch panels fabricated welded in and painted.
The 2004 jeep liberty has 2 problems reported for severe rust.
Very frustrating to look at.
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.
Rust perforation at the rear of the roof.
Also see repair breakdown by problem area and cost.
Straight line starting from the top brake light.
A jeep liberty recall has been announced by chrysler.
See real world jeep liberty body problems and repair histories as reported by other jeep liberty owners.
The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The most noticeable is around the roof brake light and the rust strip continued all across to the right side of the jeep.
The following photos show the rust and stress fractures cracks in the paint under the rails only after 2 years of life.
Average repair cost is 1 200 at 124 500 miles.
The car has 43 000 miles and was delivered to florida after production.
Jeep liberty owners have reported 6 problems related to frame rust under the structure category.
Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of jeep liberty based on all problems reported for the liberty.
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.
I followed the instructions from atthehelm and removed the rails and 3m adhesive.
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.
My 2004 jeep liberty renegade is having some rust issues.
Looking into fixing this.