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I had been driving my '06 Liberty with some radio testing gear, and used the front passenger belt to secure a box holding a laptop. I moved the shoulder strap out of the way, wrapping it around the back of the headrest.
Removed the box, then unfastened the belt before removing the shoulder strap from behind the headrest, and the reel took up the slack. Now, the belt is friction-locked, and I can't get enough slack out of it to get the shoulder strap section over the headrest.
Manual has nothing about either releasing the tension on the belt or about removing the headrest. Tried pressing on the latch on the top of the seat to remove the headrest (as my old 4Runner would do), but I can't get the headrest off.
Tried moving the seat itself, did not help. Recline/forward the seat back also did not help.
How can I get the headrest off?
How can I release the lock of the belt so I can get some slack to remove the belt from behind the headrest?
If neither can be done, I see the should hbelt hangar on the inside of the "B" pillar holds the belt up, and is attached to the adjustment slider with a large hex nut. If I remove the nut with a large crescent wrench, and remove the hangar while keeping tension on the belt so it does not retract further while I unloop the belt from behind the head rest, what else might go wrong?
Thank you kindly, all.
The dealer can't refuse to replace it as long as you are under 36,000 miles.
Farout
I suspect the dealership will charge, which is why I'm asking *here* for solutions.
Farout
thanks dave
It's an 06 limited 4x4
Thanks!
I am thinking in the back of my head it is a right hand thread as opposed to left hand thread?
Does anyone know what size this is so I can avoid the dealer?
kevin
My sister has a 2004 Liberty with about 38,000 miles on it. Her oil light came on for a few hours and then turned off. She had on oil change done. But a couple of weeks later the light came on again. This time for about 30 minutes. The oil level is fine. Any idea why this would be happening. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
Mike
Napa would be the best place to either have it or be able to get one.
farout
idles rough at times..
one time stalled...told me its breaking in. it only has 1120 miles on it.
the day after the third time bringing it did something really strange.
I was excelling onto a highway, making a right on red.
I do put my foot to the floor to get to speed. the jeeps rpm when crazy and it made this
extremely loud high pitched grinding sound from behind the glove compartment.
and the car didn't excel at all. I thought it was going to stall. but it didn't and seemed to fix itself.
since then it has made the grinding noise and rpm goes crazy but didn't act like it was going to stall.
I brought it in and they told me that it could be because its so new,
or because the engine is so big and its a light truck, or it could be that I shouldn't put my foot to the floor the way
I do and that it may be that the anti roll device is trying to even itself out.
the dealer says they can't find anything or make it happen so nothing is wrong. if this is because of the way I accelerate then this must have happened to someone else.
has anyone experienced this? I have had 2 mechanics tell me that it sounds like transmission, but I guess to enforce the
lemon law you need them to acknowledge the problem. Help! is this normal for a new car?
and do I have to drive the liberty more gingerly than other cars?
It's a truck. Slow down.
I can't help on the stalling issue. Sorry...
And the fact that there is probably nothing wrong with it. just me apparently.
I had a small SUV before but not the jeep. handles differently, which is
what I wanted to know.
as far as the rough idle and the stall they said it was a new engine and
needed to break in. Thanks
I feel the stall was a different issue altogether... and the idle is normal. It's one of the first things I discovered about my Liberty. My passenger seat would visibly shake while idling...
We had taken the Liberty on a previous trip to the Black Hills in South Dakota and the Jeep performed pretty well. It was an enjoyable vehicle to use for a trip overall. For the Smokey Mountains things were different.
For one thing, I really felt the limitations in the handling department. Around the mountain roads, the Liberty just felt way too unwieldy. The sloppy steering just felt way too sloppy on the mountains curves. What made matters worse was how weazy the 3.7 was going up the mountain slopes. The V6 just labored continually. I was a bit emabrrassed that a family member caravaning with us was able to leave us in the dust with his Toyota Highlander. The Liberty was simply outgunned by the Highlander, and was pretty much outgunned by anything else on the road with us.
The biggest blow came when we were in Cades Cove in the Smokey Mountain National Park. At the 38,000 mile mark on the odometer, the belt tensioner ceased up. It tossed the belt, and the trip was effectively over at that point. Of course the warranty was up, and the incident ended up putting us back $400.00. That included the 30 mile tow out of the mountains.
So the lesson I learned was this: Liberty trail rated, but not mountain rated.
It's too bad, because we really enjoyed our Jeep up until this point. For 38,000 miles it had been one of the better vehicles we owned. The "power tech" V6 Chrysler uses is really a dog, and I wished they hadn't opted to use it in the 2008 Liberty. A better engine would go a long way in the Liberty. The vehicle is an otherwise decent small SUV.
As a side note, we averaged 19.1 MPG for the whole trip. That included the gas eating mountain roads. The highway travel came out to be more like 21.1 MPG. Overall that wasn't too bad for the Liberty considering the abysmal city type MPG it gets for our day to day driving.
I need your help. A friend of mine imported a Jeep Liberty in the old country. In order to register the vehicle he also needs the engine#. I called my local dealership, service advisor told me it's located on the right(passenger) side of the engine. He had to look it up, so he couldn't tell me if the engine number would have just numbers or also letters. Also, does it start with the engine model? If anybody knows, please let me know. Any info will be great.
Thanks
I'm looking at three 2006 models; two are 6spd manuals and one is a 4spd auto. The 4spd auto shows a "lever" on the center console with position markings for 2W, 4W, N, and 4L.
A Renegade, a 6spd manual, also shows an identical lever on its center console. The other 6spd manual is a Sport, but it has a large "slide-type" switch next to the shifter, with no markings (unless they're worn off). I assume both 6spd manuals are Command-Trac, so why the difference? I thank you in advance for your answer.
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You can understand that, I presume. Anyway, The man at the auto store told me that to have a sun/moonroof installed, along with lifetime warranty, and annual check-ups, the price would top $1200. Since I have never "bought" a sunroof before, is that a good deal? Or is it overpriced?
My email is [email protected]. Please feel free to email me with answers! Anything helps! Thank you!
Anyone know where to post?
Thanks.
Anyway, we wound up fixing the problem ourselves.
I would be so greatful and appreciative.
Thanks.
We originally took to Myrtle Beach Chrysler Jeep (Bobby Gale). (At that point the window was stuck at about 40% down)... We left it there... The said it would be the $200.00 deductible under our warranty...
They called an hour later and said no parts til tomorrow... (this was over a month ago).. When they gave it back to us....we didn't notice until we were almost out of the parking lot, that the window was ALL the way down in the door now... Why??... Because this fool took all of the PARTS out of the door so there was nothing to hold it up.... When we asked him to at least get the glass out of the door ... He said nope... SORRY..
Thanks!! .. You just made is WORSE...
We then took it to Tidelands in Pawleys Island SC and they (as a courtesy) got the glass out of the door/applied tape and told us that they knew the parts ... (1700+ of them for this window) were on back-order and it would be 3 weeks!...
...Since then another window went DOWN, so 2 of them still have TAPE all over them... This is the worst customer service!!!.. Be warned... As if the Jeeps are not bad enough, Myrtle Beach Chrysler Jeep gets the "award for the WORST customer service ever!!!...
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