The Jeep Liberty is a car from Jeep, built from 2001 to 2007, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Under the bonnet: 2.4 . Bob Boniface (1998) drew it.
The story
The Jeep Liberty (KJ), or Jeep Cherokee (KJ) outside North America, is a compact SUV that was produced by Jeep from 2002 to 2007. Introduced in May 2001 as a replacement for the Cherokee (XJ), the unibody Liberty was priced between the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee. It was the smallest of the 4-door Jeep SUVs up until the car platform-based 4-door Compass and Patriot arrived for 2007.
What is underneath
Power comes from 2.4 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 3508 -. It shifts through a 4-speed Ultradrive Chrysler 42RLE transmission / 42RLE automatic / 4-speed Chrysler Chrysler 45RFE transmission#45RFE and 545RFE / 45RFE automatic / 5-speed Chrysler Chrysler 45RFE. The wheelbase is 104.3 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Jeep Cherokee (XJ); its successor was the Jeep Liberty (KK). Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Honda Fit, the Mazda Mazda6, the Volvo XC90 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Jeep catalogue sit the Jeep Wrangler (JK) and the Jeep Wrangler (TJ).
What it costs now
The money question first: $16,400–$26,000 is the typical asking range today, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $5,229–$7,225 a year. Insurance sits around $1,240–$1,820 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.