Hello all, I never really posted anything on here but found tons of info. I am having two problems with my Liberty at only 26500 miles on it. Its an 07 also. Just got back from Iraq so my wife has been caring for the jeep. Took it in for an oil change and the garage said the battery was in bad shape a good cold morning and I might be calling off from work for a tow to the garage. This battery that bad. I have driven trucks and actually fried the battery before and dont want to do this again. Also front tires are cupped and notice the outside has more tread than the inner side of tread. Maybe about 1/8" difference. only about 6000 miles put on in the last year. It is only the front tires doing this. I scheduled an appointment for next week for alignment and check battery for warranty. Could front end be caused by bad shocks or bad coils or both. Also I know i read on here about the preloaded coils, what does this do to the coils. Thanks for any help.
Suspension or alignment problem
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I bet your front alignment was off. Once it's re aligned it should be fine.
About the pre lowered coils, the early 02's had them, they ride about 3/4" higher. Jeep switched to the shorter coils after April 13, 2002, because some idiot that worked for some auto mag rolled a 2wd KJ on a skid pad test...
About the pre lowered coils, the early 02's had them, they ride about 3/4" higher. Jeep switched to the shorter coils after April 13, 2002, because some idiot that worked for some auto mag rolled a 2wd KJ on a skid pad test...
i heard about that test drive. I didn't get the alignment yet. Wierd thing is the jeep drives straight as an arrow when i let go of the steering wheel. So after 02 it is just a shorter coil then nothing really else just shorter and weaker.
Not weaker...just a bit shorter. From my experience, it's kinda hard to feel you need an alignment. Unless it's very bad.
JeepJeepster
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Not to sure about the weaker part but yes, they were shorter. Far as I know the spring rate is the same but it doesnt matter, just get OME coils and be done with it if you want new springs.
For the alignment, it can still drive perfectly straight and have a bad alignment. Start with the simple stuff and go from there.
And for that battery, sounds odd that it would be weak but it could just be a bad battery from the get go. I got 4 years out of my stock battery but it varies a lot. I would say they wont replace that under warranty.
For the alignment, it can still drive perfectly straight and have a bad alignment. Start with the simple stuff and go from there.
And for that battery, sounds odd that it would be weak but it could just be a bad battery from the get go. I got 4 years out of my stock battery but it varies a lot. I would say they wont replace that under warranty.
TigerClaws
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Battery in bad shape ... in 2 years ? Gotta ask the wife if she has left some lights on and had to have the KJ boosted... You can flattout a battery's power about maximum 3 times, but every time is still a slap in the face ... Have a guy over at NAPA or auto parts store that sells batteries to test the battery the way it should be tested with a midtronic and he can tell you if the battery's cells are damaged or not. We have that at our store up in Canada so they gotta have it, in fact any that sells batteries. It will show everything about the battery, not just how much volts come out of it ...
ThunderbirdJunkie
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OE batteries are stored in a big warehouse until they are put into a vehicle
Have seen them go bad within a month or less of ownership.
*****, but oh well.
Have seen them go bad within a month or less of ownership.
*****, but oh well.
She never drained the battery, i did jump another car but i always idle about 200-400 rpm's higher not sure if it helped but never hurt. I know all the above is true about alignments i am just confused because iv owned a frontier lifted it and cranked the torsion bars slammed the bump stop tons of time off roading flexed the suspension alot bounced off rocks and all the damaging stuff and never had a problem with alignment even replaced all the shocks without an alignment. That could have been luck. I have just read the oem coils seem to be bad. I am thinking about a lift with medium coils though. The jeep just seem squirly on the highway at 65-70 mph. I never had this problem with tires wearing like this. just a concern. it always cheaper to do the easy stuff first.My wife really didn't drive the jeep much to and from work and take kids to and from school. like every 2 days she took it. I do remeber about a month before i left the jeep would not start though at first then it did. also what are the thoughts about the BDS lift. I think it was on LOST that alot of people run that type of lift and here it seems to be the OME lift.
ThunderbirdJunkie
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KJs of all years shut everything down if you leave lights or anything like that on to prevent the battery from getting killed.
JeepJeepster
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Not if the multifunction switch is bad and keeps turning them on once the kj shuts them off.. Ask me how I know..
Just because you bounced some truck off the bump stops doesnt mean the alignment is within specs on the kj. The kj's suspension is quite a bit different than a truck with 'torsion bars.' And Im pretty amazed an alignment would stay within specs once you lifted it, thats kinda odd.
And you can change shocks all you want without getting an alignment but anytime you change the height you should get an alignment.
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ThunderbirdJunkie
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OK there are extenuating circumstances
Not if the multifunction switch is bad and keeps turning them on once the kj shuts them off.. Ask me how I know..
Just because you bounced some truck off the bump stops doesnt mean the alignment is within specs on the kj. The kj's suspension is quite a bit different than a truck with 'torsion bars.' And Im pretty amazed an alignment would stay within specs once you lifted it, thats kinda odd.
And you can change shocks all you want without getting an alignment but anytime you change the height you should get an alignment.
Torsion bars are definitely different...in a good way....
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Torsion bars suck a big fat one(Argh)Torsion bars are definitely different...in a good way....
Maybe once it comes time to do a major lift, I could see that. But at stock, or near stock levels, I'm ok with them on the Durango.
JeepJeepster
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Can you name any pro's or a torsion bar?
They make good pry bars.
I was just asking happened to come across the BDS thought I would ask. Torsion bars do suck and you are very limited to what you can do. Thanks for the little bit of info provided. I guess start with the simplest and have the alignment checked. and have the battery retested again.
