I love my Liberty CRD and would recommend it highly. But:
dog_party wrote:
Stupid nit-picky jumk list:
• The front windows have one-touch up, but not one-touch down
Did you get this backwards? I swear mine have one-touch down but not up...
I always miss being in my VW which has one tuch up AND down.
dog_party wrote:
• The sunroof has one-touch open, but not one-touch close
Yeah, this annoys me too. Note to DC: Either all or nothing here guys, don't do the half assed attempt at convenience.
dog_party wrote:
• HVAC controls have only one setting for recirculate air
And there is no way to have floor or defrost without the AC turning on. It is hard wired to turn on on floor or defrost. Which is stupid - as I don't need the AC most of the time, only in the most humid conditions...
Additionally, there is no way to just have vents open. It is either FAN ON or completely off. Usually the fan on 1 is too high, and completely off is too low. Every other car I have owned if you had the system on, but the fan off - it would just vent air in (like a really low volume fan). My VW does this and so did my Chevy vans and my Mazda too.
And the vents really blast the back seat. People in the back seat get really good airflow - which means they often get blasted.
dog_party wrote:
• Can't open any back windows which creates a fuel-sapping parachute when windows are open at speed (wish those little back windows would flip open like on minivans)
Yeah, what the hell us up with this? They can do it on just about every other SUV or mini-van, how hard would it have been in the Libby - even if only on the Limited or something... It's not just the parachute effect, but the darn pressure buffeting is terrible on the Liberty - especially with a sunroof open - which the small vent windows in the back would fix...
dog_party wrote:
• Rubber cup holder liner has a drain hole in the bottom (if I wanted spilled things in my cupholder to drain I wouldn't need a cupholder liner...)
Maybe the cupholder liner is not so much for spills, but to help hold cups in the holder?
dog_party wrote:
• Sunroof doesn't open ALL the way
This is actually fairly common in many vehicles. Some for airflow and buffeting. Some due to roof shape. I am not sure why on the Liberty.
dog_party wrote:
Like I said, stupid little things. Things that I wouldn't even notice if I hadn't seen them designed differently on a different vehicle.
Exactly.
Here are a couple (few?) more that I have noticed that bug me.
• Crap booty Sirius system. For such an expensive option for it to not even have the functionality of the $99 units at Best Buy is simply wrong...
• Defrost doesn't keep wipers thawed out. Tough in icy/snowy conditions. Subarus now have heating elements under the wipers to keep them thawed. Liberty could use these as the defrost tends to go over where the wipers sit. I put the owners manual against the window to direct the hot air lower, and it helps... The defrost vents could point more directly at the windshield I suppose.
• The fuse panel doors rattle like crazy.
• There are no nice crossbars for the roof rack, like Nissan has. Crossbars that match the style and mount at the same height as the side rails. Nope - all the Mopar or aftermarket ones all mount on TOP of the side rails causing at best 3 inches of added height to use cross bars, and none of them look nice and round like the factory side rails.
I have had some of the common issues as well, but they seem to be working them out OK. Remember the CRD is a first year vehicle with small run numbers.
And yes, I know it is in Europe - but the CRD in the USA is not exactly the same as the European. The motor is slightly different, with different tuning and programming and runs on different fuel here.
I highly recommend this vehicle for mainly the same reasons most like it. Torque. Fuel economy. Ability to use Biodiesel. Decent Off-road capability (I am not hard core but I do like to do trails and camp and stuff like that). Awesome ski vehicle.