# 2002 Jeep Liberty transmission trouble

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-jeep-liberty-transmission-trouble/132372>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** liberty, jeep\
**Created:** [January 10, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-jeep-liberty-transmission-trouble/132372 "2019-01-10T15:05:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bryan17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90ced4/32.png) [@Bryan17](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bryan17)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-jeep-liberty-transmission-trouble/132372/1 "2019-01-10T15:05:19Z")

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I have a 2002 Jeep Liberty Sport. Recently I have been having issues with it. For one, when I turn the car on, the engine revs high. Then when I start driving, the car won’t shift. Instead it revs and keeps me at about 15-20 mph while the RPMs keep going higher. It had been doing this intermittently. Sometimes I was able to drive it pretty normally. I have noticed a burning smell off and on and haven’t been able to determine where that is coming from. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I’m worried it’s the transmi$$ion.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-jeep-liberty-transmission-trouble/132372/2 "2019-01-10T15:07:18Z")

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Yes, sounds like transmission.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-jeep-liberty-transmission-trouble/132372/3 "2019-01-10T15:24:29Z")

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> [@Bryan17](#):
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> ’m worried it’s the transmi$$ion.

You $hould be worried! Agree with @Purebred, sounds like a transmission problem.

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-jeep-liberty-transmission-trouble/132372/4 "2019-01-10T16:31:06Z")

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Is the transmission fluid at the right level? Is it a good color?

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-jeep-liberty-transmission-trouble/132372/5 "2019-01-11T03:14:58Z")

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Any time your rpms are going up but your speed isn’t, you are slipping the clutches in the transmission. That will ruin the transmission in a very short period of time-like a few minutes. But really on and 02, its probably time for a transmission overhaul anyway.