# 2005 Jeep Liberty - 4WD problems

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-jeep-liberty-4wd-problems/174293>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** transmissions, jeep\
**Created:** [January 18, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-jeep-liberty-4wd-problems/174293 "2021-01-18T18:46:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Chiefs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Chiefs](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Chiefs)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-jeep-liberty-4wd-problems/174293/1 "2021-01-18T18:46:42Z")

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Part time four wheel stays on in two wheel drive. Howls in four wheel drive in high lock but not in low lock.

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-jeep-liberty-4wd-problems/174293/2 "2021-01-18T21:57:22Z")

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The 4wd switch could be bad. We owned a 2003 Liberty for several years but didn’t have that particular problem.

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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 19, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-jeep-liberty-4wd-problems/174293/3 "2021-01-19T21:22:59Z")

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Failing transfer case, maybe. Given the 23 word description, that’s all I can suggest.