# 2007 Jeep Liberty - damage from part-time 4WD? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** liberty, jeep\ **Created:** [November 14, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-jeep-liberty-damage-from-part-time-4wd/172286 "2020-11-14T12:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michele11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/michele11/32/23204_2.png) [@Michele11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Michele11)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-jeep-liberty-damage-from-part-time-4wd/172286/1 "2020-11-14T12:47:13Z")
After towing my Jeep 5 miles to the repair shop for a broken shift linkage, the garage suggested I get4 new tires. I authorized them because they really were needed. When driving home the dashboard indicted that my jeep was in part time 4wd. I had already travelled 4 miles. I stopped the vehical and shifted out of pt. 3 miles later I turned into a parking spot and heard a horrid banging from the driver’s side front end. Back to the repair shop. The young mechanic said that the I was driving in 4wd which was causing the banging. I showed him he was incorrect. Now the service manager told me to drive in part-time 4wd, come back in 6 days and they will check it out again. He said the button on the shift may he the problem. Someone else suggested it could be a bad ujount or tire rod. I drive 45-50 mph zones for 20 miles up steep hills each day to get to workm will driving in continuous part-time 4wd damage my jeep? She has been a great vehical thus far. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-jeep-liberty-damage-from-part-time-4wd/172286/2 "2020-11-14T15:11:44Z")
I think someone may have the correct answer for you about possible damage . But I would not take that advice to keep driving this vehicle with these problems. A bad tie rod on steep hills is not something I would trust . This is a case where I would have it towed to a shop that really knows what they are doing . ---
**Author:** ![auto-owner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@auto-owner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/auto-owner)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-jeep-liberty-damage-from-part-time-4wd/172286/3 "2020-11-15T03:11:31Z")
Are you saying this Jeep was towed with wheels down, not flat-bedded? ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-jeep-liberty-damage-from-part-time-4wd/172286/4 "2020-11-15T15:00:24Z")
Part time 4wd. Locks front/rear driveshafts. So, part time means locked or unlocked. I guess that is the definition of part time. Like sometimes.