# Problems starting **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** liberty, jeep\ **Created:** [March 14, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problems-starting/71427 "2012-03-14T23:12:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bjhagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@bjhagan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bjhagan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problems-starting/71427/1 "2012-03-14T23:12:56Z")
I drive a 2005 Jeep Liberty with about 96,000 miles on it. A couple weeks ago, the Jeep had some trouble starting. It would crank and turn over and then sputter out. I tried it again and it did the same thing. After letting it sit for a couple minutes, it started and ran fine. No warning lights or anything on the dashboard and nothing that seemed unusual. A couple days later, my wife noticed a small pool of pink fluid on the floor of the garage where my Jeep parks. So I took the Jeep in to get it looked at. They said there was a leak in the coolant line as well as the pinion system, both of which they repaired. Since then, the Jeep has done this 3 more times, usually from a warm start. If it’s been sitting for a few hours, it starts without a problem. But if I’m running errands, then the third time I try to start it, it will fail until I let it sit for a couple minutes. Then it will finally start up. Any thoughts on what it could be before I take it back to the mechanic? ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problems-starting/71427/2 "2012-03-15T01:30:37Z")
Next time it does this, take the gas cap off and try to start it. If it starts right up, you have a pressure-relief problem in your fuel system. ---
**Author:** ![bjhagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@bjhagan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bjhagan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/problems-starting/71427/3 "2012-03-15T16:13:26Z")
I will try that. Thanks for the tip.