Does your 2004 jeep liberty have front wheel drive?

Answer 1

No, but the front wheels may be driven if you have a 4x4 model. The Jeep Liberty is basically a rear-wheel drive vehicle, like the Jeep Wrangler, Cherokee, Grand Cherokee, as well as most pickup trucks like the Ford F150 and most high end European cars like BMW and Mercedes.

However, all 4x4 Jeeps have the ability to drive the front wheels as well as the rear wheels. So, when you shift into 4 wheel drive some power is sent the front wheels as well as the rear wheels (how much power depends on the 4 wheel setting, full time, part time, etc.). Sending power to the front as well as the rear can be useful for maintaining grip on soft or uneven surfaces, like a beach, mud, or rocks.

It is important to know that when you switch out of 4 wheel drive, power is fed only to the rear wheels. The handling of a real wheel driven vehicle is quite different from that of a front wheel driven one. (There are some front wheel drive vehicles that have an AWD or "all wheel drive" mode in which power is added to the rear wheels and they behave quite differently from a rear-drive 4x4.) So, a 2WD Liberty is rear wheel drive; a 4x4 Liberty can drive all wheels. We hope you enjoy your Liberty as much as we enjoy ours!