# jeep Liberty "part time light"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-liberty-part-time-light/568629>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-liberty-part-time-light/568629 "2011-01-23T06:29:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mel\_Buxton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@Mel\_Buxton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mel_Buxton)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-liberty-part-time-light/568629/1 "2011-01-23T06:29:46Z")

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I recently had my liberty sport have an oil change, transmission flush and air filter changed at my local jiffy lube.

When I left I noticed that my “part time” four wheel drive light was on even though the four wheel drive wasn’t engaged.

When I returned they couldn’t figure out how to fix it back, and even suggested that I didn’t know how to drive my car. ( he said the part time drive light should always be on… huh?).

I’ve had the car for eight years… and the “part time” light has always come on when I engaged the four wheel drive.

Has anyone else had this issue?

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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-liberty-part-time-light/568629/2 "2011-01-23T06:50:33Z")

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Possibly they broke or knocked a wire loose on the xfer case.

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**Author:** ![Batfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-liberty-part-time-light/568629/3 "2011-01-23T13:50:44Z")

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> **[Part time light](https://www.jeepforum.com/threads/part-time-light.644854/)**
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> I can't seem to perform a search of the forum and I know this has been addressed many times but here it goes again:
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> My "part time" light mostly stays on no matter what. The Jeep does shift into and out of 4 wheel mode completely every...

There’s a lot of Jeep knowledge on that forum.