Factory build sheet
2004 Jeep Liberty Sport
Build 1J4GL48K-4 · 3.7L 6cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1J4GL48K and position 10 reads 4. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Liberty whose VIN starts 1J4GL48K and carries 4 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 6,088 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 6,088 known VINs
- 30 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Jeep with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 3.7 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Four-wheel drive
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Series
- KJ
- Manufacturer
- FCA US LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1D
- GVWR
- 5,001–6,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$4,500 median asking price · 48 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Low 2% of listings $1,999 Top 2% of listings $8,485
The same build, other model years
Jeep used the VIN pattern 1J4GL48K for 6 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2002 Sport 3.7L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 2,882 vehicles code 2 $4,495
- 2003 Sport/Freedom 3.7L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 4,491 vehicles code 3 $3,995
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2004 You are here code 4 $4,500
- 2005 Sport 3.7L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 6,475 vehicles code 5 $4,995
- 2006 Sport 3.7L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 7,482 vehicles code 6 $5,970
- 2007 Sport 3.7L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 6,567 vehicles code 7 $4,358
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 1J4 | FCA US LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | GL48K | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 4 | Model year — 2004 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2004 Jeep Liberty as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
13 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2004 Liberty. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
6,088 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1J4GL48K-4 shares the specification above.
- 6,088 Known VINs
- 30 Listed for sale now
- 48 Priced listings
- $4,500 Median asking
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Liberty, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2004 Limited 3.7L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 2,405 vehicles · $5,298 median
- 2004 Sport 3.7L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 26 vehicles
- 2004 Limited 3.7L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 68 vehicles
- 2004 Sport 3.7L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 157 vehicles
- 2005 Renegade 3.7L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 429 vehicles · $2,999 median
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Prices are asking prices from 48 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 6,088 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.