Where is the starter on a 2002 jeep liberty - 2002 Jeep Liberty

Yes. When was the last time you had the starter changed? Has anyone crawled under the vehicle to check for a loose starter? If the starter does not engage it may be the starter solenoid ( the thing that drives the gears into contact before the starter actually turns ). This might not be ramming the gears together properly and that will cause the grinding noise, as well as an intermittent start.

the starter grinds because the bushings at each end are worn .or if the engine has been removed and replaced,, the person didnt replace the spacers from the starter and bell housing which keeps the starter gears from going too deep into the fly wheel makeing a grinding sound. the intermittent starting problem could just be the check valve on your fuel system bleeding back . need more info.

Sounds like your starter is not working,here's a link on how to remove,take to Autozone and they will test for free,takes only a few minutes.To check for power at starter,get meter and it should read 12 volts.

A mechanic would check for voltage at the starter, the neutral safety switch, and the key switch. Also check the ground connections.
You could have a dead cell in the battery.
Will it jump start ?

ck. the batt voltage and cabels if thats good go 2 the ign switch

Hi, if you mean starter motor of the engine then it is always on the lower side of the engine mostly left side near the transmission case as it is attached to flywheel.

you can note a blue box in the attached picture

you must remove front prop (if 4 wheel drive) 8mm bolts after removeing half the bolts put transfer in nutural turn the prop and remove rest of bolts,. prop will compress and can be moved out of the way. be sure battery is disconnected.starter is held on with 15mm bolts losen these and the 13mm and 8mm electrical connectorbolts starter can now be removed reverse procedure to install.

is vehicle fiily in park position may want to see if vehicle will start in neutral

It sounds like you need a new battery. If it's a 2002, then it's probably on it's second battery already and due for a new one. The clicking is the starter solenoid trying to engage the starter with the flywheel. If the battery can't supply enough "cold cranking amps" or "power", then it makes that clicking noise.

My wife had a similar problem with a 2003 Jeep Liberty. Her problem was that it stalled and she could not get it restarted unless it sat off for 30-45 minutes. It seemed like it was a problem with the alternator and battery but it had just gotten a brand new battery in it and we discovered the starter would roll over after the Jeep sat. We had it towed to the dealership and they replaced the Crank Sensor and the Timing Sensor and the Jeep now runs fine again. Side note: They charged us about $200 to fix these parts.