Jeep Patriot Complaints

3,365 consumer complaints on file.

#10817500January 4, 2016
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK THE ENGINE WILL STALL. IT HAPPENS WITH ENGINE IDLEING OR AFTER ENTERRING TRAFFIC. VERY VERY VERY VERY.......DANGEROUS, JEEP NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE. TONS OF JEEP OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. JEEP DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOUR PRODUCT HAS KILL A BUNCH OF PEOPLE INCLUDING ME AND MY FAMILY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10817321January 1, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY 2008 JEEP PATRIOT LEAKS THROUGH DOME LIGHT. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE FIRST COUPLE TIMES THIS HAPPEN LAST YEAR IT FRIED MY RADIO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10817091December 30, 2015
SUSPENSION
TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO GET A WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END CHECKED. WAS TOLD BY TECHNICIAN THAT THE BALL JOINTS ON BOTH SIDE ARE WORN OUT. HE SAID IT WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO POOR QUALITY COMPONENTS. FROM READING COMPLAINTS, IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE. IT IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. I HAVE CONTACTED AN ATTORNEY AND WILL PROCEED. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816607December 28, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
AFTER FUELING VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING AWAY THE JEEP WILL STUTTER AND SHUT OFF. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHEN DRIVING DOWN A BUSY STREET. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS A FEW MINUTES AFTER FUELING BUT HAS HAPPENED A DAY AFTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816270December 26, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I AM DRIVING A NEW TO ME PATRIOT 2008 AND AM HAVING WATER LEAKING IN TO INTERIOR FROM REAR/HATCH DOOR. IT'S A HOLIDAY WEEKEND, SO WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL MONDAY TO CONTACT DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811725December 22, 2015
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AT IDLE AND WHILE DRIVING, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL (ETC) LIGHT BLINKS INTERMITTENTLY AND I LOSE POWER. AFTER ABOUT 4 DAYS OF THIS HAPPENING, NOT ONLY DID THE ETC LIGHT COME ON, BUT THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) LIGHT CAME ON. THEN THE 4X4 LIGHT, AIRBAG LIGHTS, AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE JEEP RAN REALLY ROUGH AT IDLE. I TOOK IT TO A CERTIFIED JEEP DEALER TO BE TOLD THAT I NEED THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED FOR $591. THE MILEAGE ON MY JEEP IS APPROXIMATELY 51,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811593December 21, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
THE SECOND TO THE LAST DAY OF HUNTING SEASON MY HUSBAND. AND I WENT UP ABOVE OUR HOUSE, ABOUT 15 MILES, WE WERE IN LIGHT SNOW, AND I COULD NOT GET THE THROTTLE TO ENGAGE CAUSED US TO SLIDE BACK A LITTLE AGAIN TRIED TO USE THROTTLE TO GO, MY HUSBAND SAW A WISP OF SMOKE ON PASSENGER SIDE, I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, MY HUSBAND LOOKS UNDER WHERE THE SMOKE CAME FROM AND THE RACK N PINION BOOT WHERE ON FIRE, I POPPED THE HOOD, FLAMES WERE TO HOT FOR HIM TO OPEN THE HOOD. I WALKED DOWN THE ROAD TO SAFETY, AS MY HUSBAND GOT OUT WHAT HE COULD OF OUR BELONGINGS OUT AND INTO THE SNOW BANK. AND IN THAT FEW MINUTES THE FLAMES WERE INSIDE THE CAB AND WINDOWS WERE EXPLODING, NEXT THE TIRES AND THE PAINT ETC.....THE SPARE TIRE ALSO BLEW FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR. MY HUSBAND LEFT BEFORE THE GAS TANK BLEW IF IT DID WE DON'T KNOW. WE HAD TO WALK 15 MILES SOAKING WET . WE ARE BOTH DISABLED WITH NECK AND BACK INJURIES. THIS JEEP IS OUR ONLY VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION. WHAT WORRIES US IS THAT HAD SOMEONE BEEN CONFINED BY WHEEL CHAIR OR CHILDREN IN A CAR SEAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10811236December 19, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
GAS PUMP SHUTS OFF WHEN FILLING UP, IT STARTED LAST MONTH ON & OFF. LAST 3 DAYS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUT MORE THAN 1 GALLON REGARDLESS OF GAS PUMP OR GAS STATION. CHECKED INTERNET AND MANY ARE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THE GAS TANK HAS TO BE REPLACED AT OWNERS EXPENSE. I HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH 2005 CHRYSLER 300, IT STARTED THE SAME WAY WHERE I COULD NOT PUT GAS, THEN IT STARTED TO SHUTOFF WHILE DRIVING OR RIGHT AFTER FILLING UP, A COUPLE TIMES I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN TURNING AT INTERSECTION AND ENGINE SHUTOFF AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION. THE DEALER REPLACED THE GAS TANK FOR FREE AS SIMILAR ISSUES WERE REPORTED FOR 2006 CHRYLER 300S,BUT NOT 2005 MODEL. 2) ALSO, OFTEN AFTER FILLING UP, THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL GO ON USUALLY WITHIN HOURS OF FILLING UP WHILE DRIVING AND STAYS ON. SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT GO OFF FOR DAYS EVEN WHEN DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY FOR AN HR.THE ENGINE LIGHT WHEN IT GOES OFF MAY STAY OFF FOR 2-3 WEEKS. I CHECK THE GAS CAP AND IT IS ON TIGHT. PREVIOUSLY MY MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS DUE TO A CODE 420? POINTING TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. I AM NOT CONVINCED IS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BECAUSE WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OFF, IT STAYS OFF FOR WEEKS, AND I DO ALLOT OF DRIVING. ON STREETS AND EXPRESSWAY FOR 30 MILES OR MORE DAILY. I AM TAKING CAR TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP NEXT WEEK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811052December 18, 2015
SEAT BELTS
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION COMBINED IMPACT OF ABOUT 40 MPH. DRIVER ENDED UP OUT OF SEAT DRAPED OVER STEERING WHEEL. PHYSICAL EXAM OF DRIVER SHOWED BRUISE ON LEFT CLAVICLE AREA INDICATING SHOULDER STRAP WAS IN USE. DRIVER SUFFERED SEVERE CONTUSION AND POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF STERNUM. INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2015. ACCIDENT REPORT AVAILABLE FROM WAUKESHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. INTERSECTION OF ELMHURST AND NORTHVIEW.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10810453December 15, 2015
SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT.WHILE STRAPPING A SAFETY SEAT INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE THREAD ON THE CENTER SEAT BELT WAS FAILING. ALSO, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS SPLITTING IN TWO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE CENTER SEAT BELT WAS REPLACED. THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,898.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10809615December 11, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE FUEL INJECTION SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANFUCTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10809636December 11, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT BECAME ILL. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE EXHAUST BLOCK WAS LEAKING EXHAUST FUMES INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INDEPENDENTLY REPLACED THE EXHAUST BLOCK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,000. ...UPDATED 02/19/16 *BF UPDATED 05/0918*JB *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10809012December 8, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
I BOUGHT 2008 JEEP PATRIOT NEW, THIS SUMMER (2015), I FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO A RUSTED OUT FRONT STEEL FRAME ASSEMBLY, THAT HOLDS THE STEERING UNIT AND THE LOWER ARMS OF THE WHEELS, IT DIRECTLY EFFECTS THE STEERING. I HAVE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE SEEN OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE SEEN WHERE CHRYSLER WAS RECALLING OLDER 2007 JEEPS WITH SAME PROBLEMS BUT NOT MINE. THIS JOB COST BETWEEN $900.00 TO $1000.00.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808687December 7, 2015
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION FREQUENTLY OVERHEATS ON TRIPS OVER 1 HOURS OR WHERE HIGHWAY SPEED LIMITS ARE HIGHER THAN 70 MPH. THERE IS A FIELD FOR THE DATE OF WHEN THIS HAPPENED BELOW; HOWEVER, IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD AND LET IT SET FOR ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES BEFORE I CAN CONTINUE THE TRIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808641December 6, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STARTING ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO THE CAR WILL NO LONGER TAKE MORE THAN ABOUT 1/4 GALLON OF GAS BEFORE CLICKING OFF. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS THE PUMP AT COSTCO BUT I HAVE SINCE EXPERIENCED THE ISSUE AT SEVERAL OTHER STATIONS. IT TAKES ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO FILL THE TANK FROM EMPTY AND WILL SPIT GAS BACK IF I AM NOT CAREFUL. CHECKED THE EVAP CANISTER AND FILLER NECK. BASED ON RESEARCH IT APPEARS THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE GAS TANK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808640December 6, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR STALLS SHORTLY AFTER REFUELING. GENERALLY I DRIVE FOR ABOUT 60 SECONDS AT WHICH POINT IF I SLOW DOWN TOO MUCH IT STALLS OUT. THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERMITTENT ISSUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808556December 5, 2015
ENGINE
ENGINE STALLS SHORTLY AFTER REFUELING. VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHEN IT COMES TO A STOP WITHIN MINUTES OF REFUELING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808410December 4, 2015
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH TIE RODS WERE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808116December 3, 2015
AIR BAGS, ENGINE, STEERING
AIR BAG COVER RATTLES OVER 45 MPH HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE MILEAGE OF ABOUT 1000 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WITH CODE P0128 FAULTY THERMOSTAT 2 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH PULLS TO LEFT OVER 60 MPH HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE JUNE HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP 2X
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807903December 2, 2015
ENGINE, WHEELS
I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 50MPH AROUND A CURVE IN THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TRIED TO PUT TIN NEUTRAL AND RESTART IT, IT DID NOT TURN OVER. I PUT IT IN PARK AND AFTER 3 TRIES IT STARTED. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE ON A SATURDAY AND WHEN I TOOK IT IN ON MONDAY THEY TOLD ME WITHOUT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEY COULD NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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