Jeep Patriot Complaints

3,365 consumer complaints on file.

#10807737December 1, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS AT MY MECHANIC GETTING MY 2008 JEEP PATRIOT SERVICED WHEN HE CALLED ME INTO THE SHOP TO LOOK AT THE RUST ISSUE THAT THE K FRAME HAS. THE RUST HAS ALREADY BEGAN TO MAKE HOLES IN THE STRUCTURE WHICH WERE NOT THERE AT MY LAST CHANGE 3 MONTHS AGO. I BEGAN TO RESEARCH THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT IT SEEMS TO BE QUITE COMMON, SO MUCH THAT THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE 2007 PATRIOT WARRANTY. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY OPEN RECALLS ON MY PATRIOT AND HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WASN'T. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR EVEN AT JUST UNDER 105,000 MILES. THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE READ ONLINE MENTIONS A MANUFACTURE FLAW THAT HAS THE A/C DRAIN OVER THE FRAME. THIS LEAVES THE OWNER WITH A COSTLY REPAIR THAT IS JEEPS FAULT. WHILE THE JEEP WAS IN THE AIR ON THE LIFT WE INSPECTED THE REST OF THE UNDER BODY EVERYTHING ELSE WAS RUST FREE BUT I HAVE ENCLOSED PICTURES TAKEN TODAY ON THE LIFT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807823December 1, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I CANNOT PUT FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE WITHOUT IT CONTINUOUSLY SHUTTING THE GAS OFF AFTER A FEW SECONDS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE GAS TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I FOUND A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB 14-001-09 REV.A) THAT ADDRESSES THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES, BUT THE 2009 JEEP PATRIOT IS NOT INCLUDED. MY ONLINE RESEARCH HAS UNCOVERED OTHER JEEP PATRIOT OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH NO RECOURSE BUT TO PAY OUT-OF-POCKET FOR A NEW FUEL TANK. I HAVE BEEN QUOTED $1400.00 TO HAVE THE FUEL TANK REPLACED. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY CHRYSLER JEEP IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE WITH THE 2009 PATRIOT. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW MANY JEEP PATRIOT OWNERS HAD TO HAVE THEIR GAS TANKS REPLACED AND IF CHRYSLER JEEP HAS REPAIR RECORDS OF GAS TANK REPLACEMENTS DONE IN THEIR REPAIR SHOPS. WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THIS FIXED?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807490November 30, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. THE ETS LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON AND EVEN THOUGH YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL IT WOULD NOT GO. IT WOULD BE WORKING FINE ONE MINUTE - THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP MOVING. IT DID THIS IS HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC WHEN I PULLED OUT WHICH TERRIFIED ME TO THE POINT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET HIT. IT ALSO HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE IN TRAFFIC GOING 70 MPH. WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED WHEN IT ALL OF A SUDDEN DECIDED TO STOP ACCELERATING. I NEVER HAD ISSUES BEFORE SO I THOUGHT IT MAY BE BAD FUEL. I DID A FUEL TREATMENT AND THE SAME ISSUE OCCURED. JEEP DEARLERSHIP CHARGED ME A FORTUNE TO FIX WHAT THEY SAID WAS A BAD ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM THAT WAS NOT COVERED BY RECALL IN THIS MODEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807310November 28, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE JUST DIES FOR NO REASON. AFTER A WHILE IT STARTS BACK UP WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE TIME I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC. A COUPLE DAYS AGO IT STALLED WHILE ON THE FWY WITH MY 3 YR OLD SON ALMOST RESULTING IN DISASTER. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE ABOUT 6 MONTHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806471November 24, 2015
STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
"DEATH WOBBLE". I EXPERIENCED THIS ON A SHORT TWO HOUR TRIP WHERE I COULDN'T CONTROL THE CARD. EVERY TIME I HIT A BUMP OR TIRED TO TURN THE CAR WAS HARD TO STEER. THIS JEEP HAS ON 40K ON IT AND IS 4 YEARS OLD. I WAS TRAVELLING ON THE HIGHWAY AND GENUINELY FEARED FOR MY LIFE. I WAS OVER HALFWAY TO MY DESTINATION SO I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TOOK THE BACK ROADS WITH MY HAZARDS ON AND WENT SLOW. THE FACT THAT JEEP IS UNWILLING TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR IS UPSETTING. BUT WHAT IS MORE UPSETTING IS HOW THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH REGARDS TO THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AND NOT JUST WITH THE PATRIOT. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORSE. I HAVE NO FAITH IN THE COMPANY NOW AND DO NOT TRUST THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10795204November 21, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY VEHICLE HAD SUDDEN LOSS OF ALL POWER. HEADLAMPS FLICKERED AND EVERYTHING SHUT OFF. UNABLE TO PUT HAZARD LIGHTS ON OR USE HORN TO WARN ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10795079November 20, 2015
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AFTER FILLING THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK UNIT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 180,241. UPDATE 01/13/16 MA THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR, IF HE DOESN'T FILL THE TANK UP COMPLETELY. UPDATED 01/25/16.*JB UPDATED 05/24/16*LJ UPDATED 05/24/16.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10795192November 20, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY JEEP PATRIOT STALLS AFTER GETTING GAS. I SAW ONLINE MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED SAME PROBLEM. IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT OF GAS TANK VALVE. VERY DANGEROUS AS STEERING WHEEL LOCKS WHEN CAR STALLS. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10794850November 19, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE STALLS AFTER FILLING-UP THE GAS TANK. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK WHEN IT STALLS, AND SOMETIMES THE CHECK OIL LIGHT COMES ON. WHEN YOU RESTART THE VEHICLE, IT RUNS FINE UNTIL THE NEXT FILL-UP, AND NO LIGHT INDICATORS STAY ON. IT WILL STALL IF YOU ARE STOPPED OR NOT ACCELERATING. I HAVE FELT ESPECIALLY UNSAFE WHEN IT STALLED IN AN INTERSECTION WHERE I WAS WAITING TO TURN LEFT. ALL STALLS HAVE HAPPENED ON CITY STREETS. IF I DO NOT STOP WITHIN A MILE OR TWO OF THE GAS STATION (LIKE WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILL-UP), IT WILL HESITATE / JERK VERY HARD WITHOUT STALLING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS ACCELERATING. THAT IS THE ONLY TIME IT DOES NOT STALL AFTER FILLING UP. I NEVER TOP OFF THE GAS TANK, AND I ALWAYS INSURE THE GAS CAP IS TIGHTENED. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM, AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR FEAR OF CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IF STALLING IN AN INTERSECTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10794974November 19, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING DOWN OUR DRIVEWAY TO THE MAIN ROAD THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY INDICATOR AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON THEN WENT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ROAD TO GET ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AND THE CAR WENT TO A LIMP MODE. I HAD NO THROTTLE TO GET ON THE FREEWAY AND LIMPED BACK HOME. OUR MECHANIC COULD NOT GET THE SCANNER TO DUPLICATE THE LIGHTS.. SINCE THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE, HE RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY PART #4891735AC DUE TO HIGH RATE FAILURE AT A COST OF $533 PARTS AND LABOR TO US. AFTER READING OF MANY COMPLAINTS WE FEEL THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR THE SAFETY OF OCCUPANTS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10794429November 17, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, WHEELS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD AND IN REVERSE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE HAD STEAM COMING FROM THE HOOD, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ODOR, AND THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,069.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790400November 14, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN VERY DEPENDABLE UP UNTIL NOW, MY 3RD YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. THE CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED WELL AND HAS NEVER SHOWN ANY INDICATION OF PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY A FEW WEEKS AGO GOING ABOUT 65MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED IN TRAFFIC. ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE WAS COASTING. I TRIED TO MOVE OVER AS I WAS IN THE FAST LANE WITH NO SHOULDER AVAILABLE DUE TO ROAD WORK. I GOT OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT LANE BUT THERE WAS ALSO NO SHOULDER THERE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO DUCK INTO A WORK AREA THAT HAD A SMALL OPENING(I TOOK OUT A COUPLE CONES THOUGH). AS I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE ONCE IN THE CLOSED WORK AREA OFF THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY I LOST POWER STEERING AND THE ABILITY TO BRAKE. THE CAR WOULD START AGAIN BUT NOT ACCELERATE AND WOULD DIE AGAIN WHEN I TRIED. WE LEFT THE CAR AND CAME BACK 2 HOURS LATER WITH THE SAME ISSUES. AFTER LETTING THE CAR SIT FOR 3-4 HOURS IT RAN PERFECTLY FINE. TWO DAYS LATER I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS GOING ANYWHERE FROM 25-40MPH. I HAD THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT AND IT DID NOT PUT OUT ANY CODES THUS THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO HELP ME. I TOOK THE CAR HOME AGAIN BUT NOW EVERY SINGLE TIME THE CAR RUNS LONG ENOUGH TO REACH NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE IT DIES WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD! THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS COMING ON BEFOREHAND, AND AFTER THE CAR HAS DIED IT SOMETIMES WILL FLASH THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT OR ALL OF THE LIGHTS WILL BRIEFLY FLASH AND THEN GO OFF. MY CAR IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT I BELIEVE THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED. IT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND I EVEN SAW AN INVESTIGATION OPENED IN 2012. WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THAT INVESTIGATION? I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND THEM ANYWHERE PROBABLY INDICATING THAT NOTHING EVER CAME OF IT. I WILL BE CONTACTING JEEP AS WELL AS CARMAX WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790269November 13, 2015
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, A CLICKING SOUND WAS HEARD. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790325November 13, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
EVERYTHING I FILL UP WITH GAS THE JEEP DIES PULLING AWAY FROM THE PUMP. SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET OUT IN TRAFFIC AND IT WILL DIE WHILE TRAVELING SLOW. YOU HAVE TO STOP RESTART THE ENGINE AND HOLD YOU'RE FOOT ON THE GAS AND BRAKE TO KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING AT A STOP. COULD BE DANGEROUS IF THE JEEP DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790030November 12, 2015
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE SUSPENSION CRADLE IS BADLY CORRODED AND HAS LARGE HOLES AND IS MISSING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MATERIAL. THIS WAS DISCOVERED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BY AN ASE CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISES THE VEHICLE CRADLE IS CLOSE TO TOTAL FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION. A PHOTO OF THE CORRODED CRADLE IS ATTACHED. VEHICLE HAS 91,000 ACTUAL MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789945November 12, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED, AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789475November 10, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, STEERING
I BOUGHT A NEW 2008 JEEP PATRIOT, THAT I PARK IN GARAGE IN WINTER IN THE EVENING WHEN NOT DRIVING, THIS PAST SUMMER (2015), I TOOK MY JEEP TO GET INSPECTED AND THE MECHANIC AT THE GARAGE SAID HE CAN NOT PASS IT DUE TO THE RUSTED OUT SUB FRAME THAT HOLDS THE STEERING, AND FRONT END PARTS; I CALLED THE JEEP DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE THE $600.00 DOLLAR PART ON HAND, WHICH MEANS TO ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PART THAT IS FAILING. SINCE IT IS A BOX FRAME PIECE IT APPEARS THAT EITHER THE PART WAS NOT CLEANED OR PLATED ON THE INSIDE CORRECTLY, SINCE THESE PARTS ARE RUSTING OUT FROM THE INSIDE TO OUTSIDE, AND BY THE TIME YOU SEE THE RUST IT IS TO LATE AND RUSTED THOUGH CAUSING A DANGER IN FRAME AND STEERING ALL WITHIN JUST A FEW YEARS ( 6). ALL TOGETHER THIS WAS A $900.00 DOLLAR JOB TO FIX.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789521November 10, 2015
POWER TRAIN
2010 JEEP WITH 65,000 MILES HAS "TICKING" NOISE COMING FROM DIFFERENTIAL. DEALER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH IT IS BELOW THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY, IT IS JUST OVER THE 5 YEAR LIMIT AND IS NO LONGER COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER THE WARRANTY, THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND SIMPLY CHANGED THE FLUID AND FILTER. NOW I HAVE TO PAY!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789223November 9, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AFTER ONLY SIX YEARS OF DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788595November 5, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SINCE MARCH OF 2015 THE CAR HAS EXPERIENCED 43 NON-STARTS. WHEN YOU INSERT THE KEY AND TURN IT TO START THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENS IS THE DASH LIGHTS COME ON. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES AND EACH TIME THE DEALER CANT FIND A PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME THE CAR WAS IN THE DEALERSHIP ADMITTED THE CAR HAS A PROBLEM AS STATED IN IN STAR REPORT. CHRYSLER DOES NOT HAVE A FIX AND WONT UNTIL THE EARLIEST OF 1ST QTR OF 2016. THE CONDITION IS CALLED A SKIM OUT AND IF IT DOESNT START AFTER 6 TRIES IT WILL NOT START FOR 12-24 HOURS LEAVING THE DRIVER STRANDED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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