Jeep Patriot Complaints

3,365 consumer complaints on file.

#11088675April 17, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE WILL STALL OR COMPLETELY DRIVING WHILE AT SPEED EITHER HIGHWAY SPEED OR BACKROADS. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A TRAIN BECAUSE AS I WAS CROSSING TRACKS IT QUIT. I PLACED IT BACK IN PARK AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT IN TIME. IT STALLS OR QUITS 8-10 TIMES A DAY. I HAVE HAD IT AT MY DEALER FOR THE SAME ISSUE 3 TIMES NOW. THIS LAST TIME THEY HAVE HAD IT A MONTH AND STILL CONTINUE TO TELL ME THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11088366April 16, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF AND SUNROOF LEAK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11088379April 16, 2018
POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED! NOT SAFE. MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. I BOUGHT THIS CAR ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH MY 5 YEAR OLD SON WHEN THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND CLUNKING UNCONTROLLABLY. I PULLED OVER THINKING I HAD A FLAT TIRE BUT DID NOT. WENT TO MECHANIC, WHERE THEY REPLACED FAULTY SWAY BAR AND ALSO INSTALLED AN EXHAUST SPRING BOLT KIT THAT WAS NEVER INSTALLED TO BEGIN WITH. GET THE CAR BACK TO NOT ONLY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AGAIN ALONG WITH ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION SEEMING TO SLIP. I WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT- AGAIN WITH MY SON IN THE CAR, WHILE BREAKING- THE CAR JUMPS RPM AND ALMOST RAN INTO CAR IN FRONT OF ME. ALSO ON CRUISE CONTROL THE CAR WOULDN'T STOP REV'N THE ENGINE. IT WAS STUCK OVER 4 RPM. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR SAFETY BUT IT IS FAR FROM SAFE. THERE WAS AN AIRBAG RECALL BUT WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IT WAS MARKED AS A SEAT BELT RECALL. I WOULD OF STEERED CLEAR IF I KNEW ABOUT AIRBAG BUT NOW I KNOW AIRBAG MAY NOT WORK IN CRASH OR WILL DEPLOY RANDOMLY EVEN IF IT WAS FIXED IT'S NOT A LEGIT FIX DUE TO ELECTRICAL?! ALSO I BELIEVE THE RECALL ON 2.4 ENGINES SHOULD ALSO BE LOOKED INTO FOR MORE POSSIBLE CARS AFFECTED. MY CAR FOLLOWS SAME PROBLEMS AS THOSE RECALLED AND SAME ENGINE BUT MINES NOT RECALLED. THIS CAR CLUNKS IN AND OUT OF DRIVEWAYS. IT FEELS LIKE IT WILL FALL APART. THE WEATHER STRIPING IS POOR ALLOWING WATER TO GET IN CAUSING MOLDY SMELL. THE BRAKE LIGHTS ACCUMULATE WATER. THERE SEEM TO BE SIGNS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS HOWEVER MECHANIC CAN'T SEE IT. CAN'T CHARGE PHONE AN LISTEN TO RADIO UNLESS YOU LIKE STATIC! SAME WITH AUX CORD, JUST STOPPED WORKING. ASIDE FROM LOOKING NICE- CRYSLER DID A TERRIBLE JOB WITH THIS PARTICULAR PATRIOT. POORLY BUILT, NOT WORTH THE MONEY. THEY RATHER HAVE PEOPLE DIE OR GET SERIOUSLY INJURED BEFORE LOOKING INTO RECALLING IT RIGHT? MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT HAVE BEEN MADE AND CAR IS STILL IN THE SHOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084494April 11, 2018
POWER TRAIN
MY JEEP TRY TO STALL AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. I HAD A TUNE-UP DONE, BUT IT STILLS TRIES TO STALLS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084596April 11, 2018
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
THE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER MUST BE REPLACED.-I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED TO HAVE THIS REPLACED ON MY VEHICLE YET!! I CALL JEEP AND APPARENTLY THE RECALL IS INCOMPLETE?! HOW COME JEEP IS NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS. I AM CONCERNED FOR THOSE WHO RIDE IN THIS CAR. WHAT DO I DO? I WAS ASSURED WHEN I BOUGHT THE JEEP ~1YR AGO FROM THE DEALER THAT THE RECALL WOULD BE HANDLED WITHIN A FEW MONTHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084391April 10, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
CAR ENGINE CUTS OUT WHILE STATIONARY OR TRYING TO START MOVING. STEERING WHEEL AND SHIFTER LOCKS UP. THEN TYPICALLY RESTARTS RIGHT AWAY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THENS COMES ON, BUT NOTHING SHOWS UP WHEN RUNNING DIAGNOSTICS. VERY SCARED THIS WILL HAPPEN TO ME WHILE GOING 70 ON A HIGHWAY. I COULD EASILY BE HIT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG THIS TYPE OF CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084293April 10, 2018
SEAT BELTS
I HAVE TWO NON VERBAL AUTSTIC BOYS, I HEARD MY SON GASPING I PULLED OVER AND THE REAR SEAT BELT HAD RETRACTED UNDER HIS RIB CAGE, I KICKED OUT THE BOOSTER SEAT AND LIFTED HIM INTO MY LEG HIGHER TO ATTEMPT TO PULL THE BELT, HE COULD NOT BREATH, IT ONLY GOT TIGHTER AND THE TENSION WAS SO TIGHT THE LAP LOCK WOULD NOT RELEASE, I CALLED 911, THEY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CUT THE BELT. IT ONLY GOT TIGHTER. THE DEALERSHIP GUY CHECKED THE OTHER BELT AND SAID IT ONLY LOCKS ALSO WHEN IT WANTS, AND REMEMBER ME COMPLAINING TO HIM THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. AT THIS TIME IT'S IN SHOTTENKIRK AT MOUNT PLEASANT IOWA I'M IN A LOANER, CHRYSLER ASSIGNED A CASE MANAGER AND I'VE HEARD NOTHING, THE SALES GUY SAID REPORT IT BECAUSE CHRYSLER WILL SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG, MY AUTISTIC CHILD NOW HAS TO BE RE TAUGHT TO GET BACK INTO A CAR, HE IS TERRIFIED, I DID GET HIM TO HIS DOCTOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084314April 10, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
DRIVING VEHICLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND IT COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11083934April 9, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
...HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL ISSUED ON THE JEEP PATRIOT CONCERNING THE REAR HATCH ALLOWING WATER INTO THE REAR LATCH CAUSING THE INTERIOR LIGHTS TO REMAIN ON? MY WIFE HAD THIS HAPPEN AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS CAUSED HER PROBLEMS WITH DRIVING AT NIGHT UNTIL THE REPAIR WAS MADE. MY MECHANIC STATED THAT HE HAD TO PERFORM THIS FIX ON 5 JEEPS WITHIN A MONTH. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS AND THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THEY HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AS WELL...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084007April 9, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY
SUSPENSION CREDER CAR FRAME REST
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084057April 9, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS, CAR HAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING OR WARNING LIGHTS, NO ENGINE, NO POWER STEERING NO ELECTRICAL ANYTHING. THIS IS A DEATH TRAP AND SERIOUS BODILY HARM WAITING TO HAPPEN. HIGHLY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 8 TIMES AND HAS BEEN INTO THE JEEP DEALER 4 TIMES TO GET FIXED, TO NO AVAIL. IT KEEPS HAPPENING AND IS NOW BACK AT THE DEALER. LAST TIME, THEY REPLACED ABS MODULE AND BLED SYSTEM. STILL DIDN'T WORK. LOTS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS ONLINE OVER MANY YEARS. DATE IT HAPPENED IS FIRST TIME, BUT IT IS NOW IN SHOP FOR THE 4TH TIME. 2016 JEEP PATRIOTS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM, BUT NO OTHER YEAR. WHY?!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11083590April 6, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN FILL GAS TANK, CAR STALLS OUT WHEN MAKING TURNS ON ANY ROADWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11083704April 6, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE ROLL OVER CHECK VALVE INSIDE THE GAS TANK GETS STUCK. IF IT STICKS UP IT PREVENTS GAS TANK VENTING. IF IT STICKS DOWN IT ALLOWS GAS TO FLOW FROM THE VENT IF THE VEHICLE WERE TO ROLL OVER. MINE STUCK UP. WHEN I DISECTED THE TANK I HAD TO PRY THE CHECK VALVE OUT. ONCE I GOT IT OUT I FOUND IT MOVES FREELY THROUGH 270 DEGREES, BUT IF YOU ROTATE IT THROUGH THE OTHER 90 DEGREES IT GETS STUCK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11083429April 5, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED, IT WOULD STALL OR HESITATE TO DRIVE. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, IT WOULD STALL AND RESTART INDEPENDENTLY AFTER THREE MINUTES BEFORE SUDDENLY OPERATING NORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11082664April 3, 2018
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE LOSES POWER UNPREDICTABLY WHILE IN MOTION. OCCURS IN VARIOUS SCENARIOS, INCLUDING DURING A COMPLETE STOP, ACCELERATING, DECELERATING, AND CRUISING (OCCURS AT ALL SPEEDS 0-75 MPH). VEHICLE MAINTAINS ELECTRICAL POWER BUT LOSES THRUST, POWER STEERING, AND BRAKE PRESSURE. CAR NEEDS TO BE TURNED OFF, AND ON OCCASION THE ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RE-START. WILL HAVE TO WAIT SEVERAL MINUTES. OCCURS MOSTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVING FOR AT LEAST A SHORT DISTANCE, THEN TURNED OFF FOR 5-10 MINUTES MINIMUM. WHEN VEHICLE RESTARTS, THE OPERATOR IS AT RISK FOR FAILURE. JEEP DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE TROTTLE BODY AND ISSUE PERSISTED. RETURNED TO JEEP, THEY REPLICATED THE ENGINE FAILURE BUT CANNOT IDENTIFY AN ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11082543April 2, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEAT BELTS
IF THE WHEEL BEARING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WAS TOLD IT WAS A DEFECT. MARCH 2018 GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AGAIN WAS TOLD IT WAS A DEFECT. BOTH TIMES HAD TO PAY A HUNDRED DOLLARS DEDUCTED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11082310March 31, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WE BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY SON IN DEC 2016. IN THE SUMMER OF 2017, HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH. AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, MAYBE TWO HOURS ON THE FREEWAY, HIS CAR LITERALLY SHUT DOWN. IT WENT FROM 70 MPH TO 20 MPH IMMEDIATELY. THIS HAPPENED 4 TIMES LAST SUMMER. WE TOOK THE CAR TO LITHIA DODGE OF SANTA ROSA, CA TWICE. THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAD HIM COME HOME (CHESTER, CA) AND TOOK IT TO WHERE WE BOUGHT IT AT SUSANVILLE AUTO CENTER IN SUSANVILLE, CA. THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM EITHER. THEY DID SAY THAT THEY HAD TWO OTHER JEEPS WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION THAT THE CUSTOMERS SAID THEY HAD THE SAME ISSUES. AGAIN, THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. JUST NOW, MY SON CALLED (HE IS ON HIS WAY UP FOR EASTER) AND HE IS STUCK IN WOODLAND, CA ALONGSIDE THE FREEWAY. IT HAPPENED AGAIN. SUSANVILLE MOTORS HAD US CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH WE DID (OVER $400) TO HOPEFULLY FIX THE PROBLEM. IT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T. IT IS ONLY 75 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. THE CAR DOESN'T SHOW ANY SIGN OF OVERHEATING, ALL FLUIDS ARE GOOD, BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, AFTER DRIVING FREEWAY SPEEDS, THE OVERHEATING LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE CAR WILL SHUT DOWN. THE TEMPERATURE GAGE SAYS EVERYTHING IS GREAT. I HAVE GONE ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND SOME CHAT AREAS WHERE OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN IS JEEP GOING TO PUT IN A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE? THEY HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT IT. IS IT GOING TO TAKE MY SON GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT AND GETTING HURT, OR EVEN WORSE, KILLING HIMSELF? I AM PETRIFIED ABOUT THIS. I TURNED IN A CASE LAST SUMMER (CASE # 32398610) AND SPOKE WITH A WONDERFUL LADY BY THE NAME OF KAYLEE. PLEASE HELP. JEEP WON'T DO ANYTHING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11082204March 30, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL TANK WILL NOT ACCEPT GAS. ON MOST GAS PUMPS THE FUEL CLICKS OFF EVERY O.25 GALLON. THE ONLY WAY TO FILL THE TANK IS TO BARELY OPEN THE FUEL NOZZLE, SO THE TANK FILLS VERY SLOWLY. TROUBLE WITH THAT IS THE FUEL DOESN'T SHUT OFF AT ALL. I JUST FILL THE TANK UNTIL IT SPILLS OUT. JEEP WANTS OVER $1,600 TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK. I CAN SPILL A LOT OF GAS FOR THAT PRICE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11082228March 30, 2018
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SACRAMENTO CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (3610 FULTON AVE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95821) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR FAILED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V907000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11082076March 29, 2018
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE CAR REGULARLY STALLS IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK UP TO FULL. WHETHER COMING TO A STOP, OR CRUISING, OR LIFTING OFF THE GAS PEDAL WHILE MOVING. OCCASIONALLY, EARLY IN THE MORNING, IT MAY STALL ALSO. IT WILL RESTART IMMEDIATELY AFTER STALLING BUT THE STALLING IS DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING AT SPEED, ON THE HIGHWAY, AND/OR IN TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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