Jeep Patriot Complaints

3,365 consumer complaints on file.

#11141681October 21, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VALVE IN FILLER NECK WILL NOT ALLOW FUEL TO ENTER TANK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141590October 20, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY DOING 65 AND THE JERKED HARD AND THE POWER OF THE CAR DROPED DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH ALMOST CAUSING ME TO GET INTO A CRASH WITH CARS BEHIND ME A RED LIGHING BOLT LITE UP ON THE DASH AS THIS WAS HAPPENING AND AT THAT SAME TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IF I PRESSED ON THE GAS NOTHING BUT RPM WENT UP AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH THE LIGHTS STOPPED AND THE CAR WENT BACK TO NORMAL BARELY MAKING IT HOME SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN IT'S THE ETC LIGHT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ESC STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT ALL COME ON AND YOU LOSE POWER TO ACELRATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141428October 19, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY
WE RECENTLY PURCHASED 2008 JEEP PATRIOT AND WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE SUBFRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS MANUFACTURE DEFECT OF THE AC DRAIN RUNS ON OR THROUGH THE SUBFRAME WHICH ACCELERATES THE RUSTING PROCESS. THERE WAS A 10 YEAR 150,000 MILES EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS PART WHICH HAS EXPIRED BUT WE WERE UNAWARE OF THIS AS IT WAS BEFORE WE BOUGHT THE JEEP. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE THAT WAS ONLY THIS PAST FEBRUARY (FOR THE 10 YEARS) BUT WE STILL ONLY HAVE 122,000 MILES ON THE JEEP. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP AND THEY WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY, WE WERE GIVE A QUOTE OF $942.76 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY ALSO TOLD US WE COULD CALL JEEP CARES AT 1-800-992-1997 AND THEY ALSO SAID THEY CAN'T HELP US. WE ARE WAITING FOR A SUPERVISOR TO CALL US BACK FROM JEEP CARES BUT THAT HASN'T HAPPEN EITHER. CLEARLY IN READING THE FORUMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. WE BOUGHT THIS JEEP FOR OUR 16 YEAR OLD SON AND SAFETY IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR US. WE WANT JEEP TO WORK WITH US IS COVERING THE COST OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE HELP....
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141350October 18, 2018
SEATS
I WAS BACKING MY 2013 JEEP PATRIOT INTO A DRIVEWAY WHEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT HEADREST SUDDENLY AND QUICKLY EXPLODED, PUNCHING ME IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD. I WASN'T EVEN TOUCHING IT AT THE TIME. IN THE 4 OR SO YEARS I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE, I HAVE RARELY EVEN ADJUSTED IT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY IF I'D BEEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141280October 18, 2018
POWER TRAIN
3 DAYS AFTER MY 10 YEAR DRIVETRAIN INSPECTION,I DROVE FROM CLEVELAND OHH TO RENO NEVADA. THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED APPROX. 10 TIMES REQUIRING ME TO PULL OFF IINTERSTATE-80 AND WAIT FOR IT TO COOL. TRUCKS OCCASIONALLY WEAVE INTO THE BERM WHERE I WAS PARKED CAUSING ALOT OF WORRY. TO KEEP FROM OVERHEATING I HAD TO KEEP THE RPMS UNDER 2500. THIS LIMITED MY TOP SPEED ON LEVEL GRADE TO APPROX. 65 MPH IN 80 MPH SPEED LIMIT AND UNDER 50 MPH GOING UPHILL. NEEDLESS TO SAY A LOT OF TRUCKS CAME FLYING UP BEHIND ME TO PASS. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP IN RENO DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVER FILLED ( 65ML AT 100DEGREES VS. SPEC OF 25-35 ML.).THE DEALER THAT DID THE INSPECTION IN CLEVELAND BEFORE THE TRIP SAID THEY DID NOT OVERFILL IT.. THE TRANSMISSION HAS OVERHEATED ONLY 3 TIMES IN THE PREVIOUS TEN YEARS. JEEP IS REFUSING TO COMPENSATE ME FOR THE $200 DIAGNOSTIC FEE AND $122 FOR A CAR RENTAL WHILE IT WAS KEPT OVERNITE AT THE RENO DEALERSHIP. MY REGULAR MECHANIC DOES NOT DO TRANSMISSIONS...SAYS THEY ARE TRICKY. SO THE ONLY WAY IT GOT OVERFILLED WAS BY JEEP AT ASSEMBLY. THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HIGH PITCH WHRRR WHEN IT GETS HOT. THE 2300 MILE DRIVE HOME (AFTER IT WAS DRAINED TO THE PROPER LEVEL) WAS UNEVENTFUL. I TRIED TO OVERHEAT IT BUT IT DID NOT. THERE WAS NO WHRRRING..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141058October 17, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
I'VE HAD 2 NEW 2014 JEEP PATRIOTS, AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL HAS FAILED ON BOTH WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 65MPH, LEAVING CARS WITH NO ENGINE POWER OR POWER STEERING. SOMEBODY WILL DIE ONE DAY IN THIS CAR. I JUNKED THE FIRST ONE AFTER REPAIRING THE ETC, AND NOW IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE 2ND ONE. PLEASE GOOGLE THE SUBJECT AND SEE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS W/SAME ISSUE. JEEP REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP LEVEL, AND WILL NOT REPAIR OR REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TWICE ON 2 NEW 015 PATRIOTS PURCHASED FROM THE SAME DEALER IN MARIETTA, GA. THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY DEFECTIVE IN THESE ETCS, AND I AM LUCKY MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THEMSELVES OFF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT GETTING MAIMED OR KILLED. JEEP NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, AND RECALL ON THIS VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11140268October 15, 2018
AIR BAGS
WHILE TRAVELING GOING DOWN THE ROAD UNDER VERY COMMON CONDITIONS AS FAR AS SMOOTHNESS OF ROAD, THE PASSENGER SEAT HEADREST DEPLOYED ALL OF A SUDDEN. I UNDERSTAND FROM READING ONLINE ARTICLES ABOUT THIS PART, THIS IS TO HAPPEN DURING AN ACCIDENT. HOWEVER, I ALSO READ THAT MANY HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH HEADREST DEPLOYING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING SITUATIONS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN IN THE DRIVERS SEAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11140392October 15, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAMARA RECALL TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN MY 2014 JEEP PATRIOT THROTTLE BODY WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AND ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH I LOOKED UP ON THE JEEP FORUM AND THEIR IS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME YEAR AND MAKE WITH THE SAME ISSUES ALOT OF THEM CAUSED RECKS FROM THROTTLE BODY ISSUES, WHAT HAPPEN WAS I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND THEN MY ETC LIGHT AND CHECK ENGEINE LIGHT CAME ON BLINKING AND THEN WITH MY FOOT COMPLETLY ON THE BREAK AND I JUST GOT NEW BREAKS DONE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO , MY JEEP STARTED TO REV AND THE RPMS WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE RED AND MY JEEP WAS OFF BUCKING AND WENT STRAIGHT AHEAD WHILE MY FOOT IS STILL ON THE BREAK I WAS COMPLETELY NOT IN CONTROL OF MY JEEP AND I WAS HEADING RIGHT INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE I SLAMMED ON MY HORN AND PUT MY HAZARDS ON AND THE OTHER PERSON SLAMMED ON THEIR BREAKS, I WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE IT WPULDNT GO OVER 20 MPH AFTER THAT AND TURN MY JEEP OFF AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND SENT IT TO THE SHOP , AND THEY CALLED ME SAYING IT WAS THROTTLE CONTROL BODY WENT OUT AND SAYING ITS GOING TO BE LIKE 600 DOLLARS TO FIX. IT WAS THE MOST SCARIEST AND DANGEROUS THING I'VE EVER SEEN HAPPEN WITH VEHICLES. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SEEMED LIKE THEY UNDERSTOOD THIS HAS BEEN A PROMBLEM AND THEY JUST DID NOT CARE THE BELOW PICTURES ARE JUST SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WENT THRU THE SAME THING ITS CALLED JEEP FORUM. THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11140239October 14, 2018
SEATS
DRIVER'S SIDE ACTIVE HEADREST SELF-DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND PARKED OVER NIGHT IN GARAGE. PLASTIC RETAINER FRACTURED LEADING TO DEPLOYMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11139258October 9, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING DOWN A INTERSTATE WITH MY INFANT SON IN THE BACK OF THE CAR WHEN IT SHUT OFF ON ME INCLUDING DASH LIGHTS AND RADIO. I WAS FORTUNATE TO GET IT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. I TOOK IT TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED THAT MY TIPM WENT BAD. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. I DID READ NEWER JEEPS WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11138889October 7, 2018
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
AFTER FUELING THE JEEP IT STALLS WHEN THE NEXT IDLE OR TWO OCCURS. FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER FUELING, THE JEEP IS DRIVEN AND STALLS AT THE FIRST STOP LIGHT. SOMETIMES IT OCCURS WHEN TRYING TO PULL AWAY FROM THE GAS STATION. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND YOU HAVE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND RESTART IT IN TRAFFIC. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN FUELING THE TANK TO FULL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM THE GAS STATION. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE TANK IS FILLED UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11133614October 5, 2018
ENGINE
WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY JEEP INSTANTLY TURNED OFF WITH NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG; NO INDICATION OF LIGHTS OR WARNING ISSUES PRESENTED JUST A LOSS OF COMPLETE POWER. BRAKES WERE HARD TO PUSH AND THE POWER STEERING WAS LOST AS WELL MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHILE THE CAR SLOWED DOWN FROM GOING 50 MPH. I WAS LUCKILY IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE WHEN IT HAPPENED MAKING IT EASIER TO PULL OFF TO SAFETY FOR MYSELF AND FOR EVERYONE ELSE BEHIND ME. ONCE STOPPED, I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND ALL IT DID WAS MAKE A SPUTTERING LIKE NOISE, BUT NEVER TURNED ON. I WAITED 5 MINUTES AND TRIED TO START IT AGAIN AND THE CAR TURNED ON THIS TIME, BUT ROUGHLY 30 SECONDS LATER IT JUST TURNED OFF AGAIN WITH NO WARNING. I FOUND A RECALL ON THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WHICH CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STALL, BUT WHEN ENTERING MY VIN IT SHOWS THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY CAR'S VIN. THIS RECALL NEEDS TO BE OPENED UP FOR OTHER VIN'S. THE RECALL WITH CHRYSLER IS S89. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11133323October 4, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
APRIL 2017, WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY JEEP STARTED TO SHAKE. ETC AND ENGINE LIGHT WERE LIT UP, CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. PULLED OVER AT NEAREST EXIT. SHUT OFF CAR AND TRIED TO RESTART, CAR WOULD NOT START. DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AUGUST 2018, WHILE WAITING AT STOP LIGHT I STARTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. CAR WAS SHAKING AND DID NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE. TRACTION CONTROL AND ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. HAD TO SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND RESTART IN THE MIDDLE OF A CITY STREET. CAR RESTARTED, THE NEXT DAY ONLY ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. WHILE AT STOP LIGHT AND FOOT ON THE BREAK THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. ALL LIGHTS AND RADIO STAYED ON. RESTARTED CAR, DRIVING FINE. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP, THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AGAIN (AND WANTED TO DO SO AT MY EXPENSE). WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN MY CAR, IT SHUT OFF ON THEM. THEY RETURNED IT TO ME SAYING IT HAD BEEN FIXED. NEXT DAY PROBLEM PERSISTED AND BECAME MORE FREQUENT. TOOK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY REPLACED SENSOR CAM AND SENSOR CRA TO MY EXPENSE. NOW MY BREAKS ARE SHAKING. IT'S A THREE YEAR OLD CAR. I'M THE SECOND OWNER. IT SHOULDN'T BE HAVING THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS. I'M NOT SPENDING MORE MONEY AT THE DEALERSHIP. I'M SELLING THE VEHICLE. I'LL BE SURE TO NEVER PURCHASE JEEP OR ANY OTHER CHRYSLER BRANDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11133328October 4, 2018
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED OR IDLING AT A STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I MUST PUT MY CAR IN PARK, SHUT THE CAR COMPLETELY OFF, THEN RESTART, SOMETIMES THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES IN ONE DAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE ON CITY STREET, HIGHWAYS, WHILE TURNING AND WHILE STOPPED, IT HAS BECOME UNSAFE AND UNRELIABLE TO DRIVE. I AM STILL UNAWARE OF WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS ON THE VEHICLE THAT I THINK COULD HAVE BEEN LINKED: BATTERY, THROTTLE BODY, SPARK PLUGS, CAM SENSORS, RUNNER VALVE, AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. NONE OF THESE REPLACEMENTS HAS FIXED THIS ISSUE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE WITH JEEP (N52) AND WHEN I CALLED TO TELL THEM MY VEHICLE IS HAVING THIS ISSUE THEY JUST TOLD ME THEY WOULD MAKE A NOTE, AND THEY COULD NOT AUTHORIZE A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. I ASKED THEM IF I TOOK IT INTO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY FOUND THIS TO BE THE ISSUE COULD THEY ISSUE THEY RECALL THEN THEY TOLD ME NO AND IT WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT OF MY OWN EXPENSES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11133024October 3, 2018
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND WAITED AT INTERSECTION OR MIDDLE LANE, THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF BY ITSELF. WHEN IT IS RESTARTED, THE POWER IS BACK EITHER IMMEDIATELY OR AFTER A FEW MINUTES. I READ ONLINE AND MANY MANY CUSTOMERS REPORTED THIS PROBLEM, RANGING FROM VERY NEW JEEP PATRIOT (LESS THAN 10,000 MILES) TO DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED. THE LINKS ARE SHOWN BELOW: HTTP://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/JEEP/PATRIOT/AUTOMATIC-TRANSMISSION-CONTROL-MODULE-PROBLEMS.PHP HTTPS://WWW.JEEPPATRIOT.COM/FORUM/5-JEEP-PATRIOT-GENERAL-DISCUSSION/92388-HELP-ENGINE-SHUT-DOWN.HTML WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY CAN NOT FIGURE OUT THE CAUSES. THE LAST TIME, THEY SAID IT IS THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE ISSUE. SINCE SO MANY CUSTOMERS REPORTED THIS ISSUE, THIS VEHICLE NEEDS A RECALL. THE UNEXPECTED SHUTOFF IS VERY DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11132850October 2, 2018
POWER TRAIN
MY 2014 JEEP PATRIOT JUST EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION FAILURE. IT HAS 91,000 MILES ON IT, BUT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTENANCED. THE INPUT SHAFT BEARING STARTED MAKING GRINDING AND WHINING NOISES WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS LET OUT WHILE PARKED AND DRIVING. SOON HAD TROUBLES SHIFTING AND MY TRANSMISSION NOT WANTING TO GO INTO GEAR. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET FOR A REMEDY AND NOTICED THOUSAND OF COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THIS SAME ISSUE INVOLVING MOST JEEP VEHICLES. ONE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 31,000 MILES WHEN THEIR TRANSMISSION FAILED. MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE AUTOMOTIVE SHOP. THEY STATED THAT I HAVE 3 OPTIONS WHICH INCLUDE REBUILD MY CURRENT TRANSMISSION (WHICH MAY BE A TOTAL LOSS) , BUY A USED TRAMSMISSION ( NO GUARANTEE OF WHEN ANOTHER FAILURE WILL OCCUR), OR BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION FROM THE DEALERSHIP (NO GUARANTEE OF WHEN FAILURE WILL OCCUR). THE AUTOMOTIVE SHOP STATED THAT THERE IS A PARTS SHORTAGE DUE TO THIS ISSUE AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE PARTS TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION AND ALSO LACK OF USED TRANSMISSIONS DUE TO THE SAME ISSUE. I JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE 1 YEAR AGO AND WILL HAVE TO PAY THOUSANDS TO FIX IT DUE TO A KNOWN PROBLEM IN THE AUTOMOTIVE COMMUNITY WITHOUT ANY GUARANTEE OF WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THE OWNER OF MY LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE SHOP TOLD ME TO SELL IT BECAUSE OF THE KNOWN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I SAVED MONEY TO BUY THIS JEEP WITH CASH AND DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO CONTINUALLY REPLACE TRANSMISSIONS IN IT. BIG PROBLEM FOR JEEP AND QUALITY OF THEIR PRODUCTS. BIGGER PROBLEM FOR THE OWNERS THAT ARE PAYING THOUSANDS TO FIX THEIR VEHICLES. THEIR TRANSMISSIOMS SHOULD BE RECALLED DUE TO NOT MODEL SPECIFIC. ALL JEEP MODELS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I CANNOT BELIEVE THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE ALREADY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11132893October 2, 2018
SEATS
I WAS REAR ENDED WHILE STOPPED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I WAS SITTING ON THE DRIVERS SEAT. MY CAR SEAT HAD A SEAT BACK FAILURE AS SOON AS THE AT FAULT CAR IMPACTED ME. MEANING INSTEAD OF HOLDING ME IN PLACE IT JUST FLIPPED BACK WITH MY HEAD AND SHOULDERS ENDING ON BACKSEAT. I WAS PUSHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT AND THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY BUT THE HEADRESTS DID. I SUSTAINED HEAD BACK AND NECK INJURIES AS WELL AS BRUISES ON THE BACK OF MY CALVES FROM HITTING THE REAR/FORWARD BAR ON BOTTOM OF SEAT. AS THE CAR IMPACTED ME MY PELVIC AREA WAS TRUST SLIGHTLY BECAUSE THE SEATBELT IN PLACE DIDN'T HOLD ME AS I BASICALLY SLID A BIT OF IT WHEN BENDING BACKWARDS ON MY SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY ON DRIVE BUT MY FOOT FIRMLY PLANTED ON BRAKE. THE DRIVER WHO HIT ME PUSHED ME INTO THE FRONT SEAT BUT BY THE TIME I HIT IT I WAS ALREADY ON MY BACK, SO CAR SEAT FAILURE HAPPENED ON REAR IMPACT, BEFORE I HIT CAR IN FRONT. SINCE WE WHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY I HAD TO MOVE THE CAR TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND WHILE DAZED PULLED UP SIDE LEVER TO BRING CAR SEAT BACK, AND IT DID. SO THIS DEFECT IS BASICALLY INVISIBLE UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE IT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11132915October 2, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED GOING 60 MILES PER HOUR ON THE INTERSTATE. I PULLED OVER AND LET THE LIGHT GO OFF PER THE USER MANUAL AND DIDN'T DRIVE IT ANYMORE. PUT IT IN THE SHOP ON MONDAY AND IT NEEDS A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION WITH ONLY 119K MILES ON IT!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11132935October 2, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE GAS TANKS ON THESE CARS ARE DEFECTIVE..YOU HAVE A HARD TIME PUTTING IN GAS ANS THEN AFTER YOU DO IT STALLS AND PUTTERS FOR ABOUT 15 MINS AFTER.THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE -IT SEEMS A CHARCOAL FILTER IN THESE TANKS IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM.THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS-YOU CAN STALL OUT IN TRAFFIC AFTER FILLING UP AND GET SLAMMED IN THE BACK!! CHRYSLER IS WELL AWARE OF THIS BE REFUSES TO RECALL. PROBABLY DUE TO COST..SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED IF THIS ISSUE ISN'T CORRECTED !MANY TIMES I HAVE STARTED TO STALL OUT AFTER FILLING UP WITH TRAFFIC BEARING DOWN ON ME AND MY FAMILY..PLEASE HELP US! THANK YOU!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11132725October 1, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THROTTLE BODY HOUSING FAILURE: WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON AN INTERSTATE WITH SPEED LIMIT OF 60MPH, VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE FROM 50MPH DOWN TO 20MPH AND WOULD NOT SPEED UP REGARDLESS OF HOW I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. THE ESC, ETC, AND MIL INDICATORS BEGAN TO FLASH AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SPEED ABOVE 20-30MPH. I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL DODGE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS NEEDING A REPLACEMENT THROTTLE BODY HOUSING AT A COST OF $880 FOR THAT REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF A LEAKING COOLANT / RADIATOR HOSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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