Jeep Patriot Complaints

3,365 consumer complaints on file.

#10883559July 8, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. ON RAINY DAYS, WATER ENTERED FROM THE GASKET INTO THE REAR CENTER OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE DAMAGED THE ROOF LINER AND INTERIOR LIGHTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LEAK WAS EMITTING FROM THE ANTENNA. THE ANTENNA WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE GASKET WAS LEAKING. THE GASKET WAS REPAIRED WITH A SEALANT, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AGAIN THAT THE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND IT WAS RESEALED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883105July 6, 2016
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY PATRIOT WITH 108K MILES STALLED AT 75 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY 3X LAST NIGHT ON A 3 HOUR DRIVE. IT ALSO STALLED 4X TIMES TODAY ON MY 10 MIN WAY TO DROP IT OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP. ONCE WHILE IDLING AND 3X WHILE DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. ONCE WHILE I WAS TURNING. I'VE READ ONLINE THAT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING QUITE A BIT TO 2011 JEEP PATRIOTS AND EVEN CAUSED A CAR TO BE TOTALLED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10882464July 4, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THIS VEHICLE IS NOT ON THE RECALL FROM DECEMBER 2014, HOWEVER IS PRESENTING WITH THE SAME AS LISTED PROBLEMS. IT STALLS WHEN DRIVING OVER 65 MILES AN HOUR A LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN AFTER CAR SITS 20 MIN IT WILL START UP AGAIN. I DRIVE A LOT AND HAVE A FAMIL.. THIS IS TERRIBLY DANGEROUS. IT HAS HAPPENED 2 TO 3 TIMES IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10881623June 29, 2016
POWER TRAIN
CVT TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS CAUSING CAR TO LOSE POWER. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10877173June 28, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE
MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION IN A 45 MPH ZONE WHEN, TWICE TODAY, THE BRAKES ON MY 2008 JEEP PATRIOT SANK TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKING WAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO GET THEM TO REGAIN PRESSURE AFTER LETTING OFF THE PEDAL; BRAKES WORKED ON SECOND ATTEMPT. LATER DOWN THE ROAD THE FAILURE OCCURRED A SECOND TIME. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO BUILD PRESSURE, IT WAS UNNECESSARY ... THE BRAKES WORKED ON SECOND ATTEMPT. MY VEHICLE DID NOT DISPLAY ANY WARNING INDICATORS AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE; NEITHER THE BRAKE LIKE, ABS LIGHT, OR ANY OTHER LAMP ON THE DASH WAS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. USUALLY IN THE RAIN, MY PATRIOT SUFFERS FROM A STUTTERING AND STALLING ISSUE THAT IS REPORTED BY MANY JEEP PATRIOT OWNERS, AND HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED DUE TO THE IRREGULARITY OF THE PROBLEM. A DIRECT CAUSE FOR THE ISSUE IS UNKNOWN AND CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED BY THE DEALERSHIP OR MY REGULAR MECHANIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10881246June 28, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WITH 34, 000 MILES DEC 2015. IT RAN WELL UNTIL 3000 MI INTO DRIVING IT, SOME DAYS IT WOULD NOT START. IT WOULD TAKE ME MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS OF TURNING THE IGNITION......NO CRANKING .....JUST NOTHING. SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER I PURCHASED IT FROM AND THEY SAID IT STARTED FINE, NO PROBLEMS. WELL IT CONTINUED TO OCCUR WITHOUT ANY NOTICE AND I RETURNED TO THE DEALER 5000 MI. LATER AND THEY SAID FOR AN XTRA $40.00 THEY COULD PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST! I EXPLAINED I FELT THEY SHOULD DO THAT AT THEIR EXPENSE SINCE I ONLY BOUGHT THE CAR IN DEC. THEY DECLINED AND SAID IF I WERE CHANGE MY MIND THEY WOULD RUN A TEST.....6 MONTHS LATER THE CAR SOMETIMES STARTS AND NOW ITS LOOSING POWER ON HILLS AND HIGHWAY.....POOR PICKUP....IM FEDUP AND READY TO SELL THIS VEHICLE AND I HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS CAR THAT IM PAYING FOR AND CANT EVEN DEPEND ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10877005June 27, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. FROM THE BEGINNING MY TRANSMISSION WOULD CONSTANTLY OVER HEAT AND I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALER AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES AND THEY SAID, "THERE IS NOTHING WRONG." THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND FINALLY THEY ISSUED ME A NEW TRANSMISSION AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES. A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED CONTINUOUSLY ON THE HIGHWAY & STREET. THEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR THAT WAS BAD, WHICH THEY REPLACED. I HAD TO PAY $100 BECAUSE OF A DEDUCTIBLE. THE CAR SEEMED TO BE WORKING OKAY UNTIL JUNE 22ND, 2015 WHEN I WAS ON A ROAD TRIP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR COMPLETELY DIED WITH A HUGE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME. I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 75 MPH AND THE CAR JUST COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, POWER STEERING, EVERYTHING WENT OFF EXCEPT FOR THE LIGHTS AND OTHER ITEMS RUN BY THE BATTERY. WE IMMEDIATELY TRIED OUR BEST TO SIGNAL AND FINALLY MADE IT SAFELY OFF THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF UNDER 15 MPH. THE CAR GAVE US NO CHECK LIGHTS AND NO INDICATION AS TO WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE EXCEPT FOR THAT IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER WHEN WE TRIED TO START IT. WE HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP. WE LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED IN IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO WHICH WAS EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT. WE RENTED A CAR AND LEFT THE 2012 JEEP PATRIOT AT THE DEALER HOPING THEY COULD FIX IT UPON OUR RETURN TO THAT AREA. THEY WERE UNABLE TO GIVE US ANY ANSWERS AND SAID THE CAR STARTED FINE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS AN ISSUE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM FIXING THE CAR BUT WITH NO ANSWERS TO WHAT IS WRONG AND HAVING THE CONSTANT WORRY OF WONDERING IF MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY'S LIFE IS IN DANGER, IS NOT SOMETHING I AM WILLING TO TOLERATE. IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AS WELL. I WILL BE FORWARDING THIS FOR THEM TO MAKE A COMPLAINT AS WELL. I WILL ALSO FOLLOW UP HOPING THAT THIS ISSUE CAN BE RESOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10877007June 27, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION
I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY MY MECHANIC THAT MY SUBFRAME ON THE GROUND END IS ROTTED OUT AND WILL PROBABLY CRACK IN HALF IN LESS THAT S YEAR. I KEEP REPLACING BALL JOINTS AND CONTROL ARMS BECAUSE THE FRAME IS SO WEAK IT IS STARTING TO BOW AND CAUSE EVERYTHING TO BECOME OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 75000 MILES ON IT AND NEVER OFF ROAD. CHRYSLER CORP TOLD ME ITS PROBABLY TIME TO BUY S NEW CAR. THIS CAR IS S MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD TO ME AND MY SMALL CHILDREN. HOPEFULLY NO ONE GETS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED BEFORE THEY SEE A PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10876648June 26, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE SUBFRAME ON THIS VEHICLE IS RUSTED THROUGH THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM ON SEVERAL CHRYSLER PRODUCT'S DEALERSHIP SAID IT NEEDS REPLACED BUT CHRYSLER WILL NOT COVER ANY PORTION OF THE COST THIS IS A OBVIOUS SAFETY DEFECT WITH THEIR PRODUCT AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF MY MECHANIC SAID WHEN THIS BREAKS APART I WILL LOOSE CONTROL OF STEERING READING ON SEVERAL FORUMS THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLES A SEVEN YEAR OLD VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE MAJOR STRUCTURAL ISSUES CONTACTING CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSIST WAS NO HELP THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE COST EVEN AFTER A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS ROTTED OUT AND NEEDS REPLACED BEFORE IT BREAKS AND CAUSE'S AN ACCIDENT I HAD READ THAT THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE 07 MODEL YEARS BECAUSE OF THIS MAJOR DEFECT NOW THEY NEED TO STEP UP AND INCLUDE THE LATER MODEL YEARS I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE LOOKING AT A CHRYSLER PRODUCT TO DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE BUYING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10876347June 24, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
GAS TANK ROLL OVER VALVE: THERE SEEMS TO BE A DEFECTIVE COMPONENT AT THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK WHICH IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL AT LEAST ONCE AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AS IT AFFECTS A LOT OF VEHICLES BASED ON MY SEARCHES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10876185June 23, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
PART INVOLVED IS THE CROSSMEMBER (K-FRAME) P/N 68211659AA. A/C CONDENSATE DRAIN IS DIRECTLY OVER THE K-FRAME (ENGINE CRADLE). THE K-FRAME IS PERPETUALLY WET AND THEREFORE CORRODES. IT IS CLEARLY A DESIGN FLAW THAT CREATES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. IF THE K-FRAME FAILS AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN TRAFFIC THEN THERE IS LIKELIHOOD OF DEATH OR SEVERE INJURY. JEEP ADMITS TO A PROBLEM WITH THE K-FRAME IN THE 2007 MODEL YEAR AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO COVER THIS DEFECT. TODAY I CALLED JEEP AND THEY REFUSED TO EVEN INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE. THEY ASKED FOR MY VIN AND TOLD ME IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. NO INTEREST AT ALL IN EVEN RECEIVING PHOTOS OF THE DEFECTIVE PART. MY LOCAL DEALER HAD THREE OF THESE $634 PARTS IN INVENTORY... THEY MUST GO THROUGH A LOT OF THEM. THE ONLY CONCLUSION I CAN MAKE IS THAT JEEP SEES THIS DEFECT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CASH IN -- TO HECK WITH THE LIVES IT ENDANGERS. I OFFERED TO BRING THE JEEP PATRIOT DIRECTLY TO THEIR ENGINEERING CENTER IN AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN SO THAT THEIR ENGINEERS COULD SEE FOR THEMSELVES. THE ANSWER: NOT INTERESTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10875831June 22, 2016
WHEELS:HUB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR WHEEL HUB SEIZED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10875438June 20, 2016
ENGINE
DURING DRIVING CAR GOT STALLED SUDDENLY AND ENGINE STOPPED AND LOCKED AND PREVENTED TO MOVE OFF FROM ROAD WITH EVAP CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. MY FAMILY IN THE CAR AND SOMEONE BEHIND ABOUT TO HIT AT THE BACK AND ITS A MAJOR ISSUE IF ENGINE LOCK DOWN WHILE DRIVING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874958June 18, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL (ETC) LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, THE JEEP'S RPM'S DROP AND ACCELERATION IS DIMINISHED. I NEARLY GOT HIT 2X NOW BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. LEFT HAND TURN ACROSS LANES, MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON MAJOR ROUTE. BOTH AFTER CAR HAD BEEN STOPPED WAITING FOR BREAK IN TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874801June 17, 2016
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A GAS STATION AND WAS FILLED UP WITH GAS. THE FUEL WAS NOT "TOPPED OFF" AND FUELING WAS STOPPED WHEN THE FUEL NOZZLE SHUT OFF. UPON LEAVING THE GAS STATION AND DRIVING LESS THAN 1/4 MILE, THE ENGINE STALLED AND SHUT OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE AND DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AFTER THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874628June 16, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS GREATER THAN 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN JERKING AND HESITATING BEFORE LOSING POWER AND SHUTTING OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874393June 15, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT MY PATRIOT, IT WOULD EXPERIENCE INSTANCES OF SLOW ACCELERATION. I TOOK IT IN A COUPLE TIMES AND THEY FOUND NOTHING. ON JUNE 11, 2016, I HAD BEEN DRIVING AROUND 65 MPH ON I-285 AND EXPERIENCED SOME HESITATION. I EXITED 285 TO I-20 AND THEN ON TO SURFACE ROADS. I STOPPED AT THE KROGER. AS I PARKED THE STABILITY CONTROL, THROTTLE SENSOR AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TURNED TO DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. THEY PUT THE POD ON IT AND IT SHOWED BAD SENSOR. THE GUY SAID IT WAS POSSIBLY THE THROTTLE BODY. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME BUT IT WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. I BROUGHT IT BACK ON JUNE 13 AND LEFT IT WITH THEM. ON JUNE 14, THEY SAID THE DIAGNOSTIC SHOWED HIGH AIR FLOW/VACUUM LEAK AND THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED REPLACING. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THREE OTHER INSTANCES OF THE SAME SYMPTOMS WITH THE SAME REPAIRS. THIS HAS GOT TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE AND WHY HASN'T CHRYSLER DONE SOMETHING?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874415June 15, 2016
STEERING
FRONT CROSS MEMBER ROTTED OUT AND FAILED STATE INSPECTION. THIS CROSS MEMBER IS WHAT RACK AND PINION AND CONTROL ARMS BOLT TOO.. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874069June 14, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR, GOING FROM 65-75 MPH, AND OCCASIONALLY USING THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT LIGHT TURNED ON. I SLOWED TO ABOUT 60 MPH AND EXITED AT THE NEXT OFF RAMP, WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY UPHILL. WHILE IN MOTION, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. I USED THE REMAINING MOMENTUM TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. I READ THE MANUAL, WHICH STATES TO LET THE TRANSMISSION COOL DOWN AND THEN CONTINUE DRIVING. I DID AS IT SAID AND CONTINUED TO MY DESTINATION WITHOUT THE WARNING LIGHT RETURNING, BUT THE CAR FELT SLUGGISH AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING ROUGHLY. I WAS NOT TOWING OR CARRYING ANYTHING IN THE CAR. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 58,000 MILES, IS SERVICED REGULARLY, AND HAS NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874153June 14, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHENEVER IT TRAINS MY CAR LEAKS EITHER FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THROUGH THE MAP LIGHT IT IS VERY BAD I NORMALLY KEEP TOWELS IN THE CAR TO CATCH THE WATER BECAUSE IT HAS SHORT-CIRCUITED MY CONSOLE IT TAKES TIME FOR MY CONSOLE TO WORK IT GOES IN AND OUT OR SOMETIMES IT TAKES ABOUT A WEEK TO WORK AGAIN AND I DON'T LIKE DRIVING AT THAT POINT BECAUSE NOTHING COMES ON IT HAS CAUSED WATER STAINS ON THE ROOF INSIDE THE CAR AND THERE IS A MILDEW SMELL I HAVE HEARD OTHER OWNERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME THING I WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO REPLACE MY WHOLE CONSOLE I THINK THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS PLEASE FIX IT. IT EVEN LEAKS WHEN I GO THROUGH A CARWASH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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