Jeep Patriot Complaints

3,365 consumer complaints on file.

#10849919March 16, 2016
STEERING
THE CAR WAS JERKING TO THE LEFT AND CAUSED ME TO HIT A SEMI TRUCK. THE PULLING WAS VERY HARD AND SUDDEN. THIS HAPPENED ON WEST GEORGIA ROAD IN SIMPSONVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10850107March 16, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON OCTOBER 28, 2015 WITH ABOUT 50,000 MILES ON IT, MY JEEP WENT INTO LIMP MODE WHILE I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE GETTING REAR-ENDED. MULTIPLE LIGHTS TURNED ON INCLUDING THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE, AND TRACTION CONTROL. I UNHOOKED THE BATTERY AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES. HOOKED IT BACK UP AND IT SEEMED TO BE FINE. UNTIL MARCH 13, 2016 WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY DAUGHTER TO THE MALL FOR HER BIRTHDAY. I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY 4 LANE ROAD WHEN MY CAR SEEMED TO TURN OFF OR LOOSE ALL POWER WHILE CLIMBING A HILL. AGAIN, I JUST AVOIDED BEING REAR ENDED AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE. I TURNED THE KEY OFF, TOOK IT OUT, WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED IT AGAIN AND IT WORKED. WE WENT SHOPPING AND WENT BACK HOME WITHOUT A PROBLEM, UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. MARCH 14, 2016 WHILE DRIVING MY DAUGHTERS TO SCHOOL MY JEEP WENT INTO LIMP MODE. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE VILLAGE AND ONLY GOING 30 MPH, BUT ALL OF THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN-ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL, TRACTION CONTROL, AND CHECK ENGINE. I DROVE IT BACK HOME AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. THAT AFTER RESETTING THE BATTERY AND PERFORMING A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK, ONLY A VAC LEAK WAS DETECTED. THEY PERFORMED A CHECK AND CONFIRMED (ACCORDING TO MY INVOICE) THAT THERE WERE "NO VACUUM LEAKS AT THIS TIME PER CODE" AND THAT "COULD BE MANY THINGS." AND THEY "CLEARED CODES AND ROAD TESTED OK AT THIS TIME." SO I DROVE IT HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND TO WORK TODAY WITH NO PROBLEMS. WHEN I WENT TO GO HOME, ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE AND I FEEL STUCK. NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT TO FIX IT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO FIX... AND THIS IS PATHETIC WHEN EVEN THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM CAN NOT HELP. I AM AFRAID SOMEONE WILL BE KILLED IF A SOLUTION IS NOT FOUND TO THIS COMMON PROBLEM WITH JEEP PATRIOTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846388March 14, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
AFTER FILLING THE FUEL TANK ALL THE WAY THE CAR WILL STUTTER AND STALL WHEN YOU FIRST PULL AWAY FROM THE STATION. I WAS TOLD THIS IS BECAUSE THE VAPORS CANISTER MALFUNCTIONS. THIS ISN'T BAD, EXCEPT IN THIS STATE THE STEERING LOCKS. IT DOESN'T JUST GET AND TO STEER LIKE OLD DAYS WITHOUT POWER STEERING, THE STEERING WHEEL ACTUALLY LOCKS AS IF YOU ARE IN PARK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846396March 14, 2016
SUSPENSION
I TOOK MY CAR FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, WHEN I WAS ADVISED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS EXTREMELY ROTTED AND A COMPLETE HAZARD TO DRIVE. MY CAR HAS 100,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF. WHEN I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I FIND THAT COMPLETELY TROUBLING BECAUSE I HAVE MAINTAINED MY VEHICLE TO THE UTMOST CARE. NOW I HAVE TO WORRY IF THE SUBFRAME IS GOING TO GIVE OUT WHILE I HAVE MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS COMPLETELY INSANE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846269March 12, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CRADDLE/ FRAME RUSTED THRU. PROBLEM FOUND ON JEEP PATRIOTS A ND DODGE CALIPERS. BAD DESIGN BECAUSE AC DRAINS ONTO RUSTED OUT AREA, I AM A PA INSPECTION MECHANIC SO I KNOW THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. DANGER IS IF CROSSMEMBER BREAKS STEERIG CONTROL WILL BE LOST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845877March 10, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON MARCH 8 2016 AT 2.00 AM I WAS GOING TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER FROM WORK AND WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE OVER 40 MILES. I TRY TO PICK UP. SPEED AND IT SOUND LIKE THE ENGINE WAS FALLING APART I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED I EXITED OFF THE EXPRESSWAY DROVE HOME ON THE SIDE STREET AND CALLED A FAMILY MEMBER FOR A RIDE I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED I AM GOING TO CALL THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND GET THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BECAUSE THIS CAR IS NOT EVEN 2 YEARS OLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845631March 8, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
EVER SINCE BUYING MY 2014 JEEP PATRIOT THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN FAULTY. IF I DRIVE OVER A BUMPY ROAD AND SLOWLY PRESS ON MY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN IT BECOMES VERY FAULTY AND THE PEDAL FEELS AS IF I AM BREAKING THROUGH THE GROUND. I HAVE TO QUICKLY RELEASE, WAIT TILL I AM ON FLAT GROUND AND PRESS ON THE BRAKES AGAIN TO HAVE A BETTER GRIP ON BRAKING. THIS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN I HAD TO BRAKE ABRUPTLY. THE CAR OVERALL IS FINE, IT'S JUST THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN ACTING UP SINCE THE BEGINNING. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M ON THE FREEWAY OR IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, I ALWAYS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS BECAUSE IT ALWAYS HAPPENS. THE JEEP HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION BUT I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD MATTER BECAUSE MY ROOMMATE HAS THE SAME EXACT CAR BUT AN AUTOMATIC AND SHE HAS THE SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH HER CAR AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10840310March 7, 2016
STEERING:COLUMN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN LOOSENED AND AFFECTED HOW THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,786.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10840328March 7, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT FWD. WHILE PLACING FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE, FUEL SPEWED OUT. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FILLER NECK VALVE WAS OPEN AND ALLOWED FUEL TO SPLASH BACK. DUE TO THE FAILURE, IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MINUTES TO FUEL THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,141.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10840180March 6, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THERE IS AN APPROXIMATELY 1/2 SECOND DELAY FROM WHEN THE HORN SWITCH IS PRESSED TO WHEN THE HORN SOUNDS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SAFETY HAZARD AND HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN MY EXPERIENCING 3 NEAR MISSES SINCE TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE (IN OCTOBER 2015). THE FAILURE OF THE HORN TO SOUND WHEN NEEDED CAUSED ME TO TAKE EVASIVE MANEUVERS BECAUSE THE OTHER DRIVERS DIDN'T HEAR IT IN TIME. NOVEMBER 2015 IN HOBOKEN NEW JERSEY I WAS HEADING NORTH ON WASHINGTON STREET AT 25 MPH WHEN SOMEONE STARTED TO BACK OUT OF A CURB FACING PARKING SPOT. THE DRIVER APPARENTLY DIDN'T SEE ME AND PROCEEDED TO PULL OUT. I HELD DOWN THE HORN BUT BY THE TIME IT SOUNDED THE DRIVER WAS TOO CLOSE AND WAS ABOUT TO T-BONE ME. I HAD TO DRIVE ONTO TO WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID HIM. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS APPROACHING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. AGAIN IN NOVEMBER OF 2015 I WAS HEADING NORTH ON US ROUTE 202, DOING ABOUT 30 MPH IN A 40 MPH ZONE IN PARSIPPANY NEW JERSEY. A CAR SHOOTS OUT OF A CORPORATE PARK DRIVEWAY HEADED STRAIGHT TOWARD ME. I HELD DOWN THE HORN AND AGAIN IT SOUNDED ABOUT A HALF A SECOND LATER, TOO LATE FOR THE ONCOMING DRIVER TO REALIZE IT. WE BOTH SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES WHEN WE SAW EACH OTHER AND LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. DECEMBER 2015 IN WAYNE NEW JERSEY HEADING WEST ON PREAKNESS AVENUE (ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION) I APPROACHED A CURVE TO THE RIGHT TRAVELING AT 25 MPH. THE DRIVER OF AN ONCOMING CAR (ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD) CROSSED OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES ONTO MY SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HELD DOWN THE HORN AND IT DIDN'T SOUND UNTIL THE OTHER DRIVER ALMOST HIT ME. LUCKILY THERE WAS A SMALL SHOULDER ON MY SIDE AND I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY MOVE MY RIGHT TWO WHEELS ONTO IT AND AVOID THE COLLISION. JEEP AND THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM STATE THAT THIS BEHAVIOR IS NORMAL AS THE HORN IS DESIGNED TO USE THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER. NO HORN SHOULD USE THE COMPUTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839946March 4, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD WHIRRING SOUND. SUDDENLY THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT LIGHT TURNED ON AND I LOST POWER. FIRST DROPPING FROM 75 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR AND ULTIMATELY TO 0 MILES PER HOUR. THIS LEFT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE FOR 30-40 MINUTES WHILE I WAITED FOR THE CVT TO COOL DOWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 ADDITIONAL TIMES. EACH TIME THE DEALERSHIP HAS PULLED FLUID AND STATED THAT THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. THE WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE, AND IT APPEARS AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CVT ON BOTH THE PATRIOT AND COMPASS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839497March 2, 2016
SUSPENSION
MY 2011 JEEP PATRIOT WAS PURCHASED NEW IN MID NOVEMBER 2010. IT HAS 42,972 MILES ON IT. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRES, ONE WAS WORN CLEAR DOWN ON THE INSIDE. THE TIRE SUPPLIER SAID I NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. WHEN I WENT IN TO GET AN ALIGNMENT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO ONE BECAUSE MY BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACED. I'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE (MY FIRST & LAST JEEP) FOR 63 1/2 MONTHS AND DRIVEN IT LESS THAN 677 MILES A MONTH OR LESS THAN 10 MILES PER DAY, I SHOULD NOT BE REPLACING MY BALL JOINTS WITH THESE LOW MILES ON MY CAR! IT IS BAD ENOUGH THAT I WAS TOLD NOT TO EVEN DRIVE MY CAR UNTIL THE PARTS COME IN WHICH IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER 13 DAYS! PLEASE TELL ME HOW THIS IS NORMAL WEAR & TEAR ON A VEHICLE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD AND HAS NEVER HAD THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGED LONGER THAN TO JUST PULL OUT OF SLICK SPOT? PLEASE MAKE THIS RIGHT AND RECALL THE JEEPS THAT ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10838825February 28, 2016
STEERING
I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH THE POWER STEERING HOSE CLAMP FOR MY 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. I CONTACTED MARTY CANCILA (2175 N HWY 67, FLORISSANT, MO 63033) ON 2/8/16 TO SCHEDULE MY VEHICLE TO BE INSPECTED. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED PART IN AND THAT I WOULD BE PLACED ON A CALLBACK LIST. THE RECALL NOTICE STATES THAT IF THE DEALER HAS NOT REMEDIED THIS ISSUE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME THAT I HAD THE OPTION TO SUBMIT A COMPLAINT. I AM NOT SURE WHAT CONSTITUTES AS A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. BUT, IF MY VEHICLE COULD POSSIBLY CATCH ON FIRE IF IT IS AFFECTED, I FEEL THIS IS AN URGENT MATTER THAT SHOULD NOT BE PLACED ON HOLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10837919February 24, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE ETC WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. IN ADDITION, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10837871February 23, 2016
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VEHICLE STALLS SUDDENLY AFTER RE-FUELING. THIS STARTED HAPPENING A FEW WEEKS AGO AND NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE CAR IS RE-FUELED. IT OCCURS A MILE OR SO AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION WITHOUT WARNING IN TRAFFIC. DEFECTIVE FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM IS REPEATABLE AND DANGEROUS. GET THIS RECALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10837708February 23, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED AND DETERIORATED, WHICH CAUSED THE SUBFRAME TO CLASH AND BANG WHEN ACCELERATING PAST 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10837790February 23, 2016
ENGINE
ENGINE STALLED AT 45 MILES/HOUR AT THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS OVER A 3 DAY TIME FRAME. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTE THE ENGINE COULD BE STARTED UP AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED A CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AS A SUPPOSED FIX. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR 15 TO 20 MILES THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT DOWN AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING. THIS TIME THE ENGINE STARTED AND STALLED 6 CONSECUTIVE TIMES OVER A DISTANCE OF LESS THEN ONE MILE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEMS DESCRIBED OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON STATE ROAD AND NORTH MEDINA LINE ROAD, WEST OF AKRON, OHIO. THE CONDITION DESCRIBED IS DANGEROUS AS THE LOSS OF ENGINE OPERATION RENDERS CAR HANDLING (STEARING AND BRAKING) VERY DIFFICULT. ENGINE STALL AT THE THIRD TIME STATED ABOVE HAPPENED AT A SHARP RIGHT CURVE WITH ON-COMMING TRAFIC. A COLLISSION WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10837534February 22, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WITH FORCE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS RESTRAINED TIGHTLY IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT FROM THE SEAT BELT. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED HEADACHES, NECK PAINS, BACK PAINS, PAIN TO THE RIGHT HAND ON MAINLY THE TWO MIDDLE FINGERS, AND KNEE PAINS. THE OTHER VEHICLE LEFT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRABLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR LONGER THAN A WEEK AND WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE WHAT CAUSED THE AIR BAGS NOT TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY SENT A RESPONSE LETTER INDICATING THAT THE SPEED UPON IMPACT WAS A FACTOR IN WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10837615February 22, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY AFTER RUNNING FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THISE WOULD HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10837630February 22, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FILLING UP, THE VEHICLE BUCKS AND STALLS. AFTER A FILL UP THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE JEEP STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONGESTED INTERSECTION LEAVING ME MOMENTARILY STRANDED. LUCKILY, AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. VERY SCARY!! THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN LEAVING THE GAS STATION. IT WASN'T UNTIL RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE THAT I DISCOVERED MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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