Jeep Patriot Complaints

3,365 consumer complaints on file.

#10748694August 14, 2015
SUSPENSION
MY CAR HAS ONLY 89,000 MILES AND THE K FRAME UNDER THE ENGINE IS SEVERLY RUSTED AND CRACKING THAT THE CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. IT WILL COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR. THIS SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748840August 14, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE LAST TWO TIMES I GOT GAS MY PATRIOT STALLED WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT STALLS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS. VERY DANGEROUS I SEE ONLINE THAT IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT AND MANY PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THIS WITH OLDER PATRIOT VEHICLES. PLEASE RECALL THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748325August 13, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
SUNROOF LEAKS BADLY CAUSING WATER TO POUR OUT OF DOME LIGHT AND OTHER PLACES. LEAVING EVERYTHING WATER SOAKED AND MUSTY SMELLING. CAN NOT BE GOOD FOR ELECTRICAL WIRING. THEIR HAS TO BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS TOO MANY COMPLAINTS AND ON MANY DIFFERENT YEARS OF JEEPS. I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY JUST KEEP MAKING THEM AND GETTING BY WITH SO MANY VEHICLES STILL ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. SOMEONE COULD GET HURT REALLY BAD IF IT CAUSES A FIRE. SOMETHING NEEDS DONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748459August 13, 2015
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), UNKNOWN OR OTHER, SERVICE BRAKES
MY ABS, ESP BAS, AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WENT ON ON MY DASH SHOWING THAT MY VEHICLES SAFETY FEATURES ARE DISABLED. I HAD JUST HAD THE SENSOR MODULE THAT CONTROLS THESE LIGHTS REPLACED BACK IN DECEMBER 2015 AT AN EXPENSE OF $1266. NOW 7 MONTHS LATER AND 6000 MILES LATER THE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIRS AGAIN UNDER WARRANTY AND CLAIM I WILL HAVE TO PAY AGAIN TO HAVE THE REPAIRS MADE. WHO KNOW HOW LONG THIS REPAIR WOULD LAST AS THE JEEP PARTS ARE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE AND THEIR ARE MANY MORE COMPLAINTS ON-LINE ABOUT THEM. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF JEEP OWNERS DRIVING AROUND WITH THEIR SAFETY CONTROLS DISABLED BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT AFFORD THESE COSTLY REPAIRS...OR CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THEM MORE THEN ONCE! JEEP SHOULD HAVE TO HONOR THESE REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL THE DEFECTIVE PARTS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748206August 12, 2015
POWER TRAIN
IN MARCH, TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED WHILE ON HIGHWAY, LOST SPEED VERY QUICKLY. TOOK VEHICLE IN, TRANSMISSION FILL TUBE WAS MISSING AND THEN REPLACED. OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, I NOTICED EXTREMELY LOUD WHINING NOISES COMING FROM VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. FUEL MILEAGE IS EXTREMELY LOW. IN JULY, THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AGAIN, TOOK IT IN TO DEALERSHIP WITH NO DIAGNOSIS, OPENED UP A STAR CASE WITH FIAT-CHRYSLER, AFTER 2 WEEKS, NO DIAGNOSIS, PICKED UP THE VEHICLE, DROVE IT FOR 1 WEEK AND TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED WITH A CRACK IN TRANSMISSION FILL TUBE AGAIN. THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS AND DOES NOT REPORT A REPAIR CODE TO THE MAIN COMPUTER IN THE VEHICLE AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT REPAIR IT WITHOUT. VEHICLE HAS BROKEN DOWN MULTIPLE TIMES ON HIGHWAY DUE TO TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747929August 11, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE REAR BUMPER ON MY PATRIOT CAUGHT FIRE FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE EXHAUST PIPE APPEARS TO HAVE RISEN BEHIND THE BUMPER CAUSING MY BUMPER TO MELT AND CATCH FIRE. I REMOVED THE MELTED/BURNED PLASTIC AROUND THE PIPE TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747408August 10, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO MY VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A HIGH PITCHED WHINING NOISE BUT HAD NO OTHER SYMPTOMS. THEN, 5 DAYS AGO I FELT THE VEHICLE SHUTTER ONLY ONCE. SINCE I DID NOT FEEL IT AGAIN OVER A PERIOD OF DAYS, I CHALKED IT UP TO BEING SENSITIVE AND THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN IN BETWEEN GEARS OR SOMETHING. THIS PAST SATURDAY I TOOK A 2 1/2 HOUR TRIP TO NORTH CAROLINA FROM VIRGINIA. ON THE WAY THERE WE STOPPED QUITE A BIT AND HAD NO ISSUES. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON I STARTED BACK TOWARD VIRGINIA AND FELT THE SAME SHUTTER I FELT DAYS BEFORE AND THE WHINING PERSISTED. SINCE A FRIEND OF MINE WAS FOLLOWING ME BACK TO VIRGINIA I DECIDED TO DRIVE IT HOME. AN HOUR AND A HALF INTO THE DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE GAGE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. LUCKILY I MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND SO FAR I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL. I'M EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED IF THAT IS THE CASE BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG SAFETY RISK AND I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN. THE LAST THING I NEED IS TO BE STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE BLAZING HEAT (LIKE I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON SATURDAY IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY FRIEND) WITH A 2 AND 4 YEAR OLD. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY REQUESTED A RECALL TO FIX THE ISSUE. IT ALSO FRUSTRATES ME THAT, AT THE VERY MINIMUM, I WILL HAVE A BILL FOR A $90 DIAGNOSTIC FEE FROM THE DEALERSHIP FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN FIXED BY JEEP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747486August 10, 2015
SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, A VEHICLE CAME ACROSS FROM THE OPPOSITE LANE AND CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONERS FAILED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES AND REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WITH THE DIAGNOSES UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10747569August 10, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED INDOORS FOR MANY YEARS. NOW I PARK IT OUTSIDE. IT LEAKS HEAVILY AFTER A RAIN THROUGH THE DOME LIGHT FIXTURE AND THE HEAD LINER, THIS INTERNAL LEAK CAN SHORT OUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS VEHICLE HAS A SUNROOF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747645August 10, 2015
SUSPENSION
THIS BEAUTIFUL CONDITION JEEP PATRIOT 2009 HAS NOT RUST ANYWHERE BUT THE ENGINE CRADLE RUSTED OUT AND HAS HUGE RUST HOLES WHERE THE ENGINE CRADLE ONCE WAS. NOW I GET CLANKING AND CRACKING NOISES WHEN I DRIVE THE CAR AND BELIEVE THE RUSTED OUT ENGINE CRADLE IS THE ISSUE. SEARCHED WEB SITES AND SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE ON OTHER YEARS FOR SIMILAR VEHICLES LIKE THE JEEP COMPASS WHICH SHARES THAT PLATFORM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747291August 9, 2015
SUSPENSION
WHILE MANISTEE TIRE WAS CHECKING THE ALIGNMENT FOLLOWING THE PURCHASE OF NEW TIRES, THE LEFT FRONT BALL-JOINT WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. TIME TO REQUIRE THAT SUSPENSION PARTS BE GREASEABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10746678August 6, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THIS 2007 JEEP PATRIOT BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE CVT APROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AFTER I PURCHASED (2011). WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE SLOWED TO ABOUT 10 MPH THEN CHUGGED QUITE A BIT BEFORE REFUSING TO START AGAIN. REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE AT $3,500 (2012) FOR THE FIRST AND $4,500 (2013) FOR THE SECOND ONE, ALSO PURCHASED THE 5 YEAR WARRENTY ON THE SECOND CVT TRANY. VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP EVERY 3 MONTHS TO WORK ON TRANSMISSION AS OF TODAY (8-6-2015), WHICH IS VERY FRUSTRATING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10746242August 4, 2015
WHEELS
VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING ON HW THEN CAR WAS SHIFTING CHECKED AND FOUND TIE ROD END WAS LOSE ALMOST GOING TO BRAKE HAVING LOSE TIE ROD PUT THE LIFE OF DRIVER AND ALL IN THE CAR AT HIGH RISK I CAME TO KNOW THAT THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM IN JEEP CARS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745495August 1, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AROUND 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON, VEHICLE STOPPED PULLING AND ENGINE RPM SHOT UP OVER 6 ON THE NEEDLE. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN 4 MONTHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745195July 31, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS NOT DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745450July 31, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,012.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745474July 31, 2015
SEAT BELTS
I AM WRITING TO SEE WHAT RECALLS DO THE SEATBELTS HAVE IN JEEP PATRIOT. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT UNCLICKS ON ITS ON. THIS MATTER IS SERIOUS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745481July 31, 2015
SEAT BELTS
SAFETY RECALL N01 / NHTSA 13V-233 REPROGRAM OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE THIS JEEP PATRIOT PASSENGER SEATBELT UNLOCKS ITSELF. WHEN THERE IS PRESSURED APPLIED TO BELT AND IT UNLOCKS. IT SCARES ME BECAUSE AT TIMES I HAVE PASSENGERS SUCH AS MY DAUGHTER AND IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HER OR ANYONE ELSE THAT IS RIDING IN MY CAR I DONT HAVE A CLUE TO WHAT I WOULD DO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744508July 29, 2015
WHEELS, SERVICE BRAKES, STEERING
I HAVE 3 PARTS PROBLEM OF MY CAR. 1.) MY STEERING WHEEL ARE NOT IN THE PERFECT BALANCE.NORMAL STEERING WHEEL FACE 12 OCLOCK BUT SLIGHTLY TURNING TO RIGHT ABOUT 12:30 OR 1 OCLOCK POSITION,SO WHEN I RUN AT SLOW SPEED ABOUT 5 MPH IT TURN RIGHT ABOUT 3 SECOND AND WHEN YOU RUN IT AT HIGH SPEED MORE WORSE. 2.) MY 2 BEARING PART IS WORN OUT I GUESS,BECAUSE I NOTICE THAT I RUN AT 55 OR 60 MPH AT FREEWAY IT MAKE ALOT OF NOISE LIKE RUMBLING SOUND FEELS LIKE FALLING APART. THE EFFECTED PART IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ON THE RIGHT AND THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE BACK SIDE ON THE LEFT BOTH OF THEM NEED TO REPLCE SOON AS POSSIBLE THIS REQUEST IS URGENT FOR MY FAMILY SAFTEY I HAVE 1 YEARS OLD DAUGHTER RIDING WITH ME AND MY WIFE. 3.) MY LAST COMPALINT IS MY CAR BRAKE THIS IS SCARY I EVER EXPERIENCE I CANT REALLY HARDLY DISCRIBE. MANY OF DAY I DROVE MY CAR RUN AT SPEED OF 25 OR 30 MPH AND WHEN I HIT THE BUMP AND PRESS THE BRAKES THE BRAKE GOES ALL THE WAY ITS FEEL LIKE SHAKING AND THE BRAKES BARELY TOUCH THE FLOOR ITS HAPPEN MANY TIME SO DANGERIOUS I CHECK MY BRAKE DOT OIL IT WAS GOOD PERFECT LEVEL. AND I ALSO COMPLAINT MY CAR BODY PART THE HOOD,THE BACK FENDER RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT RUSTY,DENT & SCRATCHES HOPEFULLY I CAN GET A HELP SOON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744641July 29, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
AFTER A STORM I GOT INTO MY NEW 2014 JEEP PATRIOT WHICH ONLY HAS 8,000 MILES ON IT AND I NOTICED THAT MY DOME LIGHT ABOVE THE CD PLAYER IN THE HEADLINER WAS COMPLETELY FULL OF WATER. I WAS UNABLE TO TAKE IT OUT SO I HAD TO DRIVE HOME LIKE THAT AND EVERYTIME I WENT AROUND A CURVE WATER GUSHED OUT OF MY DOME LIGHT ALL OVER ME AND MY DASH AND CD PLAYER. THEN ANOTHER DAY IT WAS RAINING AND I WAS DRIVING THE JEEP AND WATER DROPLETS KEPT FALLING FROM THE HEADLINER/LIGHT AREA. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE HAD TO TAKE THE HEADLINER DOWN AND WORK ON IT FOR OVER 2 WEEKS TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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