Jeep Patriot Complaints (2012)

354 consumer complaints on file.

#10851846March 28, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WE OWN A 2012 JEEP COMPASS (VIN [XXX]) AND A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT (VIN [XXX]).. BOTH TRANSMISSION FILLER TUBES HAVE BROKEN OFF IN THE EXACT SAME PLACES BOTH BETWEEN 50,000/60,000 MILES ..NOTICED THEM HANGING UNDERNEATH THE FRONT SPOILER ...THE COMPASS IS SHOWING SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION TROUBLE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
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
#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
#10824638February 6, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10809615December 11, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE FUEL INJECTION SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANFUCTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807903December 2, 2015
ENGINE, WHEELS
I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 50MPH AROUND A CURVE IN THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TRIED TO PUT TIN NEUTRAL AND RESTART IT, IT DID NOT TURN OVER. I PUT IT IN PARK AND AFTER 3 TRIES IT STARTED. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE ON A SATURDAY AND WHEN I TOOK IT IN ON MONDAY THEY TOLD ME WITHOUT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEY COULD NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807490November 30, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. THE ETS LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON AND EVEN THOUGH YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL IT WOULD NOT GO. IT WOULD BE WORKING FINE ONE MINUTE - THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP MOVING. IT DID THIS IS HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC WHEN I PULLED OUT WHICH TERRIFIED ME TO THE POINT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET HIT. IT ALSO HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE IN TRAFFIC GOING 70 MPH. WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED WHEN IT ALL OF A SUDDEN DECIDED TO STOP ACCELERATING. I NEVER HAD ISSUES BEFORE SO I THOUGHT IT MAY BE BAD FUEL. I DID A FUEL TREATMENT AND THE SAME ISSUE OCCURED. JEEP DEARLERSHIP CHARGED ME A FORTUNE TO FIX WHAT THEY SAID WAS A BAD ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM THAT WAS NOT COVERED BY RECALL IN THIS MODEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783150October 18, 2015
POWER TRAIN
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10782952October 16, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND DECELERATED. IN ADDITION, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS AN ABNORMAL NOISE CAME FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER A WHILE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM), AND BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,846.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781251October 10, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR SHIFTED ITSELF INTO 1ST GEAR AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. I COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION FAST ENOUGH. I WAS ALMOST HIT. THE CAR HAS CONTINUED TO GO INTO THIS LIMP MODE ( 1ST GEAR ) BY ITSELF. I CAN'T GET IT TO ACCELERATE.ALSO, I PULLED OVER AND I COULD SMELL RUBBER BURNING. IT IS AT THE DEALERSHIP RIGHT NOW. I LOOKED ONLINE AND IT SEEMS OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE 2012 ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION. IT HAPPENS WHEN I'M DRIVING ON BOTH CITY STREETS AND THE HIGHWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10765291September 19, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WHILE SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR THE VEHICLE REVVED REALLY HIGH AND WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO SHIFT. AFTER TOWING THE PATRIOT TO THE SHOP I WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION WAS TOTALLED. THE NEXT INCIDENT HAPPENED A YEAR LATER THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. I HAVE TO TURN OFF THE KEY AND WAIT THEN ATTEMPT TO.RESTART. THE CAR ALWAYS STARTED BUT IT TOOK AS MANY AS 6 TRIES SOME TIMES. THE DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT CAME UP WITH NOTHING. THEY COULDN'T GET THE VEHICLE TO DUPLICATE. VERY FRUSTRATING AND RIDICULOUS. CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT WON'T HAVE A FIX UNTIL THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2016.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10762366September 8, 2015
POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION
THIS JEEP PATRIOT HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH ACCELERATION, FIRST AND FOREMOST. WHEN DRIVING AT CONSTANT SPEEDS WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET, VEHICLE WILL STUTTER AND MISS GEARS. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT FOUND ANY SOLUTION TO FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE BECAUSE THERE IS NOT LIGHT ON THE DASH. SECOND, THE JEEP HAS HAD A CREAKING/CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR. THE DEALER STARTED WITH REPLACING THE REAR STRUTS AND SWAY BAR BUSHING. THIS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE AND THE SOUND KEPT GETTING WORSE. TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS HAVE DIAGNOSED SEVERAL DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT THEY "THINK" ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEMS WITH THE SUSPENSION AND CAUSING THE SOUND. THERE IS NO DEFINITE DIAGNOSIS BUT THE DEALERS ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO USE MY MONEY FOR A TRIAL AND ERROR REPLACEMENT OF EACH PART UNTIL THEY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SOUND. I AM NOT A TEST RAT FOR THEIR DEALERSHIP AND IF THEY CANNOT DIAGNOSE THE CAR THEN THEY NEED TO REPLACE IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10760132August 29, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND MY JEEP JUST SHUT OFF. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AT NIGHT AND WAS ALMOST HIT BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE MY CAR TO THE SIDE AND MY LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. I WAITED A WHILE AND MY CAR STARTED AGAIN AND AFTER A COUPLE MILES OF TRAVEL IT SHUT OFF AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10759564August 26, 2015
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED RIGHT BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10750207August 20, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MASSIVE WATER LEAKS FROM THE SUNROOF AND DOME LIGHT FIRED THE RADIO AND CONTROL DIALS ALSO WATER IN ON THE REAR FLOORS AFTER RAIN
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
#10734899July 17, 2015
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING MY 2012 JEEP PATRIOT ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT STARTED BLINKING RED, MY CAR STARTED TO JERK FORWARD, AND LOST POWER. THIS REOCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE WAY TO GET IT LOOKED AT. EACH TIME IT HAPPENED, I HAD TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF, WAIT A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN RESTART. I TOOK IT TO A JEEP DEALER AND WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT IT, THE GUY SAID IT WOULD BE ABOUT $600 TO FIX (EVEN THOUGH I STILL HAVE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY). THIS TO ME LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM THAT JEEP IS AWARE OF, BUT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT. LUCKILY EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT, OTHERS MIGHT NOT BE SO LUCKY. UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS RESOLVED, MY JEEP IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732795July 8, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
A NOTIFICATION CAME ON SAYING GAS CAP, A WEEK LATER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC IT READ TROUBLE CODE P0456. WHICH IS AN EVAP SYSTEM LEAK DETECTED. THERE ISN'T A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR THIS. REPORTED FIXES ARE REPLACED EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM INTEGRITY MONITOR (ESIM) ASSEMBLY OR REPLACE THE FUEL FILLER CAP. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE I WAS OVER 36,000 MILES ( I WAS UNDER THE THREE YEAR MARK). I'VE REPLACED THE GAS CAP, BUT I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, WHICH IS A NOTICEABLE DECREASE IN GAS MILEAGE AND ACCELERATION. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT IT DOESN'T COVER ANYTHING RELATED TO EMISSIONS. ...UPDATED 09/28/15 *BF UPDATED 11/08/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10725344June 15, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MY JEEP HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES FOR A MAJOR SUNROOF WATER LEAK PLEASE HELP .MY JEEP SMELLS LIKE MILDEW THE RADIO AND AC CONTROLS ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND THERE IS ONLY 28000 MILES ON MY JEEP...........
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724943June 12, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
EVAP SYSTEM LEAK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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