Jeep Patriot Complaints (2015)

316 consumer complaints on file.

#11005394July 14, 2017
POWER TRAIN
WHEN IT IS HOT OUT 85-100F, MY TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING LIGHT GOES ON WHILE DRIVING AT EXPRESSWAY/INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE ENGINE TEMPERATURES ARE WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. IT OCCURS WITHOUT THE A/C ON. WHEN THIS SITUATION HAPPENS, MY VEHICLE WILL NO LONGER ACCELERATE AND WILL BECOME SLOWER AND SLOWER UNTIL I'M GOING >20MPH. THIS IS HAZARDOUS ON HIGH SPEED LIMIT CONGESTED ROADWAYS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY 2015 JEEP PATRIOT FREEDOM DRIVE 2 CVT AT LEAST 5 TIMES DURING HOT SPRING DAYS OR THE SUMMER. I HAVE HAD TO PARK ON A SHOULDER OF AN EXPRESSWAY FOR 20-30 MINUTES FOR IT TO COOL DOWN SO I COULD SAFELY REENTER THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE HEARD OF TWO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS ISSUE AND I DO NOT KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS MODEL. ALL VEHICLES SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF GETTING TO HIGHWAY SPEED ON AN ON RAMP AND MERGE IN. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS A COOLING ISSUE, A THERMOSTAT MALFUNCTION, OR SOMETHING ELSE. I OWN THE LATITUDE, TRAIL RATED MODEL, 2015. I BOUGHT IT WITH ONLY 2 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND I DO REGULAR FULLY SYNTHETIC OIL CHANGES. WHEN I KNOW THE ISSUE IS STARTING I HEAR A DISTINCTIVE WINDING SOUND WHEN ACCELERATING. ALMOST LIKE THE SOUND A DRILL OR REMOTE CONTROL CAR MAKES (LIKE IT'S STUCK IN 1 GEAR, EVEN THOUGH MY CAR IS A CVT I USUALLY FEEL A "SHIFT" WHEN ACCELERATING OR PASSING. WHEN THIS OCCURS, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS RESTRICTING THE "GEARS" AND CAUSING THE WINDING/WHINING SOUND, LIKE IF YOU PUT A MANUAL TRANSMISSION INTO 1ST OR SECOND AND KEPT ACCELERATING UP TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11004090July 10, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
REAR TAILGATE GLASS EXPLODED, SITTING IN GARAGE OVER NIGHT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11003056July 5, 2017
ENGINE
THE ENGINE ON MY 2015 JEEP PATRIOT DIES WHILE I'M DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED FREQUENTLY. IT TYPICALLY WILL HAPPEN ONCE THE CAR IS WARMED UP. IT WILL HAPPEN MOST OFTEN WHEN I BEGIN TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE ONTO A HIGHWAY TO GET TO TRAFFIC SPEEDS. IN THIS CASE, THE ENGINE WILL QUIT AND THE CAR WILL IMMEDIATELY SLOW. IF THERE IS A CAR BEHIND ME, THERE IS NO INDICATION TO THAT CAR THAT I AM IMMEDIATELY SLOWING. VERY DANGEROUS! THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHILE I'M TRAVELLING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND THE ENGINE JUST QUITS AND THEN RESTARTS ON ITS OWN. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS WHEN I SLOW TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT. THE ENGINE WILL SIMPLY DIE AND MUST BE RE-STARTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11000629June 22, 2017
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE JUMPSTARTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED FIVE ADDITIONAL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AUTO ZONE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11000686June 22, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. OCCASIONALLY, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10995886June 19, 2017
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST POWER. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10986406May 18, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
MY CAR IS 2 YEARS OLD AND MY BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES IN ADDITION TO NEW GETTING NEW ROTORS. PROBLEMS STARTED OCCURRING WHEN I ONLY HAD MY CAR FOR 6 MONTHS AND WHENEVER I BRAKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE METAL GRINDING ON METAL. NEITHER MY DEALERSHIP NOR JEEP THEMSELVES HAVE A REASONABLE EXPLANATION FOR THIS PROBLEM. IT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE FOR A BRAND NEW CAR. IN ADDITION, MY CAR HAS ALSO HAD PROBLEMS STARTING. WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, I HAVE HAD TWO INSTANCES OF TRYING TO TURN MY CAR ON AND THE BATTERY CAME ON, BUT THE CAR DID NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO TURN-OVER. IT TOOK MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO ACTUALLY GET IT STARTED. BEFORE NOW, MY CAR HAS HAD A FEW INSTANCES WHERE IT TAKES A WHILE FOR IT TO TURN OVER, WHICH IT EVENTUALLY DID COME ON, BUT IT WAS STRUGGLING AND I COULD TELL IT WAS VERY WEAK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10986004May 16, 2017
ENGINE
SECOND TIME VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. FIRST TIME 5/8/17. DEALER REPROGRAMMED PCM,TCM,CCN,AND WCM. 77 MILES LATER SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. BOTH TIMES THREE YEAR OLD IN VEHICLE. NO PRIOR WARNING. NO WARNING LIGHTS,NOISE ECT. VERY UNSAFE CONDITION. BACK TO DEALER TOMORROW. LUCKY GOING AT SLOW SPEED ON SECONDARY ROADS AT BOTH TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10984329May 8, 2017
ENGINE
DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH THE JEEP STALLED. I ALMOST GOT REARENDED. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT DID START AGAIN. AGAIN IT HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET AT 35 MPH. THE JEEP STALLED. IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10981643May 1, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE REVERSING, AN ABNORMAL SQUEAKING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFUSED TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE AGAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,367.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10981081April 27, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES
MY BRAKES MAKE A LOUD SOUND WHEN I'M MAKING A STOP. I HAVE A FULL WARRANTY ON MY BRAKES AND TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER TWICE. WHAT I WAS ADVISED IS THAT SOUND IS NORMAL AND THAT ALL JEEP PATRIOTS MAKES THAT SOUND. WELL I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT SOUND FROM ANOTHER JEEP BUT NOT SURE IF THERE IS A DEFECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10979169April 18, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PULLED TO THE SIDE TO ALLOW AN AMBULANCE TO PASS AFTER IT DID I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE SO I COULD GET BACK UP TO 50 MPH SPEED LIMIT, I HAD TO BREAK AFTER BEING CUT OFF. WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS TO ACCELERATE IT BEGAN TO DECCELERATE THEN THE ENGINED STALLED I PUT MY HAZARDS PULLED TO THE SIDE. AFTER RESTARTING IT I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME WITH MY CAR IN AUTO STICK. WHEN LEAVING A RESTURANT THAT NIGHT I HADN'T EVEN MADE IT OUT OF THE PARKING LOT WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO STALL AND THE BREAKS LOCKED UP. I HAD TO RESTART MY VEHICLE AND DRIVE HOME IN AUTO STICK. I DIDN'T DRIVE MY VEHICLE AGAIN UNTIL I TOOK IT TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP 4/10/17 WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY ISSUES. 4/12/17 IT STALLED WHEN I WAS ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AFTER BEING ON THE ROAD FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES IT BEGAN TO FUNCTION AFTER I RESTARTED IT. 4/10/17 I HAD THE AIR FILTER CHANGED AND THE FUEL SYSTEM CLEANED. AFTER THAT I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT UNTIL 4/17/17 WHEN AFTER BEING ON THE ROAD FOR 5 MINUTES I BEGAN TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY ONLY TO HAVE MY CAR DO THE SAME DECELERATION WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THEN STALLING ALTOGETHER. WHEN TRYING TO START MY CAR IT WOULD ONLY SPUTTER I WAITED 15 MINUTES THEN WAS ABLE TO START IT BUT ONLY THE CARS SYSTEMS WOULD COME ON NOT THE ENGINE. I TURNED OFF MY VEHICLE WAITED ANOTHER 15 MINS AND IT STARTED I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO MY NEAREST CARMAX LOCATION THEY HAVE HAD IT FOR ONE DAY AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY ISSUES EITHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970287April 3, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE OPERATED AFTER IT WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A CRACK POSITION SENSOR CIRCUIT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 17,686.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10959453March 7, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WATER LEAKING IN THROUGH INTERIOR LIGHTS. MY VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A SUNROOF AND WATER IS DRIPPING FROM THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY NEAR THE TAILGATE. AFTER A RAIN SHOWERS IN VANCOUVER, WA I ENTERED THE BACK HATCH OF MY CAR TO STORE MY WORK GEAR BEFORE I LEFT WORK AND THERE ON THE TIRE COVER IS A PUDDLE OF WATER. I LOOKED UP AND THE ASSEMBLY AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING HEADLINER ARE SOAKED. WHILE TURNING WATER COMES OUT IN A NICE SOLID STREAM AND LANDS ON MY CLOTHES AND OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS. A LITTLE RESEARCH SHOWS THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH FCA VEHICLES SINCE 2007. THIS WATER LEAK CAUSES INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL SHORTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10957109February 26, 2017
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10950073February 7, 2017
POWER TRAIN
WENT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND TECHNICIAN FOUND CVT DISPTICK TUBE ON THE SPLASH GUARD. GOOGLE SEARCH SHOWS LOTS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING AND TALKING ABOUT THIS. SINCE THE CVT TUBE DOES NOT HAVE ANY END USER SERVICEABLE PARTS IT WAS NEVER TOUCHED . SEEMS TO BE BREAKING FROM POOR DESIGN/VIBRATION. DEALER WILL NOT COVER NDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE ENGINE/CVT COMBOS HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH?Q=JEEP+PATRIOT+TRANSMISSION+DIPSTIC+BROKEN&RLZ=1C1CHBF_ENUS723US723&OQ=JEEP+PATRIOT+TRANSMISSION+DIPSTIC+BROKEN&AQS=CHROME..69I57.20303J0J8&SOURCEID=CHROME&IE=UTF-8
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948496January 30, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION, IT BEGAN TO ROLL AWAY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 18,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10940077January 6, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A MANUFACTURER RECALL FOR AIR BAGS BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PARTS MAY BE SUPPLIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SUPPLY THE PARTS AND REMEDY. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10936329December 19, 2016
SUSPENSION
TAMARA INFLATORE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10928254November 28, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
OUR VEHICLE IS AT 56,000 MILES. IT IS A STANDARD VEHICLE. THE CLUTCH WORE OUT. SO WE GOT IT FIXED. IT WENT 600 MILES AND WORE OUT AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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