Jeep Patriot Complaints (2013)

120 consumer complaints on file.

#11322295April 26, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FILLING THE VEHICLE WITH A 'FILL UP', UPON STARTING AND DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO START 'BUCKING' AND LOSE POWER TO ACCELERATE. I LOOKED THIS UP AND SEE MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM THAT EITHER DO NOT FILL THEIR TANKS ALL THE WAY ANYMORE OR CORRECTED IT BY REPLACING THEIR TANK SINCE THEY SAY THIS IS A FLAW IN THE DESIGN WHEN FUEL GETS PULLED INTO A CANISTER OR CONTAINER THAT IS SUPPOSED TO PUSH OUT VAPOR BUILD UP ONLY, BUT PULLS FUEL BACK IN AND CHOKES OUT. DON'T KNOW IF I AM CORRECT ON THIS LANGUAGE SINCE ONLY GOING BY WHAT OTHER PEOPLE POST. PLEASE HAVE JEEP LOOK INTO THIS SAFETY HAZARD AND RECALL IF NECESSARY SO I DO NOT HAVE TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPLACE A TANK. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11309241February 14, 2020
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THIS VEHICLE DIES CONSTANTLY WHILE DRIVING. DOESNT MATTER THE SPEED, 5MPH OR 75MPH, IT WILL DIE OUT OF NO WHERE. ITS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY ACCIDENTS THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED. IT APPARENTLY IS A KNOWN AND FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH THESE SUV'S THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED! I'VE HAD DIFFERENT CODES COME UP AT DIFFERENT TIMES. FROM CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR TO O2 SENSOR TO THROTTLE BODY TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE FUEL MILEAGE IS SUDDENLY TERRIBLE OUT OF NO WHERE AS WELL. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. EVERYWHERE I'VE READ ABOUT PEOPLE TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP JUST COMES OUT WORSE SO I'M TERRIFIED TO TAKE IT TO JEEP THEMSELVES!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11302529January 28, 2020
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TRAVERSE A HILL, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT AS INTENDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND THE SPEED WAS REDUCED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO EXCEED 40 MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN MECHANIC THAT LOCATED FAILURES CODES P0777 AND P0741. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 107,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300414January 20, 2020
ENGINE
CHECKENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON A BACK ROAD. I HAD A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK DONE, BEING TOLD THAT I HAVE NOT ONE BUT TWO CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND MY FRONT CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS BAD AND NEEDS REPLACED. PER THE JEEP DEALERSHIP, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PATRIOTS AND MANY HAVE BEEN RECALLED, JUST NOT MINE, HOW CAN THIS BE?I LOST POWER FOR A BIT, CUT CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON, SMELL EGGS AND BURN A LOT OF GASOLINE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11298436January 10, 2020
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME AND HAS REMAINED ON. I AM BEING TOLD I NEED A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER BUT THE DEALERSHIP AND CRYSTLER CUSTOMER SERVICE ARE ALL CONFUSED AS TO WHY MY VEHICLE IS NOT SHOWING UP UNDER A RECALL. IT IS THE RIGHT MAKE, MODEL, YEAR AND ENGINE SIZE FOR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11289913December 18, 2019
POWER TRAIN
RECENTLY MY RIGHT REAR CONTROL ARM BOLT SHEERED THROUGH THE CROSSMEMBER. I HAD IT REPLACED AT CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND NOW THE FRONT IS MAKING THE SAME NOISES THE REAR WAS MAKING PRIOR TO BEING FIXED. I SAW THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN ISSUE WITH 2012 MODELS AND EARLIER. I'M WORRIED THAT MY VEHICLE MAY ALSO BE DEFECTIVE. IT'S A 2013 THAT WAS BOUGHT IN 2012. WHEN THE BOLT SHEERED THROUGH THE CROSSMEMBER, I WAS GOING ABOUT 5 MPH TURNING LEFT IN A PARKING LOT. THE RIGHT REAR CONTROL ARM WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE CROSSMEMBER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11288828December 13, 2019
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED AN UNKNOWN CHRYSLER DEALER IN MERCER, PA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 71571100. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229142July 3, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I BOUGHT MY USED JEEP PATRIOT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. IN THE BEGINNING IT WOULD JERK ON ACCELERATION. NOW IS ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. BIG CLUNKING NOISE SHORTLY AFTER STARTING TO DRIVE. LOOSES POWER AT TIMES. ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, BRAKE, 4X4 LIGHTS ALL ARE ON. TAILGATE STOPPED OPENING AND NOW THE BODY CREAKS A LOT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11216992May 30, 2019
ENGINE
THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DECELERATE AND STALL. IT IS 6 YEARS OLD. IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE. I HAVE HAD NEW CARS MANY TIMES, DRIVING THEM >175,000 MILES. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11210549May 29, 2019
POWER TRAIN
CVT TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING FAILURE AT 70 TO 75 MPH ON HIGHWAY, CAR SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING AND I WAS FORCED TO PULL OFF TO SHOULDER. IF NO SHOULDER POTENTIAL FATALITY COULD HAVE OCCURRED FROM HIGH SPEED TRUCKS OR CARS UNABLE TO SLOW DOWN THUS CRASHING INTO REAR OF CAR. THIS SITUATION HAS OCCURRED WITH NUMEROUS PATRIOTS DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET, AS WELL AS MINE. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11207177May 13, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
ENGINE LURCHES AND STALLS AFTER FILLING TANK. WILL DO SO 3 OR 4 TIMES, THEN SETTLE DOWN AND RUN. DANGEROUS TRYING TO ENTER TRAFFIC. NO STALL PROBLEM BETWEEN FILLS. MANY PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEM AS SHOWN HERE: HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T29898_DS631498
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11202745April 21, 2019
POWER TRAIN
2013 JEEP PATRIOT WHEN DRIVEN ON TRIPS OF 3 TO 4 HOURS, THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT LIGHT COME ON AND THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER. AND SLOWLY LOSES ALL POWER TO MOVE THE VEHICLE AT ALL. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER, NO DATA WAS FOUND ON THE COMPUTER OF THE INCIDENT EVER OCCURING AND THE DEALER ACTS AS THOUGH THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE SITUATION, YET IN THE OWNERS MANUAL IT TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO IF THIS SITUATION OCCURS? WHICH TO ME MEANS THEY KNOW ITS A PROBLEM, WHICH OCCURS REPEATED DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF YOUR TRIP. FOR MOST WHO ONLY DRIVE LOCALLY, THEY MAY NEVER EXPERIENCE THIS BECAUSE IT ONLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF DRIVING. WE NO LONGER DRIVE THIS VEHICLE OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE OF THAT AND FEEL FORCED TO RENT VEHICLES FOR OUR OWN SAFETY. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HASNT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, IT IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND OCCURS ONLY WHEN TRAVELING IN HIGH SPEED SITUATION ON EXPRESSWAYS. THE DATE I USED BELOW WAS THE LAST DATE I WAS WILLING TO RISK MY LIFE DRIVING OUT OF TOWN WITH THIS VEHICLE. THERE WERE MANY TIMES BEFORE THAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11195536April 11, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AT HIGH SPEEDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11195551April 11, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WHEN DRIVING IN WARMER WEATHER (NOT EVEN HOT WEATHER) THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LIGHT COMES ONE AND THE JEEP POWERS DOWN. THE MANUAL STATES TO LET THE CAR IDLE UNTIL THE LIGHT COMES OFF. NO CODES ARE EVER DETECTED AND JEEP SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO WITHOUT A CODE. THIS WILL HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES DURING A TRIP AND LEAVES PATRIOTS STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH SEMI'S AND TRUCKS WHIZZING BY. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. ON JEEP FORUMS THERE ARE MANY, MANY CASES OF OTHERS STATING THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO THEM. IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE JATCO CVT TRANSMISSION AND NISSAN HAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST 5 TIMES TO DATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11193786April 4, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE THROTTLE BODY. I WAS ENTERING THE HIGHWAY WENT TO ACCELERATE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE JUST STUTTERED. A MACK TRUCK WAS SPEEDING ALONG LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE HIGH-SPEED LANE SO HE COULD SWERVE AROUND ME AND BEEP AT ME I HAD TO DRIVE TO THE NEXT EXIT DOING 20MPH IN THE BREAKDOWN LANE AND GET IT TO MY GARAGE WHICH WAS TWO TOWNS OVER. EVERY TIME I HAD TO STOP AT A LIGHT THEN ACCELERATE IT WOULD STUTTER AND ONLY GO TO 20MPH. THE THROTTLE LIGHT WOULD COME ON THEN GO OFF. I BROUGHT IT TO THE GARAGE AND THEY HAD TO ORDER THE PART FROM FAR AWAY BECAUSE NO PLACE CLOSE TO US HAD IT DUE TO HIGH DEMAND WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS WIDESPREAD I AM NOT SURE WHY A RECALL WAS NOT ISSUED PEOPLES LIVES ARE AT STAKE. I ALMOST THREW UP IN MY CAR AFTER THE MACK TRUCK PASSED ME AND I REALIZED I COULD OF BEEN KILLED. I PAID $610.37 TO GET MY CAR REPAIRED SO I AM NOT SURE IF THE EXPENSE OF THE PART IS THE ISSUE BUT AGAIN I COULD OF BEEN KILLED AS COULD OF A LOT OF OTHERS THAT I READ ABOUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11192169March 28, 2019
POWER TRAIN
PREMATURE INPUT SHAFT BEARING FAILURE IN THE MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. LOTS OF ISSUES ON THE WEB ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH A DEFECTIVE BEARING THAT WAS INSTALLED BY JEEP. HTTPS://WWW.JEEPPATRIOT.COM/FORUM/15-ENGINE-DRIVETRAIN/312665-INPUT-SHAFT-BEARING-NOT-CLUTCH.HTML HTTPS://WWW.JEEPFORUM.COM/FORUM/F9/INPUT-SHAFT-BEARING-THROW-OUT-BEARING-1184548/
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11189966March 19, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS ANYTIME THE JEEP IS DRIVEN MORE THAN 20 TO 30 MINS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ON A 2 HOUR DRIVE, IT CAN OVERHEAT AS MANY AS 4 TIMES. IT IS CONSISTENTLY REPRODUCIBLE AND HAPPENS EVERY TIME, WINTER OR SUMMER. JEEP GOES INTO LIMP MODE, GREATLY REDUCING POWER AVAILABLE TO SAFELY MOVE TO THE SHOULDER. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET OVER IN HIGH TRAFFIC. ONE ONE OCCASION THE JEEP DIED, LOSS OF ALL POWER IN THE CENTER LANE OF A 3 LANE, FAST MOVING HIGHWAY, REQUIRING POLICE ASSISTANCE TO STOP TRAFFIC AND PUSH IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WAS 03/18/2019 WHILE ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AGAIN. HIGH PITCHED WHINE, THEN LIMP MODE. THESE DAYS I DRIVE IN THE RIGHT LANE TO INSURE I CAN GET TO THE SHOULDER IF NEEDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11187307March 17, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ALL ACCESSORY FUNCTIONS INTERMITTENTLY FAIL, AND MAY OR MAY NOT COME BACK ON. THIS INCLUDES THE RADIO, WIPERS, TURN SIGNALS, FAN, AND CRUISE CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11171691January 23, 2019
ENGINE
CAR HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES AND ALREADY NEEDS THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED. SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM FOR JEEP VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11161496December 15, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
RAW GASOLINE FUMES SEEMS TO BE ENTERING THROUGH AIR VENTS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION, AND FAN IS IN USE. I WAS LEAVING A CONVENIENCE STORE WHEN PATRONS IN THE PARKING LOT WAVED ME DOWN TO TELL ME THEY SMELLED FUEL FROM MY VEHICLE. I QUICKLY EXITED FROM THE LOT TO GET THE VEHICLE AWAY FROM THE STORE AND FUEL PUMPS. I DIDN'T BUY FUEL AT THAT VISIT. THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AROUND THE CORNER HAS AN OPEN LOT, SO I HAD AN OFFICER COME OUT AND A FIREMAN RELATIVE STOP IN TO MAKE SURE THE VEHICLE WASN'T GOING TO COMBUST. LEFT THE PATRIOT SIT AND HAD AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT THE FOLLOWING DAY. HE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING UPON LETTING THE VEHICLE RUN AND HE TIGHTENED UP THE VENT TUBE OR FUEL FILLER NECK. THIS WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. TONIGHT, WITH THE TANK AT APPROXIMATELY 1/2 FULL, I MADE THE SAME 3 MILE TRIP, USING DEFROST AND FAN, SMELLED RAW FUEL AND BY THE TIME I GOT INTO THE STORE MY THROAT AND LIPS WERE BURNING, LIGHTHEADED AND THINGS LOOKED A LITTLE HAZY. DROVE HOME WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN AND WILL APPARENTLY HAVE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE CHECKED OUT AGAIN. NOTICED THE JEEP DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE GREAT ACCELERATION ON THE DRIVE IN. MILEAGE IS NOW MID 40K RANGE. FUEL SMELL COMING OUT IS WICKED AND TOXIC. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW AT THE END OF 2012. LIGHT DRIVING WITH A DAILY 6MILE COMMUTE FOR WORK. THIS IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ON SEVERAL LEVELS. I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING CHILDREN AND PETS IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. COULD THIS BE A CONTINUATION OF THE 2012 FUEL TANK PRODUCTION PROBLEM OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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