Jeep Patriot Complaints

3,365 consumer complaints on file.

#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
#11289953December 18, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CVT?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11289587December 17, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
DAUGHTER CALLED IN PANIC, JEEP WAS UNABLE TO ACCEPT FUEL WHILE PUMPING. I ADVISED HER TO TRY ANOTHER PUMP, STILL SAME PROBLEM. TOOK ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO GET 5 GALLONS OF FUEL IN JEEP FOR HER TO MAKE IT HOME. TOOK JEEP TO DEALERSHIP AND STATED THAT A SHUT OFF VALVE IN TANK HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND GAS TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ($1500 PARTS AND LABOR) AND DEALERSHIP SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM...WAIT WHAT, A COMMON PROBLEM, WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS? LESS THAN 50K MILES AND NEEDS A NEW TANK... DEALERSHIP SAID NOT A SAFETY ISSUE??? BEING STUCK ON I95 AT NIGHT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET GAS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11289615December 17, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STUCK ROLLOVER VALVE. 86,000 MILES. ROLLOVER VALVE IS INSIDE GAS TANK, CASUING REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE TANK. MANY OTHERS ONLINE NOTE SAME PROBLEM FOR THE PATRIOT. JEEP RECALLED OTHER MODELS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NOT THE PATRIOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11289385December 16, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION
I WAS CLEANING MY PATRIOT 2011 WHEN I NOTICE THAT THE SUBFRAME HAS HOLES. I ALSO OWEN A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT AND I GOT A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROMBLEM. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THE SAME PROMBLEM THEY SAID THEY DIDNT HAD A RECALL FOR 2011 JEEP. MY BIGGEST WORRY WHEN DRIVEN THIS VEHICLE I THAT AT ANY MOMENT THE SUBFRAME MAY BRAKE, ME THAT I DRIVE CONSTALY ON A HIGHWAY IT IS A DAMGEROUS SITUATION. I FEEL THAT ALL JEEP PATRIOT OWNERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF DANGERS. I NOTICE THIS BECAUSE I WAS PLAYING WITH MY SON AND A BALL WENT UNDERNEATH THE CAR. WHEN DRIVING THE CAR I THOUGHT THE CRACKING SOUND WAS THE TIRES, BUT WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT. SO NOW I AM ASSUMING THE SUBFRAME IS TO BLAME. I WOULD HIGHLY APPRECIATE IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE.
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
#11288461December 11, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE VALVE INSIDE THE FUEL TANK BROKE AND THE JEEP CAN NO LONGER BE FILLED WITH GAS WITHOUT THE GAS PUMP BELIEVING IT IS ALREADY FULL AND TURNING OFF. THIS RESULTS IN MANY, MANY ATTEMPTS TO PUT FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE AND GAS LEAKING OUT OF THE FUEL PUMP DOWN THE SIDE OF THE JEEP AND ALL OVER THE GROUND. MY MECHANIC WAS TRYING TO FIND THE ISSUE AND IN HIS RESEARCH FOUND IT TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT A NON SERVICEABLE PIECE, MEANING THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK MUST BE REPLACED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AND CREATED AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD AND A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11288489December 11, 2019
POWER TRAIN
I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH JEEP PATRIOT WITH 62000 MILES ON IT THE IS A WHINNING SOUND UNDER MY JEEP WHILE IN MOTION/RUNNING AND IT STARTS AT 35 MPH IN THE EVEN IN A HIGHWAY AND IN A STREET. AS COMMON A CONCERNED WITH THIS TYPE OF COMPACT SUV IS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. PLEASE CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11288344December 11, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
VEHICLE FAILS TO START MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN THE BATTERY AND STARTER ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. COMMON FIXES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED ARE REPLACING THE WCM OR THE RELAY BOX. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL START AFTER MULTIPLE TIMES AND LEAVING THE KEY CRANKED FOR 20 SECONDS+, BUT THIS ISN'T ALWAYS RELIABLE. BROUGHT IT INTO THE SHOP AND THEY COULDNT RECREATE THE ISSUE, SO IT WAS NEVER RESOLVED FOR MY CASE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11288071December 10, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN FILLING GAS TANK THE CAR STALLS AND ANY TIME WHEN DRIVING . THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, THIS HAS HAPPENED MANT TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11287946December 9, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN OR COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO KEARNY MESA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (8010 BALBOA AVE, SAN DIEGO, CA 92111, (858) 560-7100) AND SAN DIEGO CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (777 CAMINO DEL RIO S, SAN DIEGO, CA 92108, (619) 224-4151) TO BE INSPECTED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11287730December 8, 2019
ENGINE
THE ENGINE STALLS SPORADICALLY WHILE DRIVING. IT ALSO HAS LOW OIL ENGINE PRESSURE. MY CAR MAKE AND MODEL WAS RECALLED, HOWEVER, MY SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH I AM EXPERIENCING THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11287690December 7, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
DURING A ROAD TRIP, I WENT TO GAS UP MY JEEP AND THE PUMP WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO PUT GAS IN THE CAR. I WAS 5 MONTHS PREGNANT STRANDED WITH NO GAS. I LATER WHEN TO SEVERAL OTHER GAS STATIONS SAME ISSUE. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CURLER NECK WHICH WAS $180, WHEN THEY INSTALLED IT, THE ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVED. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER SHOP AND THEY COULD NOT FIX THE ISSUE AS WELL. I FINALLY TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY MENTIONED IT COULD BE THE FUEL TANK WHICH WAS $1200 OR THE EVAP SYSTEM WHICH IS $900 BUT THEY WEREN'T ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS EITHER. I AM CURRENTLY USING A GAS CAN BUT THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE BECAUSE NOW IT WILL ONLY ALLOW ME TO PUT SMALL AMOUNT OF GAS EVEN WHEN THE TANK IS EMPTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11287579December 6, 2019
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED AND ALL OF THE CAMSHAFT SENSORS WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V907000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED MONTEREY BAY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (555 AUTO CENTER DR, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076, (831) 724-2463) AND WAS INFORMED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11287211December 5, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
EVERY TIME I FILL UP THE GAS TANK AND THEN DRIVE, THE JEEP STALLS, I LOSE STEERING, IT IS NOT SAFE. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11287393December 5, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WHEN YOU ACCELERATE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS. IT DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME BUT AT LEAST 50-60% OF THE TIME. IT STARTED UNDER THE WARRANTY AND I HAD A DODGE DEALERSHIP LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAID THEY FELT IT SLIP BUT THE ROAD WAS WET SO THEY COULDN'T SAY IF IT WAS THE TRANNY OR THE TIRES SLIPPING ON THE WET PAVEMENT. IT HAS BEEN SLIPPING FOR THE LAST YEAR AT LEAST. AFTER TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE PATRIOTS THEY SAID THE SAME THING (TRANSMISSION SLIPPING). IT DOES IT DURING ACCELERATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11286930December 4, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
EVERY TIME THE FUEL TANK IS FILLED, THE ENGINE STALLS A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER I PULL OUT OF THE GAS STATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED GETTING ON HIGHWAYS AND IS A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION THAT APPARENTLY IS WELL KNOWN WITH THIS VEHICLE. FOR WHATEVER REASON THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED YET AND WON'T UNTIL SOMEBODY IS KILLED. PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO GET THIS RECALLED TO REPAIR THE SITUATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AT LEAST A DOZEN OCCASIONS SO FAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11287020December 4, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW IN 3 DAYS. AFTER FULLY FILLING MY FUEL TANK AND THEN DRIVING AWAY FROM THE PUMP MY JEEP PATRIOT STALLS BEFORE I HIT 3/10 OF A MILE FROM THE GAS STATION. CONTRARY TO SOME OTHER REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE, THAT I HAVE READ, AS WELL AS THE EXPLANATION OF THE ISSUE POSTED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE, FROM FCA, THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ONLY AT IDLE. RATHER IT HAPPENS WHILE I AM DRIVING. WHEN MY JEEP STALLS I ALSO LOSE THE ABILITY TO FULLY STEER (CAN ONLY TURN THE WHEEL APPX 1/4 TURN) AND BRAKING DOES NOT WORK AS WELL AS IT NORMALLY DOES. WHEN IT HAPPENED TODAY I ENDED UP MOUNTING A CURB AND SIDEWALK IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE STREET I WAS ON WAS TURNING BUT I COULDN'T TURN WITH IT. IF I HAD NOT ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY/PARKING BRAKE I WOULD HAVE DRIVEN THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND INTO A HOME. ONCE I RESTARTED MY JEEP AND BACKED OFF OF THE CURB THE ENGINE STALLED AGAIN WHILE MY JEEP WAS IN MOTION. LUCKILY I WAS BARELY MOVING AND ALREADY HAD MY HAND ON THE EMERGENCY/PARKING BRAKE. WHEN I RESTARTED MY JEEP THE NEXT TIME I REVVED THE ENGINE TO 3,000RPM FOR APPX 1 MINUTE WHILE MY JEEP WAS IN PARK. MY JEEP DID NOT STALL AFTER THAT FOR THE REST OF TODAY. TOMORROW MAY BE ANOTHER STORY. I SEE IN THIS FORM THERE IS THE ABILITY TO UPLOAD PHOTOS BUT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS BEING AN EXISTING SAFETY ISSUE OR THE ABILITY TO REPORT IT BEFORE NOW. AS A RESULT THERE ARE NO PHOTOS OF MY JEEP ON A CURB ABOUT TO CRASH INTO SOMEONE'S HOUSE. WITH THE NUMBER OF REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE HAVING ALREADY BEEN MADE TO THE NHTSA I AM SHOCKED THAT A MANDATORY SAFETY RECALL WAS NOT DEMANDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11286767December 3, 2019
POWER TRAIN
MY 2012 JEEP PATRIOT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY STARTED TO DECELERATE FROM 65 MPH TO 30 MPH VERY QUICKLY. I HAD TO CROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE TEMPERATURE LIGHT FOR THE TRANSMISSION CAME ON BUT WENT OUT AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF HAVING THE CAR IDLE. THIS WAS THE ONLY WARNING LIGHT ON. THIS HAPPENED TWICE MORE AFTER DRIVING FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER ALONG WITH A PICTURE OF THE WARNING LIGHT AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE UNABLE TO SAY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CODE STORED ON THE COMPUTER. I THEN TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO ALSO SAID THERE WAS NO CODE TO WORK FROM BUT HAD EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH WHAT I DESCRIBED AND SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS THAT JEEP HAD USED. HE SAID THIS WAS PRETTY COMMON KNOWLEDGE AMONG MECHANICS AND THEY ARE WAITING TO SE IF JEEP WILL DO A RECALL OR FIX THE PROBLEM. AS OF NOW A NEW TRANSMISSION IS $4500.00 PLUS COST OF A RENTAL CAR FOR MORE THAN A WEEK SINCE THE DEALERSHIP CAN'T SEEM TO HAVE THEM DELIVERED IN LESS THAN 7 BUSINESS DAYS. NOT ONLY IS THIS BASICALLY FRAUD FOR KNOWINGLY SELLING DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS BUT A SAFETY HAZARD TO ALL DRIVERS ON OUR HIGHWAYS WITH THE SUDDEN DECELERATION OF THE VEHICLE TAKING CHANCES WITH ALL OF OUR LIVES WHEN IT COULD BE PREVENTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11286468December 2, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, SEAT BELTS
EVERY TIME I FILL UP WITH GAS THE CAR MAKES IT TO THE FIRST STOP SIGN AND THEN JUST DIES. I START IT UP AND START TO DRIVE IT AND IT DIES AGAIN. I HAVE TO SIT IN ONE SPOT AND KEEP TRYING TO DRIVE HOPING IT WON'T DIE AND I WILL GET HIT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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