Jeep Patriot Complaints

3,365 consumer complaints on file.

#11246094August 23, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY I NOTICED A WHINING NOISE AND LOSING POWER GOING UP A HILL I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME AND TO MY MECHANIC. AFTER CHECKING THE TRANSMISSION HE FOUND METAL FILINGS IN IT AND SAID I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HEARING THIS AS THE JEEP ONLY HAS ABOUT 68000 MILES ON IT. I CONTACTED THE JEEP DEALER IN SCRANTON PA AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I CONTACTED DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION GARAGES AND WAS QUOTED PRICES FROM OVER $3000 TO $6000. READING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLES PROBLEMS WITH JEEP VEHICLES THIS SEEMS LIKE A BIG ONGOING PROBLEM WITH JEEP TRANSMISSIONS.I HOPE YOUR AGENCY CAN HELP US OUT SO WE CAN GET SOME SATISFACTION FROM JEEP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11246126August 23, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE REVERSING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE REAR SUBFRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245648August 22, 2019
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY THE RPM'S WILL DROP DOWN TO 0 AND WITHIN 1-3 SECONDS IT POPS BACK UP TO NORMAL RANGE. SOMETIMES IT KILLS WHILE DRIVING. UNKNOWN REASON. HAVE REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS AND IGNITION COILS HOPING TO FIND THE CAUSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245796August 22, 2019
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED, AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V907000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM OF WARWICK (185 NY-94, WARWICK, NY 10990, (845) 986-2021) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT OR CAMSHAFT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245412August 21, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE RANDOMLY DRIVING MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THROTTLE LIGHT COMES ON. I'VE HAD MY CAR TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CODES ARE P2135 AND P0121. DEALER SAID THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY DIDN'T CLEAR THE CODE. WENT HOME AND SLEPT, NEXT MORNING THE LIGHTS ARE OFF. THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS ISSUE. THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY DECEMBER 2018, MY GAS PEDAL 2 MONTHS AGO AND PART OF MY COMPUTER OVER A MONTH AGO AND THIS IS STILL HAPPENING. I'VE READ IN A BUNCH OF FORUMS THIS IS COMMON BUT NO ONE HAS A SOLUTION. DEALER SAID MY WIRING HARNESS WAS FINE AND THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM BUT DON'T WANT TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR EVEN THOUGH IT'S UNDER WARRANTY. HELP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245455August 21, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
MY CAR SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THE STABILITY LIGHT GOES ON AND THE ENGINE DIES WHILE ON THE ROAD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245183August 20, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION AND THE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR FLASHED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER AND TURNED IT OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11245315August 20, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
'TAMARA RECALL' WHILE DRIVING ENGINE WILL JUST DIE LOSING POWER STEERING, ONCE STOPPED IT MAY OR MAY NOT RESTART CAUSING TRAFFIC JAM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244728August 18, 2019
AIR BAGS
MY AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN TURNING ON AND OFF FOR OVER A YEAR. I HAD IT CHECKED OUT WHEN IT FIRST CAME ON AND THEY WANTED OVER $600 TO FIX THE CLOCK SPRING. DUE TO NOT HAVING FUNDS TO FIX IT, IT'S STILL UNDERGOING. THE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF ALL THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF DRIVING. I HAVE READ SEVERAL REVIEWS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES FOR YEARS NOW SO WHY HASN'T IT BEEN RECALLED YET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244750August 18, 2019
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE LOSES ACCELERATION. THIS TENDS TO HAPPEN MORE WHEN ON A HILL OR SMALL INCLINE BUT DOES HAPPEN REPEATEDLY WHEN JUST ACCELERATING ON FLAT SURFACES AS WELL. THIS FEELS LIKE A STUTTER OR LOSS OF ACCELERATION. I HAVE HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED, SPARK PLUGS & COILS & TCM BUT THE ISSUE IS STILL THERE. THIS IS A CVT TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244756August 18, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THROTTLE TRACK AND ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND OFF. CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE NO MORE THAN 30 RPM WHEN IT HAPPENS IT MAY ALSO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN WHEN FOOT ON BREAK .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244617August 17, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT BEGAN TO GO OFF. RPMS WERE RUNNING HIGHER THAN NORMAL. AFTER THE SENSOR TRIGGERED TWICE, NO PROBLEMS OTHER THAN RMPS RUNNING HIGH. 5 DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL WARNING LIGHT, UPON STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND RESUMING ACCELERATION, CHECK ENGINE CAME ON, THEN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL, THEN TRACTION CONTROL. THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME THE CAR HAD TO DECELERATE OR STOP AND THE RPMS DROPPED BELOW 1. AT ONE POINT, IT STALLED. I HAD TO PULL OVER, STOP THE CAR AND RESTART IT. IF YOU WERE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WITH CONTINUOUS GAS THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM. THE DIAGNOSTIC REPAIR IS THE THROTTLE BODY HOUSING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244530August 16, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CAR WILL DIE AT A COMPLETE STOP EITHER AT A RED LIGHT OR JUST IDLING. IT WILL ALSO ACT LIKE IT IS ABOUT TO DIE WILL DRIVING. THE RPM'S WILL DROP TO ZERO AND WHEN YOU GIVE IT GAS IT WILL NOT GO. THIS WILL HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES IN ONE DAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244352August 16, 2019
ENGINE
VEHICLE WILL DIE DURING DRIVING. CAUSING EVERYTHING TO NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. UNTIL IT IS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244463August 16, 2019
SEATS
AFTER BEING PARKED FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS, I ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND IMMEDIATELY THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND HEADREST FELT WRONG. WAS NOT DRIVING YET. JUST SITTING IN SEAT. A QUICK INSPECTION SHOWED THAT THE DRIVER'S HEADREST HAD SPONTANEOUSLY ACTIVATED WHILE PARKED, LEAVING IT SPLIT IN TWO PIECES. THE VEHICLE, OF COURSE, IS FIVE YEARS AND ONE MONTH OLD, SO OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS WILL BE AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR OF THIS MANDATORY SAFETY EQUIPMENT THAT IS DEFECTIVE. ALSO DANGEROUS IF IT HAD DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING OR SITTING IN SEAT. SHOULDN'T THIS BE SUBJECT TO AN INVESTIGATION AND POSSIBLE RECALL?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244148August 15, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY VEHICLE HAD 39000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE STARTER WENT OUT. THE WARRANTY WENT OUT AT 36000. SO I TOOK IT INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND HAD IT REPAIRED. CHRYSLER WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME FOR THE PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244278August 15, 2019
ENGINE, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED BEFORE OR AFTER THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN IT STALLED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,999. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244293August 15, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY THROTTLE BODY UNIT ON THIS CAR AT 75,000 MILES. THE CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. 3 LIGHTS CAME ON: THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, MALFUNCTION INDICATOR (CHECK ENGINE), AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL. MY CAR COULD NOT SURPASS 30 MPH WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY. ADDITIONALLY, THE CAR WAS JERKY AND WOULD JERK FORWARD EVEN WHEN BRAKING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING/KNOWN ISSUE. I BELIEVE A RECALL OF THIS SPECIFIC PART IS NEEDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11243852August 14, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THIS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE TRUCK, NOW IT'S ALL THE TIME. TRY TO START IT, IT DOESN'T WANT TO TURN OVER . YOU CAN PLAY WITH THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN IT STARTS. GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO CRANK OVER. STARTED MID JULY AND HAS CONTINUED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11243980August 14, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT PASS INSPECTION BECAUSE THE FUEL SYSTEM FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ECM SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE FLASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SANSONE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE (100, 90 US-1, AVENEL, NJ 07001, (732) 815-2424) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,299. THE VIN WAS INVALID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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