Jeep Patriot Complaints
3,365 consumer complaints on file.
- #11016100August 18, 2017ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEAT BELTS
MANUFACTURER SAFETY RECALL ISSUED NHTSA #16V-668 #S61 OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER STATUS: REMEDY NOT YET AVAILABLE ALSO PROBLEM WITH TIPPIT MODEM WHERE ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS LIGHT UP JEEP DEALERSHIP DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11016172August 18, 2017SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (SEAT BELTS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (CHRYSLER MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11016175August 18, 2017EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TURN CAR ON A.TURN LIGHTS ON DASH FLASHES 4 TIMES THEN NO DASH LIGHTS OR TAILGHTSALL OTHER GAUGES WORK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11015934August 17, 2017STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUBFRAME DISPLAYED EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUBFRAMES OF THE ENGINE MOUNT, THE SHOCK MOUNT, AND THE ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE WERE RUSTED TO THE POINT WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUBFRAME OF THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED OR NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11015329August 15, 2017UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAKATA RECALL-THE REAR LATCH WORKED PERIODICALLY OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND NOW HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. TO ACCESS THE BACK, WE HAVE TO GO OVER THE BACK SEAT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11015335August 15, 2017FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
ADDING FUEL TO VEHICLE TANK RESULTS IN FUEL GUSHING OUT OF FUEL FILLER PIPE. IT APPEARS THE FUEL TANK CANNOT VENT THE AIR IN THE TANK AS NEW FUEL IS ADDED AND THIS FORCES NEWLY ADDED FUEL BACK OUT OF THE FILLER PIPE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND COMMON PROBLEM REGARDING FAULTY ROLLOVER VALVES ON THE FUEL TANK ON SEVERAL JEEP MODELS/YEARS ACCORDING TO ONLINE FORUMS .
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11015165August 14, 2017AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED SACRAMENTO CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (916-273-9089 LOCATED AT 3610 FULTON AVE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95821) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11014831August 12, 2017POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CVT TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS AND ACCELERATION COMPUTER NEEDS ADJUSTED BECAUSE ITS SPORATIC. IT OVERHEATS ON HIGHWAY AND ACCELERATES FUNNY IN TOWN.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11014594August 11, 2017FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I OWN A 2015 JEEP AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET TURNING ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW. WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND CONTINUE TO SLOW. MY VEHICLE THEM CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. I ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE VEHICLE ON AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. I WAS THEN FORCED TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO SAFETY SINCE THERE WERE OTHER VEHICLE DRIVING BEHIND ME. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP I WAS TOLD THE FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE FUEL PUMP DID NOT GIVE ANY ADVANCED WARNING, NO INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON THE VEHICLE TO INFORM ME. I WAS PUT IN AN UNSAFE POSITION WHEN MY VEHICLE BROKE DOWN. I HAVE LESS THAN 40K MILES ON MY JEEP THERE IS NO WAY A FUEL PUMP WOULD GO OUT ON SUCH A NEW VEHICLE WITH LOW MILES. IT COST ME $556.02 TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP. HOWEVER ONCE THE PUMP WAS REPLACED THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD NOT READ CORRECTLY. THE ACTUAL GAUGE WAS FUNCTIONING BUT THE FUEL PUMP WOULD NOT SEND CORRECT READINGS AND MY GAUGE WOULD NOT MARK MORE THAN 3/4 TANK EVEN WHEN THE TANK WAS FUEL. IN THE END I HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP THREE TIMES BEFORE THE GAUGE WOULD MARK FROM EMPTY TO FULL CORRECTLY. ALL THESE EVENTS CAUSE ME TO BELIEVE THE FUEL PUMP IS FAULTY AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND CORRECTED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11014631August 11, 2017AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE LAKELAND CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE INC. LOCATED ON 31 HADLEY RD, GREENVILLE, PA 16125 WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WERE NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. (VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE).
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11014710August 11, 2017POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2014 FROM THOROUGHBRED NISSAN IN TUCSON, AZ A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THREE YEARS LATER THE TRANSMISSION IS AGAIN SLIPPING AND HAS ALREADY CAUSED STALLS ON THE HIGHWAY. ONE OF THE TIMES THE JEEP STALLED JUST AS I SWITCHED LANES IN FRONT OF A SEMI ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY ,I WAS BARELY ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER AND OUT OF THE PATH OF THE TRUCK RIGHT BEFORE THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER IN CALIFORNIA WHERE I NOW RESIDE AND THEY HAVE INFORMED ME I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THERE IS NO LONGER NO WARRANTY. I HAVE ALSO TAKEN THE JEEP TO TWO OTHER PLACES THAT SPECIALIZE ON TRANSMISSION AND THEY HAVE BOTH INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION UTILIZED IN THIS TYPE OF JEEP HAS MANY PROBLEMS AND THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND I BUY A NEW CAR ALL TOGETHER AS I AM LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN ABOUT 2-3 YEARS IF I CHOOSE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, EVEN IF I CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN IT PROPERLY AS I HAVE BEEN. THIS JEEP IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD AND IS ALREADY IN NEED OF IT'S THIRD TRANSMISSION. I HAVE RESEARCHED COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE SEEMS TO BE COMMON IN THESE TYPE OF CARS. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO KEEP ALLOWING THESE CARS TO OPERATE WITH THE CURRENT FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY START TO STALL WITH NO WARNING. I HAD AN EXTREMELY CLOSE CALL AND WOULD HATE FOR ANYONE TO STALL OUT WITHOUT NOTICE GOING FULL SPEED ON A HIGHWAY. MY CAR STALLED MANY TIMES BEFORE ANY LIGHT CAME ON, AND DEALERS AREN'T EVEN WILLING TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION WITH SUCH LIGHT. PLEASE I URGE YOU TO REVIEW THIS PROBLEM AND FIND A SOLUTION. THIS PROBLEM FIRST SURFACED IN THE FALL OF 2016 AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. I RARELY DRIVE THIS CAR DUE TO THIS.I HAVE RESEARCHED OPTIONS AND FEEL THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11014114August 10, 2017ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE HAD MY CAR STALL ON THE HIGHWAY AT A HIGH SPEED AND ALSO AT LOW SPEED AT LEAST 7 TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. I HAVE CONTACTED A JEEP DEALER AND ALSO JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY WILL NOT FIX UNDER A RECALL. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM A LOT AND IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES TO SEVERAL PEOPLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11013681August 8, 2017AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH SUMTER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP & RAM (2662 BROAD ST, SUMTER, SC 29150) WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SPEAK TO THE MANUFACTURER AND PROVIDE A TENTATIVE BUY BACK OFFER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE, OPENED A CASE, AND PROVIDED A CASE MANAGER. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11013697August 8, 2017AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT, THE CONTACT REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT RAPID SPEED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FASTER. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A MEDICAL BUILDING AND INJURED ANOTHER PERSON. THE OTHER PERSON SUSTAINED BRUISING TO THE CHEST THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO THE LEFT ARM THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KLAMATH FALLS HONDA (2810 WASHBURN WAY, KLAMATH FALLS, OR 97603 (541) 205-4917), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000. *JS
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 2
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11013414August 7, 2017VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AFTER REFILLING THE GAS TANK THE CAR WILL JERK SUDDENLY AND OR STALL WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM WILL STOP AFTER THE CAR DRIVES FOR A MILE OR SO. THIS WILL HAPPEN WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION OR HALTED (AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR BEFORE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC). IN PARTICULAR I HAVE BEEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND HAD THE CAR NOT MOVE FORWARD OR SLOWLY ROLL FORWARD. I HAVE ALSO BEEN AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, AND WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE. THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE THE CAR STALLS/JERKS. AFTER THE CAR IS DRIVEN AROUND FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE STALLING AND JERKING DOES NOT OCCUR AGAIN. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR A YEAR AND AT FIRST DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE JERKING. HOWEVER, IT DID STALL SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THIS COMPLAINT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11013561August 7, 2017ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE OVERHEATING. VERY DANGEROUS TO HAPPEN SPECIALLY IF YOU ARE IN THE FREEWAY. I BELIEVE THAT THEY MAKE THIS MODEL THINKING THAT DRIVERS WILL CONSIDER NOT TO ACCELERATE SPEED IN A HOT CLIMATE. CAR IS AT 75 MPH IN THE FREEWAY ON A HOT CLIMATE OF 80F.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11012973August 5, 2017ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ONE MORNING I TRIED TO TURN ON MY VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. GOT A FRIEND TO COME OUT TO TRY AND JUMP START IT AND AFTER ABOUT 30 MIN IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. TWO DAYS LATER I HAD THE SAME ISSUE. TRIED TO JUMP THE CAR AGAIN WITH NO SUCCESS. REPLACED THE BATTERY BUT DID NOT HELP. ALL THE ELECTRICAL COMPONEMTS INSIDE THE CAR (RADIO,LIGHTS,ECT) WERE STILL FUNCTIONAL BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT START OR EVEN MAKE A SOUND LIKE IT WAS ATTEMPTING TO START. JEEP WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE AFTER 1.5 WEEKS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. I THEN TOWED IT TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP AND HE STATED THAT HE DIDNT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. HE REMOVED THE PLASTIC COVERINGS OVER THE ENGINE AND STATED THEY ARE JUST FOR LOOKS AND DONT NEED TO BE THERE AND CLEANED SOME WIRES NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WELL AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO START. LATER WHILE DRIVING MY JEEP STARTED TO ACT STRANGE. RANDOMLY ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD WOULD TURN ON, THE GUAGES WENT ALL THE WAY TO ZERO THEN BACK UP TO NORMAL THE RADIO WOULD SHUT OFF AND TURN BACK ON AND THE CAR WOULD FEEL LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL. LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED EXCEPT THIS TIME THE LIGHTS STAYED ON ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT COULD NOT ACCELERATE MY VEHICLE AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I THEN WOULD HAVE TO PULL MY JEEP TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TURN IT OFF LET IT SET FOR A LITTLE THEN IT WOULD START BACK UP FINE. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 5 TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE WEEKS. WHEN IT WASNT HAPPENING AND I WAS DRIVING THE JEEP AROUND NORMALLY THE CHECK BATTERY LIGHT WOULD ALWAYS TURN ON AFTER ABOUT 5 TO 10 MIN AFTER DRIVIMG THE VEHICLE. OCCASIONALLY THE CHECK OIL LIGHT WILL ALSO TURN ON. I HAVE STILL FOUMD MP SOLUTION TO THESE PROBLEMS AMD IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. IT MAKES IT VERY UNSAFE TO DROVE ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY AND IN CONGESTED AREAS DUE TO VEHICLE RANDOMLY NOT WORKING.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11012842August 4, 2017ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
AFTER PUMPING GAS, LESS THAN A MILE INTO MY TRIP HOME, MY JEEP'S STARTED STALLING, THE POWER STEERING WENT OFF (I COULDN'T EASILY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL) AND IT DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO THE OFF POSITION, THEN BACK ON AND I WAS ABLE TO STARTED IT. I ONLY MOVED ABOUT 500 FEET AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I TURNED IT OFF, BACK ON AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED A THIRD TIME, AS I WAS GETTING HOME. I SAT ON MY PARKING SPOT AND THE JEEP WAS STALLING BUT IT DIDN'T DIE AGAIN. I LOOKED UP JEEP FORUMS AND IT SEEM TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND PEOPLE RESOLVE IT BY NOT FILLING THE TANK ALL THE WAY. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE AND IT COULD'VE EASILY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11012865August 4, 2017POWER TRAIN, SEAT BELTS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SHIFTS FROM D TO 1ST ON ITS OWN: FROM A STOP, THE 2016 JEEP PATRIOT SEMI-AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DROPS TO FIRST GEAR ON ITS OWN. THERE IS NO INDICATION UNTIL THE DRIVER HAS PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AND HAS NO ACCELERATION POWER. THE DASH LIGHT INDICATES THE VEHICLE IS IN 1ST GEAR, BUT THE DRIVER WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS AND MUST EITHER GUN THE ENGINE AND TAKE RPMS OFF THE CHART TO AVOID A CRASH FROM ONCOMING VEHICLES, OR MANUALLY SHIFT THE VEHICLE TO N OR P AND THEN RETURN TO D FOR A TYPE OF "RESET". THE ISSUE IS INTERMITTANT. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM (IN TO SHOP 3X FOR THIS ISSUE). THEY REPLACED THE STICK SENSOR AND OPENED TWO SEPARATE STARON PACKS WITH JEEP ENGINEERS. BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. I SUSPECT ITS TRANSMISSION ($$) RELATED OR ELECTRICAL ($$). MOVING ON TO NEW DEALERSHIP SERVICE. FINGERS CROSSED. CRUISE CONTROL: WHEN CRUISE ENGAGED AT 70-75 MPH ON OPEN HWY, HAD TO SLOW FOR TRAFFIC. SPEED DROPPED DOWN TO ABOUT 60-65. WHEN REENGAGED CRUISE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY--RPMS SHOT THROUGH THE ROOF. HAD TO TAP THE BREAKS TO DISENGAGE CRUISE AND WHOLE FAMILY EXPERIENCED A HARD LURCH. REPORTED ISSUE TO JEEP SERVICE AS PERHAPS RELATED TO ISSUE WITH DOWNSHIFTING TO FIRST. RESPONSE WAS THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. SEATBELTS: WHEN A PERSON WEIGHING MORE THAN 230LBS SITS IN THE FRONT SEATS, THE SEAT BELT WARNING SOUND DINGS AS IF THE BELT IS NOT ENGAGED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED SENSORS IN BOTH FRONT SEATS. PROBLEM RESOLVED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11011900August 1, 2017ENGINE, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
PERFORM POORLY SLUGGISH ,,TAKES OFF SLOW AFTER STOPPING ,SLOW CHANGING GEARS ,HAVE ONLY 28000 MILES AND FRONT END WHEELS SEEM TO HAVE PROBLEM ,WHEN BACKING UP TURNING WHEELS THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING RUBBING OR SRUBBING.I PURCHASE THIS JEEP IN 2015 BRAND NEW ,AND HAVE NOTICE FEW PROBLEMS WITH IT .
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0