Jeep Patriot Complaints (2008)
447 consumer complaints on file.
- #10596754June 6, 2014STRUCTURE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
AFTER SNOW MELTS OR HEAVY RAIN THE REAR DOME LIGHT FILLS WITH WATER & LEAKS ON TO FLOOR. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10596164June 4, 2014FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON,FUEL TANK WOULD NOT ALLOW A STEADY FLOW OF GASOLINE FROM GASOLINE PUMP TO GAS TANK, IN OTHER WORDS THE GAS NOZZLE KEPT SHUTTING OFF AS THOUGHT THE TANK WERE FULL. THE CAR GASOLINE TANK WOULD ALLOW 2/10 OF A GALLON TO GO IN THEN SHUT OFF. WE HAD TO / HAVE TO (SAME PROBLEM NOW OCCURRING) REPEATEDLY DO THE LATTER TO FILL OUR TANK. THE FIRST TIME WE PAID OUT $400 WITH THE REPAIR SHOP REPLACING ONE OF THE TWO FUEL PUMPS. WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS A FUEL HOSE IN THE TANK OF THIS YEAR PATRIOT THAT HAD A RECALL AND WE WERE NEVER TOLD OR NOTIFIED. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10594725May 29, 2014STEERING, SUSPENSION
SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING. RIGHT AND LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARMS BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10594726May 29, 2014STEERING
THE LEFT TIE ROD IS BAD AND HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10593878May 24, 2014POWER TRAIN
ANY TIME I TAKE A LONG TRIP (1HR +) OR I'M IN HEAVY TRAFFIC MY TRANSMISSION LIGHT COMES ON ACCOMPANIED WITH A WHINING NOISE AND LOSS OF POWER. I LIVE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SO TEMPS IN THE SUMMER ARE EXTREMELY HIGH. MY WIFE WAS HEADING TO FLAGSTAFF ONE DAY IN MID AUGUST SHE LOST POWER TO OUR PATRIOT AND COULDN'T GO OVER 40MPH. SHE WAS STUCK IN 115 DEGREE HEAT FOR OVER ONE HOUR WAITING FOR THE VEHICLE TO COOL DOWN. SHE HAD TO REPEAT THIS THREE DIFFERENT TIME UNTIL SHE MADE IT TO HER DESTINATION. I ALMOST WAS REAR ENDED WHEN I LOST POWER IN THE CITY TRYING TO GET OFF THE ROAD. CREATES DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS!! *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10592380May 19, 2014ENGINE
WHEN DRIVING MY JEEP IN THE WARMER MONTHS, IF I TRAVEL FOR MORE THAN 30 MILES OR SO THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN THE VEHICLE SEIZES. THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT MUCH NOTICE AND LAST WEEK MY DAUGHTER WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE CAR JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. DRIVING ON THE SAN DIEGO 405 FREEWAY IS DANGEROUS ENOUGH HOWEVER; I AM GOING TO LAND UP GETTING KILLED IF THIS IS NOT TAKEN CARE OF. I HAVE CONTACTED MY DEALER AND THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. WILL IT TAKE A CLASS ACTION SUIT BEFORE CHRYSLER DECIDES TO RECALL THIS EXTREMELY SERIOUS CONDITION??? *JS
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10588939May 16, 2014POWER TRAIN
STARTED HEARING A "WHINING" NOISE IN THE FRONT END/ENGINE AREA OF THE VEHICLE AND AFTER ABOUT 10-15 MORE MINUTES OF DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND CAME TO A STOP. AFTER SITTING FOR A WHILE, IT WOULD START BACK UP AND RUN JUST LONG ENOUGH TO GET IT TO A TECHNICIANS SHOP. TECHNICIAN RAN SOME TESTS AND FOUND OUT THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING BECAUSE THERE WERE METALLIC PARTS IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. AFTER DOING RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS, AND HAS BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE/POWERTRAIN AND YET JEEP DOES NOTHING ABOUT THIS. I AM OUT $4000.00 BECAUSE I HAVE TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION AT 80K MILES!! RIDICULOUS!! TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD LAST WAY LONGER THAN THAT AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH THESE CVT TRANSMISSIONS, THIS WAS NOT A "FLUKE" OCCURRENCE. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10586589May 5, 2014POWER TRAIN
ON A RETURN TRIP BACK HOME ON THE INTERSTATE, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING A "WHINING" NOISE. ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE A VACUUM LINE IS LOOSE, OR HAS COME OFF. ONLY HAPPENS ON ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION. STILL SHIFTS PROPERLY AND SMOOTHLY, BUT NOW MAKES NOISE. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, AND THE NOISE IS STILL THERE, BUT NO LOSS IN SPEED, MPG, OR SHIFTING QUALITY. AS LONG AS YOU KEEP A CONSTANT SPEED, THE NOISE ISN'T THERE, BUT IT APPEARS ON ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. VERY PERPLEXED. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10584446April 23, 2014ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I LIVE AND DRIVE IN THE NEW YORK AREA. OFTEN WHEN I GO ON DRIVES OF 20 MILES OR MORE IN THE SUMMERTIME MONTHS, AND IT COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 70 TO 90 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OUTSIDE, THE 2008 JEEP PATRIOT BECOMES A DANGEROUS VEHICLE TO DRIVE. WHEN TRAVELING WITH THIS VEHICLE ON A FREEWAY OR INTERSTATE AT A LEGALLY HIGH RATE OF SPEED, THE VEHICLE OFTEN EXPERIENCES SOME MALFUNCTION THAT CAUSES A SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY REDUCES ITS SPEED TO BELOW 30 MPH WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR SIGN OF STRESS. IMAGINE DRIVING DOWN I-95 WITH HUGE TRUCKS BEHIND YOU AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPS RESPONDING TO THE ACCELERATOR BUT RATHER AUTOMATICALLY SLOWS AND THERE IS NOTHING I (OR ANYONE) CAN DO TO PREVENT IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO WARNING. MY FIRST INSTINCT IS TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO I DON'T GET REAR ENDED FROM LARGE TRUCKS, BUT SOMETIMES THIS OCCURS WHERE THERE IS NO PLACE TO PULL OVER. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST 10 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE JEEP IN SEPTEMBER OF 2008. I AM FEARFUL TO DRIVE THE JEEP LONG DISTANCES ON WARM DAYS, ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAYS. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE JEEP IS GOING TO SHUT DOWN FROM WHAT IS APPARENTLY AN OVERHEATED TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE "TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT" ILLUMINATES AT THE SAME TIME THE VEHICLE BEGINS AUTOMATICALLY SLOWING DOWN. FURTHER, THE MECHANICS I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR TO DO NO??T UNDERSTAND WHY IT HAPPENS. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON THE WEB AND LEARNED THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF OTHER JEEP OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED AS IT PROVES A DANGEROUS HAZARD TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD, AND BECAUSE IT POSES A SERIOUS RISK TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY. THE MANUFACTURER TRIES TO COVER UP THE ABOVE DANGERS OF THE CAR WITH A LINE IN ITS OWNER'S MANUAL, PAGE 174. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10577986April 7, 2014POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, STRUCTURE
I TOOK THE JEEP IN FOR A OIL CHANGE. WHILE IT WAS UP IN THE AIR THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO SHOW ME THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS BADLY RUSTED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10574693March 25, 2014SERVICE BRAKES, SUSPENSION:REAR
I TOOK MY JEEP PATRIOT 2008 TO GET TWO NEW TIRES. I WAS TOLD THE REAR AXLE IS RUSTED AND CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THANK GOD I NEEDED TIRES. WITH LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON MY JEEP ABOUT 87,000 I DO NOT FEEL THIS IS REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR AND IS A DEFINITE SAFETY CONCERN. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10573812March 20, 2014STEERING
DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH AND THE CAR STALLS LEAVING NO POWER STEERING. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. LAST TIME I LOST CONTROL AN HAD A ACCIDENT . VERY DANGEROUS . PLEASE HOW DO YOU CORRECT THE PROBLEM SOMEONE GOING TO GET KILLED. *TR
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10569218March 13, 2014ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING OVER THE BRIDGE GOING 40 MPH AND I NOTICE THAT THE ETC LIGHT CAME ON. I ATTEMPTED TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND TURN THE VEHICLE BACK ON. THE ETC LIGHT CAME BACK ON. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE REPAIR FACILITY AND SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT MY THROTTLE BODY WENT OUT. THE SERVICE ADVISOR INDICATED THAT NONE OF THE DEALERSHIPS HAVE THE PART AND NONE OF THE AUTO PARTS HAVE AN AFTERMARKET. THE SERVICE ADVISOR INDICATED THAT THERE IS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER OF 18000 AND THEY DON?T KNOW WHEN I CAN GET AS PART OF MY VEHICLE. I CALLED JEEP CAC AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I OWNED A JEEP VEHICLE AND VERY UPSET. OF ALL THE VEHICLES THAT I OWNED, I NEVER HEARD THAT THE DEALERSHIP NOT HAVING THE PART IN STOCK. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10567168February 27, 2014POWER TRAIN
WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR OUR SON, WHO IS OFF AT COLLEGE. TRAVELING THRU KANSAS ON I-70 RETURNING FROM VACATION, THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED. VEHICLE SLOWED TO 20 MPH IN TRAFFIC WITH NO WARNING. HAD TO DRIVE ON SHOULDER TO EXIT RAMP AND LET THE TRANSMISSION COOLED DOWN. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY DIAGNOSTIC CODES, SO THEY COULDN'T FIX IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 MORE TIMES SINCE THEN. MOST RECENTLY, TRAVELING IN 25 DEGREE WEATHER AT 70 MPH. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T FIX IT. FINALLY, THEY ADMITTED THAT HE CVT TRANSMISSION IS THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY WON'T FIX IT. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO STEP UP THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FIX THEIR POORLY DESIGNED VEHICLES. BUT THEY ARE UNWILLING TO WORK WITH THE CUSTOMER. THE VEHICLE RESALE VALUE IS IN THE TANK BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ANY BODY DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10565882February 25, 2014ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE
OVER THE PAST YEAR MY JEEP HAS BEEN VERY SLUGGISH, ACCELERATES AT HIGHER RPM'S THAN NORMAL, "SHIFTS" ROUGH ( EVEN THOUGH IT IS A CVT AND DOESN'T HAVE GEARS). FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO MAKE A TURN AND THEN PROCEED TO ACCELERATE AFTER THE TURN, MY JEEP HESITATES TO ACCELERATE, THE RPM'S PLUMMET AND THEN REACH TO OVER 3000 RPM'S BEFORE IT SLAMS/JERKS INTO GEAR TO RETURN TO AROUND 2000 RPM'S. TWICE MY JEEP HAS SHUTTERED AND STALLED WHILE AT RED LIGHTS. LAST WEEK AFTER BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, AS SOON AS I PUT IT IN DRIVE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND DINGING AT ME. MY JEEP WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL 8 FEET FROM MY DRIVEWAY. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART MY JEEP 3 TIMES, AND EVERY TIME I HAD THE SAME "LIMP MODE"/ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL ISSUE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON AT ALL. THE MANUAL STATES THAT "IF THE LIGHT IS FLASHING WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING YOU MAY EXPERIENCE POWER LOSS, AN ELEVATED/ROUGH IDLE, AND INCREASED BRAKE PEDAL EFFORT, AND YOUR VEHICLE MAY REQUIRE TOWING. IMMEDIATE SERVICE IS REQUIRED.". THIS DOES NOT SOUND SAFE. I HAD IT TAKEN TO A CERTIFIED AUTO MECHANIC WHO SAID IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO HAVE IT REPLACED. HOWEVER, CHRYSLER/JEEP HAS 1,500-2,000 THROTTLE BODIES ON BACK ORDER AND I WAS TOLD IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO EVEN RECEIVE THE PART. I'M GLAD THAT MY JEEP DID NOT STALL OR GO INTO "LIMP MODE" WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AS THIS COULD CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT. I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY, EVEN THOUGH I AM NOW MAKING CAR PAYMENTS ON A VEHICLE THAT WILL NOT RUN. THIS IS ALSO MY ONLY VEHICLE. THERE MUST BE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY TO HAVE 1,500-2,000 ON BACK ORDER AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10562380January 31, 2014ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE, HOWEVER THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT ACCELERATING THE CAR. IT JERKED SEVERAL TIMES AND FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL THEN THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE LIGHT CAME ON FOR A SHORT TIME THEN WENT OUT- I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC HE CONFIRMED THE CAR NEEDED THE THROTTLE BODY HOWEVER THERE ARE NONE ON LONG ISLAND THERE ARE MORE THEN 450 ON BACKORDER COMING FROM OVERSEAS!!!! IT HAS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE PAST WEEK AND I CANNOT GET IT FIXED. I AM AFRAID THE IT IS DANGEROUS. APPARENTLY IF I AM NOT ABLE TO FIND THIS PART ON LONG ISLAND THIS MAY BE AN ISSUE THAT JEEP CHRYSLER SHOULD BE ADDRESSING. THERE ARE ONLY 60K MILES ON THIS CAR. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10559992January 15, 2014ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STEERING, SUSPENSION
MY JEEP PATRIOT CUTS OFF AND TO THIS DATE, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED AN ANSWER ON THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I PURCHASED A NEW ALTERNATOR AND A BATTERY AND THAT DID NOT SOLVE THAT ISSUE. ON NOVEMBER 29, 2013, I DROVE THE CAR FROM STAMFORD, CT TO BRIDGEPORT, CT. I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 50 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CAR STARTED MAKING A NOISE AS IF SOMETHING WAS CLOGGED IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE OVER A SPEED OVER 15 MPH. THE VERY NEXT DAY, I HAD THE CAR CHECKED AND THERE IS A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION IN THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. HE STATED THAT ONLY A JEEP DEALER WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST ME. THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 14, 2014 AND THE CAR DID THE SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH THE NOISE (CLOGGED) AND THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK. AT THE TIME, I WAS IN NEW ROCHELLE, NY AND I DROVE STRAIGHT TO ADVANCE AUTO LOCATED ON MAIN STREET. THE TECHNICIAN ASSISTED ME AND HOOKED THE CAR UP TO THE SCANNER AND IT GAVE ME A CODE OF P2017. I PURCHASED SOME FUEL INJECTION CLEANER TO SEE IF THAT COULD HELP ME OUT. I DROVE APPROXIMATELY 4-5 MILES AND THE CAR DIED. I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO SEE IF I CAN GET THE CAR TOWED TO STAMFORD, CT. I WAS TOLD BY THE TECHNICIAN AND MECHANIC THAT JEEP PATRIOT HAVE A RECALL ON THE FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM. I'VE ALSO HAD SUSPENSION ISSUES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. IT BEGAN IN JULY OF 2013. THE CAR HAS POOR STEERING AND I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY GET WHEEL ALIGNMENTS AND CHANGE THE FRONT TIRES. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THE JEEP PATRIOT HAVE A TON OF SAFETY RECALLS ON THE 2008 MODEL. I HAVE A SCHEDULED TOW TO HAVE THE CAR SERVICED AT THE JEEP DEALER. I WOULD LIKE THE RECALL ISSUE TO BE HONORED. I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION ON ANY RECALLS BY THE MANUFACTURE. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. I DO WANT TO INCUR ANY INJURIES OR FATALITIES. I AM PAYING A CAR NOTE ON THIS VEHICLE AND I FEEL AS I'VE BEEN ROBBED! *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10559065January 8, 2014ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AND THE CAR'S SPEED DROPPED TO ZERO CAUSING ME TO QUICKLY PULL OFF THE ROAD, IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE/THROTTLE BODY HAS TO BE REPLACED. THIS PART IS CURRENTLY ON NATIONAL BACKORDER SINCE THERE ARE OVER 700 OTHER JEEP OWNERS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION SINCE YOUR CAR JUST DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND YOU COULD EASILY BE IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION. THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING TO HUNDREDS OF OTHER JEEP OWNERS, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR A PART MALFUNCTION. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10558569January 5, 2014POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
I WAS LEAVING WORK AND THE CAR STARTED JUST FINE BUT THEN AS I WAS STARTING TO DRIVE IT STALLED OUT. IT STARTED BACK UP JUST FINE AND THEN DID THE SAME THING. THIS WENT ON SEVERAL TIMES. AND WHEN IT STALLS OUT, MY POWER STEERING IS GONE AND IT IS HARD TO GET IT TO A SAFE STOP. I AM WORRIED IF I TAKE IT OUT ON THE ROAD IT WILL STALL OUT AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE READ SEVERAL REVIEWS OF THIS PROBLEM WITH RECALLS ON THE 2009 MODEL BUT NOT THE 2008. *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10554643December 3, 2013STRUCTURE:BODY, SERVICE BRAKES
I PARKED MY MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN THE BANK FLAT PARKING LOT. I PUT IT IN N' AND PULLED THE E BRAKE AND PLACED MY KEYS IN THE CUP HOLDER OF THE JEEP. I WALKED INSIDE AND WAITED IN LINE UNTIL SOMEONE TOLD ME A RED JEEP WAS GOING BACKWARDS DOWN THE MAIN ROAD. I RAN OUT OF THE BANK, DOWN THE ROAD TO FIND MY JEEP STOPPED BY A BRICK WALL WITH THE BRAKE STILL PULLED. NOT ONLY DID IT DRIVE BACKWARDS ON A VERY BUSY ROAD IT MADE A LEFT HAND TURN OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND THEN AGAIN AT THE LIGHT WHERE IT RAN INTO THE WALL. LUCKY FOR EVERYONE IT WAS A GOOD DRIVER AND DID NOT HIT ANYONE OR ANY CAR. TWO MEN WHO RECOVERED THE JEEP WHERE SHOCKED TO FIND NO ONE IN IT. *TR
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0