Jeep Patriot Complaints

3,365 consumer complaints on file.

#11258069September 25, 2019
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V907000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK WITH A REPRESENTATIVE, BUT WAS PLACED ON AN EXTENDED HOLD. THE LINE EVENTUALLY DROPPED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257934September 25, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE OVERHEATS IN HOT WEATHER WHEN DRIVING FOR GREATER THAN 30 MINUTES. IT IS NOT THE RADIATOR BUT THE TRANSMISSION WHICH OVERHEATS AS INDICATED FROM THE WARNING LIGHT. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN AND BECOMES INOPERABLE UNTIL IT IS ALLOWED TO COOL. THIS LEADS TO THE CAR DYING ON THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY OR WHEREVER YOU HAPPEN TO BE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WHICH JEEP NEEDS TO ADDRESS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257404September 23, 2019
SUSPENSION
THE REAR SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER HAS RUSTED OUT AND FAILED ON THIS VEHICLE. THERE ARE PERFORATED HOLES IN THE SUBFRAME AND RUST ALL OVER THIS PART. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE UNIBODY IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS USE OF SUBSTANDARD STEEL OR METAL COATINGS FOR THE PART WHICH LED TO ITS FAILURE JEEP NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR USING SUBSTANDARD STEEL IN ITS PRODUCTION WHICH CREATE A HAZARD TO EVERYONE ON THE ROADWAYS. IF THIS WAS A TOYOTA, THEY WOULD REPLACE IT NO QUESTIONS ASKED EVEN IF IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THERE WASNT AN NHTSA RECALL ISSUED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256833September 20, 2019
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON HOT MUGGY DAYS AND THE VEHICLE GOES IN LIMP MODE. THE DEALER HAS CHANGED RADIATOR, WATER PUMP, THERMOSTAT, TRANSMISSION FLUID,CATALYTIC CONVERTER, OXYGEN SENSORS AND GAS CAP. AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. NO CODES ARE IN SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT SO THE DEALER SAYS THEY CANNOT FIND ISSUE. CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY WERE WORTHLESS INDICATING IF THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE ISSUE THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED MANY TIMES TO CHRYSLER ON OTHER VEHICLES WITH NO RESPONSE FROM CHRYSLER. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITH THIS CONDITION. IT HAS 106K. ON ODOMETER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256626September 19, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I HAVE A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT SPORT 2.0L 4CYL WUTH A CVT TRANSMISSION. I BOUGHT IT USED CERTIFIED IN FEB 2018. ABOUT A MONTH INTO OWNING THE VEHICLE IT STARTED TO BUCK AND JERK. THE CAR SHAKES WHILE ON IDLE AND THERE IS A LOUD HELICOPTER SOUND COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR. I TOOK TO TO 3 DIFFERENT JEEP DEALER AND NOBODY COULD TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER THAT THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THIS HAPPENED AS I TURNED ON MY STREET TO GO HOME. I HAD TO WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND IT TURNED IT BACK ON AND DROVE AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. I TOOK IT TO LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FIRING ANY CODES NOR WAS THERE ANY WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH. THE LATEST INCIDENT HAPPEND ON AUGUST 18, 2019 DRVING HOME FROM A CAMPING TRIP. I HAD 2 PASSENGERS IN THE CAR WITH ME.THE CAR BUCKS AND JERKS WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR STALLS WHILE IM DRVING THE SPEED LIMIT AT 60 MPH. THANKFULLY I WAS IN THE SLOW LANE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT. AFTER BEING ALL SHAKEN UP, AGAIN I HAD WAITIED A FEW MINUTES AND CAR STARTED AND DROVE AS IF NOTING HAPPEND. IT WAS ONE OF THE SCARIEST THINGS I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO LOCAL MECHANICS AND THEY DINT KNOW WHATS WRONG WITH IT. SO I AM CURRENTLY DRVING MY CAR AND WONDERING WHEN THE CAR WILL STALL AGAIN. IT STILL BUCKS AND JERKS, FEELS LIKE IT WILL STALL SO I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDDLE AND THAT SEEMS TO HELP. I NO LONGER DRIVE THIS CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AS I AM SCARED TO DEATH OF GETTING INTO A CAR ACCIDENT. I STRICTLY USE THIS CAR TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM WORK. I AM TIRED OF SENDING THIS CAR TO THE DEALERSHIPS AND MECHANICS WITH NO RESOLUTIONS. I WANT TO TRADE THIS CAR IN, BUT AM AFRAID FOR THE NEXT PERSON. I THINK THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THESE CARS SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD PERIOD!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256658September 19, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TWO TIMES APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS APART, MY JEEP PATRIOT COMPLETELY STALLED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. LEAVING ME ABOUT 8 SECONDS TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE JEEP STARTED RIGHT BACK UP WITH NO PROBLEM AND DROVE WITH NO ISSUES. ABOUT A DAY AFTER EACH EPISODE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED OFF. BOTH TIMES, I ALMOST GOT HIT BY SEMI TRUCKS BECAUSE I DRIVE IN A BIG CITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256444September 18, 2019
SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE SUBFRAME IS RUSTED OUT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256525September 18, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2012 JEEP PATRIOT 4WD THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER RECALL INCLUDES 2012 JEEP PATRIOT FRONT WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES; HOWEVER, MY FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE. MY JEEP SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I DID NOT EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A RECALL UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. THIS MALFUNCTION CAUSED MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY ROAD, AND IT SHOULD BE FIXED BY DODGE/CHRYSLER/JEEP IMMEDIATELY.*PM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255873September 16, 2019
AIR BAGS, SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE DRIVER'S FRONTAL ACTIVE HEADREST RESTRAINT DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MILLER'S CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (48 KELLY ISLAND RD, MARTINSBURG, WV 25401, (304) 263-8821) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT TWO CLIPS IN THE HEADREST FRACTURED AND THE HEADREST NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255914September 16, 2019
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY SON IS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 70MPH DURING THE SUMMER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, HIS CAR LITERALLY DECELERATES. HE GOES FROM 70MPH TO 20MPH IMMEDIATELY. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES THIS SUMMER, 4 TIMES LAST SUMMER (I HAVE POSTED BEFORE), AND MULTIPLE TIMES IN 2017 (EVERYTIME HE COMES HOME FROM COLLEGE IN THE SUMMER!). THIS LAST TIME IT HAPPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH (SEPT), HE WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED AND THEN ALMOST SIDESWIPED. THE DEALERSHIPS CAN'T DUPLICATE THIS PROBLEM (HE'S BEEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS), BUT JEEP KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE (THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS). THE CAR SHOWS NO SIGNS OF OVERHEATING AND GIVES NO NOTICE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. ONCE HE HAS SAT ALONG THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY FOR 1/2 TO 1 HOUR, HE CAN START HIS CAR AND DRIVE AGAIN. WHEN IS JEEP GOING TO RECOGNIZE THERE IS AN ISSUE? WE HAVE PAID TO HAVE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED - DIDN'T HELP. I SEE THAT A DEALERSHIP ELSEWHERE WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAD HAD THE SAME PROBLEM FIGURED IT OUT AND SAID THAT IT WAS THE INTERNAL OIL PUMP OF THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND CAUSING THE OVERHEATS. MY CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND I NEED TO GET THIS FIXED BEFORE IT ISN'T IN DECEMBER. PLEASE HELP. JEEP ISN'T DOING ANYTHING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255573September 16, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
CAR WOULDN'T START ONE MONTH AGO. IT WOULDN'T EVEN TURN AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS. AFTER 10 MINUTES IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND HAD BEEN NORMAL. TODAY, 9/15/19, MY CAR STARTED UP FINE BUT 2 MINUTES INTO DRIVING AT 20MPH MY CAR LOST ALL POWER. I WAS DRIVING THROUGH MY WORK PARKING LOT DRIVING IN A FORWARD MOTION. SEVERAL LIGHTS LIT UP IN MY DASHBOARD PRIOR TO LOSING POWER. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO NOT BE ON THE FREEWAY. I PUT MY CAR IN BRAKE AND RESTARTED IT. IT STARTED RIGHT UP, BUT NOW HAS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DISPLAYED. MY BATTERY IS A FEW MONTHS OLD. I'VE TESTED IT AND IT'S CHARGED. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR AND CONSIDER IT NOT IN A DRIVABLE STATE. IF MY CAR WERE TO DIE ON THE FREEWAY THAT WOULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CAR DEFECT THAT CAUSED THIS IS UNKNOWN. .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255625September 16, 2019
SEATS
MY SISTER WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP SIGN, WHILE STOPED HER HEADREST ( DRIVER SEAT HEAD REST) THE PLASTIC CLIPS THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE BROKE. IF SHE WAS DRIVING, AND IT BROKE IT HAVECOULD HAVE SENT HER IN A WRECK. SHE HAS WITNESSES OF THE INCIDENT. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE AND IT SHOULD NOT COME OUT OF HER POCKET BUT THE JEEP DEALERSHIP IS TRYING TO CHARGE HER. WE CAN NOT REPLACE IT WITHOUT TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF WIRES THAT ARE IN THE HEADREST THAT ARE CONNECTING WITH THE SEAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255820September 16, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TAKATA RECALL: AS YOU DRIVE THIS VEHICLE THE ENGINE WILL SLIGHTLY STALL OUT AND HICCUP. ALSO CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO JITTER SLIGHTLY BUT NOTICEABLY SO. IT DOES IT WHETHER ITS HOT, COLD REGARDLESS. I FEEL AS IF THIS VEHICLE IS AFFECTED BY THE ENGINE RECALL BECAUSE IT DOES STALL AND STUTTER WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255480September 14, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING ON A CITY STREET IN BOSTON. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO THE NEAREST GARAGE WHERE THEY REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, BUT THEN AN ENGINE CODE CAME UP SAYING THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I AM UNSURE IF THIS WAS RELATED TO THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR ISSUE OR JUST A COINCIDENCE. THE CAR THEN HAD TO BE TOWED TO A JEEP DEALER TO REPLACE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND RELEARN THE SENSORS. I NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2016 JEEP PATRIOTS FOR THE SAME CRANKSHAFT PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING IN 2015 JEEP PATRIOTS. THE ENGINE DIED WITHOUT WARNING AND IT IS FORTUNATE THAT THIS HAPPENED AT ~20MPH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255219September 13, 2019
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MANY, MANY TIMES THIS JEEP HAS OVERHEATED WHILE DRIVING UP STEEP GRADES AND ALL POWER SHUTS DOWN THE CAR EVENTUALLY STOPS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255328September 13, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
TL* THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED TWO TO THREE MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AVENTURA CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (16050 WEST DICKY HIGHWAY NORTH, MIAMI BEACH, FL 33160, 305-493-5000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND CRANKSHAFT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,538.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255127September 12, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
I PURCHASED A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT AND MY WIFE TODAY, 9/12/2019, MERELY AVOIDED A TRAFFIC COLLISION CAUSED BY A THROTTLE BODY AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY DEFECT WHICH APPEARS TO BE COMMON WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255137September 12, 2019
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING AROUND PARKING LOT VEHICLE STARTED TO RUN EXTREMELY ROUGH ALMOST TO THE POINT OF STALLING. BECAME VERY HARD TO DRIVE INCLUDING LOOSING STEARING AND BRAKE FUNCTION CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOOSE CONTROL AND COMING TO A STOP INTO A BUSH. WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON ON THE DASH AT THE TIME, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND ELECTRIC SYMBOL. DEALER STATED THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT IT WAS A COMMON REPAIR THEY HAD SEEN MANY TIMES. WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY WHICH LEFT ME WITH A $1000 REPAIR BILL. HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. CALLED UP JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY WERE COMPLETELY UNWILLING TO COVER ANY COSTS OF THE REPAIR OR ADMIT THERE WAS ANY ISSUE. THANKFULLY THIS ISSUE DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255150September 12, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
' TAKATA RECALL' WHILE DRIVING MY 2016 JEEP PATRIOT IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET , MY ENGINE SHUT OFF AND I GOT SEVERAL LIGHTS ON MY DASH . AFTER PUTTING IN PARK THE VEHICLE RESTARTED , BUT I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD SON AND I DONT FEEL SAFE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND NOT KNOWING IF MY VEHICLE IS GOING TO STOP SUDDENLY IN TRAFFIC .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254337September 10, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHTS COMES ON WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION WHICH WILL THEN SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT THAT YOU CAN NO LONGER CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN THAT LIGHT COMES ONE THE ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON AS WELL. WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY CAR WILL LOSE ACCELERATION WHICH AGAIN YOU CAN'T PULL OVER IT WILL JUST STOP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN CAUSE DEATH. I HAVE READ SO MANY MORE OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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