Jeep Patriot Complaints

3,365 consumer complaints on file.

#11254486September 10, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE RPMS INCREASED ON THEIR OWN AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND A CODE RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION APPEARED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED BY SEVERAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. AFTER THE RECENT FAILURE, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT ONLY JEEP COULD REPAIR THE FAILURE BECAUSE IT WAS A PROGRAMMING ISSUE. THE CONTACT CALLED STATION CHRYSLER JEEP OF MANSFIELD (91 CHAUNCY ST, MANSFIELD, MA 02048, 508-339-3400) AND WAS INFORMED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO BE ASSESSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254547September 10, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
GAS TANK CANNOT BE FILLED UP ALL THE WAY AS THE CAR STALLS AND TURNS OFF IN LESS THEN A MILE. THE CAR HAS NO ACCELERATION MORE THEN 20MHP AND TAKES A LONG TIME IN GAINING SPEED WHEN TRYING TO TAKE OFF AFTER A STOP AND WHEN CHANGING LANES. CAR LACKS POWER WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS, CREATING TRAFFIC AND PANIC IN THE DRIVER. CAR IS A HAZARD ON THE ROAD AND MECHANICS ARE AWARE BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO FIND THE ISSUE AND CORRECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254062September 9, 2019
POWER TRAIN
I WAS SITTING AT THE LIGHT WHEN MY VEHICLE STARTS TO JUMP WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKES TO MOVE TWITH TRAFFIC AND THE VEHICLE JUMPS AND THEN DRIVES AS NORMAL. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP TO HAVE A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE VEHICLE ON THE 3RD AND WHILE HE WAS TEST DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT COMPLETELY STOPPED OPERATING AS WE WERE TURNING AROUND AND THE ENGINE BEGINS TO REV BUT NOT MOVE AND AFTER TRYING AGAIN TO GET THE CAR TO MOVE THE ENGINE THEN BEGAN TO MAKE A KNOCKING SOUND. THE MECHANIC THEN DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING TO BE GOING OUT VERY SOON. SO I HAVE PARKED THE VEHICLE AND BEEN DOING RESEARCH TO FIND THAT THIS A COMMON THING WITH CVT TRANSMISSIONS AS I HAVE ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 6 YEARS WITH 152,000 MILES. THERE WERE NO TRUE SIGNS OF ANY TRANSMISSION ISSUES THAT I COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS TYPE OF BREAKDOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254015September 8, 2019
ENGINE
JEEP STALLS WHEN DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED 6X IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS. TWICE THE ENGINE SHUT-OFF WITHOUT WARNING. NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD. IT JUST SHUT OFF. IT WILL START AFTER SAY 5 OR 8 MINUTES AND ITS SCARY ESPECIALLY DRIVING ON 460E FROM NORFOLK TO RICHMOND 3X A WEEK FOR WORK. WILL SEND IT TO THE JEEP DEALER SHOP ON 9/10/19. I PURCHASED IT NEW. IT HAS 29000 MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11253539September 6, 2019
AIR BAGS, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TAKATA RECALL MY CAR IS BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEMS ALMOS 7 YEARS THE FIRST ONE WAS THE START ENGINE, SECOND ONE WAS THE AIR BAG LIGHT, THIRT ONE THE AIR CONDITIONS, SOMETIME WHEN I'M DRIVING IT JUST TURN OFF, WHILE I AM DRIVING IT STARTS TO WHISTLE OR DURING THE NIGHT IT JUST SOUNDS VERY LONG LIME SOMEONE IS JUST PASSING IT. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALER THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND WANT ME TO PAY JUST FOR INSPECTION NO TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11253331September 5, 2019
SEATS
IN JULY 2019 I WALKED OUT TO MY CAR AND NOTICED THAT THE HEAD REST HAD DEPLOYED. MY CAR WAS NOT MOVED OR IN ANY ACCIDENTS. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I NOTICED THAT MANY OTHER JEEP PATRIOT CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE HEADREST DEPLOYING WITHOUT THERE BEING AN ACCIDENT OR ANY TYPE OF TRANS HAPPENING TO THE CAR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE DRIVER AS WELL AS THE PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE. THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS INJURY FOR THOSE IN THE CAR AND POSSIBLE OTHERS IF IT IS DEPLOYED WHILE SOMEONE IS DRIVING AND AN ACCIDENT IS THEN TRULY CAUSED. I SEE THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON THIS BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE. THE COST OF HAVING THIS BEING REPLACED SHOULD NOT BE LEFT UP TO THE CONSUMER. JEEP IS A WELL KNOWN COMPANY AND SHOULD HAVE TO PAY. I PRAY NO SERIOUS INJURIES OCCUR TO OTHERS FROM THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11253482September 5, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I DROVE 30 MINUTES TO WORK. STOPPED FOR 10 MINUTES TO GET BREAKFAST. AND AS I WAS PARKING MY CAR, 2016 JEEP PATRIOT, IT BEGAN TO SMOKE. NO LIGHTS CAME ON. I TURNED IT OFF AND GOT OUT. THEN THE CAR JUST CAUGHT A FIRE. A REGULARLY MAINTENANCE JEEP PATRIOT JUST CAUGHT FIRE AND IS DESTROYED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252719September 2, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AFTER PICKING UP MY 3 CHILDREN FROM DAYCARE. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE FOLDED OUTWARD. THE SUB FRAME AND CROSS MEMBERS APPARENTLY ARE DEFECTIVE.UNBEKNOWNST TO ME THERE IS A WARRANTY 10 YEAR/ UNLIMITED MILEAGE. THERE WAS ALSO A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON JEEP PATRIOTS/ COMPASSES BETWEEN 2001-2007 BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. INSTEAD OF FIXING THE ISSUE THIS COMPANY/ MANUFACTURER HAS CONTINUED TO USE THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS ON NEWER MODELS SUCH AS MINE. I MIGHT ADD FOR SOME ODD REASON THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT DOESN'T COVER MY YEAR ALTHOUGH ITS THE SAME DEFECTIVE SUB FRAME AND CROSS MEMBER PARTS. ALL THEY HAVE DONE WAS OFFER THIS WARRANTY, WHICH I WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF OR TOLD ABOUT BY THEM OR THE DEALER I MADE MY PURCHASE THROUGH. AFTER MY CHILDREN AND I NEARLY GOT SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED DID I LOOK INTO THIS AND FOUND OUT. DUE TO THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS NOT ONLY WERE WE ALMOST KILLED BUT THE CAR SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END AND THE TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS VARIOUS OTHER PARTS AND COMPONENTS. I STILL HAVE PAYMENTS LEFT ON THIS AUTOMOBILE AND IT IS COMPLETELY INOPERABLE AND REALLY HASN'T GOTTEN THAT MUCH USE COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT I'VE PAID ALREADY, NOT EVEN COUNTING WHAT I STILL OWE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND CORPORATE OFFICE AND THEY SEEM COMPLETELY UNCONCERNED AND UNHELPFUL IN RESOLVING THIS ISSUE. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A JEEP/ FIAT/ CHRYSLER PRODUCT EVER AGAIN. THESE PEOPLE PUT ME AND MY FAMILY KNOWINGLY INTO A VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE AND NEARLY GOT US KILLED. IF I HAD BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE DOING 65MPH AND THIS HAD HAPPENED I WOULD NOT BE HERE WRITING THIS. ALL I CAN DO IS THANK GOD IT DECIDED TO FAIL WHEN IT DID, NOT LATER ON THE INTERSTATE. TO SUM IT UP TIRE CAME OFF, LOST STEERING CONTROL, GROUND TO A HALT IN THE STREET SIDEWAYS, CAR FLUIDS POURING ALL OVER ROAD. ALSO HAVE PICTURES OF SCENE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252755September 2, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WIFE AND DAUGHTER WAS IN A 8CAR ACCIDENT AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS WENT OFF HIT FROM THE BACK AND PUSHED INTO OTHER CARS AND NONE OF AIRBAGS WENT OFF .BOTH OF THEM WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WE SPENT ALL DAY IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#11252669September 1, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
SINCE I BOUGHT THIS IN 2011 IT HAS ALWAYS IDLED ROUGH AND STALLED RANDOMLY. APPARENTLY THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS RANDOM STALLING AND IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET IN SEVERAL CAR ACCIDENTS AND ONE TIME TO CRASH ON THE SIDEWALK AND ALMOST HARM PEDESTRIANS. UNFORTUNATELY I THINK I WILL BE FORCED TO SELL THIS VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252694September 1, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
WHEN I FILL THE GAS TANK ALL THE WAY, THE JEEP STALLS SHORTLY AFTERWARD. THAT TURNS OFF THE POWER STEERING. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. POTENTIALLY DEADLY IF IT HAPPENS WHILE CORNERING AT HIGHER SPEEDS. FORUMS ONLINE ARE SAYING THAT IT'S A MANUFACTURER FLAW IN THE ROLLOVER VALVE INSIDE THE GAS TANK, AND THAT THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT, IS TO REPLACE THE TANK. THAT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. THE FORUMS INDICATE THAT IT IS BECOMING A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT JEEP SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS DANGEROUS FACTORY FLAW AND PAY FOR THE REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252577August 31, 2019
ENGINE
CAR LOOSE ACELERATION ,STALL AND A LIGTH CAME ON IN DASH BOARD ON A CITY ST
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252391August 30, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL SOCKET WAS FAULTY. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED ONLINE THAT THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE. KUNES COUNTRY AUTO GROUP OF MACOMB (3200 E JACKSON ST, MACOMB, IL 61455, (309) 837-5757) INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE PARTS AND LABOR FOR THE REPLACEMENT BULB WOULD COST $350. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252466August 30, 2019
ENGINE
MY CAR STALLED AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 45 MIN. IN A PARKING LOT OF A LOCAL STORE, AS I ATTEMPTED TO BACK OUT OF THE SPACE. I RESTARTED IT AND AS I TRIED TO BACK OUT, WHILE MOVING ONLY A FOOT OR SO, IT STALLED AGAIN. IT MADE NO SOUND AT ALL WHILE TURNING THE KEY, BUT ALL THE ELECTRONICS WORKED, IE. LIGHTS, WINDOWS, RADIO, ETC. IT WOULD NOT RESTART, AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS, I LEFT IT THERE OVER NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY IT RESTARTED, AND I DROVE IT FOR ABOUT A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO THE END OF THE LOT WHERE IT STALLED AGAIN WHILE MOVING ABOUT 5 MPH. IT WOULD NOT RESTART, SO I HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP WHERE A FRIEND WORKS. THEY COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE, BUT DID GET A CODE FOR THE ECU/ECM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER THE ERROR CODE WAS, BUT THEY DON'T DO THOSE TYPES OF REPAIRS. IT REMAINS IN THEIR LOT AT THIS TIME AS I TRY TO FIGURE OUT MY NEXT STEP. IT IS A JEEP PATRIOT SPORT (2.4 L) AUTOMATIC WITH ONLY 17,500 ACTUAL MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252498August 30, 2019
POWER TRAIN
MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE PREMATURELY. 2009 JEEP PATRIOT THAT WILL NOT SHIFT FROM FIRST GEAR OR ALLOW MANUAL TRANSMISSION OPTIONS. VEHICLE DROVE FINE. THEN WHEN STARTED AN HOUR LATER VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252323August 29, 2019
SEATS
THE HEADRESTS ON BOTH FRONT SEATS (DRIVER AND PASSENGER)HAVE DEPLOYED WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT OCCURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, WE WERE VACUUMING THE INSIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11251960August 28, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
TAKATA RECALL I WAS DRIVING MY 2016 JEEP PATRIOT WHEN IT STARED MAKING A NOISE AND SHUTTER THEN LOST POWER AND STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR STEERING LOCKED UP WHEN TRYING TO STEER CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD. THE TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON RIGHT BEFORE IT STALLED AND LOST POWER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11246479August 26, 2019
SEAT BELTS
WHEN I PUT MY SEATBELT ON IT COMES UNDONE WHILE I AM DRIVING. IT SEEMS LIKE IT DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY. IT DOES NOT DO THIS EVERYTIME. I HAVE TO PULL MY SEATBELT TO TEST AND MAKE SURE IT HAS LATCHED. IF I WAS EVER TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT, I WOULD BE WORRIED THAT IT WOULD NOT HOLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11246571August 26, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FUELING I WILL LEAVE THE GAS STATION AND MY PATRIOT WILL SPUTTER AND OFTEN DIE WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE AND HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL MY PATRIOT UP WITH FUEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11246007August 23, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS EXTENSIVE RUST ON HER VEHICLE, WHICH INCLUDED THE K FRAME, THE A FRAME, AND THE FRONT AND REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRES. DUE TO THE RUST, THE STEERING WAS AFFECTED AND LOUD METAL GRINDING NOISES WERE HEARD WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE REPAIR COST WOULD EXCEED THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. NEW SMYRNA CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (2555 FL-44, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL 32168, 386-424-1300) WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY; HOWEVER, THE WARRANTY WOULD ONLY COVER PART OF THE RUST REPAIR. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEIR FACILITY TO ASSESS WHAT THE WARRANTY COULD COVER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 122,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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