Jeep Patriot Complaints (2009)

275 consumer complaints on file.

#10918845October 25, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE PART NO LONGER BEING MANUFACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. UPDATED 01/25/2017*CT UPDATED 6/27/18* *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10917830October 21, 2016
SUSPENSION
THE FRAME IS ROTTING OUT. THE CAR IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD. THEIR IS A RECALL ON THE 2007 AND THE 2008 AND 2009 SHOULD ALSO BE RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO SELL. IT IS VIBRATING AND A SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10916277October 15, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, STEERING
WHEN I FILL UP MY GAS TANK TO FULL, WITHIN A MILE OF LEAVING THE GAS STATION THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLS WHILE DRIVING. THE STEERING AND THE BREAKS LOCK UP AND I HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE CAR. I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURN IT ON AND OFF TO START WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING! THIS RECENTLY STARTED TO HAPPEN ON A CAR WITH MINIMAL MILES ON IT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10915080October 10, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
EVERY TIME IT RAINS OUTSIDE WATER LEAKS THREW THE MAP LIGHTS LIKE A RUNNING FAUCET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10911163October 3, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY, ENGINE, SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CROSS MEMBER PREMATURELY FAILED AND THE ENGINE MOUNTS FRACTURED. THE PARTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANUFACTURER'S SERVICE CAMPAIGN TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10911053October 2, 2016
SUSPENSION
IT WAS RECENTLY BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION FROM A FRIEND WHO HAS THE SAME YEAR VEHICLE THAT THE SUBFRAMES ON THESE JEEP ROTS OUT AND CAN CAUSE A SEVERE ACCIDENT DUE TO THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS COMING LOOSE. THERE IS A RECALL FROM JEEP FOR THE 2007 YEAR JEEP PATRIOT BUT NO OTHER YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THEY USE THE SAME PART NUMBER SUBFRAME. MY JEEP HAS 65 THOUSAND MILES ON IT AND THE SUBFRAME DOESNT LOOK LIKE IT WILL LAST ANOTHER 10000 MILES. THE METAL IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE BECAUSE A VEHICLES FRAME SHOULD NOT ROT OUT WITH ONLY 65000 MILES ON IT. THE REST OF THE UNDERNEATH OF THIS VEHICLE IS PERFECTLY CLEAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10907024September 15, 2016
ENGINE
INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER CONTROL STUCK OPEN. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. VEHICLE HAS 92000 MILES ONLY. MECHANIC TOLD ME IT IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLE. VEHICLE STILL RUNS BUT ST UDDERS DURING ACCELERATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10904972September 9, 2016
SUSPENSION
MECHANIC SAID MY SUB-FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND WILL VERY SOON BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS IT MAY BREAK WHILE DRIVING. WHY HAS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 2007 MODELS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED FOR 2009? LOSS OF STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT COULD CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH TO MYSELF, MY FAMILY AND OTHER DRIVERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10904205September 6, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
2009 JEEP PATRIOT WENT TO SHOP FOR A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. CLUNKING SOUND WAS OCCASIONAL AND MOST OFTEN HAPPENED WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER A BUMP. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A SWAY BAR LINK. ONCE UP ON THE LIFT WE COULD SEE THAT THE CROSSMEMBER UP FRONT (AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNDERBODY) WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. MECHANIC (INDEPENDENT) ADVISED THAT VEHICLE IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE AS THE RUST IS BAD ENOUGH THAT IT COULD CRACK THROUGH COMPLETELY AT ANY TIME, DROPPING OUT THE ENGINE, AMONG OTHER THINGS. CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT ISSUE AS I FOUND OUT THAT THE 2007 JEEP PATRIOT WAS GIVEN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY (10 YEAR) FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. CHRYSLER OFFERED ME NO ASSISTANCE OR GUIDANCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10899423August 30, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE HAD CORRODED AND THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY EVAPORATING FLUID LEAKING ONTO THE CRADLE. THE TECHNICIAN THEN STATED THAT THE CRADLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE DIAGNOSES AND FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894108August 8, 2016
SUSPENSION
THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER IS RUSTED THROUGH. CHRYSLER EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THE 2007 TO TEN YEARS TO COVER THIS PROBLEM, WHICH IF IT FAILS CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF STEERING. CHRYSLER WILL NOT EXTEND THE WARRANTY FOR THE 2009 PATRIOT, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME PART AND PROBLEM AS THE 2007 VEHICLES. MY CAR HAS ONLY 54800 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE PART RESULTING IN A PREMATURE FAILURE. I WILL HAVE TO GET THIS REPLACED MYSELF. PHOTO ATTECHED OF RUSTED THROUGH PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893715August 6, 2016
SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SUB FRAME ROTTED THROUGH.EFECTING RIGHT SUSPENTION NOT DRIVEABLE. HAPPEND WHEN DRVING CITY STREETS HAD TO PULL IN TO NEAREST GARAGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10885334July 17, 2016
SUSPENSION
LOUD NOISE IN FRONT SUSPENSION ODD FEEL IN STEERING DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED AND FOUND THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE MOUNTING FOR THE FRONT SWAY BAD WAS ROTTED THROUGH AND PULLED APART. JEEP DEALER WANTED $99.00 TO LOOK UNDER THE VEHICLE,AND TELL ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL OR EXTENDED WARRANTY. 2007 MODEL YEAR HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE SAME PART NUMBER. I FEEL THIS IS A HAZARDOUS CONDITION CAUSED BE DEFECTIVE PART AND SHOULD BE RECALLED TO PREVENT A SERIOUS COLLISION AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10885124July 15, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
UNABLE TO FILL THE TANK WITHOUT THE PUMP CLICKING OFF EVERY 2 - 3 SECONDS, DESPITE HAVING TRIED MULTIPLE GAS STATIONS AND PUMPS. MECHANIC ADVISED THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE EVAP SYSTEM AND THAT THE FUEL TANK WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED (POSSIBLY A FAULTY ROLLOVER VALVE ON THE TANK). ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT IS TAKES FOREVER TO FILL THE TANK, I HAVE TO GUESS AT WHEN MY TANK IS FULL AND RISK OVERFILLING SINCE I CAN'T RELY ON THE USUAL "CLICK" OF THE PUMP. ALSO, IF IT IS A FAULTY ROLLOVER VALVE, I WOULD CONSIDER THIS A PRETTY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I HOPE OTHERS EXPERIENCING A SIMILAR PROBLEM ALSO FILE COMPLAINTS HERE AND WITH CHRYSLER/JEEP SO A RECALL WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884715July 14, 2016
ENGINE
DAUGHTER'S 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4 50,000 MILES SHUTS OFF AFTER FILLING UP WITH FUEL. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF FILL UP JEEP SHUTS OFF AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING. AFTER LETTING CAR SIT IN THE OFF POSITION IT WILL TURN BACK ON AND MAY OR MAY NOT REPEAT THE SAME CYCLE DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT IS RUN BEFORE TRYING TO PROCEED. ONLY OCCURS WHEN FILLING TANK COMPLETELY; NO ISSUES WHEN NOT FILLING THE TANK MAXIMUM CAPACITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884018July 11, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND PREMATURE RUST AND CORROSION ON THE FRONT SUBFRAME. THE DEALER PROVIDED NO RECOMMENDATION REGARDING REPLACING THE PART OR COATING THE FRONT SUBFRAME. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN OF WHO WOULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT RECEIVED A REPAIR RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOR THE DEALER TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10876648June 26, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE SUBFRAME ON THIS VEHICLE IS RUSTED THROUGH THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM ON SEVERAL CHRYSLER PRODUCT'S DEALERSHIP SAID IT NEEDS REPLACED BUT CHRYSLER WILL NOT COVER ANY PORTION OF THE COST THIS IS A OBVIOUS SAFETY DEFECT WITH THEIR PRODUCT AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF MY MECHANIC SAID WHEN THIS BREAKS APART I WILL LOOSE CONTROL OF STEERING READING ON SEVERAL FORUMS THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLES A SEVEN YEAR OLD VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE MAJOR STRUCTURAL ISSUES CONTACTING CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSIST WAS NO HELP THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE COST EVEN AFTER A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS ROTTED OUT AND NEEDS REPLACED BEFORE IT BREAKS AND CAUSE'S AN ACCIDENT I HAD READ THAT THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE 07 MODEL YEARS BECAUSE OF THIS MAJOR DEFECT NOW THEY NEED TO STEP UP AND INCLUDE THE LATER MODEL YEARS I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE LOOKING AT A CHRYSLER PRODUCT TO DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE BUYING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10876185June 23, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
PART INVOLVED IS THE CROSSMEMBER (K-FRAME) P/N 68211659AA. A/C CONDENSATE DRAIN IS DIRECTLY OVER THE K-FRAME (ENGINE CRADLE). THE K-FRAME IS PERPETUALLY WET AND THEREFORE CORRODES. IT IS CLEARLY A DESIGN FLAW THAT CREATES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. IF THE K-FRAME FAILS AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN TRAFFIC THEN THERE IS LIKELIHOOD OF DEATH OR SEVERE INJURY. JEEP ADMITS TO A PROBLEM WITH THE K-FRAME IN THE 2007 MODEL YEAR AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO COVER THIS DEFECT. TODAY I CALLED JEEP AND THEY REFUSED TO EVEN INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE. THEY ASKED FOR MY VIN AND TOLD ME IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. NO INTEREST AT ALL IN EVEN RECEIVING PHOTOS OF THE DEFECTIVE PART. MY LOCAL DEALER HAD THREE OF THESE $634 PARTS IN INVENTORY... THEY MUST GO THROUGH A LOT OF THEM. THE ONLY CONCLUSION I CAN MAKE IS THAT JEEP SEES THIS DEFECT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CASH IN -- TO HECK WITH THE LIVES IT ENDANGERS. I OFFERED TO BRING THE JEEP PATRIOT DIRECTLY TO THEIR ENGINEERING CENTER IN AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN SO THAT THEIR ENGINEERS COULD SEE FOR THEMSELVES. THE ANSWER: NOT INTERESTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874153June 14, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHENEVER IT TRAINS MY CAR LEAKS EITHER FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THROUGH THE MAP LIGHT IT IS VERY BAD I NORMALLY KEEP TOWELS IN THE CAR TO CATCH THE WATER BECAUSE IT HAS SHORT-CIRCUITED MY CONSOLE IT TAKES TIME FOR MY CONSOLE TO WORK IT GOES IN AND OUT OR SOMETIMES IT TAKES ABOUT A WEEK TO WORK AGAIN AND I DON'T LIKE DRIVING AT THAT POINT BECAUSE NOTHING COMES ON IT HAS CAUSED WATER STAINS ON THE ROOF INSIDE THE CAR AND THERE IS A MILDEW SMELL I HAVE HEARD OTHER OWNERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME THING I WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO REPLACE MY WHOLE CONSOLE I THINK THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS PLEASE FIX IT. IT EVEN LEAKS WHEN I GO THROUGH A CARWASH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10873207June 8, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
LITTLE BY LITTLE THE ELECTRICAL TO MY CAR HAS BEEN GOING. IM THE FIRST OWNER AND FIRST THE FRONT POWER WINDOWS, THEN THE HORN AND THEN THE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. THEN MY CAR STARTED STALLING OUT OF NO WHERE WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE. THEY SAY ITS THE PCM BUT I NEVER ABUSED AND ALWAYS TOOK CARE OF MY CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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