Jeep Patriot Complaints

3,365 consumer complaints on file.

#11112739July 20, 2018
POWER TRAIN
WHEN DRIVING AT NORMAL HIGHWAYS SPEEDS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS THE TRANSMISSION TEMP WARNING LIGHT WILL COME ON AND SLOW THE VEHICLE SPEED TO 40MPH OR LESS AND IF YOU DO NOT PULL THE VEHICLE OVER AND SHUT IT OFF IT WILL LOSE ALL POWER TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE VEHICLE WILL STOP MOVING TOTALLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, THE FIRST BEING A TWO HOUR TRIP FROM CHESAPEAKE VIRGINIA TO RICHMOND. WE TOOK THE HIGHWAY AND MAINTAINED THE SPEED LIMIT OF 55-70 MPH AS POSTED AND ABOUT ONE HOUR INTO OUR JOURNEY THE VEHICLE LOST POWER ABRUPTLY AND SLOWED TO 40 MPH WHILE WE WERE TRAVELING 70 IN THE LEFT LANE AND THEN TOTALLY LOST ALL FORWARD TRAVEL ALMOST CAUSING US TO BE SLAMMED INTO BY AN 18 WHEELER. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS TWO DAYS AGO JULY 18,2018. WE WERE DRIVING TO CONNECTICUT FROM CHESAPEAKE VIRGINIA AND ABOUT THREE AND HALF HOURS INTO OUR JOURNEY THE TRANSMISSION TEMP WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WITHIN LESS THAN 2 MINUTES HAD LOST ALL FORWARD MOTION LEAVING US STUCK IN THE LEFT LANE ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE FOR ATLEAST HALF AN HOUR WHILE CARS ZOOMED BY. WE WERE TRAVELING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 65 MPH. THEN AGAIN A FEW HOURS LATER IN THE TRIP IT DID THE EXACT SAME THING. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT IT'S STATED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN. I FIND IT EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO SELL A CAR THAT UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS WILL JUST SHUT DOWN! THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH THE PATRIOT AND AFTER SOME RESEARCH IT SEEMS JEEP NO LONGER PUTS THE CVT TRANSMISSION IN THE PATRIOT DUE TO THIS EXACT PROBLEM. I GOOGLED THIS AND THERE ARE SO MANY FORUMS WHERE PEOPLE ARE SO FRUSTRATED THAT JEEP IS ABLE TO SELL THIS LEMON. WE'VE TAKEN IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY AGREE THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT CAN'T BE FIXED AS IT'S A CVT TRANSMISSION DESIGN FLAW AND OUR ONLY COURSE OF ACTION IS TO PUT A BRAND NE TRANSMISSION IN.FIXTHIS!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11112302July 19, 2018
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND YOU START TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE IT STARTS JOLTING AND THEN SLOWS DOWN IN MID TRAFFIC WHEREVER YOU ARE WHILE PRESSING ON THE GAS. I GOT IT LOOKED AT THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, SUPPOSED IT GOT FIXED BUT I PAID A LOT OF MONEY AND SOMETIMES IT STILL JOLTS. I REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A BIGGER ISSUE WHEN MY MOM AND MY SISTER WHO EACH OWN A COMPASS 2014 & 2015 AND BOTH OF THEIR VEHICLES HAVE NOW PRODUCED THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM ALL OF US GETTING THE SAME ISSUE WHILE ALMOST BEING CRASHED IN TO ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON A MAIN ROAD. OUR CARS ARE ONLY 3-4 YEARS OLD, I'M NOT SURE WHY SO MUCH WORK IS BEING DONE FOR THE SAME SITUATION IN ALL THE JEEP MADE VEHICLES. THE THROTTLE BODY IS SUPPOSEDLY THE ISSUE IN ALL THREE SITUATIONS, MAYBE FOR WHOEVER ELSE OWNS ONE SHOULD KNOW THAT THEY WILL SOON GET THIS PROBLEM IF THEY HAVENT. MY CAR STILL HAD NEVER BEEN THE SAME SINCE GETTING IT "FIXED" BY JEEP "PROFESSIONALS" AT THE DEALERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11112074July 18, 2018
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I PURCHASED THIS USED JEEP PATRIOT ON MAY 24, 2017. I BECAME AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ON FIRST ATTEMPT LEAVE ON VACATION. I HAD BEEN DRIVING NONSTOP 45 MILES ON INCLINED ROADWAYS WHEN THE LIGHT FOR "TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING". HAD TO IMMEDIATELY TURN AROUND TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE SOLUTION WAS CHANGE FLUID CHARGE OF $437.00 WHILE ON VACATION THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. WENT BACK INTO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID A FILTER WAS BENT AND REPLACED IN AUGUST 2017. SINCE THEN ANYTIME DRIVE ON VERY STEEP AND INCLINED HIGHWAYS NONSTOP THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT COMES ON. MY LAST DRIVE ON MAY 19, THE HIGHWAY IS VERY MOUNTAINOUS, STEEP. AFTER FIRST CURVY MILES OF TRIP I NOTICE THE LIGHT. I PULLED OVER TO WAIT FOR CAR COOL OFF. TRYING TO GET TO MY DR.APPT HAD TO PULLOVER TWO MORE TIMES. LAST TIME THE CAR STALL. AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS IT MOVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11112124July 18, 2018
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING UP TO A RED LIGHT, STOPPED AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO REVVE UP ALL BY ITSELF. I PROCEEDED THROUGH THE GREEN LIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON THE GAS THE VEHICLE DID NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE ,I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT, PUT IN PARK AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THIS HAPPENED AFTER MY FIRST OIL CHANGE AROUND 5000 MILES. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER AND IT DROVE FINE. I DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD THE OIL CHANGED. THE ATTENDANT HOOKED THE VEHICLE UP TO A COMPUTER CHECK AND NOTHING SHOWED UP. I DROVE WITHOUT ANY ISSUES UNTIL AFTER MY LAST OIL CHANGE, I DROVE FROM PHOENIX TO PRESCOTT AZ. I TOOK THE EXIT TO PRESCOTT AND SLOWED DOWN TO 35 WHEN I GOT TO MAYER AZ, I STEPPED ON THE GAS AFTER GOING THROUGH TOWN TO ACCELERATE, IT WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE TO 40 MPH WITH MY FOOT PRESSED ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. I PULLED OVER AND PUT IT IN PARK. I LET IT SIT AND STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE WENT AGAIN, I CAME UP TO A STOP LIGHT AND WHEN I PROCEEDED TO GO IT STARTED REVVING AGAIN. I MADE IT THROUGH THE STOP LIGHT AND PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. SINCE I RESTARTED IT AND AM BACK IN PHOENIX I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES YET. THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE. I AM TAKING IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. I LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH JEEPS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. THANK YOU
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11111920July 17, 2018
AIR BAGS
MY HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT EXPERIENCING COLLISION. THE HEADREST IS TO DEPLOY IN A FRONT OR REAR COLLISION. MY HEADREST DEPLOYED AS I WAS DRIVING. THE PIECES INSIDE THE HEADREST ARE BROKEN AND HAVE BEEN DEEMED A DEFECTIVE PIECE BY MY LOCAL DEALER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11111982July 17, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
PURCHASED FROM A USED CAR DEALERSHIP /01/2018 AND THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO PUT GAS IN THE TANK IT KEPT CUTTING OFF RAPIDLY NOT ALLOWING ME TO FILL IT QUICKLY.I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER FOR HELP AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT NEEDED A NEW FUEL TANK. AT THE COST OF 1300.00+ DOLLARS. THE FUEL NECK HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPLACED BUT THIS WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. NOW I AM STUCK WITH THIS AS I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11111317July 14, 2018
ENGINE
GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE STALLED. GAVE NO WARNING JUST SHUT OFF. I HAD MY HUSBAND AND 8 MONTH OLD IN THE CAR. THE ENGINE DID START BACK UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11111191July 13, 2018
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED, SHOOK, AND TREMBLED. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE AND TRACTION INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11111269July 13, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
EVER SINCE BUYING MY 2014 JEEP PATRIOT THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN FAULTY. IF I DRIVE OVER A BUMPY ROAD AND SLOWLY PRESS ON MY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN IT BECOMES VERY FAULTY AND THE PEDAL FEELS AS IF I AM BREAKING THROUGH THE GROUND. I HAVE TO QUICKLY RELEASE, WAIT TILL I AM ON FLAT GROUND AND PRESS ON THE BRAKES AGAIN TO HAVE A BETTER GRIP ON BRAKING. THIS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN I HAD TO BRAKE ABRUPTLY. THE CAR OVERALL IS FINE, IT'S JUST THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN ACTING UP SINCE THE BEGINNING. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M ON THE FREEWAY OR IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, I ALWAYS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS BECAUSE IT ALWAYS HAPPENS. THE JEEP HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION BUT I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD MATTER BECAUSE MY ROOMMATE HAS THE SAME EXACT CAR BUT AN AUTOMATIC AND SHE HAS THE SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH HER CAR AS WELL. CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11110422July 10, 2018
AIR BAGS, SEATS
ON MONDAY 07/09/2018, WHILE STOPPED ON A CITY STREET WAS REAR-ENDED BY A TRUCK WHICH DIDN'T STOP GOING APPROXIMATELY 40 -50 MPH. IT SMASHED MY CAR INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT WHICH WAS A CAR LENGTH AWAY. THE SEAT BROKE BACKWARDS, THE CENTER CONSOLE BETWEEN THE SEATS FLEW OFF, AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN THE VEHICLE DEPLOYED, KNEES WENT FORWARD INTO THE DASH.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11110106July 8, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING MY 2014 JEEP PATRIOT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL, ENGINE LIGHT AND LIGTENING BOLT LIGHT CAME ON. MY JEEP WOULD NO GO ABOVE 30 MILES PER HOUR. I HAD JUST LEFT MY SISTERS AND ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO HER PLACE. MY JEEP HAS 80,000 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I DRIVE ON THE INTERSTATE ALMOST DAILY AND THIS ISSUE IS VERY DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11110047July 7, 2018
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I BELIEVE THE CLOCKSPRING IS FAULTY. AIR BAG LIGHT ON, HORN NOT WORKING AND THE STEP/RESET BUTTON ON STEERING WHEEL STOPPED WORKING. SCARED THE AIR BAG WONT DEPLOY IF IN A ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109791July 6, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
IT HAS BEEN STALLING AND CHUGGING, DOESN'T ACT LIKE IT'S GETTING GAS. DOESN'T MATTER F IT'S ON A FULL TANK OF GAS OR LOWER. REPLACED GAS CAP, DIDN'T SEEM TO HELP. ONLY SEEMS TO DO THIS WHEN N DRIVE AND GETTING UP TO THE SPEED LIMIT, WHETHER ON HIGHWAY OR IN TOWN. IT S GETTING WORSE. PUTTING SEA FOAM N DOESN'T SEEM TO HELP OR CHANGING GAS FROM 87 TO 89. I PURCHASE GAS AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109837July 6, 2018
STEERING
MY INGINATION WHERE THE KEY GOES IN WHEN TURNING OFF VEHICLE DOES NOT LOCK- WHEN YOU GET BACK INTO CAR - YOU PUT KEY INTO INGINATION- THE CAR STARTS THAN DIES AND YOU HAVE TO START IT AGAIN IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS NOW - I CALLED DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE HAD ANOTHER 2016 JEEP PATRIOT WITH THE SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109908July 6, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FILLING MY TANK THE JEEP WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF. THIS HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN 10 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109604July 5, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING MY 2012 JEEP PATRIOT DOWN A REGULAR STREET AND IT SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN AND DASH LIGHTS WENT ON. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM LIGHT WENT ON ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109660July 5, 2018
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO EXCEED 40 MPH. THE DEALER (HERTRICH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF ELKTON, 1147 E PULASKI HWY, ELKTON, MD 21921) WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,156.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109695July 5, 2018
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY START. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE KEY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE ENGINE WOULD START. THE LOCAL DEALER (KOONS TYSONS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 2050 CHAIN BRIDGE RD, VIENNA VA) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V9070000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,100.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109508July 4, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE DASH LIGHTS OF A LIGHTING BOLT AND TRACTION CONTROL COME ON. THE JEEP STARTS LURCHING AND SPUTTERING. THE MAX SPEED GOES TO ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOURS. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES AND THE DEALERS CAN'T TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG, NO CODES APPEAR. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND I AM PAYING FOR A VEHICLE THAT CAN'T BE DRIVEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11105392July 3, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL NHTSA TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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