2015 JEEP PATRIOT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTONATION CHRYSLER JEEP WEST (LOCATED AT 16300 W COLFAX AVE, GOLDEN, CO 80401, (303) 578-6104), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,767.

JEEP PATRIOT CONVERTER RECALL MY 2015 JEEP PATRIOT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN ON ME AND WAS UNABLE TO BE PUT INTO EITHER A DRIVE OR REVERSE OPTION. THE JEEP SHUT DOWN AND COULD NOT BE DRIVEN DUE TO THE CADILLAC CONVERTER. THE TRANSMISSION ON THE JEEP BECAME PHYSICALLY TORN INTO PIECES WHILE IT WAS OVERWORKED DUE TO THE CONVERTER ISSUE, AND MY EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS OVERWORKED. ACCELERATION BECAME AN ISSUE AS WELL. HAD TO HAVE THE JEEP TOWED, AND REPAIRED WITH HIGH COSTS DUE TO THE SERIOUS PROBLEM OF IT NOT BEING DRIVEABLE. I HAD THE CONVERTER REPLACED, THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, AND OTHER SMALL REPAIRS IN ORDER TO FIX IT AND SAVE IT. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE AS OF YET, AND AM HOPING TO AVOID ANY IN THE FUTURE. I JUST BECAME AWARE OF THE NATIONAL RECALL FOR JEEP PATRIOTS AND THEIR CONVERTER MALFUNCTIONS. PLEASE ADVISE ME HOW I CAN GO ABOUT SENDING MY RECEIPTS FOR THESE REPAIRS TO BE REIMBURSED.

I OWN A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT WITH 34,000 MILES ON THE JEEP. OVER THE PAST WEEK MY JEEP HAS FAILED ME. IT STALLED WHILE DRIVING 3 TIMES. IN ADDITION WHILE DRIVING, THE JEEP WAS JERKING , HESITATING AND THE RPM'S DROPPING TO ZERO WITH NO WARNING AT ALL. A TOTAL LOSS OF POWERSTEERING AND BRAKES OCCURED AS WELL. THE THIRD TIME RESULTED IN ME ALMOST GETTING HIT AND LEFT ME STRANDED ON THE ROAD. AFTER GETTING MY JEEP TOWED TO THE LOCAL LEE JEEP ( FORT WALTON BEACH FL) THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT LOCATE AN ISSUE WITH THE JEEP. THE JEEP HAS STALLED OUT ON THEM, BUT CANNOT GET A CODE. SO NOW I AM WITH OUT A CAR, HAVING TO PAY FOR A RENTAL OUT OF MY POCKET AND I AM A SINGLE TEACHER. THIS IS POOR SERIVE AND AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE. AFTER DOING RESEARCH IT SEEMS THAT IS AN ISSUE FOR MULTIPLE JEEP PATROITS OF VARIOUS MAKES AND MODELS AND JEEP IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND HAS RECALLED OTHER YEARS, BUT NOT THE 2015 WHICH IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BE THE CRANKSHAFT/ CAMSHAFT SENOR WIRE HARNESS ( SAFTEY RECALL S89 FOR THE 2016 MODEL) ALSO THE SAME ISSUE WITH LATER MODELS AS WELL. THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD MY JEEP FOR 3 DAYS NOW AND NO SOLUTION IN SIGHT. MANY OTHER JEEP OWNERS HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME SHOES AS I AM NOW. WITH A JEEP THAT HAS ONLY 34,000 MILES, SUCH FAILURES SHOULD NOT OCCUR AND SUCH EXPENSES SHOULD BE PASSED ONTO THE OWNER FOR SUCH A WIDESPREAD AND KNOWN ISSUE.

I WAS DRIVING ON A FREEWAY (ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR) AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR 'S LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON (ENGINE, ELECTRONIC STABILITY, LIGHTENING BOLT) THE POWER SEEMED TO BE DRAINING FROM MY VEHICLE, I COULD NOT LONGER ACCELERATE. I ALMOST GOT HIT IN THE BACK, LUCKILY THERE WAS AN EXIT THAT WAS CLOSE SO THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS ABLE TO TAKE A FORCED EXIT TO AVOID FROM HITTING ME. UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED, I TURNED ON MY HAZARDS AND PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER AND TURNED MY CAR OFF. I WAITED FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND HESITANTLY DECIDED TO TRY TO RESTART THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT, ONLY TO GO ABOUT 2 MILES AND IT HAPPEN AGAIN. I EXITED THE FREEWAY AND TOOK BACK STREETS ALL THE WAY HOME TO KEEP ME FROM GETTING INTO A WRECK. THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN ABOUT 4 TIMES UNTIL I MADE IT HOME AND PARK IT. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A HEADACHE EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. ONE MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT IT, THE GAS TANK SUNK AND PRETTY MUCH FELL INTO THE CAR SO DEEP THAT I COULD NO LONGER GET THE PUMP TO THE TANK TO FILL GAS. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THAT, THE WHEELS STARTED SQUEALING, AND THIS WAS UNABLE TO BE FIXED. THE BOLTS THAT ARE USED UNDER THE HOOD DO NOT FIT THE CAR SO THINGS WOULD CONSTANTLY LOOSEN AS I DROVE IT AND EVENTUALLY ARE REPOSITIONED EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE REPLACED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AT THE JEEP DEALERSHIPS. THERE'S SUBSTANCE MUCH LIKE ADHESIVE GLUE THROUGHOUT THE CAR ON CERTAIN PARTS WHICH DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IF THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW. ALL AROUND POORLY MADE CAR, YOU WILL END UP PAYING THE DOUBLE THE AMOUNT VALUED BASED ON THE REPAIRS. HORRIBLE. HOLD THIS MAKER ACCOUNTABLE, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. LIVES ARE AT DANGER.

ON MARCH 8, 2019, WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON A RURAL ROAD, THE ENGINE STALLED CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE POWER STEERING AND THE RPMS TO DROP TO 0. THERE WAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. ON THIS OCCASION I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE BATTERY FAILED DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND REPLACED THE BATTERY. ON MARCH 22, 2019 WHILE IDLING AT A RED LIGHT, THE ENGINE STALLED AGAIN CAUSING THE RPMS TO DROP TO 0. I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CAMSHAFT/CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WAS MALFUNCTIONING. AFTER SUBSEQUENT RESEARCH I LOCATED SAFETY RECALL S89 / NHTSA 16-V-907 CRANKSHAFT CAMSHAFT SENSOR WIRE HARNESS ISSUED IN FEBRUARY 2017 AFFECTING 2016 DODGE JOURNEY, 2016 JEEP COMPASS AND 2016 JEEP PATRIOT.

TAKATA RECALL OUR RADIO STOP WORKING, THEN THE HORN,THEN THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON. THE NEXT THING TO GO OUT WAS THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE, JEEP PAID FOR THAT BUT WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE THROTTLE BODY, WHICH WASN'T CHEAP 573.00. AND STILL DID NOT FIX RADIO, HORN, OR AIRBAG LIGHT. I WAS AT A INTERSECTION WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

ETC LIGHT WAS COMING ON, CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AS SHOULD WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED. CAR WOULD JERK FORWARD AS IF WAS ABOUT TO DIE. TRYING TO GET ONTO HIGHWAY IS ALWAYS SKETCHY. FINALLY WENT COMPLETELY OUT AND LEAVING ME BROKE DOWN IN MIDDLE OF 5 O'CLOCK TRAFFIC AFTER TAKING TO DEALERSHIP AND BEING TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG BUT NEEDED A NEW BATTERY WENT AHEAD AND PAID FOR JUST FOR IT TO ALL CONTINUE. FINALLY TOLD THROTTLE BODY WAS AN ISSUE. GOT THE ENTIRE UNIT REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP NOT JUST THE SENSOR AND NOT EVEN A YEAR LATER SAME THING IS HAPPENING AGAIN. HUNDREDS OF OTHERS ON FORUMS FOR THE JEEP PATRIOT NO MATTER THE YEAR ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES OVER AND OVER! IT'S NOT SAFE! SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. NOT TO MENTION IT SHOULD NEVER HAD HAPPENED TO A 2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE! IF WE WANT THESE PROBLEMS WE WOULD PURCHASE USED CARS. NOW I AM IN FEAR OF IT DOING IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S DRIVING THE SAME NOT GOING WHEN GASSED JERKING FORWARD, EVEN IN IDLE, NOT JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS FOR FINANCIAL REASONS AS WELL. HOW CAN DO MANY DIFFERENT YEAR MODELS HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AND THIS NOT BE A MOPAR RECALL

WHEN I FILL MY TANK UP WITH GAS, MY CAR WILL START BUCKING, OFTEN RESULTING IN A STALL SHORTLY AFTER. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S COMPLETELY FULL OR IF I ONLY PUT TEN DOLLARS IN THE TANK. IT IS USUALLY WHEN I AM SLOWING DOWN OR WHEN I SLOW AND THEN TRY TO ACCELERATE BUT NEVER WHEN I'M ALREADY SLOWED DOWN, IT'S USUALLY WHEN I AM GOING THE SPEED LIMIT IT CAN BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30-60MPH. IT HAS BROKEN DOWN TWICE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHERE I LIVE CALLED US 19 AND I LEGITIMATELY FELT LIKE I COULD HAVE LOST MY LIFE IN BOTH SITUATIONS HAD OTHER DRIVERS NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, SO MANY CARS CAME CLOSE TO HITTING ME I'M TERRIFIED TO DRIVE MY CAR NOW. IT ALSO STALLED SEVERAL TIMES ON SIDE ROADS WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC AND ONCE OR TWICE ON ROADS WITH NOT MUCH TRAFFIC. I BELIEVED MAYBE IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY BUT IT'S NOT THROWING ANY CODES. SINCE IT IS USUALLY WHEN I PUT GAS IN, I'M NOW THINKING IT MAYBE BE AN ISSUE WITH THE FUEL INJECTOR, SOME SORT OF SENSOR IN THE GAS TANK OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP GETTING LOOKED AT BUT THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME RECREATING THE ISSUE, IT REALLY SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE. I DON'T HAVE KIDS OR A HUSBAND BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS I VISIT DO AND THEY ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT MAKES AND MODELS OF JEEPS SINCE 2014. HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T29898_DS631498

OVER THE PAST MONTH THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT HAS COME ON WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE. JUST LIKE OTHERS HAVE REPORTED, IT COMES ON WHEN I'M DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY & JUST DIES, YOU CAN'T STEER THE CAR OR ANYTHING. OR YOU GO TO ACCELERATE AND IT DIES & YOU ALMOST GET REAR-ENDED. I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW MANY REPORTS ARE ON HERE SIMILAR TO MINE AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS ONE FOR THE 2016 PATRIOT. WHAT WILL IT TAKE, SOMEONE DYING? THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WHEN YOUR CAR WILL JUST DIE WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH & YOU CAN'T STEER OR ANYTHING!

TAKATA RECALL: COMPUTER ERRORS, POWER CONNECTION ERRORS, POWER STEERING ERRORS, TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT X1, POWER FUSE BOX X1, STEERING/SUSPENSION/STEERING WHEEL ERRORS. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS HAPPENED WITHIN THE YEAR OF PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE DEALERSHIPS ARE NO HELP AND I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON A CAR I CAN NOT DRIVE THE REPAIRS ARE WAY TO HIGH THESES PROBLEMS HAVE NO EXPLANATION THEY JUST KEEP POPPING UP WITH OUT WARNING.