2015 JEEP PATRIOT Complaints

WITHOUT CAUSE THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT HEAD REST DEPLOYED. THERE ARE PIECES OF PLASTIC INSIDE THAT PREVENT IT FROM BEING RESET. RESEARCH DETERMINED SEVERAL LIKE COMPLAINTS AND FAILURE OF CHRYSLER JEEP TO RECALL THESE DEFECTIVE SAFETY DEVICES OR REPAIR THEM. VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AT THE TIME OF DEPLOYMENT.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE GOING CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT ME TURNING THEM ON. THIS HAPPENS WHILE I'M DRIVING, SITTING AT A LIGHT, SITTING AT A STOP SIGN OR PARKED WITH MY ENGINE ON.

MY CAR IS STALLING WHILE DRIVING I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES I CAN NOT EVEN DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT IS UNSAFE - IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER ONE YEAR AND I AM PAYING FOR A CAR I CANT DRIVE I HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP THEY HAVE NOT FIXED IT

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE OF NEW 015 JEEP PATRIOT, WATER STARTED TO PENETRATE INSIDE OF CAR. OMING THROUGH FRONT INTERIOR LAMP. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, FOUND OUT CLOG IN DRAIN OF SUNROOF. 'FIXED' THEN APPX 6 MONTHS LATER, SAE LEAK STARTED. TRIED A DIFFRENT DEALERSHIP TRYING TO ACTUALLY GET IT FIXED FOR GOOD, THEY SAID IT WAS 'FIXED' BUT PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS CONTINUED FOR THREE YEAS. BROUGHT TO 3-4 DEALERSHIPS PLUS HAD 2 PRIVATE TECHS LOOKED AT IT. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP ANDTHEY 'ASSIGNED A CASE MANAGER' TO OVERSEE REPAIR BUT DEALER STATED THAT CLOG WAS FOUND AGAIN, GAVE CAR BACK AS 'FIXED' BUT AT DELIVERY, WATER WAS STILL LEAKING OUT OF INTERIOR LAMP. DEALER SAID 'ONLY RESIDUAL AND NOTHING HE CAN DO ABOUT IT' I ASKED SEVERAL TIMES AND SUGGESTED THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SUCH TROUBLE FOR TH PAST THREE YEARS. WATER FLOWS ALL DOWN THE DASH AND ELECTRIAL COMPONENTS. IF YOU GOOGLE, YOU WILL SEE HUNDREDS OF PATRIOT OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE ONLY 'FIX' THAT DEALERSHIP/'WATER SPECIALISTS ' HAVE EVER PERFORMED IS 'CLEARING CLOG DRAIN OF SUNROOF. I AM NOT SURE WHY IT KEEPS CLOGGING. THE LAST DEALER STATED THAT IT IS GENERAL MAINTENANCE. I HVE OWNED MANY CARS WTH SUNROOFS ND HAVE NEVER HAD TO CLEAR DRAIN AS GENERAL MAINTENTANCE. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS IF VEHICLE IS STATIOERY OR IN MOTION. IT HAS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJORY HIGHWAY CAUSING GREAT DISTRACTION.

WHILE I AM DRIVING, THE CAR STOPS RUNNING., THE ENGINE CUTS OFF. I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK OR NEUTRAL TO RESTART THE ENGINE. SOMETIMES IT WILL START UP SOMETIMES I HAVE TO WAIT ON IT TO STARTS. TODAY IT STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND IT DID NOT START BACK UP..THE CAR HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT THE STREET. MY JEEP WILL STOP ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHILE DRIVING UP TO SPEED, IT WILL STOP ON RURAL STREETS AND WHILE TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT IT WILL SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN..THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT ONLY SHUTS DOWN WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR 3 MONTHS.

THIS VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLS. THE VEHICLE STALLED IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS INCLUDING SLOW DRIVING AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND ON LEVEL OR INCLINES/DECLINES. THE VEHICLE WOULD BE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND THEN COMPLETELY STALL AND SHUT OFF WHICH WAS VERY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER BRAKES AND STEERING. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL FOR THE YEAR 2016 (SAFETY RECALL S89 / NHTSA 16V-907 CRANKSHAFT CAMSHAFT SENSOR WIRE HARNESS). THIS IS THE EXACT ISSUE THAT IS WRONG WITH OUR VEHICLE, BUT IT IS A 2015 MODEL YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE ON OUR FIRST REPAIR VISIT AND SO WE WERE PUT AT SAFETY RISK AGAIN WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED UNTIL BRINGING IT IN A SECOND TIME. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND JEEP NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

AS OF 12/18/2018, MY CAR HAS BEGUN TO DIE AS I PUSH ON THE ACCELERATOR AFTER BEING AT A COMPLETE STOP AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, IT EVEN DIED OUT OF NO WHERE, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING BACK HOME AND THANKFULLY THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS BEHIND HIM AS HE WAS PASSING THE INTERSECTION WHEN THE CAR JERKED AND DECIDED TO TURN OF COMPLETELY. HE PUT IT ON PARK AND STARTED UP LIKE NORMAL BUT NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON OR ANYTHING. EVER SINCE I GOT THIS CAR IN FEBRUARY OF 2016, TAKE NOTE THAT MY JEEP ONLY HAS 65000 MILES AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT UNTIL NOW. IT IS TERRIFYING BECAUSE EACH TIME IT HAS HAPPENED, CARS BEHIND ME WERE VERY CLOSE TO REAR ENDING MY CAR. THIS IS A BIG AND SCARY ISSUE FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE READ ON NUMEROUS WEBSITES THAT THEIR JEEP PATRIOTS HAVE DIED ON THE HIGHWAY... I HAVE A 3 MONTH OLD THAT I TAKE BACK AND FORTH TO A BABY SITTER EVERY WEEKDAY, AND THAT IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY DAUGHTER AND FOR PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND ME AS WELL. I HAVE READ ON A NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF WEBSITES WHERE OTHER JEEP PATRIOT OWNERS ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. I KEEP MY OIL CHANGES UP TO DATE AND I JUST CHANGED MY SPARK PLUGS. SO I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO HAVE IT CHECKED BECAUSE OF WHAT I HAVE READ I SEE THAT OTHERS HAVE NOT HAD LUCK WITH TAKEN IT TO A SHOP I WOULD HATE FOR THIS ISSUE TO CAUSE SOMEBODY TO REAR END ME ON THE STREETS OR ON THE HIGHWAY. EITHER BEING ON THE STREETS OR THE HIGHWAY, IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE AND INJURY TO ME, MY 3 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER AND TO THE PEOPLE AROUND ME.HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE A RECALL SOON!

PICKED IT UP ON 12/5/18 FROM THE DEALERSHIP AFTER HAVING THE CV AXLE REPLACED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN OR ACCORDING TO THEM "COINCIDENCE" MY THROTTLE BODY CONTROL HAS DIED. IT WAS FINE UNTIL THEY WORKED ON IT AND I WAS ON THE WAY TO TAKE MY CAR HOME AND NOTICED THE RED LIGHTNING BOLT LIGHT FLASHING OFF AND ON AND THE JERKING AND STALLING HAPPENING, WHICH DID NOT DO BEFORE THEY WORKED ON IT. NOW, I CAN'T GET THEM TO FIX IT WITHOUT THEM WANTING ME TO PAY FOR IT EVEN THOUGH, I WASN'T HAVING THIS ISSUE AT ALL. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE TO HAVE CONSIDERING I DRIVE DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY EVERYDAY TO WORK AND ALSO TAKE MY CHILD TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY ON MY WAY TO WORK. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOMEONE GETTING KILLED AND THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALERSHIPS NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

70K MILES IT STARTED STALLING WHILE I WAS DRIVING, MAINLY IN CITY GOING 25-45MPH. THE 1ST TIME I HAD HAVE IT JUMPSTARTED. 2ND AND 3RD TIME I WAS NOT ABLE TO JUMPSTART. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THE CODE FOR THE ABS MODULE CAME UP SO THEY REPLACED IT. THE REPAIR COST $550 AND I DROVE IT 3 DAYS AND THE CAR DIED AGAIN WHILE GOING THROUGH A STOPLIGHT, THEY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. THEY SAID THE CONNECTION WIRE WAS BAD TO THE NEW ABS MODULE THEY REPLACED SO THEY REPLACED THE CONNECTOR. I DROVE IT A WEEK, THE RPMS DROPPED OUT AND ENGINE STALLED WHILE GOING 70MPH. SAME THING HAPPEN A WEEK LATER WHILE ACCLERATING ON AN ON RAMP. NOW ITS 3 DAYS AFTER THE LAST TIME IT DIED AND IT HAS STALLED ON ME 3 TIMES IN ONE DAY, AND I HAVE TO WAIT 2-3 MINS WITH THE ENGINE SHUT OFF THEN I AM ABLE TO RESTART IT. THIS CAR IS NOT RELIABLE, I HAVE NO WARNING OF WHEN IT WILL SHUT OFF OR IF I WILL BE STRANDED AND HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED. ITS SCARY GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH AND THE ENGINE DIES!!!

I AM SEEING MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE. MY 2015 JEEP PATRIOT USED TO KICK BACK WHILE I WAS ACCELERATING WHICH DEVELOPED INTO A STALL AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND THEY GAVE ME NEW SPARK PLUGS AND CLEANED MY AIR INTAKE VALVES IN HOPES THAT IT WOULD FIX THE ISSUE. THE CAR GIVES NO WARNING OR CODE TO DESCRIBE WHAT IS HAPPENING. FOR ABOUT A WEEK THERE WERE NO ISSUES AND THEN IT STALLED ON ME TWICE TODAY AND POWER STEERING GOES OUT. I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND ACCELERATED ONCE IT TURNED GREEN BUT IT STALLED BEFORE I COULD MAKE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I COULD BARELY STEER OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHER VEHICLES, HAVE TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF. THEN I HAVE TO SIT THERE FOR A COUPLE MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING THE CAR. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR ESPECIALLY DURING RUSH HOUR.