2014 JEEP PATRIOT Complaints

LOSS OF POWER UPON ACCELERATION. DIAGNOSTIC REVEALED DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. MECHANIC SAYS IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2014 JEEP PATRIOT AND THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED MANY ON THIS VEHICLE

TOTAL CONTROL POWER MODULE (TIPM) FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD JEEP PATRIOTS LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING, THE MOST OF THE DASH LIGHTS CAME ON. WHEN PULLING OVER THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST ASSISTED BRAKING AND POWER STEERING. ONCE STOPPED TURNED THE KEY OFF AND REGAINED COMPOSURE. AFTER IT SAT FOR A FEW SECOND THE JEEP STARTED RIGHT BACK UP AND WAS FINE. TOOK THE JEEP TO A LOCAL STORE TO HAVE THE STARTING AND CHARGING SYSTEM CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THAT EVERYTHING WAS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL PARAMETERS. SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE REPEAT OCCURRENCES AND NOW THE JEEP HAS TO BE JUMP STARTED IF YOU WANT IT TO RUN. THE JEEP WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD TIPM TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER UNIT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THUS MY VEHICLE IS NOW PARKED. THIS IS THE FIRST JEEP THAT I HAVE OWNED BUT DO NOT THINK THEIR WILL BE ANOTHER BEINGS THAT DODGE IS NOT WANTING TO CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY AND CORRECT THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION

MY 2014 JEEP PATRIOT WILL NOT ACCELERATE AND HAS HESITATION AFTER ACCELERATION AT A STOP SIGNAL OR SIGN. I USE "PREMIUM" GAS, THINKING THAT REGULAR GAS WAS THE ISSUE. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN 2 SEPARATE ACCIDENTS, ONE RECENT SITUATION ON 8/13/2018 WHEN MY PATRIOT "HESITATED" AFTER TURNING ONTO A ROAD WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE CAUSING THE PERSON BEHIND ME TO "HARD BRAKE" TO NOT HIT ME, AS WELL AS THE DRIVER BEHIND HIM. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR 4 MONTHS AND DO NOT FEEL THIS IS A SAFE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC.

TAKATA RECALL. MY CAR HAS AROUND 35,000 MILES ON IT. THE PAST FEW DAYS IN THE MORNING, WHEN I START MY CAR, IT STARTS BUT THEN HESITATES. IT WILL HESITATE FOR AROUND 20 SECONDS. THE CAR WAS IN PARK, IN A DRIVEWAY OF A HOUSE. I THINK IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN OFF FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

THE VEHICLE STARTS TO REV UP REALLY HIGH AND THEN BEGINS TO PUT ALONE TURN IT OFF THE LIGHT GOES OUT THE FIVE MINUTES INTO DRIVING AND COMES BACK ON AND ALMOST CUTS OFF IN MID TRAFFIC

WHEN I AM DRIVING, THE VEHICHLE SHUTS OFF AND I AM UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. WE NEARLY GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT TRYING TO PULL OVER.

I HAVE A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT WITH ABOUT 33,474 MILES WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. I WAS DRIVING GOING HOME IN A BUSY STREET IN LOS ANGELES WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT (MIL) AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) (SEE PHOTOS) LIGHT SHOWED UP ON THE DASHBOARD AND I STOPPED BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED RED. I HAD 3 PASSENGERS WITH ME AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GOOGLE WHAT THE DASHBOARD LIGHT MEANS. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I STARTED TO DRIVE BUT THE ENGINE WAS STALLING, AS IF IT DOESN'T WANT TO DRIVE, NO POWER. SO I PARKED AT THE CURB, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND WAITED FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN TURNED THE IGNITION ON AGAIN. THE ESC DISAPPEARED FROM THE DASHBOARD BUT THE MIL REMAINED LIT UP. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME AND THE NEXT DAY, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC. MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT'S WORKING FINE NOW. I NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE AND AFTER THE THROTTLE WAS CHANGED. I AM REPORTING THIS TO YOU BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD NEWS AND GOT A LETTER FROM A LAW FIRM INFORMING ME OF A NUMBER OF MECHANICAL DEFECTS REPORTED ABOUT THE VEHICLE. AT THIS POINT, I AM TOO LATE TO BRING IT TO A JEEP DEALER FOR REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY.

DRIVING MY NRKMAL ROUTE TO TAKE MY SON TO HIS SUMMER PROGRAM.(CITY STREET, 24MPH SPEED LIMIT) ON ARRIVAL, ONLY DRIVING 3 MILES FROM MY HOME, MY RPMS WERE WELL OVER 2000 AT A STOP LIGHT. THE CAR BEGAN STO SHAKE. THE ENGINE LIGHT, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT, AND STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT COME ON. I PULLED OVER THE THE NEAREST GAS STATION. TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK IN AGAIN. RPMS OVER 2500. THEY DIED DOWN AFTER 2 MIN. ALL LIGHTS STILL FLASHING. GOT IT TO SOMEWHERE YO HAVE CODES READ. "HIGH AIRFLOW VACUUM LEAK". NURSED IT HOME,.COULD NOT GO OVER 20MP. ANYTHING OVER 20MPH THE CAR SHOOK VIOLENTLY. RPMS WERE OVER 2000. ALL OF THIS DRIVING WAS KN CITY STREETS WITH SPEED LIMITS NOT GOING OVER 35MPH. WE TRIED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY TODAY. STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. JEEP ON NEUTRAL (MANUAL TRANNY) RPMS OVER 2000 STILL.

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.

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.