2012 JEEP PATRIOT Complaints

I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR SHIFTED ITSELF INTO 1ST GEAR AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. I COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION FAST ENOUGH. I WAS ALMOST HIT. THE CAR HAS CONTINUED TO GO INTO THIS LIMP MODE ( 1ST GEAR ) BY ITSELF. I CAN'T GET IT TO ACCELERATE.ALSO, I PULLED OVER AND I COULD SMELL RUBBER BURNING. IT IS AT THE DEALERSHIP RIGHT NOW. I LOOKED ONLINE AND IT SEEMS OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE 2012 ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION. IT HAPPENS WHEN I'M DRIVING ON BOTH CITY STREETS AND THE HIGHWAY.

WHILE SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR THE VEHICLE REVVED REALLY HIGH AND WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO SHIFT. AFTER TOWING THE PATRIOT TO THE SHOP I WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION WAS TOTALLED. THE NEXT INCIDENT HAPPENED A YEAR LATER THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. I HAVE TO TURN OFF THE KEY AND WAIT THEN ATTEMPT TO.RESTART. THE CAR ALWAYS STARTED BUT IT TOOK AS MANY AS 6 TRIES SOME TIMES. THE DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT CAME UP WITH NOTHING. THEY COULDN'T GET THE VEHICLE TO DUPLICATE. VERY FRUSTRATING AND RIDICULOUS. CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT WON'T HAVE A FIX UNTIL THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2016.

THIS JEEP PATRIOT HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH ACCELERATION, FIRST AND FOREMOST. WHEN DRIVING AT CONSTANT SPEEDS WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET, VEHICLE WILL STUTTER AND MISS GEARS. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT FOUND ANY SOLUTION TO FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE BECAUSE THERE IS NOT LIGHT ON THE DASH. SECOND, THE JEEP HAS HAD A CREAKING/CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR. THE DEALER STARTED WITH REPLACING THE REAR STRUTS AND SWAY BAR BUSHING. THIS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE AND THE SOUND KEPT GETTING WORSE. TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS HAVE DIAGNOSED SEVERAL DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT THEY "THINK" ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEMS WITH THE SUSPENSION AND CAUSING THE SOUND. THERE IS NO DEFINITE DIAGNOSIS BUT THE DEALERS ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO USE MY MONEY FOR A TRIAL AND ERROR REPLACEMENT OF EACH PART UNTIL THEY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SOUND. I AM NOT A TEST RAT FOR THEIR DEALERSHIP AND IF THEY CANNOT DIAGNOSE THE CAR THEN THEY NEED TO REPLACE IT.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND MY JEEP JUST SHUT OFF. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AT NIGHT AND WAS ALMOST HIT BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE MY CAR TO THE SIDE AND MY LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. I WAITED A WHILE AND MY CAR STARTED AGAIN AND AFTER A COUPLE MILES OF TRAVEL IT SHUT OFF AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED RIGHT BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MASSIVE WATER LEAKS FROM THE SUNROOF AND DOME LIGHT FIRED THE RADIO AND CONTROL DIALS ALSO WATER IN ON THE REAR FLOORS AFTER RAIN

THE REAR BUMPER ON MY PATRIOT CAUGHT FIRE FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE EXHAUST PIPE APPEARS TO HAVE RISEN BEHIND THE BUMPER CAUSING MY BUMPER TO MELT AND CATCH FIRE. I REMOVED THE MELTED/BURNED PLASTIC AROUND THE PIPE TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE

I WAS DRIVING MY 2012 JEEP PATRIOT ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT STARTED BLINKING RED, MY CAR STARTED TO JERK FORWARD, AND LOST POWER. THIS REOCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE WAY TO GET IT LOOKED AT. EACH TIME IT HAPPENED, I HAD TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF, WAIT A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN RESTART. I TOOK IT TO A JEEP DEALER AND WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT IT, THE GUY SAID IT WOULD BE ABOUT $600 TO FIX (EVEN THOUGH I STILL HAVE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY). THIS TO ME LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM THAT JEEP IS AWARE OF, BUT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT. LUCKILY EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT, OTHERS MIGHT NOT BE SO LUCKY. UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS RESOLVED, MY JEEP IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.

A NOTIFICATION CAME ON SAYING GAS CAP, A WEEK LATER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC IT READ TROUBLE CODE P0456. WHICH IS AN EVAP SYSTEM LEAK DETECTED. THERE ISN'T A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR THIS. REPORTED FIXES ARE REPLACED EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM INTEGRITY MONITOR (ESIM) ASSEMBLY OR REPLACE THE FUEL FILLER CAP. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE I WAS OVER 36,000 MILES ( I WAS UNDER THE THREE YEAR MARK). I'VE REPLACED THE GAS CAP, BUT I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, WHICH IS A NOTICEABLE DECREASE IN GAS MILEAGE AND ACCELERATION. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT IT DOESN'T COVER ANYTHING RELATED TO EMISSIONS. ...UPDATED 09/28/15 *BF UPDATED 11/08/2017*CN

MY JEEP HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES FOR A MAJOR SUNROOF WATER LEAK PLEASE HELP .MY JEEP SMELLS LIKE MILDEW THE RADIO AND AC CONTROLS ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND THERE IS ONLY 28000 MILES ON MY JEEP...........