2016 JEEP PATRIOT Complaints

MY CAR SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THE STABILITY LIGHT GOES ON AND THE ENGINE DIES WHILE ON THE ROAD

THE CAR WILL DIE AT A COMPLETE STOP EITHER AT A RED LIGHT OR JUST IDLING. IT WILL ALSO ACT LIKE IT IS ABOUT TO DIE WILL DRIVING. THE RPM'S WILL DROP TO ZERO AND WHEN YOU GIVE IT GAS IT WILL NOT GO. THIS WILL HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES IN ONE DAY.

MY VEHICLE HAD 39000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE STARTER WENT OUT. THE WARRANTY WENT OUT AT 36000. SO I TOOK IT INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND HAD IT REPAIRED. CHRYSLER WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME FOR THE PART.

TAKATA RECALL THE TCM ON MY JEEP PATRIOT SHORT-CIRCUITED OUT OF NOWHERE AND NOW IT CAUSES MY TRANSMISSION GEARS TO SLIP WHILE I'M DRIVING AND MAKES MY RPMS REV REALLY HIGH WOW MY ACCELERATION IS MINIMUM MEANING WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE PEDAL AND PRESS THE RPMS JUMP REALLY HIGH AND MY CAR BARELY EVEN PICKS UP SPEED I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT SOMETHING WAS WRONG THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED THE RPMS REVVING REALLY REALLY HIGH WHILE MY CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN IT'S NEVER DONE IT BEFORE AND IT CAUSES TRAFFIC BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WILL RUN REAL SLOW AND TAKES ALMOST ME HAVING TO PUT MY PEDAL TO THE GROUND JUST SO I CAN SPEED UP ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF THE WAY SO WHEN I GOT HOME I HOOKED UP AN OBD MONITOR TO MY CAR AND IT SAID LOST TCM COMMUNICATION NOW I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE I'M AFRAID I'M GOING TO BLOW UP THE ENGINE OR SOMETHING

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING UNEXPECTANTLY, WHILE DRIVING AND LEAVES NO RECOURSE OR CORRECTIONS FOR THE DRIVER TO BE MADE. POWER TO ALL OF THE VEHICLE SYSTEMS STAYED ON WHILST ALL THE CONTROLS OF THE VEHICLE WERE REMOVED FROM THE DRIVER. EVENTUALLY RESTARTED. BUT REFUSES TO START AFTER BEING STATIONARY AGAIN. WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET WHEN MY CAR JUST STALLED OUT ON A STRAIGHTAWAY. FINALLY RESTARTING AND MAKING IT HOME, AND NOW NOT STARTING AGAIN.

THE SEAT BELT IN MY JEEP DOES NOT REMAIN BUCKLED SOME TIMES I HAVE TO PUT IT THE RECEIVING PART SEVERAL TIME BEFORE IT CLICKS IN AND SOME TIMES I WILL BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT UNBUCKLES A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH BRINGS UP MULTIPLE OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE BEEN IN ANOTHER JEEP PATRIOT AND THE DRIVER HAD TROUBLE GETTING IT TO BUCKLE SO I HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED IT IN TWO DIFFERENT BUT SAME YEAR JEEP PATRIOTS

AT 50 MILES AN HR TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING RIGHT MAKING A WHINING SOUND I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM LAMPASS ON 35 GOING TO DALLAS I ONLY HAVE 60000 MILES

BOTH WHILE DRIVING, AND WHILE SITTING . VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS DUE TO SLOW TIPM FAILURE. OVER THE COURSE OF SIX MONTHS. COUNTLESS HOURS AND LOTS OF MONEY ON DIAGNOSTICS. AND FIXING INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS FOR THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE HAPPENING. CAR WAS HESITATING, BUCKING, AND SPORADIC IDLE. ALSO RADIO AND BLUETOOTH CONNECTABILITY STARTED TO GLITCH. CERTAIN LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS WERE HANDLED INDIVIDUALLY FOR THE COMPONENTS THAT NORMALLY MAKES THEM HAPPEN. ONLY TEMPORARILY FIXING THE PROBLEM. THE FINAL PROBLEM WAS THE COOLING FANS STAYING ON EVEN WHEN THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF. CHECKED ALL INVOLVED CIRCUITRY. EVERYTHING WAS FINE INCLUDING RELAYS. FINALLY SETTLED ON THE TIPM BEING BAD. JEEP THEN TRIED TO GOUGE ME ON THE PRICE. ULTIMATELY WANTING TO CHARGE ABOUT $1,600 FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND FIX. INCLUDING $700 JUST FOR THE PART. I LOCATED A NEW OEM PARTS THROUGH A THIRD PARTY FOR $250. AND A SIMPLE PLUG-AND-PLAY INSTALL, CORRECTED ALL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP THEN TRIED TO SAY THE PART NEEDED TO BE PROGRAMMED. SO THEY COULD CHARGE $200 FOR A SERVICE THAT IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. IF YOU GET THE RIGHT TIPM FOR THE EXACT MODEL AND OPTIONS. A SOFT RESET CAN BE DONE BY SIMPLY USING THE IGNITION KEY. IT IS VERY POOR BUSINESS PRACTICE BY CHRYSLER CORPORATION. AND THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MANY UNSUSPECTING CUSTOMERS. OFTEN PAYING UPWARDS OF OVER $4,000 IN ONE YEAR FOR MISDIAGNOSED AND OVERPRICED SERVICES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND AN UNKNOWN DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE KEPT FLASHING. THERE WAS ALSO A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND RADIO SHORTED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER (ANCHORAGE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 2601 E 5TH AVE, ANCHORAGE, AK 99501, 1-(907) 276-1331) MORE THAN FIVE TIMES WHERE THE BATTERY AND OEM RADIO WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURES RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND COOLANT TEMPERATURE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WHERE IT FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE CONTACT AND HER HUSBAND REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT. LARRY H. MILLER TOYOTA COLORADO SPRINGS (15 E MOTOR WAY, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, (719) 623-4850) WAS CONTACTED TO SCHEDULE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 95,760. *BF CONSUMER STATED PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PAPER WORK FOR ALL CORRECTIONS, MECHANIC REPORT, AND DESCRIPTION OF EVENT.*JB