2012 JEEP PATRIOT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE A TROUBLE CODE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. UPDATED 07/10/13*LJ

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT WITH JUST SHY OF 15000 MILES ON IT. TWO SEPARATE TWO TO THREE HOUR TRIPS WERE MADE IN THE VEHICLE BEFORE THE INCIDENT WITH NO PROBLEMS. ON THE TAIL END OF A TWO AND A HALF HOUR TRIP, AFTER CRUISING BETWEEN 70 TO 75 MPH ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE'S RPMS SHOT UP AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME NEARLY REAR ENDED ME. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER, PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK, AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. I THEN CRANKED THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED DRIVING. THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MILES FURTHER. I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON, ATTEMPTING TO REACH MY DESTINATION IF POSSIBLE. THIS INCIDENT THEN HAPPENED A THIRD TIME, APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 MILES FURTHER, ONCE AGAIN ON THE SAME INTERSTATE, BUT THIS TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF CITY TRAFFIC. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND SENT TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM. THE CPU DID NOT REPORT ANY ERROR CODES. EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED AS I WAS CRUISING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE IS STILL BEING INSPECTED, BUT THE DEALERSHIPS CANNOT SEEM TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE I WILL BE MOVING ACROSS COUNTRY IN TWO MONTHS AND CANNOT RISK THIS HAPPENING AGAIN. THIS VEHICLE AS IT STANDS IS A DANGER NOT ONLY TO THE DRIVER BUT FOR OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD NEAR THE VEHICLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO STOP BEHIND A BUS BUT THEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE BUS. AS I TRIED TO SWITCH LANES, MY CAR STALLED AND I WAS STUCK IN BETWEEN TWO LANES. I HAD TO SLOWLY DRIFT MY CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND COULD HARDLY STEER IT. ONCE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I TRIED TO RESTART BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER SITTING FOR FIVE MINUTES, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT A PROBLEM. THE FIRST DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT COULD HAVE STALLED BECAUSE IT WAS WET OUTSIDE, WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNREASONABLE. AT THE SECOND DEALERSHIP, I DIDN'T RECEIVE A MUCH BETTER EXPLANATION. THEY SAID THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN STATIC ELECTRICITY WHICH CAUSED IT TO TURN OFF. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN A WEEK SINCE THE INCIDENT. *TR

ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON CRUISE CONTROL. INSTANT ENGINE STALL. FUEL GAUGE READS 3/8 FULL. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE SPAN OF 5 HOURS. FIRST STALL - TOWED TO DEALERSHIP IN BOWLING GREEN KY. THE ENGINE STARTED RIGHT UP AT THE DEALERSHIP. NO ENGINE FAULT CODES WERE AVAILABLE. DEALERSHIP BLAMED IT ON BAD GAS. SECOND STALL - SAME CONDITIONS NEAR MEMPHIS TN. AAA ADDED ONE GALLON OF FUEL, THE ENGINE STARTED RIGHT UP. WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE THE TRIP AS LONG AS WE KEPT THE FUEL ABOVE 1/2 TANK FULL. BOTH INCIDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN A CRASH HAD THERE BEEN TRAFFIC, FORTUNATELY WE COASTED TO THE SHOULDER. *TR

DRIVING SOUTH ON I57 IN ILLINOIS AND VEHICLE STALLED. THIS HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY AT 6000 MILES IN MARCH WHILE I WAS ON I55, AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE SECONDARY FUEL PUMP WAS BAD. IT WAS REPLACED AND NOW I AM AT 26,000 MILES AND IT HAS STALLED AGAIN. EACH INCIDENT THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED WITH APPROXIMATELY 3/8 OF A TANK OF GAS. IT CAUSES ME TO HAVE TO MANEUVER THROUGH TRAFFIC TO PULL TO THE SIDE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS RAPIDLY SLOWING AND VEHICLES BEHIND ME DON'T KNOW HOW TO REACT. LUCKILY, NEITHER INCIDENT HAS RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT BUT CLEARLY THE FUEL PUMP NEEDS TO BE REDESIGNED, RECALLED AND REPLACED. *TR

STOPPED MY 2012 PATRIOT AT A LIGHT TO TURN LEFT. I STEPPED ON GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE FORWARD BUT NO ACCELERATION/REVVING OCCURRED. WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED NO RESISTANCE WAS FELT BUT RATHER THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO ACCELERATION/REVVING TWICE. I REPEATED THIS AGAIN WITH NO ACCELERATION/REVVING. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT THE PATRIOT ACCELERATED FORWARD. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID TO TURN OFF ENGINE AND RESTART THE VEHICLE TO GET THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN SYNC. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY FOR 30 MINUTES THEN 15 CITY TRAFFIC, AIR TEMP 38 DEGREES, PAVEMENT DRY TO WET (MELTING SNOW). *TR

WE HAVE NOW HAD 2 EPISODES OF OUR 2012 JEEP PATRIOT SUDDENLY LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT BETWEEN 65 TO 70 MPH. THE FIRST TIME WAS ON I39 IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE 90S. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF ON TO THE SHOULDER. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WE WERE ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND GOT TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION. THE INDICATOR SHOWED ALMOST 1/2 TANK OF GAS BUT AFTER FILLING UP THE CAR RAN WELL. WE WERE LISTENING TO THE RADIO AND HEARD A REPORT THAT SEVERAL GAS STATIONS IN SOUTHERN WI HAD GOTTEN GAS CONTAMINATED WITH WATER. SINCE WE LIVE IN THAT AREA WE DECIDED THAT THIS HAD BEEN THE PROBLEM. WE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT. ON SUNDAY, 2/3/13, I WAS TRAVELING ON I94 IN WI, TEMP 6 DEGREES, BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 TANK. . AGAIN, THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, BARELY, CALLED JEEP FOR ASSISTANCE. THE JEEP WOULD NOT RESTART AT FIRST, THEN, AFTER 10 MINUTES DID RESTART BUT WOULDN'T KEEP RUNNING. I WAS TOWED 45 MILES TO THE NEAREST DEALER. IN THE MORNING, THE CAR STARTED, THE JEEP GARAGE CHECKED IT ON THE COMPUTER AND FOUND NOTHING. THEY THOUGHT THAT THE GAS LINE MIGHT HAVE FROZEN UP. THIS DID NOT SEEM LOGICAL, BUT HE DID GIVE ME VERIFICATION THAT IT HAD BEEN CHECKED OUT AND FELT THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE . I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS HAPPENING AGAIN. WE WERE LUCKY, BUT THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL WOULD SPIN FASTER THAN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT WITH FORCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO ADVISED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL THAT WAS SPINNING FASTER THAN THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT COULD NOT BE COMPROMISED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS MILEAGE 11,632.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. THEN THE JEEP JUST STALLED OUT AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE JEEP WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT SAT OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS CLOSED. ON MONDAY THE JEEP STARTED FOR THE MECHANIC AND THEY FOUND NO CODES WHEN HOOKED UP TO A SCANNER. I PICKED THE CAR UP THE NEXT DAY AND A MONTH LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE THERE IS NO CODES WHEN THEY SCAN IT AND THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THAT APPEARED TO BE WRONG AT THE TIME OF SERVICE. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON INTERSTATE 5 NEAR BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA, AND UNDER CRUISE CONTROL, MY 2012 JEEP PATRIOT STALLED AND LOST POWER TO THE TIRES. AT THAT MOMENT, THE CHECK ENGINE, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, AND ELECTRIC SYSTEMS (RED LIGHTNING BOLT) LIGHTS ALL BEGAN TO FLASH. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE FREEWAY SAFELY. BEING ONLY A FEW MILES FROM MY EVENTUAL DESTINATION, I ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN GEAR AT VERY LOW RPMS (SUB 2500). AT RPMS OVER 2500, HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WOULD MISFIRE AND I WOULD EXPERIENCE NO ACCELERATION. WITH THE VEHICLE STILL PARTIALLY DISABLED, I WAS ABLE TO REACH MY DESTINATION. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, UNLOADED MY LUGGAGE, AND THEN RETURNED TO INSPECT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SEEING THAT ALL BELT, HOSE, AND CABLE CONNECTIONS WERE SECURE, AND ALL FLUIDS AT THEIR PROPER LEVELS, I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND DROVE THE VEHICLE SUCCESSFULLY FOR ABOUT A MILE, WITH NO EVIDENCE OF THE RECENT SYMPTOMS. BEING THAT THE VEHICLE IS STILL SO NEW, AND WELL MAINTAINED, THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT WAS PARTICULARLY ALARMING. *TR