2016 JEEP PATRIOT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE IDLING AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LEAST TWELVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CAMSHAFT SWITCH FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,917.

THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. THE ENGINE STALLS RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. IT IS VERY UNSAFE. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ANY COMPUTER CODES. WE TOOK THE CAR BACK HOME AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND PAID FOR THEM TO DO THE WORK FOR THE S89 RECALL EVEN THOUGH OUR VIN ISN'T COVERED. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE RECALL JUST COVERS THE WIRE HARNESS AND NOT THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR ITSELF. WE GOT THE JEEP BACK. THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE THIRD TIME THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS BECAUSE AT APPROX.42,000 MILES IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY WHICH IS ONLY 36,000 MILES. WE GOT THE JEEP BACK. NOT FIXED. THE JEEP HAS STALLED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS AND ALSO UPON TURNING. WE HAVE ALSO STALLED GOING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND BARELY HAD TIME TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. MOST OF THE TIME, THE ENGINE WILL RESTART RIGHT AWAY, BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WAIT SEVERAL MINUTES. THE JEEP IS BACK AT THE DEALER. WE HAD CALLED CHRYSLER AND GOTTEN A CASE MANAGER. WE GOT A CALL FROM HIM YESTERDAY THAT THE DEALER SERVICE DEPT. STILL HAD NOT FOUND THE PROBLEM. HE WAS GOING TO CHECK WITH THEM AGAIN TOMORROW. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THIS CONDITION AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY THE PROBLEM ISN'T BEING FIXED.

THIS VEHICLE IS A LEMON IT ALMOST CAUSED A FATALITY IT BACKFIRED AND ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON IT'S BEEN PULLING AND OUT OF LINE SINCE DAY ONE BOUGHT NEW.....SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES AND NOW IN SHOP FOR ELECTRICAL SENSOR $1400

CAR CUTS OFF (ENGINE STALL) AFTER STARTING & DRIVING! FIRST IT WAS HARD TO START, THEN IT WOULD CUT OFF AFTER STARTING OR PUTTING INTO DRIVE, FINALLY IT CUT OFF ON ME WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET (HAD TO BE TOWED)! THANK GOD, I WASN'T ON A MAIN HIGHWAY! BEFORE THE COMPLETE SHUT DOWN, AUTO ZONE RAN A CHECK ON MY VEHICLE FOR ME, SHOWING BATTERY & ALTERNATOR WERE FINE, BUT FOUND THAT THE SENSOR (CRANKSHAFT OR CAMSHAFT) WAS THE PROBLEM, WITH CAR CUTTING OFF! NHTSA SHOWS THIS TO BE A PROBLEM (VEHICLE STALLING,) WITH THE 2016 JEEP PATRIOT, BUT MY VIN IS NOT LISTED. I SPOKE WITH MY DEALER, THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT NOT ON MY VIN#, & THAT I WOULD NEED TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC FROM THEM, TO PROVE THAT IS WHAT WRONG (CAN ACCEPT INFORMATION FROM AUTO ZONE)! I AM UNABLE TO USE MY VEHICLE, BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, IF THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE JEEP PATRIOT BY THE DEALER & NHTSA, WHY ISN'T MY VIN# NOT ON THE LIST??

2016 PATRIOT WITH,54,000 MILES. NO MAJOR ISSUES PRIOR. 2 WEEKS AGO HOWEVER, I WAS LEFT STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY ENTRANCE RAMP, ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY A SEMI AND SIDE SWIPING A CONSTRUCTION SIGN TO AVOID BEING HIT. WHEN ACCELERATING THE ETC SYMBOL (LIGHTENING BOLT) WILL DISPLAY, TRACTION CONTROL ICON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL DISPLAY. THE JEEP COMPLETELY STOPS ACCELERATING (HIGHWAY SPEED TO 0 MPH WITHIN SECONDS=DEADLY), IT WILL SHAKE BEFORE JUST DYING. IF I'M LUCKY I'LL MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER (IF IT HAPPENS TO HAVE ONE). THROUGH GOOGLE RESEARCH, I CAME ACROSS A WAY TO DO A "RESET" (TURN CAR OFF, INSERT KEY AND TURN "ON", PRESS GAS PEDAL SLOWLY, RELEASE SLOWLY, TURN CAR OFF AND THEN RESTART THE ENGINE). DOING THIS TYPICALLY CLEARS THE ICONS AND I'M ABLE TO TRAVEL AGAIN. THIS INTERMITTENTLY HAPPENS, SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE POTENTIALLY ABOUT TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT FROM STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY. WHEN DRIVING ON CITY/TOWN ROADS, IT HAS NOT COMPLETED STOPPED AS STATED ABOVE, BUT WILL "JUMP" WHEN SWITCHING GEARS, THEN THROW THE ETC SYMBOL. IF I LET OFF THE GAS, THE ICON GOES AWAY AND CAR RUNS NORMAL. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC 1 DAY AGO AND WAS TOLD TO GET A NEW BATTERY. THE BATTERY WAS CHANGED 1 DAY AGO AND THE ISSUE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES TODAY. THROUGH ONLINE SEARCHES IT APPEARS THIS IS A TERRIBLY COMMON ISSUE THAT JEEP HAS YET TO ADDRESS! SOMEONE IS GOING TO END UP LOSING THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO WAY OF KNOWING THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN OR ANY PREVENTATIVE MEASURES THAT A TYPICAL PERSON WOULD KNOW TO TAKE TO AVOID THIS DEADLY MALFUNCTION. AS EASY AS IT IS TO JUST TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC, THAT IS NOT FINANCIALLY POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE AND IN THIS SITUATION NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY JEEP AS IT IS RECURRING ISSUE AND IS DEADLY. NOTHING AS A VEHICLE OWNER WOULD AVOID THIS FROM OCCURRING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE RPMS INCREASED FROM 5,000 TO 6,000 WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LAUREL CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 1000 EISENHOWER BLVD, JOHNSTOWN, PA 15904) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILURE, CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION BANK 1, INVALID SKIM KEY, AND AN UNKNOWN CODE APPEARED FOR THE ABS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V907000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). MANAHAWKIN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 500 NEW JERSEY 72 WEST, MANAHAWKIN, NJ 08050) WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AT 866-834-5922 AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

TRAVELING 95 NORTH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON TRAVELING 73 MPH. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES THE ENGINE RACED AS IF I WERE TRYING TO INCREASE MY SPEED. THE VEHICLE SURPASSED 80 MPH. I HAD TO STOMP ON THE BREAK TO DISENGAGE THE CRUSE CONTROL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK IN HER DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE REAR ENDED A PARKED VEHICLE THAT WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AS OF YET. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL REGARDING THE CRANKSHAFT, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE ABS AND FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED BY FLETCHER SUPERSTORE (3111 E 32ND ST, JOPLIN, MO 64804, (417) 553-7589). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,200. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. *BF *JB