2014 JEEP PATRIOT Complaints

MY CAR WOULD NOT START, THERE WAS STILL POWER TO THE LIGHTS AND RADIO. MY JEEP HAS ONLY 20,673 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN DECEMBER 2013. IT IS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST CHRYSLER DEALER. SAN LEANDRO CHRYSLER IS WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND HAVE IT SERVICED REGULARLY. I PURCHASED THE SERVICE CONTRACT FROM THE DEALER. THEY TOOK 5 BUSINESS DAYS TO LOOK AT IT. I HAD TO PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. THE SERVICE TECH DETERMINED IT WAS THE WCM WAS NON RESPONSIVE. THEY SAID SINCE I HAD AN AFTERMARKET ALARM THE WARRANTY WAS VOID. I HAD THE ALARM INSTALLED BY AN ALARM SPECIALIST. THEY CHARGED ME $185 FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC, AND MY CAR STILL DID NOT WORK. I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR WCM. IT TURNS OUT THIS PROBLEM GOES BACK TO 2008 IN JEEP, CHRYSLER AND DODGE VEHICLES. ONE OF THE FORUMS RECOMMENDED I DISCONNECT THE BATTERY OR A CERTAIN FUSE. I DID THAT, THE CAR STARTED RIGHT UP ! I TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO REFUND MY MONEY. THIS WCM CAN ONLY BE INSTALLED BY A DEALER BECAUSE IT HAS TO MATCH THE VIN #. THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED ! YOUR VEHICLE COULD JUST TURN OFF WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING IT !

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION COMBINED IMPACT OF ABOUT 40 MPH. DRIVER ENDED UP OUT OF SEAT DRAPED OVER STEERING WHEEL. PHYSICAL EXAM OF DRIVER SHOWED BRUISE ON LEFT CLAVICLE AREA INDICATING SHOULDER STRAP WAS IN USE. DRIVER SUFFERED SEVERE CONTUSION AND POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF STERNUM. INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2015. ACCIDENT REPORT AVAILABLE FROM WAUKESHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. INTERSECTION OF ELMHURST AND NORTHVIEW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD AND IN REVERSE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE HAD STEAM COMING FROM THE HOOD, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ODOR, AND THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,069.

SINCE MARCH OF 2015 THE CAR HAS EXPERIENCED 43 NON-STARTS. WHEN YOU INSERT THE KEY AND TURN IT TO START THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENS IS THE DASH LIGHTS COME ON. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES AND EACH TIME THE DEALER CANT FIND A PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME THE CAR WAS IN THE DEALERSHIP ADMITTED THE CAR HAS A PROBLEM AS STATED IN IN STAR REPORT. CHRYSLER DOES NOT HAVE A FIX AND WONT UNTIL THE EARLIEST OF 1ST QTR OF 2016. THE CONDITION IS CALLED A SKIM OUT AND IF IT DOESNT START AFTER 6 TRIES IT WILL NOT START FOR 12-24 HOURS LEAVING THE DRIVER STRANDED

FIRST DAY ,I DROVE OUT OF DEALER,WITH MY NEW JEEP PATRIOT,A ROLLING NOISE WAS COMING FROM MY WHEELS,NEVER IN OTHER AUTOS I HERD,SUCH A LOUD BEARING NOISE,AS I DRIVE. I THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL,BUT I HAD TO CLOSE MY WINDOWS,THINKING THAT IT WILL HELP. AS TIME GOES,WITH 30,000 MILES IS GETTING WORSE!,IT SOUNDS LIKE A THOUS OLD METAL SKATE BOARDS,WITH METAL ROLLING WHEEL BEARINGS. I TURNED OFF MY ENGINE,I PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL,COAST DOWN IN A DOWN SLOPED STREET,AND THE LAUD BEARING NOISE IS THERE. I JACK MY CAR UP,WITH MY FLOOR JACK,PUT STANDS,TURNED WHEELS BY HAND ,NO BEARING NOISE!.START ENGINE,WHILE IN JACKS,PUT IN DRIVE,NOISE AND JERK AT 25 MPH.

MY CAR HAS STALLED COMPLETELY OVER A DOZEN TIMES WHILE DRIVING OR EVEN JUST FROM BEING PARKED AND TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WAS AFTER I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I TURNED ON MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND MOVED TO THE LEFT SHOULDER. THANKFULLY OTHER VEHICLES REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND LET ME MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. I COULD'VE HURT SOME ONE ELSE OR MYSELF. I WAS PARKED FOR 5 MINUTES WHEN I TRIED TO START IT AGAIN BUT THE CAR WAS HESITANT. I TRIED AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE FREEWAY SAFELY AND IT SHUT OFF AGAIN A FEW MILES FROM THERE. I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY STATED THAT THERE WERE NO ERROR CODES AND THAT THE CAR WAS OKAY. NOW AGAIN ON OCT 8TH 2015 IT DID IT AGAIN WILL DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. AFTER LETTING IT SIT I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME AND AFTER 20 MINUTES I DROVE IT TO THE DEALER AND IT STALLED AGAIN DOWN THE STREET FROM THE DEALER. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED IN CASE THERE WERE ERROR CODES ON THE SOFTWARE. THEY'VE HAD MY CAR FOR 4 DAYS AND THEY HAVE ALREADY CALLED THAT THERE ARE NO ERROR CODES. THEY HAVE HAD TECHNICIANS TRY TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BOTH TIMES BUT NO LUCK. I REFUSE TO DRIVE THE CAR. I WILL NOT PUT MY LIFE OR ANY ONE ELSE IN DANGER.

I WAS ON A 300 MILE ROAD TRIP. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON AROUND 70-73 MPH AND DRIVING ON FAIRLY LEVEL ROAD (NO HILLS). THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED AND THE ENGINE RPM WENT UP BETWEEN 4500-5000. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT DOWN SHIFT AUTOMATICALLY. I HAD TO TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL AND SLOW DOWN FOR IT TO SHIFT. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES ON THE TRIP. THERE IS LESS THAN 25000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THINKING SERIOUSLY ABOUT GETTING RID OF THIS VEHICLE BEFORE I GET STUCK WITH IT.

THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH METAL CHROMED LUG NUT COVERS WHICH ARE PRESSED ONTO THE LUG NUTS. TWICE NOW AFTER A TIRE ROTATION AND HAVING ALL 4 WHEELS REMOVED AND REINSTALLED THESE LUG NUT CAPS HAVE COME FLYING OFF. ONCE WHEN SPEEDS WERE 45MPH+ THE OTHER AT 70MPH. DUE TO HAVING MY ARM OUT THE WINDOW I WAS STRUCK BY ONE OF THESE CAPS AND WAS CUT AND BRUISED. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE AFFECTED LUG NUTS BUT THEY ARE REPLACING THEM WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE LUG NUTS USED AT THE FACTORY. 2 TIMES NOW AFTER TIRE ROTATION THIS HAS OCCURRED WHERE SEVERAL OF THESE CAPS HAVE COME FLYING OFF OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER KEEPS REPLACING THEM AND I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER TO INFORM THEM OF THE ISSUE AND DESIRE TO HAVE THE LUG NUTS REPLACED WITH SOLID NUTS. CHRYSLER AND THE DEALER HAVE SO FAR REFUSED TO REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE LUG NUTS WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE SAME FAULTY ONES. AS THESE ARE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AT HIGH SPEEDS THE CONCERN IS THAT BYSTANDERS COULD BE SEVERELY INJURED IF STRUCK BY ONE OF THESE CAPS, AND OR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLES, OR PROPERTY.

A GOOD YEAR EAGLE TIRE EXPLODED. THESE TIRES WERE ON MY JEEP WHEN I BOUGHT IT 2 YEARS AGO. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES TO MANY DRIVERS. TWO OF THE TIRE DEALERS IN MY AREA REFUSE TO SELL THAT MODEL TIRE DUE TO SUCH PROBLEMS. I HAVE CONTACTED BRIGHTON CHRYSLER IN BRIGHTON MICHIGAN TO ALERT THEM TO THE PROBLEM. I HAVE AS YET TO CALL CHRYSLER OR GOOD YEAR, BUT I INTEND TO FIND OUT WHO PUT THESE TIRES ON MY CAR, AND REPORT THIS PROBLEM. THIS COULD CAUSE INJURIES OR DEATH AND RESULT IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. THERE ARE A GREAT MANY REVIEWS ON THE INTERNET REPORTING PROBLEMS WITH GOOD YEAR TIRES OF THIS, AND OTHER MODELS.

WHEN MAKING A TURN AT A STOP LIGHT OR MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AT A LOW SPEED, ENGINE DIES BUT WILL RESTART AFTER IT'S PUT BACK INTO PARK & RESTARTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVEN TIMES & ONE TIME WHEN NOT TURNING & USUALLY WHEN YOU ARE TURNING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS EACH TIME. SERVICE CAN'T DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE. VEHICLE DOES NOT GIVE ANY INDICATION THAT ENGINE WILL DIE. TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON IF IT DIES WHILE TURNING BUT IF NOT TURNING, VEHICLE ENGINE SIMPLY SHUTS OFF, AS IF IGNITION HAS BEEN TURNED OFF BUT VEHICLE HAS TO BE IN PARK AS OPPOSED TO BEING IN DRIVE WHEN ENGINE DIES. THE ENGINE IS QUIET & YOU CAN'T TELL IT'S DIED & YOU HAVE NO STEERING CONTROL. I'VE ALMOST BEEN IN THREE ACCIDENTS, ONE WITH A TRUCK-TRAILER WAITING TO TURN BUT STOPPING ABOUT A FOOT AWAY FROM BEHIND ME. MY MOM WAS IN A HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT AFTER A GAME & ALMOST ROLLED INTO SOME HIGH SCHOOL KIDS & THEIR PARENTS B/C SHE DIDN'T REALIZE SHE WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS UNTIL MY BROTHER PULLED THE E-BRAKE. THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASE FROM TOLD ME THAT CHRYSLER DEEMS IT A LEMON. I OPENED A CASE WITH CHRYSLER, THEY WASTED MY TIME & FINALLY TOLD ME THAT NCDSUSA.ORG DEEMS IT A LEMON. I WASTE MORE TIME TO OPEN A CASE WITH NCDSUSA.ORG & SEND THEM MY REPAIR ORDERS & THEY GO THROUGH THE TRIAL & TELL ME THAT THEY DO NOT DEEM IT A LEMON BUT THAT SINCE THE DEALERSHIP HAS SAID IT'S IN WORKING ORDER THAT MY CASE IS DECLINED. THIS VEHICLE IS A DEATH TRAP & CHRYSLER DOESN'T CARE THAT AN UNSAFE VEHICLE IS ON THE ROAD, THAT I'VE ALMOST BEEN IN THREE ACCIDENTS & COULD HAVE DIED WHEN THE TRUCK AND TRAILER ALMOST REAR-ENDED ME AND THAT IT'S NOT JUST MY FAMILY OR MYSELF (IF I SURVIVE) THAT WILL BE FILING A LAWSUIT BUT ANY OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED BECAUSE I WILL TELL THE OTHER PARTY AND THEY COULD BE SUED BY THEM AS WELL. I'VE GIVEN DEALERSHIPS CHANCES TO GET THIS OFF THE ROAD BUT THEY REFUSE TO HELP.