2014 JEEP PATRIOT Complaints

PURCHASED A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT (USED) ON 03/15/2014 WAS GOING TO WORK AT 5AM. ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS IN 2 LANE JEEP STARTED LOOSING POWER, SKIPPING BAD,IT DID NOT WONT TO RUN!!! FINALLY GOT IT OUT OF THE ROAD. THIS WAS IN AUGUST OF 2015. CALLED MY HUSBAND HE CAME WE GOT IT BACK HOME. POLICE STOPPED TO SEE IF I WAS OK NOW I CALLED THE JEEP RECALL PLACE AND GAVE THEM MY VIN NUMBER SAID NO RECALLS . SO NOW THE JEEP WILL NOT START WHEN I TURN THE IGNITION ON! HAVE TO DO IT SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IT TO CRANK!!! WE LIVE UP ON MOUNTAIN NOW IT STARTED AGAIN THE SAME THING!!!! HESITATES GOING UP THE MOUNTAIN AND ALSO ON STRAIGHT FLAT ROAD!!! SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSE TO DO???? IT SCARES ME THINKING I AM GOING TO GET STRANDED ON SIDE OF ROAD ANYTIME, ESPECIALLY AT 5 IN THE MORNINGS!!!! STILL DOING THE SAME THING!!! I JUST FEEL LIKE I AINT THE ONLY ONE THIS HAS HAPPEN TO WITH THE JEEPS.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME THROUGH PA, MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I LOST SPEED, HORSEPOWER, AND TORQUE; I STRUGGLED TO MAKE IT UP HILL (DIDN'T GO PASS 40 MPH), WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY CARS BEHIND ME. I PULLED OVER AND LET MY CAR REST FOR 30 MINUTES AND MADE IT HOME AT 65 MPH. I NORMALLY TRAVEL ANYWHERE BETWEEN 70 & 75 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP IN WHEELING, WV THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. THE SERVICE DEPT. TOLD ME THERE WERE NO RECORDED MESSAGES (CODES) IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND, THEREFORE, NO SERVICE WAS COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE. THE TECH EVEN INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM HE SEES, BUT CHRYSLER HASN'T FIXED IT AND HOPES THERE'S A RECALL. FAST-FORWARD TO AUGUST 31ST, 2015, I ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM TWICE WHILE DRIVING HOME THROUGH OH. I HAD AUTOZONE RUN A DIAGNOSTIC AND AGAIN, NO RECORDED CODES IN THE SYSTEM. I SEE A MECHANIC TOMORROW (FRIDAY, SEPT. 4TH) AND JEEP ON AUGUST 10TH. I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON VARIOUS FORUMS AND YOUTUBE (HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=VNKEZT0MR-4; HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=3-4STCTCGKW). AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REOCCURRING ISSUE WITH JEEP, DODGE, AND CHRYSLER FOR A LONG TIME. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REPORTING THIS ISSUE AND TAKING IT TO THEIR LOCAL DEALERSHIP WITH NO SERVICE. THERE'S A PROBLEM HERE AND CHRYSLER HAS KNOWN THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

IN MARCH, TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED WHILE ON HIGHWAY, LOST SPEED VERY QUICKLY. TOOK VEHICLE IN, TRANSMISSION FILL TUBE WAS MISSING AND THEN REPLACED. OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, I NOTICED EXTREMELY LOUD WHINING NOISES COMING FROM VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. FUEL MILEAGE IS EXTREMELY LOW. IN JULY, THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AGAIN, TOOK IT IN TO DEALERSHIP WITH NO DIAGNOSIS, OPENED UP A STAR CASE WITH FIAT-CHRYSLER, AFTER 2 WEEKS, NO DIAGNOSIS, PICKED UP THE VEHICLE, DROVE IT FOR 1 WEEK AND TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED WITH A CRACK IN TRANSMISSION FILL TUBE AGAIN. THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS AND DOES NOT REPORT A REPAIR CODE TO THE MAIN COMPUTER IN THE VEHICLE AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT REPAIR IT WITHOUT. VEHICLE HAS BROKEN DOWN MULTIPLE TIMES ON HIGHWAY DUE TO TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING.

VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING ON HW THEN CAR WAS SHIFTING CHECKED AND FOUND TIE ROD END WAS LOSE ALMOST GOING TO BRAKE HAVING LOSE TIE ROD PUT THE LIFE OF DRIVER AND ALL IN THE CAR AT HIGH RISK I CAME TO KNOW THAT THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM IN JEEP CARS

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AROUND 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON, VEHICLE STOPPED PULLING AND ENGINE RPM SHOT UP OVER 6 ON THE NEEDLE. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN 4 MONTHS.

AFTER A STORM I GOT INTO MY NEW 2014 JEEP PATRIOT WHICH ONLY HAS 8,000 MILES ON IT AND I NOTICED THAT MY DOME LIGHT ABOVE THE CD PLAYER IN THE HEADLINER WAS COMPLETELY FULL OF WATER. I WAS UNABLE TO TAKE IT OUT SO I HAD TO DRIVE HOME LIKE THAT AND EVERYTIME I WENT AROUND A CURVE WATER GUSHED OUT OF MY DOME LIGHT ALL OVER ME AND MY DASH AND CD PLAYER. THEN ANOTHER DAY IT WAS RAINING AND I WAS DRIVING THE JEEP AND WATER DROPLETS KEPT FALLING FROM THE HEADLINER/LIGHT AREA. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE HAD TO TAKE THE HEADLINER DOWN AND WORK ON IT FOR OVER 2 WEEKS TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK AND SHOULDER INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,149.

OUR SEAT BELT LIGHT STARTED TO MESS UP IN JUNE 2015, WE TOOK IT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND AFTER THEY TRIED TWO SWITCHES I WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD NOT BE FIXED AND THAT ALL 2014 JEEP PATRIOTS DO THIS! IF YOU PULL THE SEAT BELT OUT AN INCH FROM HOME POSITION THE LIGHT GOES OFF, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IT CLICKED IT WILL STILL BEEP AT YOU TELLING YOU THAT YOUR NOT WEARING YOUR SEAT BELT! WE HAVE ONLY HAD THIS JEEP SINCE FEB. 2014 AND PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW! IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION ON BASE, SO TECHNICALLY WE ARE NOT EVEN SUPPOSE TO BE DRIVING THIS UNSAFE JEEP THAT CAN'T BE FIXED! ALL 2014 JEEP PATRIOTS DO NOT DO THIS, I KNOW A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED A JEEP PATRIOT WITHIN A MONTH OR TWO FROM MY PURCHASE. NOW THE SEAT BELT LIGHT WILL STAY OFF EVEN WITHOUT ME WEARING MY SEAT BELT! I HAVE TRIED CONTACTING ISG, NHTSA, CHRYSLER SERVICE AND CANNOT REACH ANYONE ABOUT MY SAFETY ISSUE!

FOR THE FOURTH TIME, WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON HWAY AT 65 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR, OVERHEAT LAMP GOES ON EVEN THOUGH GAGE DOES NOT RISE AND CAR STARTS TO SLOW DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN ACCELERATION IS ATTEMPTED THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD WINDING SOUND AND SLOWS DOWN TO LESS THAN 20 MPH. EVENTUALLY ACCELERATION DOES NOT MATTER AS VEHICLE MOVES NO MORE THAN 20 MPH AND WE HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE FOR 30 OR MORE MINUTES. WHEN WE START THE VEHICLE AGAIN, THE VEHICLE STARTS AGAIN WITHOUT ISSUE. WE ALSO HAVE THE LOW TIRE SIGNAL GO ON REGARDLESS OF WHETHER TIRES ARE INFLATED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND THE FIRE MARSHALL STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS DUE TO FAULTY WIRING. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW YARD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,500.