2007 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4 Complaints

WENT TO GO GET MY JEEP INSPECTED, UPON INSPECTION MY VEHICLE HAD FAILED DUE TO THE TIRE BEING LOOSE AND THE OUTER TIE ROD NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. WENT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND HAD THE TIE ROD REPLACED. WENT BACK TO GET MY VEHICLE RE-INSPECTED AND AGAIN FAILED FOR THE SAME REASON. WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE BALL JOINT AND CONTROL ARM WAS BAD. BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE HAZARDOUS TO THE OWNERS DRIVING THEM. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT IF NOT KILLED WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND THE FRONT SUSPENSION GIVES OUT. *TR

NORMAL, ROUTINE DRIVING WITH VEHICLE THAT HAD LESS THAN 36,000 MILES AND THE BALL JOINTS FAILED, THEY WERE REPLACED BEFORE WARRANTY RAN OUT LATER THAT MONTH. *TR

2007 JEEP PATRIOT 46,000 MILES TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE AND IT WILL COST 7,000 TO REPLACE-- CHRYSLER 36,000 WARRANTY GO FIGURE THEY WILL NOT REALLY ASSIST. *TR

STARTED AS ACCELERATOR "FLAT SPOT."UNDER VERY LIGHT ACCELERATION (INTERMITTENT)ENGINE WILL FAIL TO RESPOND AND SOMETIMES STAY AT A LOW RPM OR STALL. I HAVE TO RELEASE PEDAL AND REAPPLY OR RESTART THE ENGINE. NOW PROBLEM IS MORE OBVIOUS WITH RAIN CAUSING ROUGH ENGINE IDLE, ERRATIC IDLE SPEED AND ENGINE STALL. *TR

1. WENT INTO FIRESTONE FOR OIL CHANGE, AND TO LOOK AT MY TIRES BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE LOOSE. 2. FRONT CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINTS ARE MESSED UP, WHICH CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO INNER TIRES TO WHERE THE WIRES INSIDE THE TIRE WERE SHOWING FROM THE OUTSIDE. 3. HAD TO REPLACE CONTROL ARMS AND FRONT TIRES. *TR

MY CAR HORN RANDOMLY HONKS ON ITS OWN AT VARIOUS TIMES. I HAD LOGGED THE INCIDENTS FOR OVER A MONTH TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY SIMILARITIES AMONG THE INCIDENTS AND THERE WERE NONE. SPEED, OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE, TURNING VS STRAIGHT DRIVING ALL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THE HORN WILL HONK SHORT BURSTS AS WELL AS LONG HONKS THAT WILL STOP WHEN I PUSH THE STEERING WHEEL HORN BUTTON. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN IN A PARKING LOT OR AT A STOP LIGHT IT GOES OFF AND PEOPLE THINK I AM DOING IT. I AM VERY AFRAID THAT IT WILL CAUSE A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT/ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER 2 TIMES AND MY MECHANIC ONCE. NEITHER HAVE FOUND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE DIAGNOSTICS THAT WERE RUN. *TR

THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS OF MY 2007 JEEP PATRIOT HAD TO BE REPLACED IN JANUARY,2010 . I WAS TOLD THAT MY TIRE COULD FALL OFF - FUNNY BECAUSE I HAVE ALL MY SERVICE WORK DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP - THEY REPLACED THEM FOR ABOUT $125 AS A COURTESY - NEVER MENTIONED A POSSIBLE PROBLEM DURING ANY PRIOR VISIT - 39,000 ON JEEP. *TR

SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT FOR NO REASON 2007 JEEP PATRIOT SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH NO ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT. *TR

FRONT & REAR WHEEL BEARINGS ON MY 2007 JEEP PATROIT. WHEN I FIRST PICKED UP THIS VEHICLE AS A LEAST VEHICLE, MY FATHER, WHO IS A FORMER CHRYSLER ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN OF HIGHLAND PARK MICH TOLD ME TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND HAVE THE FRONT AND REAR WHEEL BEARINGS INSPECTED. HE SAID HE SUSPECTS THEY ARE FAULTY BECAUSE HE SAID HE HEARD THEM MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. AS SOON AS TIME PERMITTED I DID THAT AND THE DEALERSHIP, RICHMOND CHRYSLER REPLACED THE REAR BEARINGS ONLY. THEY SUPPOSEDLY ROAD TESTED THE CAR AND SAID IT WAS FINISHED. I PICKED IT UP AND HAD MY FATHER ALSO ROAD TEST IT. HE SAID THE FRONT BEARINGS WERE MAKING A WORSE NOISE THAN EVER AND THEY SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THIS AT THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN I ASK THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT IT, THEY SAID IT WAS NO LONGER COVERED AS MY WARRANTY HAD RUN OUT. ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK I WAS FORCED TO TAKE IT BACK AND GET IT FIXED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ORDERED THE PART THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND ALL THE BEARINGS WERE BAD AND RETURNED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THEY FINALLY RECEIVED A GOOD SET AND NOW THEY GIVE ME A BILL OF $1400.00. MY FATHER RETIRED IN 2006 AFTER WORKING 41 YEARS. I THINK THIS IS VERY UNFAIR AND SHOWS LITTLE CONCERN FOR THE COSTUMER WHO IS BY LAW (RIGHT) TILL PROVEN OTHERWISE. I DON'T MIND PAYING A FAIR PORTION OF THE BILL BUT DON'T YOU THINK IT WOULD SHOW GOOD CONCERN FOR THE COSTUMER IF YOU CAME THROUGH TOO AND RECOGNIZED THAT THEY WERE BAD TO BEGIN WITH AND COVERED AT HALF THE COST. YOUR STORE POLICY'S ARE TO TREAT ALL COSTUMERS RIGHT. SO TELL ME WHAT IS FAIR ABOUT THIS. WE'VE BOUGHT CHRYSLER PRODUCTS FOR OVER 30 YEARS BUT I TELL YOU OTHER PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET ARE LOOKING BETTER. I FEEL I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING AS I DID REPORT THIS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF MY LEASE AND IT WAS NOT CORRECTED. PLEASE COMMENT, BECAUSE I FEEL I'M BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY AND I'M AT THE POINT OF CALLING THE NEWS PAPERS. IF YOU WANT THE BAD PUBLICITY, FINE, I'LL BE GLAD TO COMPLAIN TO THEM. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY JEEP PATRIOT TODAY. SHE NOTICED SOME SMOKE IN THE CABIN & PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER & GOT OUT JUST IN TIME. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPT GOT THERE, 10 MIN OR SO, THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED & IT BURNED TO THE GROUND. IT WAS A 2007 WITH 12,000 MI ON IT & WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO PROBLEMS AT ALL UP UNTIL TODAY. SHE SAID SHE SMELLED A LITTLE ELECTRICAL SMOKE ( LIKE BURNING PLASTIC)JUST BEFORE & THOUGHT IT WAS COMING FROM THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *TR