2007 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4 Complaints

VEHICLE STALLS SUDDENLY AFTER RE-FUELING. THIS STARTED HAPPENING A FEW WEEKS AGO AND NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE CAR IS RE-FUELED. IT OCCURS A MILE OR SO AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION WITHOUT WARNING IN TRAFFIC. DEFECTIVE FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM IS REPEATABLE AND DANGEROUS. GET THIS RECALLED.

AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE WILL SPUTTER AND DIE CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND PROPULSION. THIS CAUSES A GRAVE SAFETY PROBLEM AS IT USUALLY OCCURS WHILE PULLING OUT IN AN INTERSECTION PUTTING THE DRIVER AND ALL PASSENGERS AT RISK. THIS OCCURS FOR THE FIRST FEW MILES AFTER FUELING AND DOES NOT OCCUR AGAIN TILL THE NEXT FILL UP. I AM WILLING TO DEMONSTRATE THIS FOR A NHTSA INSPECTOR IF THE ARE WILLING TO INVESTIGATE THIS SAFETY ISSUE AS I SEE SEVERAL OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. JUST SEARCH GOOGLE.

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN JANUARY 2016 FOR OUR DAUGHTER TO TAKE TO COLLEGE OUT OF TOWN. I CHECKED FOR RECALLS BEFORE I BOUGHT AND FOUND NONE. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM A CHEVY DEALER. AFTER OUR PURCHASE, I FILLED THE TANK WITH FUEL. WHEN I PULLED AWAY FROM THE GAS STATION AND INTO TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE STALLS AND CUTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. I RESTARTED IT AND WENT ABOUT A BLOCK AND THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT GOING ABOUT TWENTY MILES PER HOUR WHILE I WAS IN TRAFFIC. I MADE IT BACK HOME AND CALLED THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM AND THEY STATED THEY DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I CALLED A LOCAL JEEP DEARLERSHIP AND ASKED A SERVICE MANAGER AND HE SAID HE HAS NOT HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. IMAGINE HOW YOU WOULD FEEL IF YOUR CHILD WAS DRIVING A VEHICLE WITH THIS ISSUE! MY DAUGHTER DID CALL YESTERDAY, 1/24/2016 AND STATED SHE MUST HAVE PUT TOO MUCH FUEL IN THE JEEP BECAUSE IT STALLED OUT IN TRAFFIC AFTER SHE PULLED OUT OF THE GAS STATION. MY ISSUE WITH THIS IS THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN DOCUMENTED ISSUE AND HAS BEEN ADDRESSED MULTIPLE TIMES ON THIS SITE. THE CULPRIT SEEMS TO BE A FUEL/VAPOR CANISTER VALVE IN THE FUEL TANK AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STALL IF FILLED ALL THE WAY UP. THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALLS FROM JEEP BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DOCUMENTED CASES. I BOUGHT THE JEEP USED WITH NO WARRANTY OFFERED SO I AM STUCK WITH THIS. MY QUESTION IS WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUED FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT? I DO NOT THINK IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR JEEP TO IGNORE THIS ISSUE NOR YOUR DEPARTMENT IGNORE IT ALSO. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE WITH NO ACTION. I WILL APPRECIATE YOU TAKING ACTION TO HAVE JEEP RESOLVE THIS IMMEDIATELY.

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, THE CAR STALLS AFTER REFUELING AND ONLY AFTER REFUELING. ONCE FUEL IS PUT IN (AND NOT "TOPPED OFF" JUST REGULAR FILLING UP), THE CAR WILL START BUT WILL STALL SEVERAL TIMES IN THE FIRST FEW MILES DRIVEN. WHEN IT STALLS, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY. IN LOOKING AT JEEP FORUMS, IT SEEMS TO BE A PERVASIVE ISSUE WITH JEEP AND CHRYSLERS AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL/VAPOR VALVE IN THE FUEL TANK. THERE IS NO CURRENT RECALL ON THIS. I'VE HAD A THE FUEL PUMP AND THE FUEL CANISTER BOTH REPLACED. THIS HAPPENS WHEN MOVING ONLY AFTER REFUELING. AFTER IT STALLS AND I RESTART 3-4 TIMES, IT RUNS FINE UNTIL I REFUEL AGAIN. AS FOR WHEN THIS HAPPENED, IT LAST HAPPENED YESTERDAY (1/6/16), BUT IT HAPPENS EACH AND EVERY TIME I REFUEL.

THE VEHICLE STALLS AFTER FILLING-UP THE GAS TANK. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK WHEN IT STALLS, AND SOMETIMES THE CHECK OIL LIGHT COMES ON. WHEN YOU RESTART THE VEHICLE, IT RUNS FINE UNTIL THE NEXT FILL-UP, AND NO LIGHT INDICATORS STAY ON. IT WILL STALL IF YOU ARE STOPPED OR NOT ACCELERATING. I HAVE FELT ESPECIALLY UNSAFE WHEN IT STALLED IN AN INTERSECTION WHERE I WAS WAITING TO TURN LEFT. ALL STALLS HAVE HAPPENED ON CITY STREETS. IF I DO NOT STOP WITHIN A MILE OR TWO OF THE GAS STATION (LIKE WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILL-UP), IT WILL HESITATE / JERK VERY HARD WITHOUT STALLING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS ACCELERATING. THAT IS THE ONLY TIME IT DOES NOT STALL AFTER FILLING UP. I NEVER TOP OFF THE GAS TANK, AND I ALWAYS INSURE THE GAS CAP IS TIGHTENED. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM, AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR FEAR OF CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IF STALLING IN AN INTERSECTION.

EVERYTHING I FILL UP WITH GAS THE JEEP DIES PULLING AWAY FROM THE PUMP. SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET OUT IN TRAFFIC AND IT WILL DIE WHILE TRAVELING SLOW. YOU HAVE TO STOP RESTART THE ENGINE AND HOLD YOU'RE FOOT ON THE GAS AND BRAKE TO KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING AT A STOP. COULD BE DANGEROUS IF THE JEEP DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION.

AFTER REFUELING, THE CAR WILL STALL JUST AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION. THIS USUALLY OCCURS WHEN I'M STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND THE CAR IS IDLING. IF I'M NOT STOPPED AT A LIGHT, I'LL FEEL A STUTTERING OR JERKING MOTION ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE GAS STATION. I'VE JUST BEEN DEALING WITH IT BECAUSE THE CAR ALWAYS STARTS BACK UP AGAIN. HOWEVER, NOW I'M UNABLE TO FILL THE GAS TANK WITHOUT THE PUMP SHUTTING OFF EVERY HALF GALLON. I BELIEVE THE FUEL INLET CHECK VALVE MAY BE THE CULPRIT.

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, MY JEEP PATRIOT CUTS OFF EVERY TIME I GET GAS. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES. THEY HAVE REPLACED MY FUEL PUMP AND AUXILIARY (I BELIEVE THATS WHAT ITS CALLED) AND I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IVE ALSO HAD MY THROTTLE BOTTLED CLEANED TWICE. OCCASIONALLY, THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WITH CODE P0442 BUT GOES OFF AFTER A DAY OR TWO.IT'S BECOMING SUPER FRUSTRATED AND CLEARLY DANGEROUS TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS CAR WITH NO SOLUTION.

AFTER LEAVING A GAS STATION AND DRIVING ABOUT A HALF OF MILE DOWN THE ROAD, MY CAR STARTED TO STALL. I THEN HAD TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND COMPLETELY TURN IT OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON. WHEN I WENT TO TURN IT BACK ON, IT DID NOT START UP RIGHT AWAY. THEN THE NEXT RED LIGHT THAT I STOPPED AT, WHICH WAS A HALF OF MILE AFTER THE FIRST STOP, MY CAR STALLED AGAIN. I THEN PUT THE CAR BACK IN PARK, PUT MY FLASHERS ON AND RESTARTED THE CAR. NOW EVERY TIME I FILL MY TANK TO FULL THE CAR STALLS. IT IS VERY SCARY AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC, HE SAID IT WOULD COST ABOUT $1000 TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK. APPARENTLY, THERE IS A VALVE THAT PREVENTS THE GAS FROM LEAKING OUT IF THE CAR WERE TO EVER ROLLOVER. IN ORDER TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, I WAS TOLD THAT THE WHOLE GAS TANK WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. WHILE A TECHNICIAN WAS REPLACING THE CONTROL ARMS AND LEAF SPRINGS ON THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE K-FRAME SPLIT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE THE VEHICLE COULD PASS INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 8/10/15*CN UPDATED 10/17/2017*CN