2007 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. THE VEHICLE WAS WITH THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT CONTACT THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE ON BOTH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

IT BEGAN TO RAIN SO MY GIRLFRIEND TURNED ON THE WIPERS ONLY TO FIND THAT SHE HAD NO WIPERS. THEY WILL TURN ON SOMETIMES, BUT ONLY ON THE HIGHEST SETTING, YET AT A LESS THAN MINIMAL SPEED. WE THOUGHT IT COULD BE A LOOSE CONNECTION OR SOMETHING SEEING AS OUR VEHICLE IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD, BUT WHEN WE WENT TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP TO FIX IT THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT THE COMPUTER THAT THEY HOOKED IT UP TO SAID IT HAD NO PROBLEMS. WELL GUESS WHAT IT STILL DOES IT SO WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSE TO DO ABOUT IT NOW? *TR

I AM FROM CANADA AND OWN A 2007 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. I ONLY USE MY VEHICLE FOR HIGHWAY DRIVING AND NEVER TAKE IT OFF ROAD. I ONLY DRIVE IT WITH CARE. RECENTLY, I BROUGHT MY JEEP TO A DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF A STRANGE NOISE. THROUGH A SERVICE, IT WAS DETERMINED MY LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE EXCESSIVELY WORN TO THE POINT OF BEING A SAFETY HAZARD. THEY NEEDED TO BE IMMEDIATELY REPLACED IN ADDITION TO THE CONTROL ARMS. THIS COST APPROXIMATELY $1000 CAD. IN READING OVER THE INTERNET, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON MANUFACTURING PROBLEM WITH ISSUES ACROSS THE BOARD. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RECALL. THERE IS NO WAY THE BALL JOINTS SHOULD BE NEEDING REPLACEMENT IN A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD WITH NORMAL DRIVING USE. HAD I NOT BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN FOR A SERVICE, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AND WOULD POSSIBLY HAVE LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. JEEP NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

ON 08/12/2011 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING FROM CT TO MASS ON THE HIGHWAY TO PICK UP OUR 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AT HER MOTHERS, WHEN SUDDENLY THE JEEP STARTED TO SHAKE. ON 08/13/2011 BROUGHT CAR TO MECHANIC AND HE SAID BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY, AND THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HE SAID SHE WAS LUCKY THE WHEELS DIDN'T FALL OFF. 08/13/2011 CALLED DEALERSHIP, BRANHAVEN IN BRANFORD, CT AND FOUND A RECALL BUT IT'S VIN NUMBER SPECIFIC, AND DOES NOT MATCH OUR JEEP. DEALER SUGGESTED CALL CHRYSLER DIRECT FOR ASSISTANCE...CHRYSLER SAID THE CAR NEEDS TO GO TO DEALERSHIP TO BE DIAGNOSED. NOW WILL COST MORE MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A TYPICAL PROBLEM WITH 07 JEEP PATRIOTS, THE CAR IS 4 YEARS OLD WITH LESS THAN 60K MILES..THIS IS NOT AN OFF ROAD VEHICLE. THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY CHRYSLER IMMEDIATELY. FORTUNATELY NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, AN UNKNOWN NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SHOP FOR INSPECTION. AFTER INSPECTION, THEY NOTICED THAT THE TIE RODS WERE LOOSE, RESULTING IN THE BALL JOINTS ALSO BECOMING LOOSE. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED THE TIE RODS, BUT NOT THE BALL JOINTS. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000. UPDATED 9/13/11 *CN UPDATED 10/28/11

DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE BALL JOINTS WHERE THERE IS NO GREASE FITTING THE BALL JOINTS FAILED AND CAUSED MASSIVE MISALIGNMENT. THIS ALSO CAUSE TIRES TO GO FLAT DUE TO UNEVEN WEAR AND RUINED THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF THE VEHICLE. *KB

2007 JEEP PATRIOT, NEW TIE RODS AT 24,000 MILES, HAD TO CHANGE ALL OF THE DISC BRAKES DUE TO RUST AND CRACKING AT 48,000 MILES, TOLD BY OUR MECHANIC THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. AT OUR LAST VEHICLE INSPECTION ON 07-01-2011 WE WERE TOLD THAT IT NEEDS NEW BALL JOINTS SINCE THEY WERE CRACKING, THE CAR HAS LESS THAT 60,000 MILES. *TR

JEEP BEGAN MAKING CLUNKING SOUND WHEN TURNING. INFORMED THAT LOWER CONTROL ARMS WITH BALL JOINTS IN THE FRONT NEED TO BE REPLACED. HAD THIS HAPPEN ON A PREVIOULY OWNED JEEP LIBERTY BUT THAT WAS REPAIRED VIA A RECALL. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE ON A SIMILAR VEHICLE. HAVE SEEN THAT THERE ARE MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE ON PATRIOTS WITH RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AS THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE THEY PERFORMED A RECALL ON FOR A PREVIOUS MODEL. A FAILING BALL JOINT POSES A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK.

BOTH FRONT BALL JOINTS BAD AT APPROX. 50,000 NEVER TAKEN OFF ROAD AND ITS MY WIFE'S WHO NEVER GOES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT JUST GOES TO WORK AND GROCERY. GOING TO BE ABOUT $1200 TO FIX AND SAID MY VEHICLE IS 2 MONTHS FROM DATE OF FREE REPLACEMENT THROUGH RECALL. *KB

I NOTICED A CLUNK IN MY 2007 JEEP PATRIOT, WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER (GRAVA CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE) AND WAS TOLD THE LOWER CONTROL ARM/ BALL JOINTS ON BOTH SIDES HAVE FAILED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AFTER ONLY 21,112 MILES. VIN [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *KB