2015 Jeep Patriot Complaint Log

ON 11/5/18, MY FIANC WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, ABOUT 65 MILES AN HOUR, WHEN THE CAR ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THIS CAUSED THE POWER STEERING TO STOP WORKING. SHE WAS BARELY ABLE TO COAST OFF OF THE FREEWAY, STRUGGLING TO STEER IT, WITHOUT HITTING OTHER VEHICLES ON THE BUSY FREEWAY. IT SAT FOR FOUR HOURS, AND THEN IT STARTED AGAIN. IT HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT LEAST FOUR TIMES IN A WEEK, ON CITY STREETS AND STOP LIGHTS, AND WOULDN'T START NUMEROUS TIMES THE CAR ONLY HAS ABOUT 35,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP IN WOODBRIDGE VA., FOR A SENSOR CHIP REPLACEMENT ON 11/10/18. THAT EVENING, AFTER TAKING IT HOME, IT WOULDN'T START. IT WILL BE TOWED BACK TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP ON 11/12/18. THERE SEEMS TO BE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY ON THE FREEWAY OR WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM HAS NOT INITIATED A RECALL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLES PEOPLE ARE REPORTING ON ARE SO LOW, INCLUDING ONE WITH ONLY 11,000 MILES. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A JEEP PROBLEM. IT SHOULD NOT TAKE A FATALITY IN ORDER TO INITIATE A RECALL.

WHILE DRIVING I MADE A RIGHT TURN AND THEN THE "TIRE LIGHT" BEGAN TO FLASH AND A WARNING SOUND WAS HEARD THEN THE "TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT" BEGAN TO FLASH AND ALERT SOUND WAS HEARD AND THEN A "RED LIGHTNING BOLT" WARNING LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE "ENGINE LIGHT" TURNED ON, ALL LIGHTS WERE LIT UP AND THE ENGINE STALLED AND COULDN'T GET PASSED 20MPH EVEN THOUGHT THE ACCELERATOR WAS ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY LESS THAN 32000 MILES, AND HAS HAD ITS REGULAR MAINTENANCE. I'VE SEEN SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON JEEP PATRIOT FORUMS AND SEEN THAT THE 2014 AND 2016 HAD RECALLS FOR THIS OR RELATED ISSUE. WHEN STOPPING THE VEHICLE IDLES HIGH AND STILL MOVES EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKE IS FULLY PRESSED, AND THE TEMPERATURE RISES FAST. I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT ON A CITY STREET SO LUCKILY THE WASN'T MUCH TRAFFIC. THE LIGHTS CAME ON BEFORE I LOST ENGINE POWER AND I SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THEY WENT AWAY BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THE SECOND TIME IT OCCURRED, THE LIGHTS STAYED ON AND THAT'S WHEN I ALSO LOST ENGINE POWER AND THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. MOVES FINE IN REVERSE BUT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS IDLING REALLY HIGH IT TAKES OFF IN REVERSE BY ITSELF WITHOUT USING THE ACCELERATOR.

APRIL 2017, WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY JEEP STARTED TO SHAKE. ETC AND ENGINE LIGHT WERE LIT UP, CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. PULLED OVER AT NEAREST EXIT. SHUT OFF CAR AND TRIED TO RESTART, CAR WOULD NOT START. DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AUGUST 2018, WHILE WAITING AT STOP LIGHT I STARTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. CAR WAS SHAKING AND DID NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE. TRACTION CONTROL AND ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. HAD TO SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND RESTART IN THE MIDDLE OF A CITY STREET. CAR RESTARTED, THE NEXT DAY ONLY ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. WHILE AT STOP LIGHT AND FOOT ON THE BREAK THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. ALL LIGHTS AND RADIO STAYED ON. RESTARTED CAR, DRIVING FINE. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP, THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AGAIN (AND WANTED TO DO SO AT MY EXPENSE). WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN MY CAR, IT SHUT OFF ON THEM. THEY RETURNED IT TO ME SAYING IT HAD BEEN FIXED. NEXT DAY PROBLEM PERSISTED AND BECAME MORE FREQUENT. TOOK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY REPLACED SENSOR CAM AND SENSOR CRA TO MY EXPENSE. NOW MY BREAKS ARE SHAKING. IT'S A THREE YEAR OLD CAR. I'M THE SECOND OWNER. IT SHOULDN'T BE HAVING THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS. I'M NOT SPENDING MORE MONEY AT THE DEALERSHIP. I'M SELLING THE VEHICLE. I'LL BE SURE TO NEVER PURCHASE JEEP OR ANY OTHER CHRYSLER BRANDS.

70K MILES IT STARTED STALLING WHILE I WAS DRIVING, MAINLY IN CITY GOING 25-45MPH. THE 1ST TIME I HAD HAVE IT JUMPSTARTED. 2ND AND 3RD TIME I WAS NOT ABLE TO JUMPSTART. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THE CODE FOR THE ABS MODULE CAME UP SO THEY REPLACED IT. THE REPAIR COST $550 AND I DROVE IT 3 DAYS AND THE CAR DIED AGAIN WHILE GOING THROUGH A STOPLIGHT, THEY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. THEY SAID THE CONNECTION WIRE WAS BAD TO THE NEW ABS MODULE THEY REPLACED SO THEY REPLACED THE CONNECTOR. I DROVE IT A WEEK, THE RPMS DROPPED OUT AND ENGINE STALLED WHILE GOING 70MPH. SAME THING HAPPEN A WEEK LATER WHILE ACCLERATING ON AN ON RAMP. NOW ITS 3 DAYS AFTER THE LAST TIME IT DIED AND IT HAS STALLED ON ME 3 TIMES IN ONE DAY, AND I HAVE TO WAIT 2-3 MINS WITH THE ENGINE SHUT OFF THEN I AM ABLE TO RESTART IT. THIS CAR IS NOT RELIABLE, I HAVE NO WARNING OF WHEN IT WILL SHUT OFF OR IF I WILL BE STRANDED AND HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED. ITS SCARY GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH AND THE ENGINE DIES!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND THAT THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MADISON CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (203 BOSTON POST ROAD, MADISON, CONNECTICUT 06443, (203) 245-0451) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CITED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V907000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 51,000.

VEHICLE HESITATES WHILE ACCELERATING ON FLAT OR INCLINED GROUND. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL (ETC) INDICATOR LIGHT WILL COME DURING THE HESITATION AND GO OFF WHEN POWER RESUMES. SEE ATTACHED PHOTO FOR REFERENCE. ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THE RED LIGHT HAS COME ON AND THE CAR HAS GONE INTO LIMP MODE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE TRACTION AN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. THE CAR CAN BE TURNED OFF AND BACK ON AND THIS OCCASIONALLY CLEARS IT. AT TIMES AN OBD-II COMPUTER MUST BE USED TO CLEAR THE CODES AND THEN RESUME DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED SPORADICALLY SINCE 2018.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STUTTERED AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING ON MOST OCCASIONS AND THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED OFTEN. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FRANK FLETCHER DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP (5922 WARDEN RD, SHERWOOD, AR 72120, (501) 436-0986) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE WILL STALL. THE ONLY INDICATION I HAVE THAT IT HAS STALLED OR IS GOING TO STALL IS THE RPM'S DROP TO ZERO. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS BUT CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ALMOST EVERYDAY SINCE THE END OF JULY BEGINNING OF AUGUST. IT HAPPENS 2 OR 3 TIMES A DAY THEN NOTHING FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND THEN STARTS UP AGAIN. THANKFULLY THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED WHEN I'M DRIVING 65MPH BECAUSE I HAVE NO WARNING AND THE VEHICLE JUST STOPS, I CAN BARELY GET PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

WHEN DRIVING AT NORMAL HIGHWAYS SPEEDS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS THE TRANSMISSION TEMP WARNING LIGHT WILL COME ON AND SLOW THE VEHICLE SPEED TO 40MPH OR LESS AND IF YOU DO NOT PULL THE VEHICLE OVER AND SHUT IT OFF IT WILL LOSE ALL POWER TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE VEHICLE WILL STOP MOVING TOTALLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, THE FIRST BEING A TWO HOUR TRIP FROM CHESAPEAKE VIRGINIA TO RICHMOND. WE TOOK THE HIGHWAY AND MAINTAINED THE SPEED LIMIT OF 55-70 MPH AS POSTED AND ABOUT ONE HOUR INTO OUR JOURNEY THE VEHICLE LOST POWER ABRUPTLY AND SLOWED TO 40 MPH WHILE WE WERE TRAVELING 70 IN THE LEFT LANE AND THEN TOTALLY LOST ALL FORWARD TRAVEL ALMOST CAUSING US TO BE SLAMMED INTO BY AN 18 WHEELER. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS TWO DAYS AGO JULY 18,2018. WE WERE DRIVING TO CONNECTICUT FROM CHESAPEAKE VIRGINIA AND ABOUT THREE AND HALF HOURS INTO OUR JOURNEY THE TRANSMISSION TEMP WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WITHIN LESS THAN 2 MINUTES HAD LOST ALL FORWARD MOTION LEAVING US STUCK IN THE LEFT LANE ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE FOR ATLEAST HALF AN HOUR WHILE CARS ZOOMED BY. WE WERE TRAVELING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 65 MPH. THEN AGAIN A FEW HOURS LATER IN THE TRIP IT DID THE EXACT SAME THING. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT IT'S STATED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN. I FIND IT EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO SELL A CAR THAT UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS WILL JUST SHUT DOWN! THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH THE PATRIOT AND AFTER SOME RESEARCH IT SEEMS JEEP NO LONGER PUTS THE CVT TRANSMISSION IN THE PATRIOT DUE TO THIS EXACT PROBLEM. I GOOGLED THIS AND THERE ARE SO MANY FORUMS WHERE PEOPLE ARE SO FRUSTRATED THAT JEEP IS ABLE TO SELL THIS LEMON. WE'VE TAKEN IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY AGREE THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT CAN'T BE FIXED AS IT'S A CVT TRANSMISSION DESIGN FLAW AND OUR ONLY COURSE OF ACTION IS TO PUT A BRAND NE TRANSMISSION IN.FIXTHIS!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE ACTIVATED, THE CONTACT DEACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL; HOWEVER, IT REACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND CANCELLED THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. AN UNKNOWN LOCAL DEALER WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AND THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. *TT *TR

SINCE JUNE 2018 I'VE EXPERIENCED ON GOING ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING THE ENTIRE FRONT END STARTS TO SHAKE, ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD COME ON AND THEN THE CAR STALLS. I LOOSE THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND STEER DURING THIS TIME. FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS IN DELAWARE ON THE HIGHWAY, THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. SINCE THEN THE CAR SKIPS DURING DECELERATION MOSTLY WHEN THE GEARS SHIFT IN TRAFFIC, GOING ON ROTARIES OR ATTEMPTING TO COME OFF /ON RAMP.. WENT TO MY USUAL MECHANICS RAN CODES ENDED UP REPLACING SENSOR IN THE ENGINE. THE CAR AGAIN STARTS TO SKIP AND HAS ONGOING ISSUES ACCELERATING. THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS I'VE ALMOST BEEN IN A COUPLE ACCIDENTS FROM WHEN IT DECIDES IT'S TIME TO ACCELERATE, RANDOM ENGINE SHUT OFF AND INABILITY TO ACCELERATE WHEN IT MATTERS. I CALLED JEEP APPARENTLY THEY ARE HAVING LOTS OF ISSUES RELATED TO THIS.

STATRTING ON 23. MAY, 2018 MY VEHICLE STARTED RANDOMLY DYING WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A COMPLETE LOSS OF PROPULSION, THE RPMS DROP TO ZERO AND THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPS RUNNING. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE VEHICLE MOVING AGAIN WHEN IT DOES START IS TO COMPLETELY STOP, PLACE THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND START THE VEHICLE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAS NO PREFERENCE OR INDICATION OF WHEN IT IS GOING TO DO THIS, SO FAR IT HAS DIED WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 60 MILES AN HOUR, TURNING INTO A PARKING STALL IN A BUSY MALL PARKING, WHILE CLIMBING HILLS AND WHILE GOING DOWN HILLS. THIS INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO FCA ALONG WITH THE MILEAGE WHICH IS ROUGHLY 37800 MILES. I HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO PAY OUT OF MY OWN POCKET FOR DIAGNOSTICS FOR THIS VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY SEARCH JEEP PATRIOT FORUMS.COM OFF OF CHRYSLER WEBSITE AND YOU CAN FIND A LIST OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS DATING BACK AS FAR AS 2010 WHEN CHRYSLER RECALLED NEARLY HALF A MILLION VEHICLES FOR A VERY SIMILAR ISSUE

BACK RIGHT TURN SIGNAL STAYS ON & WON'T BLINK FOR TURNS OR HAZARD... SHOP SAYS THERE'S SHORT ON CIRCUIT & WHOLE TIPM (POWER MODULE ) NEEDS REPLACING... ON THE INTERNET I'M SEEING LAWSUITS ABOUT THIS ISSUE & DEALERSHIPS HAVE CLAIMED THAT CHRYSLER/ JEEP WILL BE ISSUING RECALLS BUT NONE ARE COMING UP FOR MY VIN

HVAC HEATER CORE. AS I WAS ABOUT TO EXIT A MAJOR INTERSTATE, VERY HOT ALMOST BOILING WATER DRIPPED EXCESSIVELY ON MY RIGHT FOOT OVER MY GAS PEDAL. THERE WAS NO WHERE TO EASILY PULL OVER SO I HAD TO DEAL WITH IT UNTIL BEING ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT OFF OF THE EXIT. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF AND CHECKED BENEATH THE DASH. STEAMING HOT WATER WAS DRIPPING FROM NUMEROUS PLACES UNDER THE DASH, MAINLY ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A VIDEO SHOWING THE STEAM FROM THE WATER AFTER IT SLOWED DRIPPING A BIT. MY VEHICLE IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS I COULD HAVE EASILY GOTTEN INTO AN ACCIDENT. LUCKILY I COULD BARE WITH THE HOT WATER ENOUGH TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK AND IN ADDITION TO THAT I AM SO THANKFUL I WASN'T WEARING OPEN TOED SHOES OR SANDALS!. FURTHER DIAGNOSIS FROM A LOCAL TRUSTED MECHANIC REVEALED MY HEATER CORE NOW NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I AM MOST DEFINITELY NOT PURCHASING A JEEP AGAIN AND WILL BE TRADING IT IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TT *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS POSSIBLY CAUSED BY EITHER A CAMSHAFT OR CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILURE, A THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY FAILURE, OR A VACUUM LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHEN IT RAINS WATER LEAKS INTO THE REAR DOME LIGHT AND DRIPS INTO THE INSIDE OF MY JEEP. THE LIGHT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE OF THIS AND I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE AN ELECTROCUTION HAZARD. I CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE BACK OF MY JEEP THAT COULD BE RUINED BY RAIN WATER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. AT THAT POINT, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. AN OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT NOTIFIED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT AND THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V878000 (STEERING) AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE BE TOWED TO THE JEEP CHRYSLER DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SAFFORD CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE OF SPRINGFIELD (7611 LOISDALE RD, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22150) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT IT WAS A DIFFICULT CASE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER TO OPEN A CASE REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND CASE NUMBER: 34002244 WAS OPENED. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD SEND A THIRD PARTY FIRE INSPECTOR TO INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE AND DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE BY MAY 4, 2018. TO DATE, THE INVESTIGATOR HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,261.

...HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL ISSUED ON THE JEEP PATRIOT CONCERNING THE REAR HATCH ALLOWING WATER INTO THE REAR LATCH CAUSING THE INTERIOR LIGHTS TO REMAIN ON? MY WIFE HAD THIS HAPPEN AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS CAUSED HER PROBLEMS WITH DRIVING AT NIGHT UNTIL THE REPAIR WAS MADE. MY MECHANIC STATED THAT HE HAD TO PERFORM THIS FIX ON 5 JEEPS WITHIN A MONTH. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS AND THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THEY HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AS WELL...

DRIVING VEHICLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND IT COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.

VEHICLE WILL STALL OR COMPLETELY DRIVING WHILE AT SPEED EITHER HIGHWAY SPEED OR BACKROADS. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A TRAIN BECAUSE AS I WAS CROSSING TRACKS IT QUIT. I PLACED IT BACK IN PARK AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT IN TIME. IT STALLS OR QUITS 8-10 TIMES A DAY. I HAVE HAD IT AT MY DEALER FOR THE SAME ISSUE 3 TIMES NOW. THIS LAST TIME THEY HAVE HAD IT A MONTH AND STILL CONTINUE TO TELL ME THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT.

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS, CAR HAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING OR WARNING LIGHTS, NO ENGINE, NO POWER STEERING NO ELECTRICAL ANYTHING. THIS IS A DEATH TRAP AND SERIOUS BODILY HARM WAITING TO HAPPEN. HIGHLY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 8 TIMES AND HAS BEEN INTO THE JEEP DEALER 4 TIMES TO GET FIXED, TO NO AVAIL. IT KEEPS HAPPENING AND IS NOW BACK AT THE DEALER. LAST TIME, THEY REPLACED ABS MODULE AND BLED SYSTEM. STILL DIDN'T WORK. LOTS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS ONLINE OVER MANY YEARS. DATE IT HAPPENED IS FIRST TIME, BUT IT IS NOW IN SHOP FOR THE 4TH TIME. 2016 JEEP PATRIOTS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM, BUT NO OTHER YEAR. WHY?!!!

DRIVING THE JEEP ON THE ROAD AND SUDDENLY IT TURNS OFF AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP, BUT BEFORE IT HAPPENS, NOTICE THE VEHICLE JERKS. THIS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 73 GOING HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE. AFTER I TURN OFF THE ROAD, TURN THE KEY OFF AND SITTING THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND TURN THE KEY, IT WILL START AND TAKE ME A FEW BLOCKS AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS AGAIN. HAVE TO PUSH THE GAS PEDAL TO STAY ON THE ROAD.

TURNING LIGHTS ON IN THE CAR AND THE DASH LIGHTS FLASH 5 - 6 TIMES THEN GO OUT. DOESN'T MATTER IF VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR MOVING WHEN THIS OCCURS.HEADLIGHTS, RADIO & DOME LIGHT STILL WORK AS WELL AS TURN SIGNALS AND 4-WAY FLASHERS. WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON, I DO NOT HAVE ANY RUNNING LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, INTERIOR DASH LIGHTS OR CUP HOLDER LIGHTS. CHECKED ALL FUSES AND ALL CHECKED GOOD. ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO BAD TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). VEHICLE IS 2 YEARS OLD WITH NO AFTER MARKET WIRING. NOT HAVING RUNNING OR TAIL LIGHTS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE/CONCERN.

JEEP HAD 40,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS MAKING A WEIRD NOISE WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS TIRES, SO I GOT NEW TIRES AND THEY TOLD ME THE BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY QUOTED IT AND SAID THAT WITHOUT FIXING IT, IT WOULD WEAR DOWN MY TIRES FASTER. I BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR INSPECTION AT ANOTHER SHOP AND THEY WERE SURPRISED, BUT THEY SAID THE BALL JOINT ASSEMBLIES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS THEY WERE LOOSE AND RUSTED OUT AND THAT THEY NEED TO DO BOTH CONTROL ARMS BECAUSE OF HOW THE JEEPS ARE BIT AND EXPLAINED IT THOROUGHLY. THEY ALSO SAID THEY COULD NOT ESTIMATE HOW MUCH OF A LIFE THEY HAD LEFT, BUT THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO FIX IT BEFORE IT BROKE. I HAD THEM REPLACE THE FRONT CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINT ASSEMBLIES.

VEHICLES WIPERS WILL NOT STOP, EVEN IF SWITCH IS SET ON OFF! THEY'RE ON WHEN STARTING VEHICLE AND STILL ON EVEN WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN SPEED. MOTOR MILE (2260 ROANOKE ST, CHRISTIANSBURG, VA 24073, (540) 381-8417) AND BERGLUND CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (2525 FRANKLIN RD SW, ROANOKE, VA 24014, (540) 345-9881) WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. BERGLUND CHRYSLER DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM AN UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER CAMPAIGN REGARDING THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN SAFELY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT WANTED THE VEHICLE BOUGHT BACK IF THERE WAS NO REMEDY. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON AN INCLINE, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST SAFELY OFF OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HERITAGE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM PARKVILLE (9219 HARFORD RD, PARKVILLE, MD 21234, (866) 492-8843) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

ETC AND ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON WHEN RUNNING. LIGHT FLASHING ON AND OFF THE VEHICLE STALL AND REDUCED PERFORMANCE,AN ELEVATED/ROUGH IDLE AND VEHICLE STALL AND HAVE NO SPEED AND HAVE PULL OVER IN TRAFFIC. THE 2015 ONLY HAVE 3500 MILES SHOULD NOT BE HAVING A SAFETY ISSUE I COULD HAVE GOT RUN OVER BY THE INCOMING HIGHWAY TRAFFIC.

MY BRAKES MADE A LOUD NOISE AND I DID REPLACE THEM BUT IN RAIN I HAIR LOUD NOISE AGAIN ALSO WHEN I TURN MY WHEEL TO THE LEFT I HEAR A CLUNCK NOISE AT TIMES I ALSO TOOK MY CAR TO GET OIL CHANGE AND A COMPLETE LOOK OVER MY CAR AND I WAS TOLD MY LOWER LEFT ARM CONTROL IS BAD I DONT UNDERSTAND BECAUSE EVERY DEALER AND CAR SERVICE I SPOKE WITH SAID 2015 JEEP OR ANY CAR SHOULDNT HAVE PROBLEM WITH LEFT CONTROL ARM IT IS TO NEW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PARKWAY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (21560 HALL RD, CHARTER TWP OF CLINTON, MI) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR AND CRANK SHAFT SENSOR WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,000.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS GOING 60MPH THE VEHICLE JERKS AND THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF AND STALLS. CALLED IN TO MY LOCAL SERVICE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED ME THERE IS NO RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE.

I WANT RO KNOW WHY THE CRANK SENSOR ISNT A RECALL. MINE WENT OUT THIS MORNING AND LUCKILY I WAS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT ON THE HWY. IT'S DANGEROUS AND MY CAR JUST CUT OFF ON ME. I READ THIS MORNING AND THERE IS QUITE OF FEW PEOPLE THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE. THERE COULD BE PARENTS OUT THERE WITH A CAR FULL OF KIDS AND IT COULD BE EXTREMELY HOT OR COLD OUTSIDE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS ITEM FOR SAFETY.

TAKATA RECALL THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS AND THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP IS WHEN I NOTICE IT THE MOSTLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING ON THE FREEWAY IN TRAFFIC, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND OBSERVED COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT ROLLED DOWN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OR IF THERE WERE, ANY INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE DEALER (ELK GROVE DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP, 8575 LAGUNA GROVE DR, ELK GROVE, CA 95757 916) 405-2600 WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT A COMPLAINT WOULD BE FILED WITH CHRYSLER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,060. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. SEE ALSO 11054782

WE OWN A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT, BOUGHT USED IN 2016. IT NOW HAS ABOUT 75,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS SERVED US WELL. THAT IS, UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER. MY HUSBAND HEARD AN ODD SQUEAKING SOUND IN THE REAR, AND TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL MECHANIC (WHO IS SAE CERTIFIED, AND HAS WORKED AS A SERVICE MANAGER FOR BOTH CHRYSLER AND FORD) THINKING THAT MAYBE WE JUST NEEDED MORE BODY CLIPS ON THE BUMPER. AFTER DRIVING IT AROUND THE BLOCK THE MECHANIC THOUGHT IT SOUNDED MORE LIKE WORN SHOCKS, SO THEY PUT IT UP ON THE RACK. GOOD THING WE DIDN'T WAIT MUCH LONGER TO BRING IT IN, BECAUSE THE LEFT REAR AXLE WAS BREAKING LOOSE FROM THE FRAME THE WELDING WAS STILL INTACT, BUT RIGHT BESIDE THE WELDING IS A LARGE BREAK. AND OF COURSE, SEVERAL OTHER PARTS ARE BROKEN AS WELL. NEITHER MY HUSBAND NOR THE MECHANIC SAW ANY SIGNS OF IMPACT ANYWHERE DOWN THERE. THERE WERE NO LARGE DENTS, MARKS, PROTRUDING OR BULGING METAL MEMBERS OF THE VEHICLE'S FRAME, BENT OR CONTORTED AXLE MEMBERS OR TWISTED OR TORN PARTS OF THE CHASSIS. NEITHER DO WE HAVE ANY RECOLLECTION OF RUNNING OVER ANYTHING, OR BEING HIT BY SOMETHING. OUR MECHANIC'S TAKE AWAY WAS THAT THIS WAS A FACTORY ISSUE AND NEEDED TO BE HANDLED BY JEEP. BUT NEITHER THE DEALERSHIP NOR JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE ARE HELPING. THIS SHOULD STILL BE COVERED BY THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. BUT THEY WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE ONLY JEEP PATRIOT THAT THIS HAPPENS TO. IF THIS IS INDEED A FACTORY OR MATERIAL DEFECT, THEN SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD SOMEONE ELSE WILL HAVE THIS HAPPEN AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE SO FORTUNATE AS TO DISCOVER IT BEFORE THE AXLE DOES FALL OFF AND CAUSE INJURY OR FATALITY.

ETC LIGHT WAS COMING ON, CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AS SHOULD WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED. CAR WOULD JERK FORWARD AS IF WAS ABOUT TO DIE. TRYING TO GET ONTO HIGHWAY IS ALWAYS SKETCHY. FINALLY WENT COMPLETELY OUT AND LEAVING ME BROKE DOWN IN MIDDLE OF 5 O'CLOCK TRAFFIC AFTER TAKING TO DEALERSHIP AND BEING TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG BUT NEEDED A NEW BATTERY WENT AHEAD AND PAID FOR JUST FOR IT TO ALL CONTINUE. FINALLY TOLD THROTTLE BODY WAS AN ISSUE. GOT THE ENTIRE UNIT REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP NOT JUST THE SENSOR AND NOT EVEN A YEAR LATER SAME THING IS HAPPENING AGAIN. HUNDREDS OF OTHERS ON FORUMS FOR THE JEEP PATRIOT NO MATTER THE YEAR ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES OVER AND OVER! IT'S NOT SAFE! SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. NOT TO MENTION IT SHOULD NEVER HAD HAPPENED TO A 2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE! IF WE WANT THESE PROBLEMS WE WOULD PURCHASE USED CARS. NOW I AM IN FEAR OF IT DOING IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S DRIVING THE SAME NOT GOING WHEN GASSED JERKING FORWARD, EVEN IN IDLE, NOT JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS FOR FINANCIAL REASONS AS WELL. HOW CAN DO MANY DIFFERENT YEAR MODELS HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AND THIS NOT BE A MOPAR RECALL

HEATER STOP WORKING

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF, NO WARNING OR LIGHTS. BROUGHT INTO DEALER THEY REPLACED THE PCM MODULE. THE FOLLOWING DAY IT DID THE SAME THING, BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER NO LIGHTS ON DASH OR CODES SHOWING UP. IT HAPPENED ANYTIME OF DAT NO MATTER WHERE I'M AT. IT ALMOST LOSES POWER GOING UP HILLS BUT DOESN'T STALL COMPLETELY UNTIL ABOUT A MILE DOWN ROAD. THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE ISSUE. THEY TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WHEN IT SHUTS OFF I LOOSE POWER STEERING. I HAVE CHILDREN I TRANSPORT EVERYDAY. I WISH THEY CAN FIND THE ISSUE I SEE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE.

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND IT STARTED TO COME TO A STOP WHILE DRIVING. THE ETC LIGHT CAME ON THEN WENT OUT. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED THEN IT WENT FOR 2 MILES AND STOPPED YET AGAIN IN MOVING TRAFFIC. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHY IT'S DOING THIS. JEEP NEEDS T FIND OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THE ISSUE.

HEAT NOT WORKING IT JUST KEEP BLOWING COLD AIR IT IS AN SAFETY HAZARD CAUSE MY WINDSHIELD IS NOT DEFROSTING AND IT'S GETTING COLDER OUT HELL ITS FALL AND I NEED TO GET THIS PROBLEM SOLVED ASAP

ON OCTOBER 3, 2017, WHILE DRIVING STOP AND GO ON INTERSTATE 5, THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. THE WATER TEMPERATURE WAS NORMAL, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS NOT AN ENGINE PROBLEM. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC, AS STOPPING WITHOUT WARNING ON AN INTERSTATE CAN BE A PROBLEM. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE ENGINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN TURNING AND BRAKING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. ZIEGLER CHRYSLER DODGE RAM, 3939 STADIUM DR, KALAMAZOO, MI 49008) WAS CONTACTED; HOWEVER, THE DEALER ONLY PERFORMED AN ALIGNMENT AND TIRE ROTATION, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 26,000.

WHEN IN MOTION - VEHICLE LOOSES ALL POWER ON CITY STREET -- WE BRAKE AND STOP --- THEN ARE ABLE TO START IT AGAIN -- THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES -- VERY CONCERNED

SOME TYPE OF LEAK NOT SURE IT ITS THE COOLANT, OIL, OR TRANSMISSION FLUIDS

TRANSMISSION IS OVERHEATING IN VARIOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT USED TO BE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON HOT DAYS. NOW IT OCCURS IN ANY CONDITIONS DOWN TO 49 DEGREES AT 45 MILES PER HOUR. THE PROBLEM IS COMMON IN THIS VEHICLE, CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT IT AND DOES NOTHING TO CORRECT IT IN MANUFACTURING. PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE THE FIRST YEAR BUT WAS TOO INFREQUENT AND GOT TOO LITTLE RESPONSE FROM DEALERSHIP TO INVOKE LEMON LAW IN TIME. CHRYSLER AND SOME DEALERSHIPS ATTEMPT TO WAIT OUT THE LEMON LAW AND THEN THE WARRANTY PERIOD. TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS WITH MUCH GREATER FREQUENCY NOW. THE SAFETY PROBLEM IS THAT THE VEHICLE GOES INTO LIMP MODE AND GOES TO ZERO POWER VERY QUICKLY. MY WIFE COULD FIND HERSELF STRANDED IN AN STRANGE OR UNSAFE NEIGHBORHOOD,OR WORSE, ALONG CROWDED STRETCH OF INTERSTATE LIKE I95 N AT CHESTER, PA OR IN THE MIDDLE OF ANY CLOVER LEAF. THE VEHICLE BECOMES A HAZARD TO MY WIFE AND OTHER DRIVERS. OR IMAGINE VIRGINIA, I95 N HEADING FOR DC WHERE TRAFFIC IS BOTH HEAVY AND FAST-MOVING. A SLOW VEHICLE MERGING IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME PLACES. AND NOW A VEHICLE DIES IN THE CENTER LANE. BOOM. IF THIS WAS THE FAILURE OF A WEAR ITEM AND COULD NOT BE HELPED, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING. BUT CHRYSLER/JEEP KNEW THEY WERE PUTTING OUT BAD TRANSMISSIONS FOR YEARS AND DID NOTHING. IN OUR CASE CHAMPION IN MISSISSIPPI MISDIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE THROTTLE BODY AND REPLACED IT. THE PROBLEM REMAINED. BAYSIDE IN VIRGINIA REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AGAIN, THE TRANSMISSION AND THEN THE WIRE HARNESS. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS AND IS WORSENING. WE ARE IN OUR 5TH YEAR OF DEALING WITH THIS. THIS LITTLE FIAT TRANS IS TOO SMALL AND WEAK FOR A MIDSIZE SUV. ANY VEHICLE, MIDSIZE OR LARGER, WITH THIS CVT TRANSMISSION IN IT SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD. DATE BELOW AND ORIGINAL MILEAGE READING ARE APPROXIMATE. PROBLEM CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. PLEASE HELP US.

I OWN A 2015 JEEP AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET TURNING ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW. WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND CONTINUE TO SLOW. MY VEHICLE THEM CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. I ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE VEHICLE ON AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. I WAS THEN FORCED TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO SAFETY SINCE THERE WERE OTHER VEHICLE DRIVING BEHIND ME. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP I WAS TOLD THE FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE FUEL PUMP DID NOT GIVE ANY ADVANCED WARNING, NO INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON THE VEHICLE TO INFORM ME. I WAS PUT IN AN UNSAFE POSITION WHEN MY VEHICLE BROKE DOWN. I HAVE LESS THAN 40K MILES ON MY JEEP THERE IS NO WAY A FUEL PUMP WOULD GO OUT ON SUCH A NEW VEHICLE WITH LOW MILES. IT COST ME $556.02 TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP. HOWEVER ONCE THE PUMP WAS REPLACED THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD NOT READ CORRECTLY. THE ACTUAL GAUGE WAS FUNCTIONING BUT THE FUEL PUMP WOULD NOT SEND CORRECT READINGS AND MY GAUGE WOULD NOT MARK MORE THAN 3/4 TANK EVEN WHEN THE TANK WAS FUEL. IN THE END I HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP THREE TIMES BEFORE THE GAUGE WOULD MARK FROM EMPTY TO FULL CORRECTLY. ALL THESE EVENTS CAUSE ME TO BELIEVE THE FUEL PUMP IS FAULTY AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND CORRECTED.

WHILE IN MOTION ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THE CAR HAS UNEXPECTEDLY LOST POWER. THIS HAS NOT BEEN A ONE TIME ISSUE. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE TURNING, WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, DRIVING UP A HILL, AND ALL OTHER INSTANCES WHERE YOUR CAR IS IN MOTION. I AM TERRIFIED TO BE IN THE CAR, BUT THIS OUR ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. THE DEALERSHIP THAT SERVICES US HAS TOLD US THAT MANY OTHER 2015 JEEP PATRIOTS ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE AND CHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM. HE SAID THAT IT COULD BE THE THROTTLE BODY OR POSSIBLY SOMETHING ELSE- THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST SHOWED ELUSIVE RESULTS. THE MAN WHO LOOKED AT THE JEEP SAID THAT HE CONTACTED CHRYSLER HOPING THAT THEY WOULD "GOODWILL" THE NEEDED REPAIRS, AS WE JUST PASSED THE WARRANTY BY 1000 MILES. CHRYSLER REFUSED DESPITE THIS MAN'S PERSISTENCY TO ASSIST US. BUT OUR JEEP NIGHTMARE DOES NOT END THERE. BEFORE 15,000 MILES, A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE PUT IN. NOW AT 37,000 MILES THE CAR IS PRESENTING TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND THROTTLE BODY ISSUES. WE WERE ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR AS IT HAS PROVEN ITSELF TO BE UNSAFE, AND AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THIS IS OUR ONLY WAY OF TRANSPORTATION. SO NOW WE ARE STARING AT OUR PARKED CAR THAT SOMETIMES DOES NOT EVEN START, WHILE MAKING PAYMENTS ON SAID VEHICLE, WHICH HAS BEEN DEEMED TOO UNSAFE TO DRIVE, PAYING ADDITIONAL MONEY TO BE DRIVEN AROUND TO WORK AND SCHOOL, AND DEALING WITH SUBSTANDARD CUSTOMER SERVICE. WHAT A JOY!

ON 5 OCCASIONS WHEN DRIVING THE CAR AROUND 70MPH, THE CAR STARTS TO DECELERATE ON ITS OWN WITH NO INDICATORS ON THE VEHICLE SHOWING ANY ISSUES. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE OVER 55MPH - YOU HAVE TO UNDERTAKE AN EMERGENCY MOVE INTO AN INSIDE LANE IN ORDER TO BE IN A SAFE LOCATION AND EVEN WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IT WILL NOT GO OVER 55MPH. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE CAR WILL THEN START TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, IT HAS ALMOST CREATED A S SITUATION WHERE THE CAR HAS BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND MY VEHICLES BEHIND DUE TO THE SUDDEN DECELERATION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKE INTO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE OR REPRODUCE IT.

WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND YOU START TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE IT STARTS JOLTING AND THEN SLOWS DOWN IN MID TRAFFIC WHEREVER YOU ARE WHILE PRESSING ON THE GAS. I GOT IT LOOKED AT THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, SUPPOSED IT GOT FIXED BUT I PAID A LOT OF MONEY AND SOMETIMES IT STILL JOLTS. I REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A BIGGER ISSUE WHEN MY MOM AND MY SISTER WHO EACH OWN A COMPASS 2014 & 2015 AND BOTH OF THEIR VEHICLES HAVE NOW PRODUCED THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM ALL OF US GETTING THE SAME ISSUE WHILE ALMOST BEING CRASHED IN TO ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON A MAIN ROAD. OUR CARS ARE ONLY 3-4 YEARS OLD, I'M NOT SURE WHY SO MUCH WORK IS BEING DONE FOR THE SAME SITUATION IN ALL THE JEEP MADE VEHICLES. THE THROTTLE BODY IS SUPPOSEDLY THE ISSUE IN ALL THREE SITUATIONS, MAYBE FOR WHOEVER ELSE OWNS ONE SHOULD KNOW THAT THEY WILL SOON GET THIS PROBLEM IF THEY HAVENT. MY CAR STILL HAD NEVER BEEN THE SAME SINCE GETTING IT "FIXED" BY JEEP "PROFESSIONALS" AT THE DEALERSHIP.

REAR TAILGATE GLASS EXPLODED, SITTING IN GARAGE OVER NIGHT