Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 08/02/2012 | 18000 | ||
| We have now had 2 episodes of our 2012 jeep patriot suddenly losing power while driving on the interstate at between 65 to 70 mph. the first time was on i39 in southern illinois when the temperature was in the 90s. we were able to pull off on to the shoulder. after several attempts we were able to restart the car and got to the nearest gas station. the indicator showed almost 1/2 tank of gas but after filling up the car ran well. we were listening to the radio and heard a report that several gas stations in southern wi had gotten gas contaminated with water. since we live in that area we decided that this had been the problem. we did not report the incident. on sunday, 2/3/13, i was traveling on i94 in wi, temp 6 degrees, between 1/4 and 1/2 tank. . again, the car began to lose power. i was able to pull off the road, barely, called jeep for assistance. the jeep would not restart at first, then, after 10 minutes did restart but wouldn't keep running. i was towed 45 miles to the nearest dealer. in the morning, the car started, the jeep garage checked it on the computer and found nothing. they thought that the gas line might have frozen up. this did not seem logical, but he did give me verification that it had been checked out and felt the car was safe to drive . i am very concerned about this happening again. we were lucky, but this could have caused a terrible accident. | |||
| 01/19/2013 | 14000 | ||
| I was driving down the highway at 70 mph. then the jeep just stalled out and i had to pull over to the shoulder. the jeep was then towed to the dealership where it sat over the weekend because the service department was closed. on monday the jeep started for the mechanic and they found no codes when hooked up to a scanner. i picked the car up the next day and a month later the same thing happened again. they say there is nothing they can do because there is no codes when they scan it and there is nothing else that appeared to be wrong at the time of service. | |||
| 09/06/2012 | 7622 | ||
| Driving 65 mpg car just shut down in traffic, barely got it off line of traffic, could not get it started, called tow truck, was a hot day, and a couple of hours later tow truck came and towed us to nearest jeep dealer, after taking it off the tow truck at the dealer, it immediately started. the put it on the computer said they couldn't find anything and did not know how to proceed, they were concerned but unable to help. we then finished our trip and brought it back to our local dealer, and they were unable to find anything either. do not like the possibility that this can or will happen again, next time it could cause an accident. | |||
| 10/18/2012 | 1700 | ||
| Heated mirrors: the mirrors are heated to melt frost or ice. this feature is activated whenever you turn on the rear window defroster. using this feature during morning warm-up i was surprised to find the drivers side mirror with a top to bottom vertical crack down the mirror after a brief 15 minute warm-up period.this occurred in my driveway in an open area at a temperature of around 26 degree f. faulty part or non-tempered glass used? | |||
| 09/20/2012 | 3000 | ||
| I was going down the freeway at 68 with cruise control on and when i tapped the brakes to kick the cruise off it slowly died and wouldn't restart,so had it towed and when it came off the truck it restarted(about an hour and a half later). my dealer contacted chrysler and they said to change the fuel pumps(2) and fuel lines between tanks, this has been done but i haven't driven it much since. i heard on the radio that this or similar things had been accuring with this model so i wanted to put my 2 cents in and maybe here if there was a different fix for this problem> | |||
| 10/04/2012 | 29636 | ||
| I was on the last stretch of my trip coming into reno nevada on interstate 80 west at the speed of 70 mph, when out of no where my 2012 jeep patriot shut off. it was not over heating no warning lights. i was very fortunate to manuver my vehicle safely off to the side of the interstate without an accident occuring. a state trooper came up from behind within a few minutes thankfully. he asked me to sit in his vehicle while a tow truck driver was called because my vehicle was not in a safe place from the curve of the mountain and ongoing traffic. my jeep would not start and would stick with the key on the on start position continually turning over without engine starting. it was after hours by the time my vehicle was towed in to a jeep lithia dealership. to make a long story short, i was called to pick up my jeep and that they could not find nothing wrong with it, and that the mechanic started it right up several times. i asked if it was put on the diagnostics machine and the service department employee said yes, that it did not kick out any codes of any problems happening to it. i drove a couple hours more into california with no other problems happening. | |||
| 07/16/2012 | 8400 | ||
| Car isn't getting any fuel. while trying to accelerate it sounded like i was going to flood it out. it would only go 5-10mph. very bad hesitation and shaking and engine light came on. | |||
| 01/26/2012 | 50 | ||
| Metallic clunk heard when pulling out of a parking spot ot driveway (making a y turn). metallic clunk heard when pulling away from a y turn. dealer checked but could not duplicate the problem. kept the car overnight but still could not duplicate the problem. was told to come back when problem persists. | |||