What 353 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Jeep Patriot

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. AFTER THE CONTACT FILLED UP THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL AND WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

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ISSUE IS I CANNOT FUEL TANK DUE TO FUEL TANK VALVE STUCK. I JUST HAD THE ESIM REPLACED BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT THE DEALER SAID WAS THE ISSUE. PROBLEM WASN'T RESOLVED AND NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE FUEL TANK. I SAW WHERE THERE WERE OTHER VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE AND WERE RECALLED.

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FRONT CONTROL ARMS AND/OR BUSHINGS HAVE GONE BAD, BEFORE 72K MILES. CAUSES STEERING INSTABILITY AND EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR. DOZENS OF OTHER REPORTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM FOR THIS SAME MAKE/MODEL ARE EASILY FOUND ONLINE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, AND IT MERITS A RECALL.

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I WENT TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE AN ORC MODULE S61 THAT WAS RECALLED. THEY REPLACED THE PART BUT RIGHT AS I WAS LEAVING THE DELEARSHIP, MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO LET THEM KNOW BECAUSE I HAD TO PICK UP MY KIDS FROM THE BUS STOP, SHE TOLD ME TO BRING IT UP DURING MY OIL CHANGE THE NEXT WEEK. I DID AND THEY TOLD ME IT WASN'T THEIR PROBLEM, THE RECALL HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AIRBAGS, AND QUOTED ME AT $600 FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH MY CAR AND CHECK THE WIRES. THE SERVICE MANAGER DID TELL ME THE OBD 2 READING WAS B1C29-LEFT SIDE SEAT THORAX SQUIB 1 OPEN AND B1C2D- RIGHT SIDE SEAT THORAX SQUIB 1 OPEN; AND ADVISED ME TO UNPLUG AND PLUG ALL THE CONNECTORS UNDER THE SEAT. I DID THIS AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I CALLED THEM BACK AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT AND IT WAS MY FAULT NOT THEIRS AND I RECIEVED THE SAME $600 QUOTE TO FIX IT. I KNOW IT HAPPENED WHILE THEY WERE WORKING ON IT AND I HAVE FOUND A COUPLE OF THREADS WITH PEOPLE THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY ALL SAID TO MAKE A COMPLAINT ON HERE.

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DRIVING ON THE FRWY CAR TURNED OFF AND WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON , FROM THEN IN IT HAS HAS TROUBLE STARTING LIGHT SIGNALS TRIP . I'VE BEEN STRANDED WITH NO CRANK. TOOK IT TO SEVERAL MECHANICS ALL WHOM SAYNITS A FAULTY TPIM . WITH A $1000 OR MORE FIX.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. AFTER AN HOUR, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED ON ITS OWN. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE LOCAL DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

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MY SCREEN TABLET SHOW ME SOME TIME ON AIR BAG IS OFF . TURN ON AND TURN OFF MANY TIMES. TODAY 10/24/2018 . I WENT TO CHRYSLER FOR RECALL BUT THEY DOESN'T FIXED. I AM VERY UNSUCEFULL WITH CHRYSLER. THEY DON'T GIVE ME A NEW DATE FOR FIXED. I WANT REPORTING WITH YOU "NHTSA" THANK YOU. I NEED A EARLY MESSENGER OF YOU.

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WHEN I TRY TO PUT GASOLINE IN MY CAR, THE PUMP KEEPS SHUTTING OFF. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING. I HAVE TRIED DIFFERENT GASOLINE STATIONS. HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, BUT NOW IT IS WORSE EVERY TIME I TRY TO PUT FUEL IN THE TANK. I CONTACTED THE DEALER, THEY TOLD ME NO RECALL FOR FOR MY JEEP.

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VALVE IN FILLER NECK WILL NOT ALLOW FUEL TO ENTER TANK.

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I WAS DRIVING DOWN A INTERSTATE WITH MY INFANT SON IN THE BACK OF THE CAR WHEN IT SHUT OFF ON ME INCLUDING DASH LIGHTS AND RADIO. I WAS FORTUNATE TO GET IT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. I TOOK IT TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED THAT MY TIPM WENT BAD. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. I DID READ NEWER JEEPS WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.

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WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND WAITED AT INTERSECTION OR MIDDLE LANE, THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF BY ITSELF. WHEN IT IS RESTARTED, THE POWER IS BACK EITHER IMMEDIATELY OR AFTER A FEW MINUTES. I READ ONLINE AND MANY MANY CUSTOMERS REPORTED THIS PROBLEM, RANGING FROM VERY NEW JEEP PATRIOT (LESS THAN 10,000 MILES) TO DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED. THE LINKS ARE SHOWN BELOW: HTTP://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/JEEP/PATRIOT/AUTOMATIC-TRANSMISSION-CONTROL-MODULE-PROBLEMS.PHP HTTPS://WWW.JEEPPATRIOT.COM/FORUM/5-JEEP-PATRIOT-GENERAL-DISCUSSION/92388-HELP-ENGINE-SHUT-DOWN.HTML WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY CAN NOT FIGURE OUT THE CAUSES. THE LAST TIME, THEY SAID IT IS THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE ISSUE. SINCE SO MANY CUSTOMERS REPORTED THIS ISSUE, THIS VEHICLE NEEDS A RECALL. THE UNEXPECTED SHUTOFF IS VERY DANGEROUS.

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TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED GOING 60 MILES PER HOUR ON THE INTERSTATE. I PULLED OVER AND LET THE LIGHT GO OFF PER THE USER MANUAL AND DIDN'T DRIVE IT ANYMORE. PUT IT IN THE SHOP ON MONDAY AND IT NEEDS A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION WITH ONLY 119K MILES ON IT!

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THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAS COME ON WHEN TRAVELING AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAUSING AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER AND REQUIRING ME TO PULL OVER AND LET THE ENGINE COOL DOWN. 2 JEEP DEALERSHIPS HAVE ASSESSED THE VEHICLE IN THE DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENTS, NEITHER OF WHICH COULD OFFER ANY REMEDY. BOTH DEALERSHIPS' SERVICE MANAGERS MENTIONED THAT THESE VEHICLES' TRANSMISSIONS ARE OFTEN PROBLEMATIC AND DO NOT HANDLE HIGH TEMPERATURES WELL, BUT WITH NO ACTIVE RECALL, NEITHER COULD OFFER ANY RECOURSE OR EVEN A REMEDY. THIS IS CLEARLY A CASE OF A POORLY ENGINEERED PRODUCT (THE JATCO CVT) THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS AVOIDING DEALING WITH, AT THE EXPENSE AND SAFETY OF ITS CONSUMERS. IN FACT, JEEP NO LONGER USES THIS TRANSMISSION - THEY REPLACED IT IN 2014 - CLEARLY THEY KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE IS A BLATANT SAFETY HAZARD AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED MORE THOROUGHLY AND THE MANUFACTURER HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR THE UNSAFE CONDITIONS THEY KNOW THEIR CONSUMERS ARE IN. UNACCEPTABLE!!!

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THE ENGINE IS RANDOMLY STALLING. IT STALLED THE OTHER DAY AT THE HIGHWAY AND KEEPS RANDOMLY DOING IT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I HAVE TO PULL OVER EVERY TIME AND WAIT A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO TURN IT ON. IT SEEMS BY READING THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED FOR THE SAME MODEL MULTIPLE TIMES.

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CAR STALLS OUT GOING DOWN THE ROAD. CAR MOST RECENTLY STARTS AND DIES RIGHT AFTER. WE ARE GETTING FUEL.

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MY JEEP IS BY FAR ONE OF THE BIGGEST SAFETY HAZARDS IF NOT FOR ME BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD. THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT LIGHT COMES ON CONSTANTLY. IF I GO OVER 60 ON A DAY THAT IS OVER 70 DEGREES FOR LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES THE TRANSMISSION WILL OVER HEAT. IT ISN'T JUST AN ANNOYANCE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT JEEP HAS KNOWN ABOUT. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE INICIATED. THE

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INTERSTATE 44 ST. ROBERTS MISSOURI SPEED LIMIT 70 MILES AN HOUR AMBER TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT INDICATES OVERHEATING KARZAN REDUCE THE SPEED TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ON THE INTERSTATE. JEEP IS AWARE OF THIS DUE TO A DEFECT AND THE DESIGN OF THE CVT TRANSMISSION. WILL NOT BE REPAIR TELL RECALL ORDERED BY GOVERNMENT

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INTAKE MANIFOLD SYSTEM: THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING. DIFFICULTLY STARTING THE VEHICLE AND POOR GAS MILEAGE.

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AC ACTUATOR BLEND DOORS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2012 JEEP PATRIOTS. DOES NOT WORK IF THE CAR IS IN MOTION OR IF IT'S STATIONARY.

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PURCHASED FROM A USED CAR DEALERSHIP /01/2018 AND THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO PUT GAS IN THE TANK IT KEPT CUTTING OFF RAPIDLY NOT ALLOWING ME TO FILL IT QUICKLY.I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER FOR HELP AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT NEEDED A NEW FUEL TANK. AT THE COST OF 1300.00+ DOLLARS. THE FUEL NECK HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPLACED BUT THIS WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. NOW I AM STUCK WITH THIS AS I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX IT.

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I WAS DRIVING MY 2012 JEEP PATRIOT DOWN A REGULAR STREET AND IT SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN AND DASH LIGHTS WENT ON. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM LIGHT WENT ON ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT.

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I WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT TURNING RIGHT THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I WENT TO GO AND MY JEEP PATRIOT STARTED HESITATING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO GET UP TO SPEED I HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM MULTIPLE TIMES BUT THE DEALERSHIP COULDN'T RECREATE THE PROBLEM SO THEY COULDN'T TELL ME A SALUTATION BROUGHT IT IN 3 TIMES NOW WHEN I GO TO SPEED UP TO FLOW OF TRAFFIC COMING OFF THE ON RAMP MY TRANSMISSION MAKES A HOWLING NOISE AND IT IS SLOW TO GET UP TO SPEED

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DURING THE SUMMER OR ANY HOT DAY, AND ESPECIALLY DURING SPEEDS OVER 65 MILES PER HOUR MY JEEP ENGINE WILL STALL.. MEANING IT WILL REDUCE SPEED AND THEN STOP... THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY SUMMER FOR YEARS, AND IS NOW HAPPENING AGAIN DURING DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, AND HAS EFFECTIVELY LEFT ME STRANDED AT TIMES ON THE ROAD... I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WILL SHOW YOU THE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT IT PRESENTS WITH. I AM DATING THE PROBLEM AS 06/18/16 EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES.

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THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WOULD NOT ROLL CORRECTLY AND WAS MAKING A NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. IT WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND AFTER RUNNING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOUND THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSION, DRIVE SHAFT JOINT AND TRANSMISSION COOLER HAD TO BE REPLACED. PER THE REPAIR SHOP "THE TRANSMISSION HAD CATASTROPHIC FAILURE" AT 96,986K MILES AND WITHOUT ANY ADVANCED WARNING I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO AGREE TO HAVE A REBUILT TRANSMISSION, DRIVE SHAFT AND COOLER BE INSTALLED BECAUSE MINE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE ONLY THING THEY COULD SALVAGE WAS THE TRANSFER CASE WHICH WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THE ISSUE BUT THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOUND THAT WAS OK. THREE WEEKS IT IS FINALLY FIXED AND APPEARS TO BE WORKING FINE.

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IT ALWAYS HAPPENS WHILE ON THE FREEWAY. AFTER A CHOKEHOLD HOURS OF DRIVING, GAS TANK IS FINE, MY CAUSE SHUTS OFF, UNABLE TO ACCEL AND NO FUNCTION TO INCREASE SPEED. I HAVE TO THEN PULL TO THE SIDE AND WAIT FOR IT TO "COOL DOWN." THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES. LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I HAD ONLY BEEN DRIVING FOR 1 HR AND THE TRANSMISSION TEMP. WARNING LIGHT CAME ON.

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