What 120 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Jeep Patriot

RECENTLY MY RIGHT REAR CONTROL ARM BOLT SHEERED THROUGH THE CROSSMEMBER. I HAD IT REPLACED AT CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND NOW THE FRONT IS MAKING THE SAME NOISES THE REAR WAS MAKING PRIOR TO BEING FIXED. I SAW THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN ISSUE WITH 2012 MODELS AND EARLIER. I'M WORRIED THAT MY VEHICLE MAY ALSO BE DEFECTIVE. IT'S A 2013 THAT WAS BOUGHT IN 2012. WHEN THE BOLT SHEERED THROUGH THE CROSSMEMBER, I WAS GOING ABOUT 5 MPH TURNING LEFT IN A PARKING LOT. THE RIGHT REAR CONTROL ARM WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE CROSSMEMBER.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED AN UNKNOWN CHRYSLER DEALER IN MERCER, PA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 71571100. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

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I BOUGHT MY USED JEEP PATRIOT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. IN THE BEGINNING IT WOULD JERK ON ACCELERATION. NOW IS ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. BIG CLUNKING NOISE SHORTLY AFTER STARTING TO DRIVE. LOOSES POWER AT TIMES. ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, BRAKE, 4X4 LIGHTS ALL ARE ON. TAILGATE STOPPED OPENING AND NOW THE BODY CREAKS A LOT

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THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DECELERATE AND STALL. IT IS 6 YEARS OLD. IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE. I HAVE HAD NEW CARS MANY TIMES, DRIVING THEM >175,000 MILES. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY

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CVT TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING FAILURE AT 70 TO 75 MPH ON HIGHWAY, CAR SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING AND I WAS FORCED TO PULL OFF TO SHOULDER. IF NO SHOULDER POTENTIAL FATALITY COULD HAVE OCCURRED FROM HIGH SPEED TRUCKS OR CARS UNABLE TO SLOW DOWN THUS CRASHING INTO REAR OF CAR. THIS SITUATION HAS OCCURRED WITH NUMEROUS PATRIOTS DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET, AS WELL AS MINE. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY A RECALL.

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ENGINE LURCHES AND STALLS AFTER FILLING TANK. WILL DO SO 3 OR 4 TIMES, THEN SETTLE DOWN AND RUN. DANGEROUS TRYING TO ENTER TRAFFIC. NO STALL PROBLEM BETWEEN FILLS. MANY PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEM AS SHOWN HERE: HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T29898_DS631498

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2013 JEEP PATRIOT WHEN DRIVEN ON TRIPS OF 3 TO 4 HOURS, THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT LIGHT COME ON AND THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER. AND SLOWLY LOSES ALL POWER TO MOVE THE VEHICLE AT ALL. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER, NO DATA WAS FOUND ON THE COMPUTER OF THE INCIDENT EVER OCCURING AND THE DEALER ACTS AS THOUGH THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE SITUATION, YET IN THE OWNERS MANUAL IT TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO IF THIS SITUATION OCCURS? WHICH TO ME MEANS THEY KNOW ITS A PROBLEM, WHICH OCCURS REPEATED DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF YOUR TRIP. FOR MOST WHO ONLY DRIVE LOCALLY, THEY MAY NEVER EXPERIENCE THIS BECAUSE IT ONLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF DRIVING. WE NO LONGER DRIVE THIS VEHICLE OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE OF THAT AND FEEL FORCED TO RENT VEHICLES FOR OUR OWN SAFETY. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HASNT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, IT IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND OCCURS ONLY WHEN TRAVELING IN HIGH SPEED SITUATION ON EXPRESSWAYS. THE DATE I USED BELOW WAS THE LAST DATE I WAS WILLING TO RISK MY LIFE DRIVING OUT OF TOWN WITH THIS VEHICLE. THERE WERE MANY TIMES BEFORE THAT.

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TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AT HIGH SPEEDS.

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WHEN DRIVING IN WARMER WEATHER (NOT EVEN HOT WEATHER) THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LIGHT COMES ONE AND THE JEEP POWERS DOWN. THE MANUAL STATES TO LET THE CAR IDLE UNTIL THE LIGHT COMES OFF. NO CODES ARE EVER DETECTED AND JEEP SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO WITHOUT A CODE. THIS WILL HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES DURING A TRIP AND LEAVES PATRIOTS STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH SEMI'S AND TRUCKS WHIZZING BY. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. ON JEEP FORUMS THERE ARE MANY, MANY CASES OF OTHERS STATING THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO THEM. IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE JATCO CVT TRANSMISSION AND NISSAN HAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST 5 TIMES TO DATE.

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THE THROTTLE BODY. I WAS ENTERING THE HIGHWAY WENT TO ACCELERATE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE JUST STUTTERED. A MACK TRUCK WAS SPEEDING ALONG LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE HIGH-SPEED LANE SO HE COULD SWERVE AROUND ME AND BEEP AT ME I HAD TO DRIVE TO THE NEXT EXIT DOING 20MPH IN THE BREAKDOWN LANE AND GET IT TO MY GARAGE WHICH WAS TWO TOWNS OVER. EVERY TIME I HAD TO STOP AT A LIGHT THEN ACCELERATE IT WOULD STUTTER AND ONLY GO TO 20MPH. THE THROTTLE LIGHT WOULD COME ON THEN GO OFF. I BROUGHT IT TO THE GARAGE AND THEY HAD TO ORDER THE PART FROM FAR AWAY BECAUSE NO PLACE CLOSE TO US HAD IT DUE TO HIGH DEMAND WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS WIDESPREAD I AM NOT SURE WHY A RECALL WAS NOT ISSUED PEOPLES LIVES ARE AT STAKE. I ALMOST THREW UP IN MY CAR AFTER THE MACK TRUCK PASSED ME AND I REALIZED I COULD OF BEEN KILLED. I PAID $610.37 TO GET MY CAR REPAIRED SO I AM NOT SURE IF THE EXPENSE OF THE PART IS THE ISSUE BUT AGAIN I COULD OF BEEN KILLED AS COULD OF A LOT OF OTHERS THAT I READ ABOUT.

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PREMATURE INPUT SHAFT BEARING FAILURE IN THE MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. LOTS OF ISSUES ON THE WEB ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH A DEFECTIVE BEARING THAT WAS INSTALLED BY JEEP. HTTPS://WWW.JEEPPATRIOT.COM/FORUM/15-ENGINE-DRIVETRAIN/312665-INPUT-SHAFT-BEARING-NOT-CLUTCH.HTML HTTPS://WWW.JEEPFORUM.COM/FORUM/F9/INPUT-SHAFT-BEARING-THROW-OUT-BEARING-1184548/

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TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS ANYTIME THE JEEP IS DRIVEN MORE THAN 20 TO 30 MINS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ON A 2 HOUR DRIVE, IT CAN OVERHEAT AS MANY AS 4 TIMES. IT IS CONSISTENTLY REPRODUCIBLE AND HAPPENS EVERY TIME, WINTER OR SUMMER. JEEP GOES INTO LIMP MODE, GREATLY REDUCING POWER AVAILABLE TO SAFELY MOVE TO THE SHOULDER. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET OVER IN HIGH TRAFFIC. ONE ONE OCCASION THE JEEP DIED, LOSS OF ALL POWER IN THE CENTER LANE OF A 3 LANE, FAST MOVING HIGHWAY, REQUIRING POLICE ASSISTANCE TO STOP TRAFFIC AND PUSH IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WAS 03/18/2019 WHILE ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AGAIN. HIGH PITCHED WHINE, THEN LIMP MODE. THESE DAYS I DRIVE IN THE RIGHT LANE TO INSURE I CAN GET TO THE SHOULDER IF NEEDED.

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ALL ACCESSORY FUNCTIONS INTERMITTENTLY FAIL, AND MAY OR MAY NOT COME BACK ON. THIS INCLUDES THE RADIO, WIPERS, TURN SIGNALS, FAN, AND CRUISE CONTROL.

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CAR HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES AND ALREADY NEEDS THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED. SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM FOR JEEP VEHICLES.

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RAW GASOLINE FUMES SEEMS TO BE ENTERING THROUGH AIR VENTS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION, AND FAN IS IN USE. I WAS LEAVING A CONVENIENCE STORE WHEN PATRONS IN THE PARKING LOT WAVED ME DOWN TO TELL ME THEY SMELLED FUEL FROM MY VEHICLE. I QUICKLY EXITED FROM THE LOT TO GET THE VEHICLE AWAY FROM THE STORE AND FUEL PUMPS. I DIDN'T BUY FUEL AT THAT VISIT. THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AROUND THE CORNER HAS AN OPEN LOT, SO I HAD AN OFFICER COME OUT AND A FIREMAN RELATIVE STOP IN TO MAKE SURE THE VEHICLE WASN'T GOING TO COMBUST. LEFT THE PATRIOT SIT AND HAD AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT THE FOLLOWING DAY. HE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING UPON LETTING THE VEHICLE RUN AND HE TIGHTENED UP THE VENT TUBE OR FUEL FILLER NECK. THIS WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. TONIGHT, WITH THE TANK AT APPROXIMATELY 1/2 FULL, I MADE THE SAME 3 MILE TRIP, USING DEFROST AND FAN, SMELLED RAW FUEL AND BY THE TIME I GOT INTO THE STORE MY THROAT AND LIPS WERE BURNING, LIGHTHEADED AND THINGS LOOKED A LITTLE HAZY. DROVE HOME WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN AND WILL APPARENTLY HAVE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE CHECKED OUT AGAIN. NOTICED THE JEEP DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE GREAT ACCELERATION ON THE DRIVE IN. MILEAGE IS NOW MID 40K RANGE. FUEL SMELL COMING OUT IS WICKED AND TOXIC. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW AT THE END OF 2012. LIGHT DRIVING WITH A DAILY 6MILE COMMUTE FOR WORK. THIS IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ON SEVERAL LEVELS. I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING CHILDREN AND PETS IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. COULD THIS BE A CONTINUATION OF THE 2012 FUEL TANK PRODUCTION PROBLEM OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL?

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TAKATA RECALL, VEHICLE OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL GARAGE TO HAVE SHIFTER CABLE REPLACED, TECH OPENED HOOD TO DISCONNECT BATTERY HEARD A CLICK AND THEN A LOAD NOISE, LOOKED IN CAR AND FOUND ALL AIR BAGS IN SEATS, SEAT BELTS AND ROOF HAD DEPLOYED, RAN VIN AND FOUND THAT THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL WAS NEVER COMPLETED.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DOAN DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM FIAT (LOCATED AT 4477 W RIDGE RD, ROCHESTER, NY 14626, (585) 352-6600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000.

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I WAS BACKING MY 2013 JEEP PATRIOT INTO A DRIVEWAY WHEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT HEADREST SUDDENLY AND QUICKLY EXPLODED, PUNCHING ME IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD. I WASN'T EVEN TOUCHING IT AT THE TIME. IN THE 4 OR SO YEARS I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE, I HAVE RARELY EVEN ADJUSTED IT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY IF I'D BEEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT THE TIME.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE SPEED DRASTICALLY REDUCED BELOW 30 MPH AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. IN ADDITION, VARIOUS WARNING INDICATORS AND INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE CONTACT, A MECHANIC, INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURER ON HOW TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM ANY WARRANTY CAMPAIGNS AND WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,346.

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WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH (POSTED SPEED LIMIT) ON A SINGLE LANE PUBLIC ROAD I WAS FORCED TO MAKE A QUICK EVASIVE MANEUVER TO GO AROUND A SMALL TRUCK STOPPED ON ROAD LOOKING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, AND DROVE OVER RAISED EARTH THAT WAS ALONGSIDE ROAD SHOULDER. BOTH SIDE AIRBAGS ( PASSENGER AND DRIVER) DEPLOYED EVEN THOUGH CAR WAS NEVER IN AN ACCIDENT.

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SINCE I BOUGHT CAR IN FEBRUARY OF 2018, IMMENSELY THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR ENDED AND TIE RODS. I HAVE ALWAYS NOTICED HOW LOOSE THE STEERING IS AND IF I DRIVE IN A GROOVE IN ROAD THE CAR WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO THAT GROOVE. I ALSO NOTICE GOING UP A HILL THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD BE SET BUT CAR WOULD SLOW DOWN AND NOT GO UP IN ELEVATION VERY WELL. NOW THE JEEP IS CHUGGING SEVERELY WHEN I AM AT A COMPLETE STOP AND PLACE GAS TO GO AGAIN. IT ACTS LIKE FUEL SYSTEM IS MESSING UP AND/OR CONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION IS MESSED UP. ALSO THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SEATS DO NOT HEAT AND MANUFACTURED SEAT CLIPS ALL BROKE SIMPLY BY GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE NORMALLY. THE PASSENGER SEATBELT ALSO LOCKS NO MATTER HOW OR SLOW YOU PULL IT AND LOCK IT IN. THE PASSENGER SEAT IS WAY HIGHER AND UNABLE TO ADJUST HEIGHT ETC.. I AM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT POWER AND SLUGGING FROM STOP POSITION AND CRUISE ON HILLS.

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STARTING IN THE SUMMER OF 2014 THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY JULY 15, 2016 WHILE DRIVING I SMELT SOMETHING BURNING. LOOKED BEHIND ME AND THE BACKSEAT WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE! PULLED OVER AND CALLED 911. FIREFIGHTERS DETERMINED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW HAD SHORT CIRCUITED. WHEN I TURNED OFF THE CAR IT HAD STOPPED THE WIRES FROM BURNING. THE FIREFIGHTERS DISCONNECTED THE WIRES AND I CAREFULLY CONTINUED ON MY WAY. DURING THIS TIME I ALSO HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE DOOR LOCKS CONSTANTLY LOCKING AND UNLOCKING, EVEN WHEN NO ONE WAS IN THE CAR. ALSO, THE HORN AND STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS, SUCH AS THE CRUISE CONTROL AND RADIO CONTROLS, WENT OUT. I JEEP ABOUT THE FIRE/SMOKE AND ALSO TOLD THEM ABOUT THE OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING. I MET WITH A CHRYSLER INSPECTOR AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. SHORTLY AFTER I RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT THEY WERE NOT AT FAULT FOR THE ISSUES HAPPENING WITH MY PATRIOT. .

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SEPTEMBER OF 2014 MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS A BAD SENSOR THAT COULD BE REPLACE AND THAT THERE WAS NO DANGER DRIVING WITH THE BAD SENSOR.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GRADUALLY DECELERATE TO 15 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT SLOWLY DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE THROTTLE CONTROL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AT 800-521-9922 AND STATED THAT THEY HAD TO LOOK TO SEE IF THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. A CASE NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

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I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPT TO GET THIS FIXED AND THEY KEPT TELLING ME THAT WHEN THEY GET THE PART THEY WILL FIX IT. THIS HAS BEEN ON GOING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. THE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE LOSS OF AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER DEPLOYMENT CAPABILITY IN CERTAIN CRASH EVENTS DUE TO A SHORTING CONDITION RESULTING IN A NEGATIVE VOLTAGE TRANSIENT THAT TRAVELS TO THE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER VIA THE FRONT IMPACT SENSOR WIRES. RECALL STATUS RECALL INCOMPLETE REMEDY THE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER MUST BE REPLACED. SAFETY RISK DESCRPITION THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER DEPLOYMENT CAPABILITY IN SUCH CRASH EVENTS MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY IN A CRASH.

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