What 548 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Jeep Patriot

DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ONE, THE STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE JEEP STARTED SHAKING AND LOST POWER. I PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE CAR, IT STARTED NORMALLY BUT MOMENTS LATER THE LIGHTS ALL CAM BACK AND THE JEEP STARTING SHAKING. THEN TWO DAYS OF NORMAL DRIVING AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND FOUND COMPLAINTS DATING BACK TO 2008.

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ONE MORNING I TRIED TO TURN ON MY VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. GOT A FRIEND TO COME OUT TO TRY AND JUMP START IT AND AFTER ABOUT 30 MIN IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. TWO DAYS LATER I HAD THE SAME ISSUE. TRIED TO JUMP THE CAR AGAIN WITH NO SUCCESS. REPLACED THE BATTERY BUT DID NOT HELP. ALL THE ELECTRICAL COMPONEMTS INSIDE THE CAR (RADIO,LIGHTS,ECT) WERE STILL FUNCTIONAL BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT START OR EVEN MAKE A SOUND LIKE IT WAS ATTEMPTING TO START. JEEP WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE AFTER 1.5 WEEKS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. I THEN TOWED IT TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP AND HE STATED THAT HE DIDNT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. HE REMOVED THE PLASTIC COVERINGS OVER THE ENGINE AND STATED THEY ARE JUST FOR LOOKS AND DONT NEED TO BE THERE AND CLEANED SOME WIRES NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WELL AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO START. LATER WHILE DRIVING MY JEEP STARTED TO ACT STRANGE. RANDOMLY ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD WOULD TURN ON, THE GUAGES WENT ALL THE WAY TO ZERO THEN BACK UP TO NORMAL THE RADIO WOULD SHUT OFF AND TURN BACK ON AND THE CAR WOULD FEEL LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL. LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED EXCEPT THIS TIME THE LIGHTS STAYED ON ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT COULD NOT ACCELERATE MY VEHICLE AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I THEN WOULD HAVE TO PULL MY JEEP TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TURN IT OFF LET IT SET FOR A LITTLE THEN IT WOULD START BACK UP FINE. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 5 TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE WEEKS. WHEN IT WASNT HAPPENING AND I WAS DRIVING THE JEEP AROUND NORMALLY THE CHECK BATTERY LIGHT WOULD ALWAYS TURN ON AFTER ABOUT 5 TO 10 MIN AFTER DRIVIMG THE VEHICLE. OCCASIONALLY THE CHECK OIL LIGHT WILL ALSO TURN ON. I HAVE STILL FOUMD MP SOLUTION TO THESE PROBLEMS AMD IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. IT MAKES IT VERY UNSAFE TO DROVE ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY AND IN CONGESTED AREAS DUE TO VEHICLE RANDOMLY NOT WORKING.

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ELECTRONIC THROTTLE ISSUE. VEHICLE EXHIBITED UNEXPECTED AND UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION.

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OVER PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, VEHICLE HAD ISSUES OF START/NO START. BEING FRUSTRATED, I TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON 7/3/17. DEALER REPLACED THE TIPM SAME DAY. ON JULY 4TH VEHICLE STILL EXPERIENCE START/NO START. RETURNED THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER ON 7/6/17 AND I AM AWAITING RESULTS FROM DEALER REGARDING THE ISSUE. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER CHRYSLER IS HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TIPM AND EXCESSIVE HEAT ON ENGINE SEEMS TO PLAY A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE FAILURE OF THE TIPM.

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THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY JEEP WILL GO OFF CONSTANTLY AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OVER THEM. THE HEADLIGHTS WILL ALSO TURN ON AND OFF BY THEMSELVES PERIODICALLY WITH NO WARNING OR ABILITY TO CONTROL THEM. WHEN IT RAINS MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND HEADLIGHTS ARE UNPREDICTABLE AND I CAN NOT DRIVE SAFELY. I BELIEVE THESE ISSUES MAY BE IN CONNECTION TO THE RECENT NHTSA RECALL #16V-668 MANUFACTURER RECALL #S61. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE JULY OF 2016 AND HAPPENS WHENEVER MY CAR IS TURNED ON. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, CHRYSLER AUTOMOTIVE HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THE SITUATION.

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IN SEPTEMBER OF 2016 JEEP DISCOVERED A SERIOUS, POSSIBLY FATAL RISK POTENTIAL ASSOCIATED WITH A SENSOR INVOLVED IN RESTRAINING SEAT BELTS AND DEPLOYING AIR BAGS "UNDER CERTAIN IMPACT CONDITIONS". AS AN OWNER, I WAS NOT APPRISED OF THIS RISK UNTIL JUNE 20, 2017. THEN, WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF A REPAIR TO CORRECT THIS LEMON I WAS "INFORMED", "ADVISED" THERE WAS NO REPAIR AVAILABLE AND SUCH REPAIR(S) MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SIX MONTHS. I WAS GIVEN A VAGUE ESTIMATE, AND VAGUE "ASSURANCE" I WOULD BE APPRISED OF REPAIR AVAILABILITY WHEN READY. I ASKED, "SHOULD I BEE DRIVING THIS FLAW?" THEY HAD NO SPECIFIC GUIDANCE. SERIOUSLY? ACCORDINFLY, I AM INVOKING "LEMON LAW" AND DEMANDING FULL LIQUIDATION OF MY EXISTING AUTO LOAN AT JEEP'S EXPENSE. IF THEY DO NOT OBLIGE, I SHALL SEEK CIVIL SUIT DAMAGES BY JURY TRIAL FOR ADDED EMOTIONAL PAIN AND SUFFERING COUPLED WITH THEIR FAILURE TO FULLY-DISCLOSE POTENTIAL FATAL FLAW FOR OVER SIX MONTHS TO JEEP OWNERS. I EXPECT THE NHTSA TO MANAGE THIS CLAIM. PERIOD. WHAT A MESS. WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS? IS ANYONE WATCHING AND PROTECTING CONSUMERS? I EXPECT THE NHTSA TO FORCE JEEP TO IMMEDIATELY UNDERTAKE A FULL BUYBACK PROGRAM NO LATER THAN JULY 1, 2017. PERIOD.

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ELECTRIC LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT TURN ON AND THE ENGINE IS ROUGH IDLING. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE OR BRAKE. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOME PRESSURIZED AND WILL NOT RESPOND OR DEPRESS.

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YESTERDAY AFTER EXITING THE FREEWAY, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND DRIVING WAS VERY JERKY. TODAY ON THE FREEWAY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT WAS FLASHING AGAIN. LUCKILY, SAFE MODE DIDN'T KICK ON UNTIL AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY AS I WAS ONLY ABLE TO ACCELLERATE TO 20 MPH THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. THE CAR DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SHIFTING HARD WHEN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY . ALSO, WHEN STARTING OUT FROM A STOP, IT'S CHUGGING AND JERKING. IT IS THROWING ERROR CODES $07E8 AND $07E9.

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UPON ENTERING A MAJOR HIGH WAY SYSTEM, THE ENGINE ON MY 2014 JEEP PATRIOT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, REGARDLESS OF THE PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE GAS PEDAL. IT FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING RESISTING THE ACCELERATION. THERE I AM IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A 6 LANE BRIDGE WITH FREE WAY TRAFFIC GOING 60MPH AND I AM DECELERATING (EVEN WITH ADEQUATE PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE GAS) WHEN COMES ELECTRICAL THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT. THE GUY DRIVING THE TOW TRUCK SAID I WAS HIS 4TH JEEP TODAY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND AMONG MANY THIS MONTH.

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SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON MY VEHICLE WHICH WAS MADE IN 2014. HERE IT IS 2017 AND THERE STILL IS NO REPAIR AVAILABLE. THIS IS A SAFETY RECALL. WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG? RECALL S61/ NHTSA 16V-668. IT SHOULD NOT TAKE THIS LONG TO CORRECT A SAFETY ISSUE.

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WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET THE DASH LIGHTS CAME ON AND OFF THEN CAR STALLED. RESTARTED BUT HAD TO KEEP RPMS LOW AND DASH LIGHTS NEVER CAME BACK ON. DIAGNOSTIC SAID ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WAS PROBLEM. WHEN MECHANIC REMOVED PARTS WE SAW THERE HAD BEEN A ELECTRIC SHORT IN WIRING THAT CAUSED SEVERAL WIRES TO BURN AND FAIL. $900 REPAIR. 50 K MILES ON CAR

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CAR TURNS OVER BUT WON'T FIRE. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT IT'S THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) THAT WILL COST 1200.00 TO FIX. HAPPENED EXITING HIGHWAY RAMP. CAR DIED BUT WOULDN'T RESTART.

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WATER LEAKS FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD AND, IF IT IS RAINING HARD ENOUGH, INTO AND OUT OF THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS, WHICH IS WORRISOME BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL FACTOR. WE NOTICED THE LEAKAGE AFTER GOING THROUGH A CAR WASH 2 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING OUR USED JEEP. WE BROUGHT IT IN FOR REPAIRS AND IT SEEM LIKE IT WAS FIXED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS UNTIL IT RAINED HEAVILY AND WE NOTICED WATER STREAMING IN, YET AGAIN. WE HAVE ALSO SINCE NOTICED THE FLOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE GETS SOAKED AFTER IT RAINS AS WELL AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS COMING FROM. IT SEEMS OVERALL THAT OUR JEEPS SEALANTS ARE VERY FAULTY.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO LATCH AND THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,986. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE....UPDATED 03/08/17 *BF UPDATED 08/15/2017*JS

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I'VE COMPLAINED HERE 2 WEEKS AGO BUT NOW AN UPDATE -- TODAY WAS THE SECOND TIME WHICH WAS MORE SERIOUS AS NOT ONLY THE ETC LIGHT CAME ON , BUT THE MIL LIGHT AND THEN THE EAC LIGHT. AFTER STALLING AND RESTARTING AND PLUGGING MY WAY HOME -- WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT , FOOT ON BRAKE ON A HILL, THE CAR SEEMED TO RPM VERY HIGHLY AND SEEMED TO WANT TO ACCELERATE (WHILE A PEDESTRIAN CROSSED IN FRONT OF ME AT THE LIGHT). AT THAT TIME -- OR AROUND THAT TIME -- ALL THE IDIOT LIGHTS CAME ON -- ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY, BUT APPEARED TO SWOOP INTO HIGH GEAR WHILE SITTING WITH BRAKE ON PEDAL. IT THEN DWINDLED DOWN TO THE PREVIOUS 3 LIGHTS. LATER WHEN I MADE IT HOME AFTER SEVERAL STALLS, I WENT OUT TO START IT . THE MIL LIGHT LIGHTS FIRST, AND ALTHOUGH IT'S SUPPOSE TO WARN ME ABOUT SEAT-BELTS THAT HAS STOPPED. THEN THE ETC LIGHT COMES ON AFTER ABOUT 1 MINUTE OR SO, AND THE EAC WHICH STAYS ON.I'VE NEVER HAD A CAR DO THIS EVER! SO DANGEROUS! THE SEATBELT LIGHT? THIS HAS GOT TO BE ELECTRICAL. CHRYSLER HAS NEVER FIXED THEIR JEEP PROBLEMS -- THIS IS A REPEATED ISSUE WITH ALL OF THEIR JEEPS . I WAS IN DOWNTOWN DULUTH GOING ONLY 30 MPH BUT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO PAST THAT SPEED AS IT KEPT ATTEMPTING TO STALL OUT. I'M SORRY I COULDN'T TAKE PICTURES WHILE IN THE MIDST OF A PANIC.

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IN AUGUST 2016 DRIVING ALONG AND THE CAR STALLED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT AND ELECTRICAL LIGHT AND MY 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT CAME ON. THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE STAYED ON AS WELL AND THE CAR SPUTTERED THEN STOPPED. WOULD NOT GO. HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THE ELECTRONIC BODY THROTTLE NEEDED REPLACED. RIDICULOUS,I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP BUT DIDN'T HEAR BACK SO I HAD IT FIXED AND REPLACED. MONDAY DECEMEBER 12TH WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT 45 MILES AN HOUR MY JEEP STALLED AND THEN COMPLETELY DIED ON THE ROAD. I MANAGED TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD AT A COAST. HAD IT TOWED AGAIN AND THE MECHANIC SAID I NEED A NEW ENGINE. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED THE MECHANIC SAID "DUE TO ABRASIVE DEBRIS IN THE BALANCE SHAFT BEARINGS, THESE ENGINES MAY HAVE A LOSS OF ENGINE OIL PRESSURE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN AN ENGINE STALL OR ENGINE FAILURE," SAID NHTSA IN ITS SUMMARY OF THE PROBLEM. "IF THE ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, IT MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH." THE SAME AS THE RECALL,I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AND MY JEEP WAS NOT ON THE RECALL. JUST BECAUSE IT WASN'T ON THE LIST DOES NOT MEAN THERE COULD NOT BE THE SAME PROBLEM. MY JEEP DID THE SAME THING TWICE WHILE DRIVING,STALLED AND THEN DIED. *TR

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MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT AT THE END OF 2013. I USE THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE FROM HOME TO WORK AND BACK. CURRENTLY IT HAS 21458 MILES. FROM THE START THE CLOCK HAS BEEN DROPPING TIME. I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO GET THE CLOCK FIXED. AFTER BEING FIXED IT STILL CONTINUED TO DROP TIME BUT BEFORE I COULD RETURN IT TO THE DEALER ANOTHER PROBLEM AROSE. ON 9/28/2016 THE ENGINE WOULD CUT OUT EACH TIME IT WAS STARTED. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THEY SAID THE WCM WAS BAD, THIS NOT ONLY CAUSED THE ENGINE TO CUT OUT BUT ALSO CAUSE THE CLOCK TO LOSE TIME. NOW HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. 11/15/2016 - WHEN STARTED THE ENGINE CUTS OUT BUT WITHIN A FEW HOURS OR THE NEXT DAY I CAN START IT UP BUT THIS TIME DID NOT CUT OUT. THIS PROBLEM HAS MADE ME VERY UNEASY. I AM TAKING A CHANCE WHEN I LEAVE HOME. IT JUST SO HAPPENED WHEN BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE AT HOME.

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MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT AT THE END OF 2013. I USE THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE FROM HOME TO WORK AND BACK. CURRENTLY IT HAS 21458 MILES. FROM THE START THE CLOCK HAS BEEN DROPPING TIME. I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO GET THE CLOCK FIXED. AFTER BEING FIXED IT STILL CONTINUED TO DROP TIME BUT BEFORE I COULD RETURN IT TO THE DEALER ANOTHER PROBLEM AROSE. ON 9/28/2016 THE ENGINE WOULD CUT OUT EACH TIME IT WAS STARTED. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THEY SAID THE WCM WAS BAD, THIS NOT ONLY CAUSED THE ENGINE TO CUT OUT BUT ALSO CAUSE THE CLOCK TO LOSE TIME. NOW HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. 11/15/2016 - WHEN STARTED THE ENGINE CUTS OUT BUT WITHIN A FEW HOURS OR THE NEXT DAY I CAN START IT UP BUT THIS TIME DID NOT CUT OUT. THIS PROBLEM HAS MADE ME VERY UNEASY. I AM TAKING A CHANCE WHEN I LEAVE HOME. IT JUST SO HAPPENED WHEN BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE AT HOME.

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MY ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN POPPING ON AND OFF FOR THE LAST 6 WEEKS. COULD NOT FIND THE ISSUE THAT WAS CAUSING IT.NOW THE LAST 2 WEEKS MY DASH LIGHT THAT SIGNALS A ELECTRICAL THROTTLE ISSUE.IT WAS HAVING ISSUES OF GAINING SPEED AND DECELERATING.YESTERDAY AUGUST 18TH IT PUT MY JEEP INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND MY ENGINE LIGHT PLUS THE THROTTLE LIGHT CAME ON.I COULD NOT MOVE MY JEEP I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WAS SITTING STILL IN A PARKING LOT.I HAD ONLY RETURNED TO MY CAR AFTER WORK AND TURNED IT ON AND THIS IS WHAT IT DID.IT IS AT THE REPAIR SHOP NOW WAITING ON WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND HOW IT CAM ABOUT. .

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I REALLY HATE THAT I HAVE SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE CONSOLE ELECTRICAL IN MY CAR. MOSTLY RADIO/AUX/CHARGER/STARTER. SINCE ABOUT A WEEK AFTER I GOT THE CAR, AND OF CORSE AFTER 3 DAYS ITS NOT RETURNABLE. I MESSED UP BUYING IT BRAND-NEW, BUT I WAS EXCITED SINCE MY CAR BEFORE THAT WAS MY FIRST CAR THAT I HAD BOUGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL. I HAD TO HAVE THE CHARGER UNIT REPLACED SO I COULD CHARGE MY PHONE. AT THE TIME I WAS STATIONED 3 HOURS FROM HOME, SO I FREQUENTLY MADE THE TRIP AND NEEDED MY PHONE CHARGED FOR THE GPS. IT'S NOT THAT IT WOULDN'T CHARGE, BUT THE CHARGER HAD TO BE "TURNED" A SPECIFIC WAY. IT WASN'T THE CHARGER.. I TRIED COUNTLESS. RECENTLY, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, I NOTICED THAT THE AUX IS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. AND YES, I'VE TRIED MULTIPLE PHONES AND AUX CORDS, BUT THE CORD HAS TO BE TURNED A "CERTAIN WAY" IN THE HOLE TO WORK. IT PISSED ME OFF BECAUSE I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE MY CHARGER REPLACED, AND I'M SURE I'LL HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THIS REPLACED TOO. OH, AND THE STARTER. (OR I THINK ITS THE STARTER) ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY AND HOLD IT FOR A SECOND TO GET MY CAR TO START SOMETIMES.. ITS SO IRRITATING.. I LEARNED MY LESSON WITH BUYING NEW CARS. THE WARRANTIES COVER NOTHING AND THEY HAVE MORE ISSUES THEN THE OLD CAMARO I BOUGHT FOR MY FIRST CAR :/

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SINCE DAY ONE OF PURCHASING THE PATRIOT MY VEHICLE HAS HAD NON-STOP ISSUES, MORE RECENTLY ALMOST RESULTING IN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH AN 18 WHEELER AFTER THE VEHICLE WENT FROM 80MPH TO 40MPH IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES, TRANSMISSION FLUID LIGHT CAME ON AND RPMS STAYED AT 4200. THE CAR MADE A RIDICULOUS SCREAMING NOISE AND THIS WAS AFTER THE DEALERSHIP HAD MY VEHICLE FOR 2 WEEKS (THIRD TIME BRINGING IT IN FOR THE ABOVE PROBLEM) AND NOW IT IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN WHERE I AM BEING TOLD THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THEY CAN DO. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD NEW STRUTS (COMPLAINED ABOUT A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING LEFT AND SHOCKINGLY THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE THIRD TIME BRINGING IT IN), NEW BRAKE SENSOR SWITCH AFTER THEY ALSO FOUND THE MASTER WAS LEAKING INTO THE BOOSTER AND THEN THEY FOUND THE SENSOR SWITCH BAD -THAT WAS OCTOBER OF 2015, APRIL 23RD 2016 THEY SAID THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE - I MAY BE A GIRL BUT I"M NOT STUPID (THAT WAS THE SECOND TIME I BROUGHT IT IN FOR THE TRANS. ISSUE). IT'S HAD A NEW RADIO AND TELEMATIC MODULES 5 TIMES, NEW ANTENNA, NEW TIRE SENSORS, MOLDING, DOOR PANEL, ETC. THIS CAR WAS TOO EXPENSIVE TO HAVE THESE ISSUES AND JEEP/CHRYSLER GROUP ARE TELLING ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS OBVIOUSLY OVER HEATING GOING INTO "LIMP" MODE RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE STAYING IN 4TH GEAR AND LOOSING SPEED - THIS VEHICLE IS A COFFIN ON WHEELS AND I WAS TOLD THIS WAS RELIABLE. WE HAVE EVERYTHING ON VIDEO THAT HAPPENED AFTER PICKING UP THE CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP ON MAY 21, 2016 AND AFTER TAKING IT FOR A DRIVE TO ASSURE THE PROBLEM WAS GONE (AGAIN THIRD TIME IT WAS BROUGHT IN). THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE COMPUTER RESETS LIKE A LAPTOP WHICH IS WHY THE ERROR CODES GO AWAY AND IS CONTINUING TO FEED US LIES EVEN WITH EVIDENCE IN HAND. MY VEHICLE TERRIFIES ME NOW.

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I'VE HAD MY VEHICLE SINCE NEW IN 2014 AND FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF HAVING THE VEHICLE I TRAVELED 50 MILES ONE WAY TO WORK EVERY DAY, SO I PUT A LOT OF MILES ON THE VEHICLE BUT MAINLY HIGHWAY MILES. I'VE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE UNTIL A MONTH AGO. I WENT TO GO TO WORK AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AN TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BECAUSE OF THE ETC LIGHT. THE ENGINE PULSATED AND REVVED STEADY AT 4,000 RPMS UNTIL I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. I TOOK IT TO A CHRYSLER DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE PCM. I GOT MY VEHICLE BACK AND IT WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. UPON GETTING GAS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. ALL THE LIGHTS AND THE RADIO WORKED BUT IT WOULD NOT CLICK, CRANK, OR TURN OVER. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AND IT RAN FINE FOR 3 DAYS AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER CHRYSLER DEALER AND HAD YET ANOTHER PCM PUT IN IT. THE VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE CHRYSLER DEALER AND I'VE BEEN WITHOUT IT AND DRIVING A RENTAL FOR ALMOST A WEEK NOW. I'VE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND UPON ASKING THEM WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF THE ISSUE PERSISTS, THEY COULD ONLY SAY THEY'LL CONTINUE TO DIAGNOSE IT AND FIX IT. I HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO BE DRIVING AN LET SIT ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IF I DECIDE TO TAKE HIM SOMEWHERE FARTHER AWAY.

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MY TRANSMISSION IS LOSING POWER AND SLIPPING. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE WARRANTY WON'T COVER THE PROBLEM. ALSO WAS TOLD IF PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED THE VEHICLE WILL END UP SHUTTING OFF ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THUS CREATING A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

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MY CAR WOULD NOT START, THERE WAS STILL POWER TO THE LIGHTS AND RADIO. MY JEEP HAS ONLY 20,673 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN DECEMBER 2013. IT IS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST CHRYSLER DEALER. SAN LEANDRO CHRYSLER IS WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND HAVE IT SERVICED REGULARLY. I PURCHASED THE SERVICE CONTRACT FROM THE DEALER. THEY TOOK 5 BUSINESS DAYS TO LOOK AT IT. I HAD TO PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. THE SERVICE TECH DETERMINED IT WAS THE WCM WAS NON RESPONSIVE. THEY SAID SINCE I HAD AN AFTERMARKET ALARM THE WARRANTY WAS VOID. I HAD THE ALARM INSTALLED BY AN ALARM SPECIALIST. THEY CHARGED ME $185 FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC, AND MY CAR STILL DID NOT WORK. I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR WCM. IT TURNS OUT THIS PROBLEM GOES BACK TO 2008 IN JEEP, CHRYSLER AND DODGE VEHICLES. ONE OF THE FORUMS RECOMMENDED I DISCONNECT THE BATTERY OR A CERTAIN FUSE. I DID THAT, THE CAR STARTED RIGHT UP ! I TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO REFUND MY MONEY. THIS WCM CAN ONLY BE INSTALLED BY A DEALER BECAUSE IT HAS TO MATCH THE VIN #. THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED ! YOUR VEHICLE COULD JUST TURN OFF WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING IT !

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD AND IN REVERSE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE HAD STEAM COMING FROM THE HOOD, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ODOR, AND THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,069.

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