What 313 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Jeep Patriot

CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, IT STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT DID NOT ASSIST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V907000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

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MY SISTER WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP SIGN, WHILE STOPED HER HEADREST ( DRIVER SEAT HEAD REST) THE PLASTIC CLIPS THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE BROKE. IF SHE WAS DRIVING, AND IT BROKE IT HAVECOULD HAVE SENT HER IN A WRECK. SHE HAS WITNESSES OF THE INCIDENT. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE AND IT SHOULD NOT COME OUT OF HER POCKET BUT THE JEEP DEALERSHIP IS TRYING TO CHARGE HER. WE CAN NOT REPLACE IT WITHOUT TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF WIRES THAT ARE IN THE HEADREST THAT ARE CONNECTING WITH THE SEAT.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE DRIVER'S FRONTAL ACTIVE HEADREST RESTRAINT DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MILLER'S CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (48 KELLY ISLAND RD, MARTINSBURG, WV 25401, (304) 263-8821) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT TWO CLIPS IN THE HEADREST FRACTURED AND THE HEADREST NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

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THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING ON A CITY STREET IN BOSTON. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO THE NEAREST GARAGE WHERE THEY REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, BUT THEN AN ENGINE CODE CAME UP SAYING THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I AM UNSURE IF THIS WAS RELATED TO THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR ISSUE OR JUST A COINCIDENCE. THE CAR THEN HAD TO BE TOWED TO A JEEP DEALER TO REPLACE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND RELEARN THE SENSORS. I NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2016 JEEP PATRIOTS FOR THE SAME CRANKSHAFT PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING IN 2015 JEEP PATRIOTS. THE ENGINE DIED WITHOUT WARNING AND IT IS FORTUNATE THAT THIS HAPPENED AT ~20MPH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

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I PURCHASED A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT AND MY WIFE TODAY, 9/12/2019, MERELY AVOIDED A TRAFFIC COLLISION CAUSED BY A THROTTLE BODY AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY DEFECT WHICH APPEARS TO BE COMMON WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE.

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IN JULY 2019 I WALKED OUT TO MY CAR AND NOTICED THAT THE HEAD REST HAD DEPLOYED. MY CAR WAS NOT MOVED OR IN ANY ACCIDENTS. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I NOTICED THAT MANY OTHER JEEP PATRIOT CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE HEADREST DEPLOYING WITHOUT THERE BEING AN ACCIDENT OR ANY TYPE OF TRANS HAPPENING TO THE CAR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE DRIVER AS WELL AS THE PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE. THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS INJURY FOR THOSE IN THE CAR AND POSSIBLE OTHERS IF IT IS DEPLOYED WHILE SOMEONE IS DRIVING AND AN ACCIDENT IS THEN TRULY CAUSED. I SEE THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON THIS BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE. THE COST OF HAVING THIS BEING REPLACED SHOULD NOT BE LEFT UP TO THE CONSUMER. JEEP IS A WELL KNOWN COMPANY AND SHOULD HAVE TO PAY. I PRAY NO SERIOUS INJURIES OCCUR TO OTHERS FROM THIS ISSUE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL SOCKET WAS FAULTY. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED ONLINE THAT THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE. KUNES COUNTRY AUTO GROUP OF MACOMB (3200 E JACKSON ST, MACOMB, IL 61455, (309) 837-5757) INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE PARTS AND LABOR FOR THE REPLACEMENT BULB WOULD COST $350. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

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THE HEADRESTS ON BOTH FRONT SEATS (DRIVER AND PASSENGER)HAVE DEPLOYED WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT OCCURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, WE WERE VACUUMING THE INSIDE.

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WHILE RANDOMLY DRIVING MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THROTTLE LIGHT COMES ON. I'VE HAD MY CAR TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CODES ARE P2135 AND P0121. DEALER SAID THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY DIDN'T CLEAR THE CODE. WENT HOME AND SLEPT, NEXT MORNING THE LIGHTS ARE OFF. THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS ISSUE. THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY DECEMBER 2018, MY GAS PEDAL 2 MONTHS AGO AND PART OF MY COMPUTER OVER A MONTH AGO AND THIS IS STILL HAPPENING. I'VE READ IN A BUNCH OF FORUMS THIS IS COMMON BUT NO ONE HAS A SOLUTION. DEALER SAID MY WIRING HARNESS WAS FINE AND THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM BUT DON'T WANT TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR EVEN THOUGH IT'S UNDER WARRANTY. HELP

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED BEFORE OR AFTER THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN IT STALLED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,999. *JS

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THIS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE TRUCK, NOW IT'S ALL THE TIME. TRY TO START IT, IT DOESN'T WANT TO TURN OVER . YOU CAN PLAY WITH THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN IT STARTS. GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO CRANK OVER. STARTED MID JULY AND HAS CONTINUED

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VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. WHEN I RETURNED TO CAR, THE PASSENGERS HEADREST HAD COME APART. DID SOME DIGGING ON INTERNET AND NOTICED I AM NOT ALONE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY PATRIOT OWNERS. OF COURSE MOST WERE AFTER THE 60,000 MILE WARRANTY. EXTENDED WARRANTY WORTHLESS ALSO BECAUSE IT DOES NOT COVER SRS. EST RIGHT NOW IS AROUND $860.00. GLAD MY 17 YR OLD DAUGHTER WAS NOT SITTING IN THAT SET AS SHE HAD BEEN A COUPLE OF HOURS EARLIER. OTHERWISE, I GUESS THERE WOULD BE MEDICAL BILLS IN ADDITION TO CAR REPAIR BILLS.

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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.

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SO I MADE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE BUT TODAY I HAVE AN ACTUAL ENGINE CODE THAT WAS PULLED UP AFTER BEING REAR-ENDED DUE TO THE STALLING. IT'S CODE P0335 AND IT'S THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WHICH IS ALREADY RECALLED FOR THE EXACT MAKE AND MODEL IN THE 2016 VERSION AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY FOR 2015 BECAUSE IF THERE ARE ANY COMPLAINTS OF STALLS IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS ADDRESSED TO ME AND MY KID AND ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS THIS PROBLEM AND CAR IS AT RISK

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I HAVE ABOUT 48000 MILES ON MY CAR IN THE LAST WEEK IT'S BEEN STALLING WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STALLS AND IT JUST SHUTS DOWN I HAVE A YOUNG CHILD AND IT'S SCARY AND NOT SAFE. IT HAS DONE IT AT MULTIPLE VARIATIONS OF MILES PER HOUR. NO WARNING, ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES ONCE I GIVE IT A COUPLE MINUTES IT GENERALLY CRANKS BACK UP AND EITHER STALLS OUT AGAIN.

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HIT A SMALL POT HOLE & MY PASSENGER SEAT HEAD REST POPPED OPEN & CAME APART. THERE IS NO WAY THAT I CAN SEE TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER; IT'S NOT EASILY CLOSED & I DONT WANT TO BREAK IT

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THE FIRST TIME IT STALLED I WAS TURNING A CORNER ONTO A MAIN STREET AND IT STALLED. IT DID START RIGHT BACK UP AND RAN. THE NEXT DAY I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND IT STALLED. THE VERY NEXT RED LIGHT IT STALLED AGAIN. BOTH TIMES IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN.

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AT ONLY 16,500 MILES 5 SPEED MANUAL GEARBOX CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN MARCH OF 2015 WITH 6 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO NUMEROUS OTHER JEEP PATRIOT OWNERS AS WELL. THERE ARE AT LEAST 2 DOZEN OR SO ON 1 INTERNET FORUM THAT HAVE HAD SIMILAR FAILURES. THE FAILURE OF MINE HAPPENED CROSSING A BUSY INTERSECTION LUCKILY NO ONE CRASHED INTO THE CAR AS THE SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND THE CAR SIMPLY REVVED AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO ANY GEAR. THE DEALERSHIP MILTON RUBEN DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP AND FCA BOTH ARE CLAIMING CLUTCHES ARE NOT WARRANTY DUE TO BEING A CONSUMABLE WEAR AND TEAR ITEM. THE DEALER REPORTEDLY FOUND BROKEN PIECES OF CLUTCH ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICIANS NOTES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DISCERNING FAILURE AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. THERE IS ANOTHER REPORT OF ONE FAILURE AT ONLY 9600 MILES. THE DEALER ALSO CANNOT CONFIRM IF SAID PIECES FOUND ARE ACTUALLY CLUTCH OR TRANSMISSION PARTS. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH FCA REGARDING THE MATTER AND THEY ARE NOT MUCH ASSISTANCE. THIS MATTER OF GEARBOX, TRANSMISSION, CLUTCH FAILURES IN JEEP PATRIOTS WARRANT AN INVESTIGATION. I HOPE OTHERS HAVE REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO YOU. DEALERS ARE CHARGING CONSUMERS $1400.00 TO $2000.00 DOLLARS TO REPAIR A MANUFACTURED COMPONENT THAT IS PREMATURELY BREAKING PUTTING THEIR CONSUMERS AND OTHER MOTORIST LIVES AT RISK.

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MY 2015 JEEP PATRIOT HAS STALLED OUT 4 TIMES WHILE DRIVING THE JEEP DEALER SAID WE NEED A CRANKSHAFT AND CAMSHAFT SENSOR WHICH IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM FOR THE 2016 RECALL HAVE THERE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS IT APPEARS TO ME THIS IS THE SAME EZACT PROBLEM

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, WATER LEAKED INTO THE CABIN. UPON INSPECTING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE WATER ENTERED ALONG THE REAR HATCH OF THE VEHICLE. THE LEAK CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE HEADLINER, CARPET, AND REAR SEATS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT MOLD AND THE ODOR OF MOLD WERE PRESENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WATSON LUDINGTON CHRYSLER (LOCATED AT 3632 WEST US HIGHWAY 10, LUDINGTON, MI 49431, (231) 845-3900) TO BE INSPECTED. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO USE AUTOMOTIVE CAULK TO SEAL THE AREA FROM WHICH THE WATER LEAKED. AFTER A NIGHT OF TORRENTIAL RAINS, THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF FURTHER LEAKS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,279. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL SMELLED OF MOLD. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED HAVING ASSISTANCE HAVING THE BACK SEATS AND HEADLINER REPLACED. *JS

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TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS AND SLIPS BETWEEN 55 AND 70MPH. FEELS LIKE CAR IS GOING TO STALL OUT, AND DOES NOT ACCELERATE CORRECTLY

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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.

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DRIVING JEEP PATRIOT AND IT SPUTTERED SLOWING VEHICLE DOWN ON A BUSY HIGHWAY ... VERY DANGEROUS... THEN WENT INTO ' LIMP MODE' THIS NEEDS INVESTIGATED ... HAD TO REPLACE COMPLETE THROTTLE BODY WITH 80,000 MILES

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I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND MANY OTHER JEEP PATRIOT OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE ON A 40 MPH ROAD THAT PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO FLY DOWN AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL MY CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE BUT COMPLETELY LOSE THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. MY CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DANGEROUS ROAD AS 3 LIGHTS SIMULTANEOUSLY APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD; THE LIGHTS WERE THE THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, AND TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT. I WAS SCARED TO DEATH AND ACTED QUICKLY BUT THIS IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSAFE. WILL JEEP SIMPLY WAIT UNTIL THIS CAUSES THE DEATH OR SERIOUS ACCIDENT OF MOTORISTS? I BELIEVED THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DIRTY SO I CLEANED IT OUT FOLLOWING STANDARD PROCEDURE, HOWEVER THE THROTTLE WARNING LIGHT STILL APPEARS AND MY VEHICLE STRUGGLES TO ACCELERATE. I WILL BE TAKING IT INTO THE SHOP VERY SOON BUT THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE VEHICLE OWNER, THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND UNCALLED FOR WHEN THE VEHICLES SUFFERING HAVE LESS THAN 50,000 MILES.

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