What 455 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Jeep Patriot

MY CAR JUST STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH!!. IT JUST DIED. LUCKILY 3 STRANGERS PUSHED ME TO SAFETY. IT STARTED WORKING SOON AFTERWARD ONLY TO GET STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AGAIN. IT WAS TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANKPOSTITION SENSOR IS BAD. IT IS RECALLED ON OTHER 2016 JEEP PATRIOTS BUT NOT COVERED ON THIS ONE. IT WAS MANUFACTURED BEFORE THE RECALL. I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER INCLUDING THIS CAR UNDER THE RECALL. MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND SHE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE ABRUPT STOPPING OF THIS VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. I AM SO THANKFUL THAT SHE WAS NOT INJURED BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH WORSE. WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR AND AM UPSET TO KNOW THAT THIS FAULTY SENSOR CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE INJURY TO OTHERS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V907000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AT MAJOR WORLD CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (50-30- NORTHERN BLVD, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101, (844) 349-2128). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE WITH THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE REPAIR WAS REMEDIED BY THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER IF THE FAILURE SHOULD RECUR. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 71595328. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

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TRANSMISSION IS WINDING AND JUDDERING.

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I HAVE A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. I KEEP GETTING NOTICES VIA EMAIL AND REGULAR MAIL THAT I NEED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THIS RECALL FIXED. EVERY TIME I CALL THE DEALER TO GET IT FIXED, I'M TOLD THAT THEY DON'T HAVE PARTS AND DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'LL BE IN. THEY SAY THEY WILL GIVE ME A CALL WHEN THE PARTS COME IN, THEN I NEVER HEAR BACK FROM THEM.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED AND ALL OF THE CAMSHAFT SENSORS WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V907000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED MONTEREY BAY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (555 AUTO CENTER DR, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076, (831) 724-2463) AND WAS INFORMED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

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MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK WHEN SHE STARTED TO HEAR NOISE COMING FROM MY TRUCK SO SHE PULLED OVER, CALL ME AND THEN I CAME UP TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE TRUCK NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON OR NO OVER HEATING AND ONLY THING WAS LOUD NOISE SO I DECIDED TO TRY TO DRIVE THE TRUCK HOME , THEN ON THE WAY DRIVING IN TEN MILE ROAD IN WARREN THE TRUCK WAS GETTING LOUDER SO THEN I DROVE IT TO MY DAUGHTER FATHER HOUSE THAT WAS NEAR BY . WHEN I TURN DOWN RYAN ROAD THE TRUCK STULLED OUT DURING THE MAKING OF THE TURN BUT I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO THE TIM HORTON, TRY TO RESTART MY TRUCK TO MAKE IT TO HER FATHER HOUSE THE NEXT DAY I HAD TOW TRUCK TOW MY TRUCK TO LOUIS AUTO REPAIR SHOP BUT THEY DIDN'T ABLE TO LOOK AT MY TRUCK UNTIL MONDAY AND THEY CALL ME TO LET ME KNOW I NEED NEW ENGINE. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I NEED NEW ENGINE WHEN MY LIGHT NEVER CAME ON AND MY TRUCK IS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD.

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ACTIVE HEADREST WAS DEPLOYED/ACTIVATED WHILE IDLE AT A RED LIGHT, THE HEADREST HIT THE BACK OF MY HEAD AND MADE ME RELEASE THE BRAKE WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THERE WAS ALSO A VERY LOUD NOISE (KIND OF LIKE A GUN SHOT NOISE). THIS WAS VERY SCARY AS I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD HAPPENED OR WHAT HAD HIT MY HEAD, I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND EXAMINE MY CAR TO MAKE SURE IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE IT. ALL THIS WHILE I WAS IN PAIN RESULTING FROM THE HEADREST HITTING THE BACK OF MY HEAD.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, SMOKE APPEARED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE WIRING THAT TRAVELED TO THE FUSE BOX, LEADING TO THE CRANKSHAFT. THE FAILURE COULD CAUSE A POSSIBLE FIRE. SPITZER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM CLEVELAND (13001 BROOKPARK RD, BROOK PARK, OH 44142, (216) 356-5745) STATED THAT THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THE REPAIR WOULD COST $2,800. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,800.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT A STOP SIGN, IT FAILED TO ACCELERATE. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND STARTED TO HESITATE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,700.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT LATITUDE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO OXMOOR CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (4520 SHELBYVILLE RD, LOUISVILLE, KY 40207, (502) 895-4520) WHERE THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO THE SAME DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V907000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA FOR ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

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WHEN I START DRIVING THE CAR AFTER A HEAVY RAIN, WATER POURS IN THROUGH THE FRONT AND REAR INTERIOR LIGHTS. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

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ENGINE IS STALLING AND TURNING OFF WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE IDLE.

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THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. WAS ABLE TO PUSH THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. PUT A CODE READER ON AND GOT PO339 CODE, CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR INTERMITTENT. RESET THE CODE AND CAR STARTED AND I DROVE HOME.

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ENGINE IDLES ROUGH. CHECK ENGINE, TRACTION AND THROTTLE CONTROL WANING LIGHT CAME ON. CAR SPUTTERED AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 30MPH. WOULD ALMOST STALL WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. TOOK TO NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PICKED UP THE CAR TO TAKE TO MY MECHANIC BUT THE LIGHTS NEVER CAME BACK ON. HAVE DRIVEN ROUGHLY 100 MILES SINCE. CAR STILL RUNS ROUGH AND HAS FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

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WITHOUT ALERTS, ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON A STRAIGHTAWAY, FRONTAGE ROAD. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. I BROUGHT VEHICLE TO A STOP AND TURNED ON HAZARD SIGNALS. REMOVED KEY ENTIRELY AND THEN RE-INSERTED AND ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE. CAR FAILED TO START BUT MADE IGNITION NOISES FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS WITHOUT SUCCESS AT WHICH ALL ALERT LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD LIT UP ONLY WHILE KEY WAS TURNED BUT FAILING TO START. I REMOVED KEY ENTIRELY AGAIN AND WAITED APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN SECONDS BEFORE RE-INSERTING AND ATTEMPTING IGNITION ONCE MORE. THIS ATTEMPT SUCCEEDED AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE HOME.

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ON 06/20/2019, CAR BEGAN TO HAVE SPORADIC ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AT FIRST BUT BY MIDDLE OF DAY, CHECK ENGINE ALERT CAME ON. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 20 MPH. DROVE VEHICLE DIRECTLY TO MECHANIC WITH HAZARD LIGHTS ON DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 15-20 MPH. MECHANIC WORKED ON VEHICLE REPAIRS FOLLOWING DAY (06/21/2019) AND REPLACED THROTTLE BODY & THROTTLE BODY GASKET. VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ACCELERATION PROBLEMS AFTER REPAIRS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,646.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND WOULD NOT EXCEED 5 MPH. WHEN AN OIL CHANGE WAS COMPLETED, THE VEHICLE DROVE NORMALLY. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE CHECK ENGINE, TRACTION CONTROL, AND AN UNKNOWN RED WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DARCARS CHRYSLER JEEP WALDORF (11755 BUS PARK DR, WALDORF, MD 20601, (301) 843-5200) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTERNAL THROTTLE BODY AND CRANKSHAFT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 64739514. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V907000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK WITH A REPRESENTATIVE, BUT WAS PLACED ON AN EXTENDED HOLD. THE LINE EVENTUALLY DROPPED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

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TWO TIMES APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS APART, MY JEEP PATRIOT COMPLETELY STALLED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. LEAVING ME ABOUT 8 SECONDS TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE JEEP STARTED RIGHT BACK UP WITH NO PROBLEM AND DROVE WITH NO ISSUES. ABOUT A DAY AFTER EACH EPISODE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED OFF. BOTH TIMES, I ALMOST GOT HIT BY SEMI TRUCKS BECAUSE I DRIVE IN A BIG CITY.

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TL* THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED TWO TO THREE MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AVENTURA CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (16050 WEST DICKY HIGHWAY NORTH, MIAMI BEACH, FL 33160, 305-493-5000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND CRANKSHAFT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,538.

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' TAKATA RECALL' WHILE DRIVING MY 2016 JEEP PATRIOT IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET , MY ENGINE SHUT OFF AND I GOT SEVERAL LIGHTS ON MY DASH . AFTER PUTTING IN PARK THE VEHICLE RESTARTED , BUT I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD SON AND I DONT FEEL SAFE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND NOT KNOWING IF MY VEHICLE IS GOING TO STOP SUDDENLY IN TRAFFIC .

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VEHICLE THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHTS COMES ON WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION WHICH WILL THEN SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT THAT YOU CAN NO LONGER CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN THAT LIGHT COMES ONE THE ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON AS WELL. WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY CAR WILL LOSE ACCELERATION WHICH AGAIN YOU CAN'T PULL OVER IT WILL JUST STOP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN CAUSE DEATH. I HAVE READ SO MANY MORE OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.

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JEEP STALLS WHEN DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED 6X IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS. TWICE THE ENGINE SHUT-OFF WITHOUT WARNING. NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD. IT JUST SHUT OFF. IT WILL START AFTER SAY 5 OR 8 MINUTES AND ITS SCARY ESPECIALLY DRIVING ON 460E FROM NORFOLK TO RICHMOND 3X A WEEK FOR WORK. WILL SEND IT TO THE JEEP DEALER SHOP ON 9/10/19. I PURCHASED IT NEW. IT HAS 29000 MILES ON IT.

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I DROVE 30 MINUTES TO WORK. STOPPED FOR 10 MINUTES TO GET BREAKFAST. AND AS I WAS PARKING MY CAR, 2016 JEEP PATRIOT, IT BEGAN TO SMOKE. NO LIGHTS CAME ON. I TURNED IT OFF AND GOT OUT. THEN THE CAR JUST CAUGHT A FIRE. A REGULARLY MAINTENANCE JEEP PATRIOT JUST CAUGHT FIRE AND IS DESTROYED.

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