What 455 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Jeep Patriot

THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT CAME ON DURING HIGHWAY TRAVEL AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN DUE TO LACK OF POWER. IT HAPPENED QUICKLY AND POSED A DANGER AS I WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY. THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO GO FASTER THAN 20MPH AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 70 MILES HOME. THIS FAILURE HAS HAPPENED WITH ONLY 33K MILES. THIS SUDDEN AND EARLY FAILURE CREATED A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

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WHEN DRIVING THE ENGINE SEEMS TO SPUTTER, STALL, JERK, REV THE RPM AT RANDOM WHEN DRIVING. IT HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 70 OR IN A NEIGHBORHOOD GOING 25 WHILE DRIVING OR STARTING TO GO FROM A STOP. IT WILL JERK REALLY HARD LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL OUT BUT NO LIGHTS COME ON THE DASH TO INDICATE SOMETHING IS WRONG AND I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES AND THEY TELL ME IT IS NORMAL, I'VE NEVER HAD ANY VEHICLE BEHAVE THIS WAY EXCEPT WHEN I WAS 15 LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND THAT WASN'T THE FAULT OF THE VEHICLE. IT ALSO WILL WHILE IN PARK RANDOMLY REV THE RPMS WHEN NOTHING IS BEING USED IN THE VEHICLE, IF I THEN PUT IT IN DRIVE AND BACK TO PARK IT USUALLY SETTLES DOWN BUT NOT ALWAYS, SOMETIMES I HAVE TO SHUT IT OFF AND BACK ON. THE JERKING AND SPUTTERING WHILE DRIVING HAS GOTTEN A LOT WORSE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IT WOULD RANDOMLY DO IT BUT IT HAPPENS MORE AND MORE NOW EVERY TIME I DRIVE AND I AM CONSCERNED THAT ONE DAY IT WILL STALL OUT AND CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I HAVE INQUIRED MANY TIMES ABOUT THIS TO NO AVAIL FROM 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS.

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SAME ISSUE AS RECALL S89/16V907000. STALLS RANDOMLY AND POWER NOT DELIVERED TO ENGINE PROPERLY. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE FOR OUR FAMILY.

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SAME EXACT ISSUE AS SAFETY RECALL S89 / NHTSA 16V-907 STALLLES ARRIVING AND WON'T RESTART

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WHEN IT IS READY TO SHIFT BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR WITH FOOT ON PEDAL STEADY IT WILL PAUSE LIGHT WILL COME ON THEN WHEN IT GETS CAUGHT UP IT WILL SHOT U FORWARD.IT DOES THIS MOST OFTEN WHEN PULLING ON TO HIGHWAY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 39683 ON MILLAGE

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CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON "GAS CAP NOTIFICATION" NEW AFTERMARKET GAS CAP STILL SAME NOTIFICATION...DRIVING AT 55MPH OR JUST IDLING VEHICLE JUST SHUTS OFF ?SOMETIMES IT WILL RESTART WHILE DRIVING BUT WILL DIE AGAIN...HAVE TO TRY TO PULL OFF ROAD TO AVOID TRAFFIC WHEN POSSIBLE...HAVE TO PUT IN PARK & WAIT FOR ALL CHIMES TO RING THEN TRY STARTING AGAIN...VERY SCARY WHEN YOU CAN'T LEAVE FROM A STOP SIGN OR COME TO NO POWER SITUATION ON A BUSY HIGHWAY...DON'T GET ON INTERSTATE SINCE THIS STARTED!! *TR

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DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75MPH WHEN MY WIFE HAD A RED LIGHTING BOLT APPEAR ON THE DASH BOARD, AT WHICH TIME THE POWER DROPPED OFF. SHE HAD TO MOVE ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC WITH NO POWER. ONCE IT WAS ON THE SHOULDER, SHE CALLED ME IN A PANIC. I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT HOW TO RESET THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE STARTED BACK UP AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY EXPERIENCE. I CALLED JEEP DEALERSHIP AND TO MY SURPRISE THEY WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. THE INTERNET WAS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO HAD THIS VERY ISSUE. I CALL THEIR CORPORATE SERVICE LINE AND THEY CONFIRMED NO SAFETY RECALL EXISTS. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT CONFIRM WHETHER THEY WOULD OR WOULD NOT SELF REPORT THIS ISSUE. *TR

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DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE RED LIGHTNING BOLT WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AS DID THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS AND THE ACCELERATOR CUT OUT. I WAS ABLE TO COAST ACROSS 3 LANES TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES AND APPARENTLY MY 2016 PATRIOT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THAT ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE.

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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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I WAS NOT INFORMED OF THIS RECALL AND HAD NO KNOWLEDGE WHY MY CAR WOULD STALL. NO NOTICE WAS SENT O MY HOUSE. I WANT ANOTHER VEHICLE, IT CAN BE USED SAME YEAR AND STYLE BUT FIXED!

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WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SENSOR LIGHT AND THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE LOSES POWER, THE TRANSMISSION IS CHOPPY AND I CANT DRIVE FASTER THAN 20-30 MILES PER HOUR. IF I TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART, THE SENSOR LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT GOES OFF, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE CAR RUNS NORMAL. AFTER FIVE MINUTES, THE AFOREMENTIONED LIGHTS COME BACK ON AND THE ENGINE RETURNS TO ITS SUBNORMAL RUNNING CONDITIONS. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC EXPLANATION FOR THIS PROBLEM AND ACCORDING TO JEEP'S FORUMS, IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG ALL JEEP MODELS.

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THE VEHICLE HAS CONSISTENT FUEL INJECTION ISSUES WHICH CAUSE THE CAR TO STUTTER WHEN ACCELERATING UP HILLS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. NOW THAT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY THE PROBLEM IS PERSISTENT AND THERE IS AN ENGINE FAULT

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WHEN DRIVING THE ENGINE WILL STALL/STOP WITHOUT WARNING. WITH IT GOING STARIGHT OR TURNING IT DOES NOT MATTER. YOU HAVE TO COMPLETELY STOP THE VEHICLE AND THEN RESTART THE ENGINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS

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I WAS ADDING GAS TO THE JEEP AND THE GAS SPEWED OUT BECAUSE THE CUTOFF DID NOT WORK; IT IS NOT THE GAS STATION'S PROBLEM BECAUSE I HAVE USED THE PUMP FOR MY CAR AND IT CUTS OFF WHEN THE TANK IS FULL. MY SON HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT ANOTHER GAS STATION WHERE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE JEEP IN THAT IT DOESN'T CUT OFF THE GAS WHEN FULL. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY OR I AM GOING TO START A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS COVERED IN GAS.

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I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND BARELY TOUCHED THE SHIFTER AND WHEN I TOUCH THE SHIFTER IT SLIPPED OVER INTO WHERE YOU SHIFT YOUR GEARS I FEEL LIKE IT'S A COULD CATCH THE CAR ON FIRE BECAUSE IT IS REVVED UP SO HIGH AND YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT BECAUSE YOU CANT HEAR IT UNLESS YOU YOU GOT RADIO OFF AND WINDOWS UP AND YOU CAN NEVER TELL I DEFINITELY THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE IT MORE SAFE WHEN FROM SOME KIND OF A LOCK ON THE SHIFTER FOR WHEN YOU WANT TO GO OVER INTO WHERE YOU SHIFT THE GEARS YOURSELF NOT TO MENTION HOW EXPENSIVE CARS ARE AND THAT YOU COULD VERY EASILY TEAR UP YOUR CAR BY IT BEING IN THE MANUAL SHIFTING AREA RATHER THAN THE AUTOMATIC SHIFT

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JEEP IN MOTION, ENGINE STALLS AT VARIES SPEEDS MULTIPLE TIMES IN A ROW. HEADED STRAIGHT OR TURNING, HAD TO CALL TOW TRUCK BUT AFTER 20 MINUTES I TRIED TO TURN OVER MY JEEP AND IT STARTED. THIS HAPPENED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES BEFORE ARRIVING HOME. KEPT CALL CENTER REP. ON PHONE UNTIL I WAS 2 MILES AWAY FROM MY HOME. 1 TIME JEEP PAUSED LIKE NOT GETTING GAS THEN I PRESSED THE PEDAL AND IT ACCELERATED (ALL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION) THEN DROVE THE REMAINING MILE AND A 1/4 HOME WHILE ON PHONE WITH HUSBAND. ADVANCE AUTO TOLD ME POSSIBLE FUEL ISSUE, I ADDED LUCAS FUEL SYSTEM CLEANER. NOW LOOKING AT RECALLS ONLINE AND READING ABOUT CAMSHAFT OR CRANKSHAFT SENSOR. MILES ON JEEP 41688.

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VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AND STOPPING.

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