What 455 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Jeep Patriot

2016 PATRIOT WITH,54,000 MILES. NO MAJOR ISSUES PRIOR. 2 WEEKS AGO HOWEVER, I WAS LEFT STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY ENTRANCE RAMP, ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY A SEMI AND SIDE SWIPING A CONSTRUCTION SIGN TO AVOID BEING HIT. WHEN ACCELERATING THE ETC SYMBOL (LIGHTENING BOLT) WILL DISPLAY, TRACTION CONTROL ICON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL DISPLAY. THE JEEP COMPLETELY STOPS ACCELERATING (HIGHWAY SPEED TO 0 MPH WITHIN SECONDS=DEADLY), IT WILL SHAKE BEFORE JUST DYING. IF I'M LUCKY I'LL MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER (IF IT HAPPENS TO HAVE ONE). THROUGH GOOGLE RESEARCH, I CAME ACROSS A WAY TO DO A "RESET" (TURN CAR OFF, INSERT KEY AND TURN "ON", PRESS GAS PEDAL SLOWLY, RELEASE SLOWLY, TURN CAR OFF AND THEN RESTART THE ENGINE). DOING THIS TYPICALLY CLEARS THE ICONS AND I'M ABLE TO TRAVEL AGAIN. THIS INTERMITTENTLY HAPPENS, SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE POTENTIALLY ABOUT TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT FROM STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY. WHEN DRIVING ON CITY/TOWN ROADS, IT HAS NOT COMPLETED STOPPED AS STATED ABOVE, BUT WILL "JUMP" WHEN SWITCHING GEARS, THEN THROW THE ETC SYMBOL. IF I LET OFF THE GAS, THE ICON GOES AWAY AND CAR RUNS NORMAL. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC 1 DAY AGO AND WAS TOLD TO GET A NEW BATTERY. THE BATTERY WAS CHANGED 1 DAY AGO AND THE ISSUE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES TODAY. THROUGH ONLINE SEARCHES IT APPEARS THIS IS A TERRIBLY COMMON ISSUE THAT JEEP HAS YET TO ADDRESS! SOMEONE IS GOING TO END UP LOSING THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO WAY OF KNOWING THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN OR ANY PREVENTATIVE MEASURES THAT A TYPICAL PERSON WOULD KNOW TO TAKE TO AVOID THIS DEADLY MALFUNCTION. AS EASY AS IT IS TO JUST TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC, THAT IS NOT FINANCIALLY POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE AND IN THIS SITUATION NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY JEEP AS IT IS RECURRING ISSUE AND IS DEADLY. NOTHING AS A VEHICLE OWNER WOULD AVOID THIS FROM OCCURRING.

NHTSA ODI 11217907

230AM ON INTERSTATE 25, NO ROAD LIGHTING, NO TRAFFIC NEARBY. BY OURSELVES, FOUR OF US ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT. SET CRUISE CONTROL TO 75MPH. SECONDS LATER ALL LIGHTS INCLUDING DASHBOARD WENT OUT. IN TOTAL DARK NESS. GUESSED SIDE OF ROAD. MANAGED TO STOP CAR. TURNED OFF, BACK ON, ALL RESTORED. WE ACTUALLY GRAZED AN OVERPASS WHICH I HAVE ATTACHED PHOTOS. WE FOUR CAME NEAR DEATH. SCARED TO DRIVE CAR. JUST HAD "PATCH" WORK DONE AT NEARBY DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR ABS AND TRACTION LIGHTSS THAT WERE ON. PLEASE ADVISE.

NHTSA ODI 11196058

I PURCHASED A USED 2016 JEEP PATRIOT LATITUDE 11 MONTHS AGO IT ONLY HAD 32,000 WHEN I BOUGHT IT LESS THAN A MONTH LATER I STARTED HAVING WEIRD ISSUES WITH MY JEEP DYING WHILE DRIVING OR WIND SHIELD WIPERS COMING ON BY THEMSELVES AS WELL AS MY A/C GOING OFF AND ON AND MY HEAD LIGHTS FLICKERING OFF AND ON...TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS A FAULTY TIPM THEY REPLACED IT WITH "SUPPOSEDLY A NEW ONE" UNDER WARRANTY AND NOW LESS THAN 9 MONTHS LATER STARTED HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AGAIN!

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ON 4/12/17 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM I WAS DRIVING MY JEEP OF 11,000 MILES ON IT. STILL A NEW CAR. IT STARTED RUNNING AS IF LOOSING POWER. I PULLED OFF OF HIGHWAY TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I PULLED HOOD RELEASE IT DID NOT OPEN. I LOOKED UNDER JEEP TO ATTEMPT TO GET HOOD OPEN AS AN POLICE OFFICER PULLED UP BESIDE CAR TO SEE IF I WAS OK. AS HE BEGAN TO ASK THIS AND I TURNED TO REPLY. CAR BURST INTO FLAMES. OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO USE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BUT IT DID NOT HELP AND BY THE TIME FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. FIRE RAGED SO HOT IT MELTED THE FRONT SEAT HEAD RESTS AND THE ENTIRE FRONT OF JEEP IS GONE. PERHAPS BY PULLING OVER IS THE ONLY REASON I AM STILL ALIVE. I HAVE A LOT OF DOCUMENTS AND PICTURES. IN THESE DOCUMENTS I HAVE WORD FOR WORD OF CHRYSLER JEEP REFUSING TO DO AN INVESTIGATION ON WHY THIS CAR BURNED..

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I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AROUND 2:30 PM WHEN I NOTICE SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER MY HOOD. I PULLED OFF TO A SAFE SPOT AND BY THIS TIME II COULD SEE THE FIRE COMING OUT OF THE FRONT OF MY JEEP. THREE FIRE INSPECTORS LOOKED AT IT AND ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. HOWEVER, A JEEP MECHANIC ALSO LOOKED AT IT AND BELIEVES THE FIRE STARTED BEHIND THE BATTERY. THE JEEP IS TOTALED. STILL WAITING ON REPORTS FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY. CYNTHIA I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. WE DID HIRE SOME PEOPLE WHO WENT OUT AND ALSO WERE NOT ABLE TO FULLY DETERMINE THE FIRE. I AM HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING IN CONTACT WITH CHRYSLER. I WILL KEEP TRYING AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TELL ME. DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY TELL ME WE MIGHT MOVE FORWARD WITH MORE INVESTIGATION. I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED. FROM PROGRESSIVE CLAIM #161737586 AGENT AMY ETTA PH. 503-495-4507

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