2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4 Problems & Recalls
Detailed safety information and owner complaints
Problem Breakdown
Compare to Other Years
Common Problems
CVT TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH NO WARNING OR SYMPTOMS
Mileage: 161,000
TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF HIS DAUGHTER WHO OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, IT FELT AS IF THE VEHICLE WERE FLOATING LEFT TO RIGHT. THE STEERING ALSO TURNED LEFT TO RIGHT AND RIGHT TO LEFT, WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO MOMENTARILY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. T...
Mileage: 77,000
TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF HIS DAUGHTER WHO OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, IT FELT AS IF THE VEHICLE WERE FLOATING LEFT TO RIGHT. THE STEERING ALSO TURNED LEFT TO RIGHT AND RIGHT TO LEFT, WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO MOMENTARILY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. T...
Mileage: 77,000
AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK THE CAR BUCKS AND THE ENGINE DIES, FORCING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND ACCELERATION IN TRAFFIC. ALSO, THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES FILLING THE TANK WITH GAS - THE PUMP SHUTS OFF CONSTANTLY, ABOUT EVERY 1/3 GALLON OR SO, WHICH MEANS IT TAKES ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES TO FILL THE TANK....
Mileage: 46,000
AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK THE CAR BUCKS AND THE ENGINE DIES, FORCING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND ACCELERATION IN TRAFFIC. ALSO, THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES FILLING THE TANK WITH GAS - THE PUMP SHUTS OFF CONSTANTLY, ABOUT EVERY 1/3 GALLON OR SO, WHICH MEANS IT TAKES ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES TO FILL THE TANK....
Mileage: 46,000
AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK THE CAR BUCKS AND THE ENGINE DIES, FORCING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND ACCELERATION IN TRAFFIC. ALSO, THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES FILLING THE TANK WITH GAS - THE PUMP SHUTS OFF CONSTANTLY, ABOUT EVERY 1/3 GALLON OR SO, WHICH MEANS IT TAKES ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES TO FILL THE TANK....
Mileage: 46,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE CONTACT CALLED LIVONIA CHRYSLER JEEP AT 734-525-5000 (LOCATED AT 30777 PLYMOUTH RD, LIVONIA, MI 48150) AND WAS INFO...
Mileage: 97,000
"TAKATA RECALL" EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IT HAS BEEN SLOW TO ACCELERATE. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS EVERY NOW AND THEN IF I ACCELERATE TO QUICKLY AFTER THE CAR WAS IN PARK. WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED, SOMETIMES THE CAR NEEDS TO BE SHUT OFF IN OTHER FOR IT TO SHIFT IN GEAR PROPERLY AGAIN. THE CHECK...
Mileage: 134,962
"TAKATA RECALL" EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IT HAS BEEN SLOW TO ACCELERATE. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS EVERY NOW AND THEN IF I ACCELERATE TO QUICKLY AFTER THE CAR WAS IN PARK. WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED, SOMETIMES THE CAR NEEDS TO BE SHUT OFF IN OTHER FOR IT TO SHIFT IN GEAR PROPERLY AGAIN. THE CHECK...
Mileage: 134,962
"TAKATA RECALL" EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IT HAS BEEN SLOW TO ACCELERATE. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS EVERY NOW AND THEN IF I ACCELERATE TO QUICKLY AFTER THE CAR WAS IN PARK. WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED, SOMETIMES THE CAR NEEDS TO BE SHUT OFF IN OTHER FOR IT TO SHIFT IN GEAR PROPERLY AGAIN. THE CHECK...
Mileage: 134,962
SPOUSE HAS JUST MADE A TURN AND WAS DRIVING HOME IN THE COUNTRY WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY A LOUD NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR WITH VEHICLE VIBRATION. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THE REAR WHEEL DRIVER SIDE WAS ON AN ANGLE. HUSBAND SHOWED UP TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED A...
Mileage: 175,875
WHILE DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL ROAD THE 2009 JEEP PATRIOT'S SUBFRAME BROKE. BECAUSE OF THIS MY VEHICLE ALMOST LOST THE PASSENGER TIRE. HAD IT BEEN ON THE FREEWAY I WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED. AFTER BEING INSPECTED BY THE MECHANIC HE HAS NEVER SEEN RUST THIS BAD AND IT'S MUCH MORE DETERIORATED ...
Mileage: 120,000
IT HAS BEEN STALLING AND CHUGGING, DOESN'T ACT LIKE IT'S GETTING GAS. DOESN'T MATTER F IT'S ON A FULL TANK OF GAS OR LOWER. REPLACED GAS CAP, DIDN'T SEEM TO HELP. ONLY SEEMS TO DO THIS WHEN N DRIVE AND GETTING UP TO THE SPEED LIMIT, WHETHER ON HIGHWAY OR IN TOWN. IT S GETTING WORSE. PUTTING SEA FOAM...
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OCCASIONS NOW WHEN MY JEEP HAS SLOWED TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. IT STARTS WITH A HIGH WHINING NOISE THEN THE COOLANT LIGHT COMES ON FOLLOWED BY MY JEEP LOSING THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. THE HIGHWAY SPEED IS 75 MPH AND THIS MAKES FOR A VERY DANGEROUS S...
Mileage: 112,000
THE FRONT AND REAR CROSS BARS ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS IS RUST IS NOT COMMON WEAR AND TEAR, BUT A POORLY MADE OR CHOSEN PART BY MY MANUFACTURER, JEEP / CHRYSLER. HE SAID MY VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THIS IS FIXED. WHILE THE CROSS BARS ARE COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANT...
Mileage: 103,000
THE FRONT AND REAR CROSS BARS ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS IS RUST IS NOT COMMON WEAR AND TEAR, BUT A POORLY MADE OR CHOSEN PART BY MY MANUFACTURER, JEEP / CHRYSLER. HE SAID MY VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THIS IS FIXED. WHILE THE CROSS BARS ARE COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANT...
Mileage: 103,000
DRIVING MY 09 JEEP PATRIOT APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS IN A BLIND SPOT AND DROVE INTO THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE, PUSHING THE FRONT LEFT SIDE INTO A WALL. THE AIRBAGS NEVER WENT OFF AS THE CAR IS NOW TOTALED. OTHER DRIVERS AIRBAGS WENT OFF. I RECIEVED ATTENTION AT THE HOSPIT...
Mileage: 100,050
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY "WARNING" ALL THE DASH LIGHTS BATTERY, ENGINE, ECT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE STALLED. WOULD NOT DRIVE OR RE-START JUST DIED. SUGGESTED THAT IT IS THE COMPUTER/PCM...
Mileage: 150,000
I HAVE BEEN HAVING A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE WITH MY JEEP. IT STALLS NUMEROUS TIMES AFTER I GET FUEL. IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH JEEP PATRIOTS. IT HAS ALSO COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2012+ MODELS FOR THE ISSUE. I AM WONDERING WHY THERE IS NOT A ...
Mileage: 103,000
THE VEHICLE HABITUALLY WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. IT SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO GETTING IT FUELED UP. I CANNOT GET ANY SUPPORT FROM THE DEALER REGARDING THE ISSUE, AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WHEN LOOKING ON VARIOUS JEEP PATRIOT FORUMS.
Mileage: 105,000
THE VEHICLE HABITUALLY WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. IT SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO GETTING IT FUELED UP. I CANNOT GET ANY SUPPORT FROM THE DEALER REGARDING THE ISSUE, AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WHEN LOOKING ON VARIOUS JEEP PATRIOT FORUMS.
Mileage: 105,000
THE VEHICLE HABITUALLY WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. IT SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO GETTING IT FUELED UP. I CANNOT GET ANY SUPPORT FROM THE DEALER REGARDING THE ISSUE, AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WHEN LOOKING ON VARIOUS JEEP PATRIOT FORUMS.
Mileage: 105,000
WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO TO STALL AND WOULDN'T DRIVE PAST 15MPH..LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE INTO A WENDYS PARKING LOT WHEN IT STALLED COMPLETELY..AFTER IT STALLED COMPLETEY I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND TRIED TO START IT UP ...
Mileage: 114,898
WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO TO STALL AND WOULDN'T DRIVE PAST 15MPH..LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE INTO A WENDYS PARKING LOT WHEN IT STALLED COMPLETELY..AFTER IT STALLED COMPLETEY I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND TRIED TO START IT UP ...
Mileage: 114,898
WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO TO STALL AND WOULDN'T DRIVE PAST 15MPH..LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE INTO A WENDYS PARKING LOT WHEN IT STALLED COMPLETELY..AFTER IT STALLED COMPLETEY I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND TRIED TO START IT UP ...
Mileage: 114,898
AFTER FILLING UP THE FUEL TANK THE ENGINE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. LOSE ACCELERATION, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON DASHBOARD. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC.
Mileage: 119,000
AFTER FILLING UP THE FUEL TANK THE ENGINE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. LOSE ACCELERATION, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON DASHBOARD. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC.
Mileage: 119,000
AFTER FILLING UP THE FUEL TANK THE ENGINE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC MULTIPLE TIMES FOR SEVERAL MILES. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE SINCE YOU LOSE ACCELERATION, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THIS HAS CAUSED SEVERAL NEAR MISSES WHILE TURNING ONTO AN INTERSTATE. THIS SEEMS TO AFFECT 2007-2009 MOD...
Mileage: 134,000
VEHICLE STALLS AFTER REFUELING (SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN 5 MILES AFTER REFUELING) BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL. VEHICLE STALLS INITIALLY WHILE IDLING IMMEDIATELY AFTER REFUELING AND WHILE IN MOTION. VEHICLE STALLED WHEN PULLING INTO INTERSECTION (ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY), CAUSING WHEEL TO LOCK. THIS IS A SAFE...
Mileage: 98,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUBFRAME DISPLAYED EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUBFRAMES OF THE E...
Mileage: 100,000
AFTER REFUELING, THE VEHICLE ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO STALL AND HAS STALLED ON SOME OCCASIONS. THIS IS CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE, I HAVE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND RESTART IT. I AM AFRAID WHEN THIS HAPPENS THAT SOMEONE BEHIND ME IN TRAFFIC MAY SLAM INTO MY JEEP.. I PUT A RECENT DATE BELOW, BUT IT...
Mileage: 99,000
JEEP PATRIOT STALLS WITHIN ABOUT A MILE OF FILLING THE GAS TANK, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT LUCKILY. PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ASAP, GAS TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. HAPPENS TO A LOF OF PATRIOT OWNERS IN CARS FROM 2007-2009. PLEASE RE...
Mileage: 68,000
JEEP PATRIOT STALLS WITHIN ABOUT A MILE OF FILLING THE GAS TANK, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT LUCKILY. PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ASAP, GAS TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. HAPPENS TO A LOF OF PATRIOT OWNERS IN CARS FROM 2007-2009. PLEASE RE...
Mileage: 68,000
SECOND FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT SEPARATION. THIS ONE, DRIVERS SIDE. RECENT PAST WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE. MILEAGE LESS THAN 50,000. VEHICLE IS JUST GOING IN FOR REPAIR -NHTSA MAY WANT TO CLAIM THE SUSPENSION BOLT ~ EVIDENCE IN MODE OF FAILURE. CROSS BOLT APPEARS SEPARATED ('OVER TORQUE'...
Mileage: 50,000
PROBLEM WITH ANTILOCK BRAKES: ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH ARE ON. THEY INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF, BUT MOSTLY THEY STAY ON. PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION/ENGINE: WHEN I DRIVE, THE JEEP STALLS OUT. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY, SO FAST SPEED, AS WELL AS ON SIDE STREETS. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES ARE O...
Mileage: 61,000
PROBLEM WITH ANTILOCK BRAKES: ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH ARE ON. THEY INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF, BUT MOSTLY THEY STAY ON. PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION/ENGINE: WHEN I DRIVE, THE JEEP STALLS OUT. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY, SO FAST SPEED, AS WELL AS ON SIDE STREETS. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES ARE O...
Mileage: 61,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING ROUTINE SERVICE TO THE VEHICLE, A CONSIDERABLY AMOUNT OF RUST AND ROT WAS NOTICED ON THE ENGINE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRAME WAS ROTTED AND NEEDED REPLA...
Mileage: 104,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO PROPERLY REFUEL. AS THE FAILURE PROGRESSED, THE FUEL SPILLED OUT WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO REFUEL THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIF...
WHEN I FILL UP MY GAS TANK TO FULL, WITHIN A MILE OF LEAVING THE GAS STATION THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLS WHILE DRIVING. THE STEERING AND THE BREAKS LOCK UP AND I HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE CAR. I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURN IT ON AND OFF TO START WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND DANGEROU...
Mileage: 45,000
WHEN I FILL UP MY GAS TANK TO FULL, WITHIN A MILE OF LEAVING THE GAS STATION THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLS WHILE DRIVING. THE STEERING AND THE BREAKS LOCK UP AND I HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE CAR. I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURN IT ON AND OFF TO START WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND DANGEROU...
Mileage: 45,000
WHEN I FILL UP MY GAS TANK TO FULL, WITHIN A MILE OF LEAVING THE GAS STATION THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLS WHILE DRIVING. THE STEERING AND THE BREAKS LOCK UP AND I HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE CAR. I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURN IT ON AND OFF TO START WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND DANGEROU...
Mileage: 45,000
MECHANIC SAID MY SUB-FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND WILL VERY SOON BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS IT MAY BREAK WHILE DRIVING. WHY HAS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 2007 MODELS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED FOR 2009? LOSS OF STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE T...
Mileage: 108,000
LOUD NOISE IN FRONT SUSPENSION ODD FEEL IN STEERING DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED AND FOUND THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE MOUNTING FOR THE FRONT SWAY BAD WAS ROTTED THROUGH AND PULLED APART. JEEP DEALER WANTED $99.00 TO LOOK UNDER THE VEHICLE,AND TELL ME THAT THERE ...
Mileage: 129,000
2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4, 20,800 MILES BAD ENOUGH I HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT AT THIS LOW MILEAGE, BUT WHILE IN THE SHOP MY MECHANIC CALLS ME TO INFORM ME THAT THE K-FRAME IS ROTTED OUT AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. A K FRAME OR CROSS MEMBER ON A CAR IS THE PART OF THE CAR'S FRAME BO...
Mileage: 20,800
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER AND MADE A WHINING NOISE. THE CONTACT HAD TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUME...
Mileage: 60,000
CAR ENGINE DIES AFTER FILLING GAS TANK APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE AWAY FROM GAS STATION EVERY TIME. MY CAR HAS DIED IN AN INTERSECTION WHEN MAKING A TURN AGAINST ONCOMING TRAFFIC. CAR USUALLY DIES AFTER IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT AND THEN UPON ACCELERATION IT JUST DIES. CAR HAS 70,000 MILES AND FROM MY RESEAR...
Mileage: 70,000
IT STARTED OUT WITH STUMBLING IDLE AND STALLING AFTER REFUELING. WHICH WAS DANGEROUS AS IT WOULD DO IT FOR UP TO A MILE AFTERWARDS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. NOW MY PROBLEM IS THE JEEP WILL NOT REFUEL. YOU PUT THE NOZZLE IN AND IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT AND IT KICKS OFF. PULL THE NOZ...
Mileage: 104,000
AFTER REFUELING MY VEHICLE WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM THE PUMP, IT STARTED BUCKING AND STALLED COMPLETELY. I HAVE HAD THE BUCKING AND SURGING UNSTABLE IDLE AFTER REFUELING. IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE AS TIME GOES ON. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON RIGHT ABOUT 6 MONTHS.
I CANNOT PUT FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE WITHOUT IT CONTINUOUSLY SHUTTING THE GAS OFF AFTER A FEW SECONDS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE GAS TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I FOUND A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB 14-001-09 REV.A) THAT ADDRESSES THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES, BUT T...
Mileage: 53,000
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AFTER ONLY SIX YEARS OF DRIVING.
Mileage: 130,000
DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING AT A SUSTAINED SPEED OF HIGH RPMS, THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. IF SPEED IS NOT REDUCED TO ALLOW THE TRANSMISSION TO COOL, THE CAR GOES INTO A SAFETY MODE AND SLOWS AUTOMATICALLY. A REPAIR SHOP PULLED THE CODES AND FOUND CODE P0218, HIGH TEMP OPERATIO...
Mileage: 122,300
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME LOOSE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP AND THE RPMS INCREASED TO SEVEN AND THEN IMMEDIATELY TO ZERO. THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. WHILE D...
Mileage: 108,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME LOOSE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP AND THE RPMS INCREASED TO SEVEN AND THEN IMMEDIATELY TO ZERO. THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. WHILE D...
Mileage: 108,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME LOOSE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP AND THE RPMS INCREASED TO SEVEN AND THEN IMMEDIATELY TO ZERO. THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. WHILE D...
Mileage: 108,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME LOOSE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP AND THE RPMS INCREASED TO SEVEN AND THEN IMMEDIATELY TO ZERO. THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. WHILE D...
Mileage: 108,000
THE TRANSMISSION OVER HEATS AND THE SPEED SLOWS DOWN AUTOMATIC AND WILL CAUSE THE CAR TO STALL.THIS HAPPENS ON ALL LONG ROAD TRIPS. THE CHAIN DRIVE TRANSMISSION IS AT FAULT. JEEP COVERED THIS UP BY PUTTING CENSOR ON COOLING PART TO MASS THE REAL FAULT. THIS HAS HAPPEN THREE TIMES ALWAYS ON LONG ...
Mileage: 98,000
THE TRANSMISSION OVER HEATS AND THE SPEED SLOWS DOWN AUTOMATIC AND WILL CAUSE THE CAR TO STALL.THIS HAPPENS ON ALL LONG ROAD TRIPS. THE CHAIN DRIVE TRANSMISSION IS AT FAULT. JEEP COVERED THIS UP BY PUTTING CENSOR ON COOLING PART TO MASS THE REAL FAULT. THIS HAS HAPPEN THREE TIMES ALWAYS ON LONG ...
Mileage: 98,000
THERE IS A HORRIBLE LEAK FROM THE FRONT DOME LIGHT FIXTURE WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN. WATER POURS OUT FROM THE FIXTURE AS YOU ARE DRIVING. POURS. SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH JEEP PATRIOTS, AND JEEP REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. I'VE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS EXACT PROBL...
Mileage: 39,000
BROUGHT MY VEHICLE FOR BRAKES AND INSPECTION AND RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE GARAGE SAYING I NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL 4 BALL JOINTS. THEY SAID THE LEFT FRONT ONE WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE AND BARELY HANGING ON. I RESEARCHED THE WEB AND FOUND MANY INCIDENTS OF BAD BALL JOINTS ON THIS VEHICLE WITH AN EXPLANATION ...
Mileage: 35,100
BROUGHT MY VEHICLE FOR BRAKES AND INSPECTION AND RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE GARAGE SAYING I NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL 4 BALL JOINTS. THEY SAID THE LEFT FRONT ONE WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE AND BARELY HANGING ON. I RESEARCHED THE WEB AND FOUND MANY INCIDENTS OF BAD BALL JOINTS ON THIS VEHICLE WITH AN EXPLANATION ...
Mileage: 35,100
MY JEEP PATRIOT HAS A VERY UNUSUAL PROBLEM OF GOING INTO "LIMP" MODE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS--EVEN AFTER AS LITTLE OF 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THE "TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT" LIGHT COMES ON, AND THE VEHICLE'S ON-BOARD COMPUTER FORCES THE VEHICLE DOWN TO SLOW, SUB-HIGHWAY SPEEDS--EVEN AS SLOW AS ...
Mileage: 65,000
MY JEEP PATRIOT HAS A VERY UNUSUAL PROBLEM OF GOING INTO "LIMP" MODE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS--EVEN AFTER AS LITTLE OF 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THE "TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT" LIGHT COMES ON, AND THE VEHICLE'S ON-BOARD COMPUTER FORCES THE VEHICLE DOWN TO SLOW, SUB-HIGHWAY SPEEDS--EVEN AS SLOW AS ...
Mileage: 65,000
MY JEEP PATRIOT HAS A VERY UNUSUAL PROBLEM OF GOING INTO "LIMP" MODE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS--EVEN AFTER AS LITTLE OF 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THE "TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT" LIGHT COMES ON, AND THE VEHICLE'S ON-BOARD COMPUTER FORCES THE VEHICLE DOWN TO SLOW, SUB-HIGHWAY SPEEDS--EVEN AS SLOW AS ...
Mileage: 65,000
MY JEEP PATRIOT HAS A VERY UNUSUAL PROBLEM OF GOING INTO "LIMP" MODE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS--EVEN AFTER AS LITTLE OF 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THE "TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT" LIGHT COMES ON, AND THE VEHICLE'S ON-BOARD COMPUTER FORCES THE VEHICLE DOWN TO SLOW, SUB-HIGHWAY SPEEDS--EVEN AS SLOW AS ...
Mileage: 65,000
MY JEEP PATRIOT HAS A VERY UNUSUAL PROBLEM OF GOING INTO "LIMP" MODE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS--EVEN AFTER AS LITTLE OF 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THE "TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT" LIGHT COMES ON, AND THE VEHICLE'S ON-BOARD COMPUTER FORCES THE VEHICLE DOWN TO SLOW, SUB-HIGHWAY SPEEDS--EVEN AS SLOW AS ...
Mileage: 65,000
MY JEEP PATRIOT HAS A VERY UNUSUAL PROBLEM OF GOING INTO "LIMP" MODE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS--EVEN AFTER AS LITTLE OF 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THE "TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT" LIGHT COMES ON, AND THE VEHICLE'S ON-BOARD COMPUTER FORCES THE VEHICLE DOWN TO SLOW, SUB-HIGHWAY SPEEDS--EVEN AS SLOW AS ...
Mileage: 65,000
WATER WAS LEAKING FROM THE FRONT DOME LIGHT AND REAR AND FRONT DRIVER'S FLOOR BED WAS SOAKED WITH WATER. THE VEHICLE HAS A SUNROOF AND WE HAVE READ ABOUT MANY PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED JEEP VEHICLE WAS 2 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. TOLD US TO TAKE IT ...
Mileage: 22,969
VEHICLE DOES NOT FILL UP WITH GASOLINE PROPERLY, POTENTIALLY DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING SAFETY DEVICE IN THE GAS TANK. THE PUMP TURNS OFF AFTER.5 GALLONS, AND MUST WAIT APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS AND THEN PUT IN ANOTHER .5 GALLONS, AND SO ON. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP BELIEVES IT IS A STUCK/MALFUNCTIONIN...
THE FACTORY RADIO IN MY DAUGHTER'S JEEP PATRIOT KEPT BLOWING ITS SUPPLY FUSE. WE REPLACED THE RADIO FIGURING THAT WAS THE ISSUE BUT THE FUSE WOULD STILL BLOW. IN TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM I DISCOVERED THAT THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS WAS NOT PROPERLY SUPPORTED AS ITS ROUTED THROUGH THE PASSENGE...
Mileage: 38,500
WATER KEEPS FLOWING FROM THE CEILING DOME LIGHT. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, THEY KEEP BLOWING OUT THE ROOF DRAINS, AND IT KEEPS HAPPENING. I WENT OUT TO THE DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A HUMMING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND WATER WAS POURING FROM THE CEILING LIGHT . I STARTED THE ...
Mileage: 46,500
I HAVE A VEHICLE WITH A TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM. TWO TIRE VALVE STEMS ARE CRACKED AND ONE HAS A SLOW LEAK. I HAVE READ OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME SYSTEM WHERE THE VALVE STEMS SIMPLE BREAK WHEN HAND WASHING THE CAR AND THE TIRE GOES FLAT IN SECONDS. THIS IS A SERIOUS HAZARD AND COULD KILL SOM...
Mileage: 62,000
I HAVE A VEHICLE WITH A TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM. TWO TIRE VALVE STEMS ARE CRACKED AND ONE HAS A SLOW LEAK. I HAVE READ OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME SYSTEM WHERE THE VALVE STEMS SIMPLE BREAK WHEN HAND WASHING THE CAR AND THE TIRE GOES FLAT IN SECONDS. THIS IS A SERIOUS HAZARD AND COULD KILL SOM...
Mileage: 62,000
JUST PURCHASED THE 2009 JEEP PATRIOT FOR MY SON, IT RAINED AND IT IS LEAKING WATER IN THE DOME LIGHTS AND BEHIND THE ACCELERATOR. I AM SCARED THERE WILL BE ELECTRICAL DAMAGE AS WELL AS MOLD AND MILDEW. I HAVE STARTED LOOKING UP ISSUES ONLINE AND HAVE FOUND MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. SHOULD...
Mileage: 74,000
AT LESS THAN 370000 MILES, (JUST OUT OF WARRANTY) I NOTICED A CLUNKING AND RATTLING NOISE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF MY 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. AFTER A FEW DAYS IT SPREAD TO THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT. WHEN TAKING OFF OR BRAKING, ESPECIALLY AROUND 5-10 MPH, THE CLUNKING IS REALLY LOUD. I DROVE TO CHRYS...
Mileage: 21,000
AT LESS THAN 370000 MILES, (JUST OUT OF WARRANTY) I NOTICED A CLUNKING AND RATTLING NOISE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF MY 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. AFTER A FEW DAYS IT SPREAD TO THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT. WHEN TAKING OFF OR BRAKING, ESPECIALLY AROUND 5-10 MPH, THE CLUNKING IS REALLY LOUD. I DROVE TO CHRYS...
Mileage: 21,000
AT LESS THAN 370000 MILES, (JUST OUT OF WARRANTY) I NOTICED A CLUNKING AND RATTLING NOISE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF MY 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. AFTER A FEW DAYS IT SPREAD TO THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT. WHEN TAKING OFF OR BRAKING, ESPECIALLY AROUND 5-10 MPH, THE CLUNKING IS REALLY LOUD. I DROVE TO CHRYS...
Mileage: 21,000
I HAD MY VEHICLE AT TUFFY MUFFLER FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION/INSPECTION WHEN THEY POINTED OUT THAT THREE OF THE FOUR METAL TIRE PRESSURE/POSITION SENSORS WERE CRACKED. THE STATED THIS COULD RESULT IN AN IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF AIR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THEY HAD REP...
Mileage: 71,000
LEFT AND RIGHT BALL JOINTS/CONTROL ARM INSPECTED BY DEALER TECHNICIAN DURING ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION, AND FOUND TO BE WORN OUT AND AT RISK OF FAILING. PARTS REPLACED BY DEALER WHILE STILL UNDER 3-YEAR WARRANTY.
Mileage: 12,000
WITH A LOW MILEAGE OF 37,325, BOTH ORIGINAL FRONT BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATED MILEAGE IS HIGHWAY DRIVING AND THERE IS ONLY ONE DRIVER. AFTER GRADUALLY NOTICING A ROCKY RIDE, I MADE A MECHANIC'S APPOINTMENT FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM. THE EXPERIENCED MECHANICS ...
Mileage: 37,325
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILUR...
Mileage: 40,000
NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH WATER LEAKING THROUGH THE DOME LIGHT AND ONTO ALL ELECTRICAL PANELS ON THE DASHBOARD. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE JEEP DEALER WHO CLAIMED THEY CLEANED THE SUNROOF DRAINAGE TUBES BUT THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE LEAK PROBLEM. JEEP REFUSES TO COVER THIS PROBLEM UNDER TERMS OF WARRANTY...
Mileage: 10,000
NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH WATER LEAKING THROUGH THE DOME LIGHT AND ONTO ALL ELECTRICAL PANELS ON THE DASHBOARD. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE JEEP DEALER WHO CLAIMED THEY CLEANED THE SUNROOF DRAINAGE TUBES BUT THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE LEAK PROBLEM. JEEP REFUSES TO COVER THIS PROBLEM UNDER TERMS OF WARRANTY...
Mileage: 10,000
CHRYSLER IS INTENTIONALLY INFLATING TIRES TO 40 PSI TO PREVENT LOW PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT FROM COMING ON. I TOOK MY JEEP PATRIOT TO ROCHESTER HILLS (MI) CHRYSLER FOR A TIRE ROTATION I FOUND THE TIRES INFLATED TO 40 PSI WHEN I INQUIRED, THE SERVICE REP SAID IT WAS "TO PREVENT THE WARNING LIGHT FROM C...
Mileage: 20,000
ROOF LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. IT HAS DONE THIS THREE TIMES WITH A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WATER LEAKING THROUGH THE MAP LIGHT. FIRST LEAK IN SEPTEMBER 2010 LAST LEAK WAS 3/1/11. *TR
2009 JEEP PATRIOT: MANUAL GEAR CLUTCH FAILURE AT 14,000 MILES AND 14 MONTHS SINCE NEW. WARRANTY EXPIRES ON THIS ITEM AT 12,000 MILES AND 12 MONTHS. THE JEEP WAS NOT DRIVEN AGGRESSIVELY OR OFF ROAD. A CLUTCH SHOULD LAST MUCH LONGER. I SPOKE TO CHRYSLER / JEEP WARRANTY DEPARTMENT SEVERAL TIMES AND THE...
Mileage: 14,000
WHILE I WAS DRIVING I COULD HEAR WATER SWISHING WHEN MAKING A TURN, THEN HOT WATER CAME POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD. WHITE PLAINS CHRYSLER SAID THERE WAS A KINK IN THE HOSE FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING AND WATER HAD COLLECTED THERE THUS HEATING UP AND EXPANDED AND CAME OUT BURNING MY FOOT WHIL...
Mileage: 5,500
I PURCHASED A NEW 2009 JEEP PATRIOT IN DECEMBER OF 2008, SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR I'VE ONLY PUT 7200 MILES ON THAT CAR AND HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP TWICE FOR WHAT FEELS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME IT WAS IN THEY SAID IT WAS THE AIR BOX, PROBLEM SOLVED...ABOUT 1,000 MILES LATER THE SAME PROB...
Mileage: 3,800
I PURCHASED A NEW 2009 JEEP PATRIOT IN DECEMBER OF 2008, SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR I'VE ONLY PUT 7200 MILES ON THAT CAR AND HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP TWICE FOR WHAT FEELS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME IT WAS IN THEY SAID IT WAS THE AIR BOX, PROBLEM SOLVED...ABOUT 1,000 MILES LATER THE SAME PROB...
Mileage: 3,800