2007 JEEP PATRIOT Fuel/propulsion System Problems

Engine stalls several minutes after filling up the gas tank. Occurs on every fill up with gas. The stalling stops after being driving a mile to more.

THE JEEP COMMONLY CHOKES AND DIES RIGHT AFTER A FILL-UP. AFTER 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE, THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. ONLINE DATA SEARCH APPEARS TO INDICATE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH JEEPS. HAVING YOUR CAR DIE IN TRAFFIC CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

Mileage: 68,000

EVERY TIME I FILL UP THE CAR, ONCE A WEEK, I AM BARELY OUT OF THE GAS STATION AND BAM! CAR SHUTS OFF. OR AS I AM DRIVING IT STALLS, SOMETIMES IT GOES AND SOMETIMES IT JUST SHUTS OFF. I'VE CARS ALMOST REAR END ME BECAUSE IT SO SUDDEN. SOMETIMES I JUST TURN ON THE CAR AFTER GAS JUST TO WAIT FOR IT TO SHUT DOWN SO I DON'T KILL MYSELF IN TRAFFIC. TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC PAID 800 BUCKS AND IT STILL HAPPENS. THEY REPLACED THE FULL INJECTOR AND SOME OTHER STUFF THAT I DON'T KNOW. THEY PULLED THE GAS TANK OUT TO DO WHATEVER IT WAS. THE ENTIRE CAR SMELLED LIKE GAS FOR WEEKS. WHY CAN'T SOMETHING BE DONE. LOOKS LIKE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. EVERY ONES COMPLAINTS MATCHES MINE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR.

Mileage: 90,000

VEHICLE HAS HAD STALLING ISSUES FOLLOWING REFUELING FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. ASIDE FROM AFTER REFUELING THE STALLING IS UNPREDICTABLE AS FOR TIMING. SOMETIMES IT STALLS IMMEDIATELY AFTER REFUELING AND STARTING THE ENGINE, OTHER TIMES IT WILL STALL AFTER I'M ALREADY IN TRAFFIC SEVERAL MINUTES LATER. THIS CREATES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD.

Mileage: 165,000

AFTER GETTING GAS. VEHICLE STALLS WHILE RUNNING IN DRIVE WITHOUT WARNING . THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC!! IT TAKES ABOUT 3 STARTUPS AND STALLS THAN THERE IS NO ISSUE UNTIL NEXT GAS FILL UP:

Mileage: 127,800

EVERY TIME I FILL UP MY 2007 JEEP PATRIOT WITH FUEL WHEN I DRIVE OFF INTO THE CITY STREETS IT TURNS OFF ON ME AND EVERYTHING LOCKS UP IN TRAFFIC WHILE I'M IN MOTION ALMOST CAUSING A ACCIDENT EVERY TIME AND THAT'S ONCE A WEEK CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GET KILLED OR SOMEONE ELSE GETS KILLED.

Mileage: 1

AFTER FILLING UP AT THE GAS STATION, STARTED TOO DRIVE AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE CAR SPUTTERED AND STALLED. STARTED CAR AGAIN AND THE STALLING HAPPENED AGAIN.. AFTER THESE 2 INCIDENTS THE CAR WAS FINE UNTIL NEXT FILL UP. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW YEARS.

Mileage: 67,000

AFTER FILLING UP WITH GAS TWICE NOW IT STALLS RIGHT AFTER I FILL UP THE GAS TANK. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AND I'VE BEEN STALLED IN AN INTERSECTION THAT IS NOT SAFE. I JUST PURCHASED THIS USED A FEW WEEKS AGO AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM OR I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED IT. IT'S A FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED YEARS AGO. THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WHICH IS AN EXPENSIVE JOB. SHOULD BE RECALLED SO PEOPLE CAN GET IT FIXED BY DEALER AT THE DEALER COST. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WITH NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR IT IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT. WHY WASN'T THIS RECALLED YEARS AGO.

Mileage: 82,500

ENGINE STALLS AFTER FILL UP OF FUEL WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE GAS STATION CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

WHEN I GAS UP BELOW A QUARTER OF A TANK MY JEEP STALLS OUT AND STEERING LOCKS UP COMPLETELY IN THE SPAN OF A SECOND SO I HAVE NO TIME TO MOVE OVER. IF I GAS UP AT AROUND A QUARTER OR ABOVE IT LURCHES REALLY BAD SEVERAL TIMES FOR NEXT FEW MINUTES THEN RUNS FINE UNTIL GASSING UP AGAIN THEN REPEAT. I WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED NOW I HAVE TO DRIVE FIFTEEN MINUTES AWAY TO GAS UP AND DRIVE THE BACK ROADS TO LET IT RUN IT'S COURSE SO IF I STALL I WON'T GET KILLED. IT IT SUPPOSEDLY THE VALVE ON TOP OF THE GAS TANK RESULTING IN THE WHOLE THING NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. THIS HAS ALMOST GOTTEN ME KILLED AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS WHO I'VE SEEN DISCUSSING THE ISSUE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND GET THIS RECALLED!

Mileage: 20

WHEN FILLING GAS TANK THE CAR STALLS AND ANY TIME WHEN DRIVING . THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, THIS HAS HAPPENED MANT TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mileage: 90,000

THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW IN 3 DAYS. AFTER FULLY FILLING MY FUEL TANK AND THEN DRIVING AWAY FROM THE PUMP MY JEEP PATRIOT STALLS BEFORE I HIT 3/10 OF A MILE FROM THE GAS STATION. CONTRARY TO SOME OTHER REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE, THAT I HAVE READ, AS WELL AS THE EXPLANATION OF THE ISSUE POSTED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE, FROM FCA, THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ONLY AT IDLE. RATHER IT HAPPENS WHILE I AM DRIVING. WHEN MY JEEP STALLS I ALSO LOSE THE ABILITY TO FULLY STEER (CAN ONLY TURN THE WHEEL APPX 1/4 TURN) AND BRAKING DOES NOT WORK AS WELL AS IT NORMALLY DOES. WHEN IT HAPPENED TODAY I ENDED UP MOUNTING A CURB AND SIDEWALK IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE STREET I WAS ON WAS TURNING BUT I COULDN'T TURN WITH IT. IF I HAD NOT ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY/PARKING BRAKE I WOULD HAVE DRIVEN THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND INTO A HOME. ONCE I RESTARTED MY JEEP AND BACKED OFF OF THE CURB THE ENGINE STALLED AGAIN WHILE MY JEEP WAS IN MOTION. LUCKILY I WAS BARELY MOVING AND ALREADY HAD MY HAND ON THE EMERGENCY/PARKING BRAKE. WHEN I RESTARTED MY JEEP THE NEXT TIME I REVVED THE ENGINE TO 3,000RPM FOR APPX 1 MINUTE WHILE MY JEEP WAS IN PARK. MY JEEP DID NOT STALL AFTER THAT FOR THE REST OF TODAY. TOMORROW MAY BE ANOTHER STORY. I SEE IN THIS FORM THERE IS THE ABILITY TO UPLOAD PHOTOS BUT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS BEING AN EXISTING SAFETY ISSUE OR THE ABILITY TO REPORT IT BEFORE NOW. AS A RESULT THERE ARE NO PHOTOS OF MY JEEP ON A CURB ABOUT TO CRASH INTO SOMEONE'S HOUSE. WITH THE NUMBER OF REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE HAVING ALREADY BEEN MADE TO THE NHTSA I AM SHOCKED THAT A MANDATORY SAFETY RECALL WAS NOT DEMANDED.

Mileage: 99,752

EVERY TIME I FILL UP WITH GAS THE CAR MAKES IT TO THE FIRST STOP SIGN AND THEN JUST DIES. I START IT UP AND START TO DRIVE IT AND IT DIES AGAIN. I HAVE TO SIT IN ONE SPOT AND KEEP TRYING TO DRIVE HOPING IT WON'T DIE AND I WILL GET HIT.

Mileage: 130,700

AFTER THE TANK IS FILLED TO FULL, I THEN DRIVE OFF, AND THE NEXT TIME THE CAR COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE ENGINE CUTS OUT. THE CAR HAS TO BE PUT INTO PARK AND THE ENGINE IS ABLE TO RESTART, AND THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE TANK IS FULL - BUT IT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STALL OUT. AS LONG AS I DON'T FILL THE TANK TO FULL, IT WON'T HAPPEN. HOWEVER THIS HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY HAPPENING ANYTIME I FILL UP THE TANK OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

Mileage: 96,000

AFTER FUELING I WILL LEAVE THE GAS STATION AND MY PATRIOT WILL SPUTTER AND OFTEN DIE WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE AND HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL MY PATRIOT UP WITH FUEL.

UPON EACH COMPLETE FILL-UP WITH GASOLINE, SHORTLY AFTER DRIVING OFF FROM FUELING, THE VEHICLE WILL BUCK SEVERELY, AND SHUT OFF. WHEN IT SHUTS OFF AND ROLLS TO A STOP, STEERING CONTROL AND POWER BRAKING IS LOST, AND YOU ARE AT THE MERCY OF ALL TRAFFIC AROUND YOU! THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE AROUND 2012. FROM COUNTLESS HOURS OF INVESTIGATION FROM OTHER OWNERS ON FORUMS, DISCUSSIONS WITH DEALERSHIP PERSONNEL, AS WELL AS MY OWN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC'S ELECTRONIC AND MECHANICAL ANALYSIS, THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT AMONG PATRIOT & COMPASS OWNERS OF MULTIPLE PRODUCTION YEARS. THE ONLY WORK AROUND IS TO NOT FILL UP THE (ALREADY TINY) FUEL TANK COMPLETELY. THE MOST LIKELY ROOT CAUSE IS A MALFUNCTIONING FUEL TANK ROLL-OVER VALVE, WHICH ALLOWS RAW FUEL TO ENTER THE EVAP SYSTEM, AND UPON THE ECM ISSUING A "PURGE COMMAND," THE VEHICLE STALLS. COMPOUNDING THE SITUATION IS THAT THE ROLL-OVER VALVE IS NOT REPLACEABLE SEPARATELY FROM THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY. WITH THE VEHICLE BEING LONG OUT OF WARRANTY, THE COST OF A COMPLETE NEW FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY PLUS LABOR, IS PROHIBITIVE. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT THAT CHRYSLER DOES NOT WANT TO STAND BEHIND. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WHEN LEAVING GAS STATIONS, PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND NEARLY BEING REAR-ENDED WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. I IMAGINE IF NHTSA DOES NOT HOLD CHRYSLER ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL OF THESE NON-CONFORMING VEHICLES, WHICH BY NOW ARE MOSTLY OUT OF WARRANTY, THE ONLY WAY TO GET CHRYSLER TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, WOULD BE TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE STALLING ISSUE, AND THEN SUE THEM, ASSUMING I LIVED! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. DEALERSHIPS AND CHRYSLER CUSTOMER RELATIONS HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO HELP AT ALL. YOU ARE OUR ONLY HOPE.

Mileage: 81,000

AFTER FILLING UP AT GAS STATION AND GETTING ON HIGHWAY ENGINE SHUTS OFF AFTER THE JEEP BUCKED SEVERAL TIMES. WHEN ENGINE SHUT OFF STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. HAD TO PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL URN KEY TO TURN ON ENGINE. ADDITIONALLY AFTER THAT,JEEP CONTINUALLY DIES IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FILL UP AT GAS STATION. IT CURRENTLY DIES APPROXIMATELY 3 TIMES IN A ROW BEFORE THE ENGINE WILL STAY RUNNING. THIS IS A HIGHLY DANGEROUS EVENT. IF IT SHUTS OFF AND I DO NOT WAIT AT THE GAS STATION WHILE I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AND I COULD HAVE AN ACCIDENT AND KILL MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION THAT JEEP / CHRYSLER NEEDS TO FIX. WAS THERE A CRASH ... ALMOST!

Mileage: 140,000

FILLING THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL CAUSES IT TO BUCK AND STALL. WAITING 5-10 MINUTES AFTER IT STALLS AND THE VEHICLE RUNS NORMALLY. ONLY HAPPENS WHEN FILLING THE VEHICLE, PUTTING IN FUEL TO LESS THAN FULL DOES NOT CAUSE THE PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, THE PROBLEM MAY THE ROLL OVER VALVE ALLOWING FUEL INTO THE CHARCOAL CANISTER/EMISSIONS SYSTEM. MY RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET CONFIRMS THE PROBLEM WITH OTHER 2007 JEEP PATRIOTS AND OTHER MODEL YEARS AS WELL. NHTSA DEFECT INVESTIGATION #DP17002

Mileage: 150,000

MY JEEP STALLS EVERY TIME AFTER I FILL IT WITH GAS, I PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC AND IT JUST STALLS AND I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER STEERING OR NOTHING. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

Mileage: 65,000

CAR STALLS AFTER FILLING UP TANK. STARTED DOING THIS 3 FILL UPS AGO. DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS. GAS TANK IS NOT "TOPPED OFF". STALLING OCCURS FOR THE NEXT FEW MILES OR 10 MINUTES OF USE. CAR IS FINE AFTER THAT. STALLING OCCURS WHEN RPM IS UNDER 1000 AND DOES THIS WHEN STOPPED OR SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN. ADDED "HEET" TO TANK, THINKING WATER MAY HAVE GOTTEN IN THERE FROM THE GAS STATION. RULED THAT OUT AFTER USING A DIFFERENT GAS STATION. CAR HAS 130,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE OWNED IT SINCE IT HAD 30,000 MILES ON IT.

Mileage: 130,000

AFTER EVERY FILL UP THE CAR BUCKS AND OFTEN STALLS WHILE DRIVING ALL WITHIN A MILE AND THEN DRIVES NORMALLY. SCARY WHEN IT DIES IN TRAFFIC WHILE DRIVING

Mileage: 150,000

THE GAS TANKS ON THESE CARS ARE DEFECTIVE..YOU HAVE A HARD TIME PUTTING IN GAS ANS THEN AFTER YOU DO IT STALLS AND PUTTERS FOR ABOUT 15 MINS AFTER.THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE -IT SEEMS A CHARCOAL FILTER IN THESE TANKS IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM.THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS-YOU CAN STALL OUT IN TRAFFIC AFTER FILLING UP AND GET SLAMMED IN THE BACK!! CHRYSLER IS WELL AWARE OF THIS BE REFUSES TO RECALL. PROBABLY DUE TO COST..SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED IF THIS ISSUE ISN'T CORRECTED !MANY TIMES I HAVE STARTED TO STALL OUT AFTER FILLING UP WITH TRAFFIC BEARING DOWN ON ME AND MY FAMILY..PLEASE HELP US! THANK YOU!

Mileage: 20,000

I HAVE A 2007 JEEP PATRIOT. EVERY SINGLE TIME I PUT GAS IN IT, IT RUNS A VERY SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE GAS STATION AND STARTS TO BUCK AND JOLT LIKE IT WANTS TO SHUT OFF. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IF I WAN TO GO ON HIGHWAY.

Mileage: 60,000

EVERY TIME WE FILL THE GAS TANK, WITHIN A COUPLE MILES OR LESS, THE ENGINE BEGINS TO STALL. THIS IS A CONSISTENT PROBLEM AND DOES NOT MATTER WHEN/ WHERE THE VEHICLE IS DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS THIS USUALLY HAPPENS IN TRAFFIC AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION.

Mileage: 117,000

FILLED UP THE TANK WITH FUEL, WHEN PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE STALLS AND THEN EITHER CUTS OFF OR SURGES CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES.

Mileage: 102,344

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED, IT WOULD STALL OR HESITATE TO DRIVE. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, IT WOULD STALL AND RESTART INDEPENDENTLY AFTER THREE MINUTES BEFORE SUDDENLY OPERATING NORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

Mileage: 43,000

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING UP THE TANK WITH FUEL. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 20 TIMES

Mileage: 100,000

AFTER I FILL MY GAS TANK OFF AND DRIVE, THE CAR WILL STALL AND SHUT OFF. AND STEERING LOCKS UP. ALMOST BEEN IN SERVAL ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE FILED ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. SOME PEOPLE SAY ITS THE VAPOR/LIQUID SEPARATOR VALVE. NOT SURE, BUT REGARDLESS, THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED BECAUSE OF IT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND ALL THEY TELL ME IS THAT I NEED TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK AT MY COST.

Mileage: 184,000

EVERY TIME I FILL UP WITH GAS, MY VEHICLE WILL STALL AND/OR KILL. STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP

Mileage: 2

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. A LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 83,000

MY JEEP PATRIOT IS STALLING AFTER FUELING. IT SEEMS TO LOSE POWER & MAY SPUTTER ALSO BEFORE STALLING. I CAN ALSO SMELL A STRONG FUEL OR CHEMICAL SMELL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT HAS BECOME A DANGEROUS PROBLEM SEEING AS HOW IT OCCURS AFTER FUELING AND I HAVE TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATIONS. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LARGE INTERSECTIONS WHERE I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES OR CAUSED AN ACCIDENT FOR OTHER MOTORISTS TRYING TO AVOID MY STALLED VEHICLE. SO FAR, MY JEEP WILL START AFTER STALLING SO I CAN CONTINUE ON MY WAY. IT IS A VERY SCARY SITUATION WHEN IT HAPPENS AND THE FEAR OF AN ACCIDENT IS PROFOUND.

Mileage: 137,000

SHORTLY AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK, AFTER BEGINNING TO DRIVE, THE CAR STALLS (LOCKING THE POWER STEERING). VERY DANGEROUS! THIS HAPPENS CONSISTENTLY AFTER FILLING THE TANK, AND WITHIN A MILE OF LEAVING THE GAS STATION.

Mileage: 85,000

AFTER FILLING FUEL TANK ENGINE MISSES AND STALLS !

Mileage: 100,000

CAR STALLS AFTER REFILL AND RUNS ROUGH

Mileage: 100,000

VEHICLE STALLS AFTER REFUELING. EACH TIME THAT THE VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY REFUELED, BUT NOT TOPPED OFF, THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS OF DRIVING, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THIS HAS HAPPENED WHEN TURNING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. RESEARCH ONLINE HAS SHOWN MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ISSUE REQUIRES THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK IN ORDER TO BE RESOLVED.

Mileage: 137,000

D/S HEADLIGHT KEEPS GOING OUT, STARTER MAKES WEIRD SPINNING NOISE, WINDOWS WILL STOP WORKING RANDOMING AND WILL WORK AFTER CAR IS TURNED OFF THEN BACK ON, CAR WILL CHUG AT TAKE OFF FROM LIGHTS

Mileage: 105,000

SHORTLY AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK OF MY 2007 JEEP PATRIOT (49XXX MILES) I WAS COMING TO A 4 WAY INTERSECTION (ONLY MY SIDE AND THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION HAS STOP SIGNS). AS I WAS PULLING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION MY JEEP PATRIOT STALLED AND I LOST MY POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. I WAS ALMOST STRUCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION FROM MY ORIENTATION OF THE INTERSECTION. I TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO NO AVAIL. IT WOULD START AND THEN IMMEDIATELY STALL AGAIN. AFTER ALMOST BEING STRUCK 5-6 TIMES AND AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF BEING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION I MANAGED TO START THE VEHICLE UP AND DRIVE IT HOME BY DRIVING ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR ON BACKROADS FOR THE REMAINING 2 MILES TO MY HOUSE. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET TO FIND THE PROBLEM I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AMONG MANY JEEP PATRIOT/COMPASS OWNERS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AS MYSELF AND MY PASSENGER (FIANCEE) COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IF NOT FOR SHEER LUCK.

Mileage: 49,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING AND THE FUEL TANK IN FULL, THERE WAS AN FUEL ODOR EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTAC ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS NEARLY FULL OR IN FULL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK AND THE FUEL GAGE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

Mileage: 105,000

FAULTY ROLLOVER VALVE GAD DOESN'T ENTER AT FULL CAPACITY WHEN FUELING

I'M EXPERIENCING WHAT I'VE FOUND TO BE A WELL-DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH A VAPOR-LIQUID SEPARATOR VALVE LOCATED IN THE GAS TANK OF MY 2007 JEEP PATRIOT. AFTER FUELING, MOMENTS AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE, THE CAR WILL STALL AND SHUT OFF. IT WILL IMMEDIATELY RE-START AND RUN AGAIN BUT IS PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEED TO SHUT OFF AT EVERY STOP (I.E. AT AN INTERSECTION OR WHILE EXITING THE GAS STATION) FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. IT ALSO LEADS TO HESITATIONS OF THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING AT FULL SPEED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME THE LAST FOUR TIMES I'VE FILLED MY GAS TANK. ON THE MOST RECENT OCCASION, THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE IN AN INTERSECTION, AS I STARTED TO MAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN. THE ENGINE SHUT OFF, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, AND I HAD TO THROW IT INTO PARK AND RESTART THE CAR WHILE STALLED IN A LANE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I'M VERY FORTUNATE THE ONCOMING VEHICLE WAS PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION AND STOPPED TO ALLOW ME TO EXIT THE INTERSECTION. THIS ISSUE ONLY OCCURS AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK, WHEN THE VAPOR CANISTER COMPONENT THAT THE VALVE IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT BECOMES FLOODED WITH LIQUID FUEL DURING THE FILL. WHEN THIS COMPONENT PURGES ITS CONTENTS, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IS FLOODED WITH LIQUID FUEL, RATHER THAN VAPOR, CAUSING THE STALL. AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL MILES (PRESUMABLY WHEN ALL OF THE LIQUID FUEL HAS BEEN PURGED FROM THE VAPOR CANISTER), NO MORE PROBLEMS ARE SEEN UNTIL THE TANK IS REFILLED. SOME INVESTIGATION HAS SHOWN THAT I'M FAR FROM THE ONLY PERSON TO EXPERIENCE THIS DANGEROUS DEFECT. THE FAULTY VALVE IS LOCATED INSIDE THE GAS TANK, AND THE ISSUE CAN ONLY BE RESOLVED WITH A PROHIBITIVELY-EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE TANK. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A DOCUMENTED FLAW INHERENT IN SEVERAL VEHICLE MODELS IN THE CHRYSLER FAMILY, AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE ANYONE IS KILLED AS A RESULT.

I BOUGHT MY 2007 JEEP PATRIOT ON 1/24/2015 I WAS SO EXCITED. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AROUND 5 MONTHS WITH THE GAS TANK. I BOUGHT A NEW GAS CAP AND YES JEEP BRAND AND STILL THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN READING OTHER OWNERS ISSUE AND THEY ARE IDENTICAL TO MINE. THE CAR STALLS AND SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, AT A STOP LIGHT OR JUST WHENEVER. I WAS READING SOME COMPLAINTS AND THEY WERE SAYING THE CHARCOAL CANISTER IS THE PROBLEM. THE COMPLAINT ALSO SAID YOU CAN NOT REPLACE THE CHARCOAL CANISTER, BECAUSE IT WAS BUILD INTO THE FUEL TANK, SO YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE FUEL TANK. THE COST FOR A NEW FUEL TANK IS AROUND $1,250.00 ☹️ VERY SAD ABOUT THE COST. MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME HIS CAR TO DRIVE BECAUSE HE SAID IT'S TO DANGER FOR ME TO BE DRIVING MY CAR, BUT HE DRIVES IT NOW AND I'M WORRIED HE MIGHT GET HURT. I DO THINK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS BADLY HURT OR DIE.

AFTER FILLING GAS TANK WITH FUEL, AFTER 30ISH SECONDS THE ENGINE WILL STALL AND SOMETIMES RECOVER, SOMETIMES QUIT. THIS HAPPENS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I AM STOPPED AT A LIGHT/SIGN OR DRIVING. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS REPORTS OF OTHERS HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE. SEEMS THAT THE CHARCOAL CANISTER IS FILLING WITH GAS. PLEASE HELP MAKE THIS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR OTHER DRIVERS! THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 3 OR 4 MONTHS WITH MY VEHICLE.

Mileage: 150,000

AFTER FILLING THE FUEL TANK ALL THE WAY THE CAR WILL STUTTER AND STALL WHEN YOU FIRST PULL AWAY FROM THE STATION. I WAS TOLD THIS IS BECAUSE THE VAPORS CANISTER MALFUNCTIONS. THIS ISN'T BAD, EXCEPT IN THIS STATE THE STEERING LOCKS. IT DOESN'T JUST GET AND TO STEER LIKE OLD DAYS WITHOUT POWER STEERING, THE STEERING WHEEL ACTUALLY LOCKS AS IF YOU ARE IN PARK.

Mileage: 95,000

EVERY TIME AFTER I FILL THE GAS TANK, I START THE ENGINE, IT RUNS FINE FOR 1-2 MIN. THEN BEGINS TO BUCK AND JOLT LIKE IT WANTS TO SHUT OFF. I'VE EVEN HAD THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD OCCUR DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER RENDERING MY STEERING AND BRAKES INOPERABLE. THIS BEHAVIOR OF THE ENGINE SHUT OFF DOES NOT OCCUR AGAIN UNTIL THE NEXT TIME I FILL UP MY GAS TANK. I'VE FOUND INFORMATION THAT THIS PROBLEM IS DUE TO A FAULTY VAPOR/LIQUID SEPARATOR VALVE LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK.

Mileage: 130,230

VEHICLE STALLS AFTER FUELING. ON LINE FORUM SUGGEST CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REMEDY. THE PROBLEM IS THE VAPOR/LIQUID SEPARATOR VALVE ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. ALSO REFERRED TO AS FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVE. REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF FUEL TANK TO REPLACE VALVE WHICH IS NOT SOLD SEPARATELY. VEHICLE STALLS AFTER FUELING CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE IN TRAFFIC. USUALLY HAPPENS WITHIN A MINUTE OR TWO OR FILLING UP GAS TANK.

Mileage: 159,000

WHEN THE TANK IS FILLED, THE ENGINE STALLS SOON AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION. THE VEHICLE BUCK AND STALLS, AND QUITS COMPLETELY. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN IT IS IN TRAFFIC OR DURING A TURN AS STEERING AND BRAKES NON-FUNCTIONAL. HAVE REPLACED CHARCOAL CANISTER BUT NOW MECHANIC INFORMS ME THE WHOLE GAS TANK ASSEMBLY NEEDS REPLACEMENT. WORK-AROUND FOR NOW IS TO NOT FILL THE TANK UP ALL THE WAY.

Mileage: 107,000

AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK THE ENGINE WILL STALL. IT HAPPENS WITH ENGINE IDLEING OR AFTER ENTERRING TRAFFIC. VERY VERY VERY VERY.......DANGEROUS, JEEP NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE. TONS OF JEEP OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. JEEP DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOUR PRODUCT HAS KILL A BUNCH OF PEOPLE INCLUDING ME AND MY FAMILY.

Mileage: 59,700

MY CAR CUTS OFF / STALLS EVERY TIME I FILL MY TANK UP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO MY FAMILY AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.

Mileage: 60

SHORTLY AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, I COULD DRIVE MY CAR ABOUT 1/4 MILE AND THE WHOLE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE TANK IS COMPLETELY FULL. THE CAR SHUDDERS AND STALLS REPEATEDLY RIGHT AFTER FILL UP. ONCE A SMALL AMOUNT OF GAS IS USED THE CAR SEEMS TO RUN FINE BUT THE STALLING HAPPENS AT IDLE. AT A RED LIGHT, STOP SIGN, OR WHEN SPEEDS ARE REDUCED TO TURN. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO KNOW YOUR CAR CAN SHUT OFF RANDOMLY, HAD TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY AND MAIN ROADS WITH HAZARD LIGHTS ON FOR FEAR OF NOT KNOWING WHEN IT WOULD STALL AGAIN. MECHANICS LOOKED AT ALL WIRING AND PARTS UNDER HOOD OF CAR AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. THE ONLY THING IN COMMON WITH THE 3 STALLS WAS THAT I HAD JUST FILLED THE GAS TANK UP COMPLETELY. IT SEEMS CHRYSLER HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS WITH OTHER CARS, MINIVANS ETC. MANY JEEP OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS EXACT ISSUE ON A JEEP FORUM. OPTIONS SEEM TO BE: DON'T FILL UP COMPLETELY, OR REPLACE THE GAS TANK, WHICH IS COSTLY.

THE WIRING TO AND THE FUEL PUMP HOUSING MELTED THE WIRING THAT GOES FROM THE BACK SIDE OF THE PLUG AND DOWN TO THE PUMP THAT IS SUBMERGED IN FUEL ALSO MELTED IT WAS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE WOULD STILL RUN AND IT WOULD RANDOMLY SHORT OUT WHILE DRIVING. I'VE REPLACED THE PUMP AND KEPT THE PARTS THAT HAVE BURNT.

Mileage: 110,000

AFTER REFUELING VEHICLE TO FULL TANK CAPACITY, THE VEHICLE STALLS AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKS IN AN INTERSECTION WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE GAS STATION. FOR 2 YEARS, THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN STALLING AFTER EVERY GAS REFUELING. IT HAS NOW STARTED TO LOCK THE STEERING WHEEL CONCURRENT WITH THE STALLING. MY WIFE, WHO WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE 8/18/15 INCIDENT FELT SHE WAS IN DANGER AS CARS TRIED TO AVOID THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS ALMOST HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE LOCKED STEERING WHEEL.

Mileage: 97,000

AFTER FILLING UP TANK TO "CLICK" SHUTOFF WITH NO OVERFILLING, JEEP PATRIOT 2007 STALLS AND SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY AFTER ABOUT 2 MINUTES OR 1 MILE BACK ON THE ROADWAY. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT, THIS CONTINUED HAPPENING AFTER EVERY COMPLETE TO "CLICK" FILL UP. TOOK JEEP TO DEALERSHIPS IN PLANO, TX AND RICHARDSON, TX FOR CONSULTATION WITH THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENTS. BOTH SERVICE MANAGERS INFORMED ME THAT IT COULD BE ANY PART IN THE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS, AND THAT ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE EXPLORATORY AND MOST LIKELY THE TOTAL WOULD BE $1,000 PARTS AND LABOR. MY RESEARCH ON THE WEB POINTS TO A FAULTY VALVE THAT IS INTEGRATED INTO THE FUEL TANK (NOT SEPARATELY REPLACEABLE FROM REPLACING THE FUEL TANK) THAT DOESN'T SHUT OFF CORRECTLY. THIS CAUSES THE VAPOR CANISTER TO BECOME SATURATED, WHICH MESSES UP THE FUEL/AIR MIX BEYOND THE ABILITY OF THE COMPUTER TO COMPENSATE FOR, SO THE JEEP STALLS. THE STALLING OUT WITH THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING MAKES NAVIGATING OUT OF TRAFFIC DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO ME AND OTHER DRIVERS. FOR NOW, I GUESS ABOUT WHEN THE TANK MIGHT BE FULL AT FILL-UPS, AND MANUALLY STOP THE FILL-UP. FILLING UP SHORT OF THE AUTO "CLICK" SHUTOFF HAS SO FAR AVOIDED FURTHER STALLS. HOWEVER, DOING THIS IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO MONITOR. ALSO, I NOW WORRY THAT THE VAPOR CANISTER AND PERHAPS OTHER FUEL SYSTEM DELIVERY COMPONENTS MAY BE DAMAGED, BUT DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR EXPLORATORY (GUESSES) PARTS AND LABOR REPAIRS; I WOULD LIKE A CLEAR INDICATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER AS TO THE SPECIFIC PART(S) FAILURES THAT ARE CAUSING THE STALLS, AND WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO RECALL ANY PARTS AS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 60,000

AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK THE VEHICLE STALLS. IT'S HAPPENED IN INTERSECTIONS AND ON THE ROAD. IT CRANKS BACK UP BUT STALLS AT VARIOUS TIMES, COMPLETELY SHUTTING DOWN. AFTER A FEW OCCURRENCES SOMETIMES EVEN HAPPENING ON THE NEXT DAY OR TWO IT STOPS UNTIL I FILL THE TANK UP AGAIN AND THE CYCLE CONTINUES. I THOUGHT IT MAY BE THE FUEL PUMP BUT RESEARCH ON THE WEB SHOWS OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME FUEL SYSTEMS USED IN CHRYSLER, DODGE, AND JEEP.THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

2007 JEEP PATRIOT STALLS AFTER EVERY FUEL FLL UP . ONLY STALLS WHEN FUEL IS FILLED. STARTS BACK UP WITH NO PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 85,600

THE CAR STALLED OUT SINCE THE FIRST DAY I BOUGHT IT (JAN. 1, 2008). IT IS NOW AUGUST 2014 AND I STILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM, EXCEPT NOW IT'S A MUCH MORE DANGEROUS AND BIGGER PROBLEM. IF I GO SLOW OR STOP TO TURN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, IT STALLS OUT. I ALMOST GOT HIT/KILLED TODAY. THE TERRIBLE PART ABOUT IT IS THAT I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS FROM DAY 1. EVERY TIME I TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY CAN NEVER FIND THE PROBLEM. I JUST TRIED CALLING CHRYSLER AND THEY ARE TELLING ME I'VE ONLY TAKEN IT IN ONCE FOR THIS ISSUE, WHICH IS NOT TRUE AT ALL.. EVEN IF IT WAS JUST ONCE, THEY STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM SO THEY "COULD NOT FIX IT." *TR

Mileage: 10

WENT AND FILLED UP MY GAS TANK (FILLED IT UP, DID NOT TOP IT OFF). WHEN I LEFT THE GAS STATION I WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT AND MY ENGINE TURNED OFF (MUSIC WAS STILL PLAYING, JUST THE ENGINE HAD TURNED OFF) THIS HAPPENED FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES ON MY WAY HOME. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS RUNNING FINE. IF I ONLY FILL UP MY GAS TANK 1/2 WAY THERE IS NO PROBLEM. *TT

Mileage: 60,000