2008 Jeep Patriot 4X4

FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEM POSTED ON THE JEEP PATRIOT FORUMS UNDER THIS LINK (HTTP://WWW.JEEPPATRIOT.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=271689). HAPPENS 95% OF THE TIME WHERE THE ENGINE WILL STALL AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK. IT CAN HAPPEN WHILE SITTING STILL OR WHILE DRIVING. IF IT STALLS WHILE DRIVING, THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES GO OUT MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE JEEP. THE OBVIOUS CONCERN IS THAT IT COULD LEAD TO A CRASH. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF JUST "DON'T FILL IT UP ALL THE WAY" - THAT SEEMS LIKE A COP OUT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AFTER IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME - THEY KEPT IT FOR 2 DAYS, DRIVING IT ALL AROUND AND WERE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE IT (THIS WAS BEFORE I STUMBLED ACROSS THIS FORUM AND REALIZED IT ONLY HAPPENS AFTER A GAS TANK FILL-UP). I HOPE THAT MY SUBMISSION AND OTHERS' LEAD TO A RECALL.

I HAD JUST FILLED THE TANK AS USUAL AND DROVE ABOUT 500 YARDS TO A RED LIGHT. IN THE PAST AFTER A FILL UP, THE JEEP WOULD STALL AND "BUCK" AROUND 30 MPH, AS IF IT COULDN'T GET INTO GEAR, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A CVT. I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT IT DIDN'T THIS TIME, WHICH WAS CURIOUS. AT THE LIGHT, UPON ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE THROTTLE, AND THE CAR REMAINED IN DRIVE, BUT REFUSED TO MOVE. I COULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. A RED LIGHT IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE DASH CAME ON AND BEGAN TO BEEP, AND THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD LIT UP, WITH EVERY LIGHT COMING ON AND MAKING NOISE. EVENTUALLY, I LOST ALL POWER AND WAITED MORE THAN AN HOUR FOR A TOW TRUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A THREE LANE AVENUE. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME A RELAY WAS ENTIRELY BLOWN AND BLACKENED, AND THIS HAD KILLED THE BATTERY. THIS WAS REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME, BUT HE SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT HAD CAUSED THE RELAY TO BLOW. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT OCCURRED WAS A SYMPTOM, NOT THE CAUSE, AND WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY SITTING, DEEMED UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I ALSO HAD LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED AT 55,000 MILES, WHICH IS FAR TOO EARLY. I LOVE JEEP, BUT I HATE THE 2007-2010 PATRIOTS. BAD BUY.

I WENT TO MY LOCAL GAS STATION TO REFUEL MY JEEP. AFTER PUMPING IN 38 CENTS THE PUMP CLICKED. I REMOVED THE NOZZLE AND TRIED AGAIN AND IT CLICKED ONCE MORE. IT TOOK 11 MINUTES TO PUMP MY TANK FULL. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER WHO REFUSED TO HELP WITH ANY ASSISTANCE TO FIX MY VEHICLE AND STATED I WOULD FIRST HAVE TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC WITH A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, (WHICH IN MY AREA NEVER ANSWERS THE PHONE AND NEVER HAS AN APPOINTMENT TIME OPEN) WANTS 115 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. I HAD MY FORD DEALER DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THE VENT LINE IN THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK IS CLOGGED. ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE, ACCORDING TO ALLDATA, THIS PART IS NOT SERVICE ABLE WHICH MEANS I HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK WHICH IS QUOTED AT 922 FOR THE PART AND BETWEEN 400-600 FOR INSTALLATION. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T SEE HOW REFUELING MY TANK WILL CAUSE THIS ISSUE. I THINK THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. *TR

VEHICLE STALLS AFTER REFUELING. FILL UNTIL CLICK, NO TOPPING OFF. LEAVE THE GAS STATION AND GET ON THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE WILL HESITATE AND JERK FORWARD, THEN STALL. RESTARTS RIGHT AWAY. ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT TWICE, REAR END, AND T-BONE. I TRIED SEVERAL EXPERIMENTS. FILLING TO 3/4 DOES NOT CAUSE THE ISSUE. TRIED GAS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, WITH THE SAME RESULTS. AFTER SEVERAL MONTH OF 3/4 REFUEL, I TRIED A FULL REFUEL AGAIN. THERE IS EXCESSIVE GURGLING AFTER A FULL REFUEL COMING FROM THE TANK. STALLED 4 TIMES ON MY 2 MILE DRIVE HOME. VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS. ALSO STALLS AT TRAFFIC LIGHT AFTER FULL REFUEL. *TR

MY JEEP PATRIOT, AFTER REFUELING, THE ENGINE CUTS OUT. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I GET GAS IN MY VEHICLE. SOMETIMES IT STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, WHICH CAN BE QUITE DANGEROUS. WHEN IT DOES THIS, THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN, IT WILL GO A FEW YARDS AND THEN STALL AGAIN. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THE REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM. I KNOW A FEW OTHER JEEP PATRIOT OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME THING. MY LOCAL JEEP DEALER TOLD ME TO JUST NOT FILL MY GAS TANK OVER HALFWAY. HOW IS THIS A FIX? I THOUGHT I WAS OUT OF LUCK UNTIL I SAW THIS ARTICLE ( HTTP://WWW.AUTOBLOG.COM/2014/09/10/DODGE-GRAND-CARAVAN-CHRYSLER-TOWN-AND-COUNTRY-STALLING-NHTSA/ ). THIS ARTICLE SEEMS TO MIRROR THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING WITH MY JEEP, WHICH IS MADE BY CHRYSLER, AS WELL. *TR