2008 Jeep Patriot Fwd

MY 2008 JEEP PATRIOT HAS ONLY 59K MILES ON IT. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND IT BEGAN TO MAKE A ROARING SOUND FROM THE TRANSMISSION. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE CVT TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED. JEEP WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE AND WANT OVER $4000 FOR A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT OF A TRANSMISSION THAT IS NOT ABLE TO BE SERVICE AND (ACCORDING TO OWNERS BOOK) NEEDS FLUID CHANGED AROUND 120K. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CVT TRANSMISSION FAILURES AT LOW MILEAGE. JEEP IS EVEN GETTING RID OF THE CVT IN THE NEW JEEP PATRIOT. THIS TRANSMISSION IS A LEMON AND THE COMPANY SHOULD ASSIST WITH REPLACEMENT WHEN IT GOES OUT EARLY. *JB

SUDDENLY CAR SLOWED TO 40 MILES PER HOUR IN THE MIDDLE OF FAST RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON SOUTHBOUND HIGHWAY TEN IN CHANDLER. CARS SWERVED OUT OF WAY...I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND COULD NOT GET OUT OF TRAFFIC FOR ANOTHER FIVE MILES....PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FOUND UNTIL I DISCOVERED THE LEMON CVT (TRANSMISSION) INSTALLED IN CERTAIN PATRIOTS. ALSO, LESS THAN A YEAR LATER A STARTER FIRE WHILE DRIVING..HAD GONE LESS THAT A MILE AFTER THE CAR WAS SITTING...AND IT WAS NOT OVER 85 DEGREES AT THE TIME IN CHANDLER. PLUS CAR SOMETIMES LOST ALL POWER WHICH IS NOT GOOD WHILE IN TRAFFIC. *TR

WHENEVER I USE MY HEATER IT LEAKS A LOT OF WATER ALL OVER THE DRIVERS FEET AND PASSENGERS FEET. ALSO, IT LEAKS SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE WATER SWISHING FROM SIDE TO SIDE BEHIND THE DASH WHEN YOU TAKE A TURN. THIS WATER IS VERY HOT AND GIVES YOU A SHOCKING SENSATION WHEN IT DRIPS ON YOU. THE VERY FIRST TIME I FELT IT DRIP ONTO ME IT SOAKED MY SHOE AND THEN I EVENTUALLY FELT IT THROUGH MY SHOE, WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED MY VEHICLE OVER AND JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND REMOVED MY SHOE AND SOCK BECAUSE THE WATER WAS SO HOT THAT IT GAVE ME THE SENSATION OF SOMETHING BITING ME. I THOUGHT IT WAS FIRE ANTS INSIDE MY SHOE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE. LUCKILY, I WAS IN A LOW SPEED LIMIT NEIGHBORHOOD TO WHERE I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER RIGHT AWAY WITHOUT CAUSING DISRUPTION. *TR

AFTER FUELING UP, MY JEEP SPUTTERS AND LOSES POWER TO THE POINT IS ALMOST STALLS. LAST NIGHT AFTER A FUEL UP IT STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS IS TERRIBLY PROBLEMATIC AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I HAVE HAD MY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE DONE, SERVICES THE FUEL INTAKE, FILTERS, PUMPS AND THROTTLE BODY. HAD A TUNE UP DONE AND THE ENGINE IS STILL DOING THIS. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE THIS CAR ANY LONGER. I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY! PLEASE ADVISE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, SHE HEARD A POPPING NOISE FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH BOTTOM BALL JOINTS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

WIFE DRIVES A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT THAT HAS 38,955 MILES ON IT AND WHEN TAKEN IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND VEHICLE INSPECTION WAS TOLD THAT THE LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT WAS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. COST WOULD BE CLOSE TO $400.00 TO REPLACE THAT COMPONENT. BEING FRUGAL AND WANTING A SECOND OPINION WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER SHOP, REPUTABLE AND VERY GOOD, TO HAVE A LOOK SEE. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE BALL JOINT WAS WORN OUT AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AND WAS CAUSING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE CAR TO BE OUT OF SPECIFICATION. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THEY ALSO FOUND THAT THE RIGHT REAR TOW LINK WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND MISSING WHICH CAUSED THAT WHEEL TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WAS PROVIDING A SIGNIFICANTLY BAD WEAR SITUATION FOR THE TIRES. SEEMS TO US THAT AFTER ONLY DRIVING THIS VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN 40,00 MILES THAT THESE COMPONENTS SHOULD STILL BE IN WORKING CONDITION. AFTER PAYING A LITTLE OVER $300.00 FOR THESE PARTS TO BE REPLACED, I AM WRITING THIS WANTING TO KNOW HOW TO RECOUP THIS MONEY. COMPONENTS THAT CONTROL THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION OF A VEHICLE ARE VITAL TO SAFE DRIVING AND IF THEY FAIL CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES MAY ENSUE. CHRYSLER JEEP SHOULD FEEL RESPONSIBLE AND NOT WAIT ON A CATASTROPHE TO OCCUR BEFORE THEY DO SOMETHING TO CURB AND REDUCE THIS DANGER. *TR

I BOUGHT MY JEEP IN SEPT OF 2010, TOOK IT FOR AN OIL CHANGE IN DEC,2010. WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM, I WAS TOLD THE PATRIOTS WERE HAVING ALOT OF ISSUES WITH THAT PART COMING OUT LOOSE STRAIGHT OUT OF THE FACTORY. IT MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHEN I DRIVE IT. I'VE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS INCLUDING THE A/C ,CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON FOR MANIFOLD PROBLEM ,TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ALL WITHIN THE TWO YEARS THAT I'VE OWNED IT. *TR

AT 62K MILES I HAD TO REPLACE MY DRIVER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY COSTING ME $300 AND NO HELP FROM CHRYSLER OR MY DEALERSHIP. NOW AT 93K MILES AND A YEAR AND HALF LATER, I NEED BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS REPLACED. THE ESTIMATE FOR THEM BOTH REPLACED IS $715. THAT'S OVER $1000 FOR SOMETHING THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT AND DOES NOTHING TO ASSIST THEIR CUSTOMERS. I PURCHASED THIS CAR BRAND NEW, EVEN ORDERED FROM THE FACTORY, USING THE DISCOUNT MY COMPANY HAS WITH THEM, WE GET THE PREFERRED PRICE BEING A SUPPLIER FOR THEIR BEARINGS AND THIS IS THE QUALITY I GET? WHY EVEN PUT THE BEST BEARINGS IN THE WORLD ON THE JEEP IF YOU USE GARBAGE TO SUPPORT THE WHEEL? *TR