2008 Jeep Patriot

IN AUGUST 2017, THE VEHICLE UNDERWENT MAINTENANCE WITH NO REPORTED PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS. IN MAY 2018, DRIVING FELT UNSTABLE. NEW TIRES WERE NEEDED, SO AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE ALONG WITH AN ALIGNMENT TO COVER BASES. THE MECHANIC CALLED AND REPORTED THAT TIRES COULD NOT SAFELY BE PUT ON, DUE TO CORROSION ALONG THE CAR'S SUBFRAME (AKA CROSSMEMBER); THE MECHANIC DEMONSTRATED BY SHOWING HOW EASILY PERFORATION OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A DEALERSHIP; WHILE THE SUBFRAME WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY, THE CORROSION WAS SEVERE ENOUGH THAT BALDING TIRES COULD NOT BE REPLACED WITHOUT EXTENSIVE PARTS REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN FROM ONE GARAGE TO ANOTHER, IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN ON SEVERAL DIRT ROADS ROUGHLY TWO YEARS AGO, BUT MAJORITY OF DRIVING WAS ON HIGHWAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED IN 2016. SPECIFIC OCCURRENCE AND ONSET OF CORROSION TO SUBFRAME NOT KNOWN.

I START HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY AIRBAG IN MY JEEP LAST YEAR. I TOOK MY JEEP INTO MY LOCAL JEEP DEALER LAST YEAR. THE DEAL STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE AIRBAG. THE DEAL THAT I'M HAVING IS THAT SOMETIMES THE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND I SEE THAT THEIR IS A RECALL ON THIS NAME BRAND AIRBAG FOR THIS VEHICLE. I'M ASKING COULD YOU PLEASE ADD MY VEHICLE VIN NUMBER TO YOUR RECALL LIST THANK YOU.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A YEARLY SAFETY INSPECTION, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE TECHNICIAN THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO CORROSION ON THE REAR SUBFRAME. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO CHARLIE'S MOTOR MALL (465 WESTERN AVE, AUGUSTA, ME 04330, PHONE NUMBER: (207) 622-7327) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED ADDITIONAL PARTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, BUT NOT THE INSTALLED PART. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 194,491.

I BOUGHT THIS JEEP USED AND THE FIRST TIME IT RAINED, WATER CAME IN FROM THE SUNROOF INTO THE CAR, THERE WAS WATER IN THE DOME LIGHTS, RUNNING OUT OF THE HEADLINER, RUNNING THROUGH THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. NOW I SEE THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL BUT CHRYSLER HAS NOT RECALLED OR DONE ANYTHING TO CORRECT IN THE CURRENT MODEL YEAR. I AM AFRAID FO RMY SAFETY DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH WATER COMING IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRONICS OR WATER COMING INTO MY FACE, ON MY STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A DISTRACTION. I HOPE THE NHTSA WILL HELP AND FORCE THE MFR TO FIX THIS FOR ALL OF US JEEP OWNERS. *TR

ROTTING SUBFRAMES, FRONT AND REAR. ENGINE DRAIN DRIPS ONTO FRONT SUBFRAME, KEEPING THE SUBFRAME WET AND CAUSING IT TO RUST OUT. JEEP RECALLED THE 2007 MODEL YEAR TO REPLACE THE SUBFRAMES BUT NOT THE 2008 YEAR, YET THE DESIGN FLAW PERSISTS. ROTTING SUBFRAME CAUSED VEHICLE TO FAIL ANNUAL NH STATE INSPECTION. VEHICLE WAS BUILT AND SOLD IN WHAT CHRYSLER CALLS A "RUST BELT". SO, CHRYSLER CONFIRMS THE PROBLEM BUT ONLY FIXES IT FOR 2007, NOT 2008.

DRIVING BACK FROM VISITING MY BROTHER IN PITTSBURGH ON MON. 10-10-2016 ON THE PA TURNPIKE I HEARD A WEIRD NOISE UNDERNEATH MY JEEP UP FRONT SOUND LIKE A LIGHT SQUEAKING NOISE BUT COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS I WAS DEBATING ON DROPPING MY JEEP OFF AT MY MECHANIC TO CHECK IT OUT BUT WE GOT HOME TOO LATE DROVE JEEP TO DR APPT THAT WEEK ON A WEDNESDAY FOR TEST RESULTS DRIVING ON SMOOTH ROADS ONLY HEARD THE SQUEAKING NOISE UNTIL I HIT A LITTLE POT HOLE ON MY DRIVER'S SIDE ON THE BACK ROADS GOING ABOUT 25 MPH & HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE AND NO MATTER WHEN I HIT A LITTLE BUMP WITH THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AREA I HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE LIKE A BALL JOINT OR SHOCK I CALLED MY MECHANIC TO TELL HIM I WAS DROPPING OFF THE JEEP AND TOLD HIM THE NOISE IT WAS MAKING. AFTER I DROPPED IT OFF I WAS INFORMED BY MY MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY THAT MY FRONT SUB FRAME ON THE DRIVERS SIDE THE BOLT HOLE WAS RUSTED FROM THE INSIDE OF THE FRAME AND BROKE BREAKING MY CONNECTION TO MY RIGHT CONTROL ARM AND RECOMMENDED ME TO REPLACE THE SUB FRAME AND BOTH CONTROL ARMS ON BOTH SIDES DUE TO THE RUST ON THE LEFT SIDE ALSO BEFORE THAT TOO BROKE OFF. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT SCENARIO IF THIS WOULD OF HAPPEN ON THE PA TURNPIKE HEADING HOME TO COOPERSBURG, PA OVER 200 MILES ONE WAY THE MAN ABOVE WATCHED OVER US THAT DAY THE JEEP ONLY HAS 36,192 MILES ON IT THE PICTURES BELOW BAD--DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT OF SUB FRAME TOTALLY INSIDE RUSTED AREA-MAJOR PROBLEM / GOOD IS PASSENGER SIDE AS YOU CAN SEE THE HOLE AND THE INSERT INSIDE IS NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY. I WOULD THINK IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART WHICH IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. MY 1ST JEEP PURCHASE BECAUSE OF IT SUPPOSEDLY RUGGEDNESS IN ALL WEATHER AND GOOD SAFETY RATING GUESS I WAS WRONG I AM 80 YRS YOUNG & I DEFINITELY DON'T DRY OFF ROAD I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2008 SAFETY RATING& RUGGED THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THANK GOD IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE INTERSTATE-[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT SUBFRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CORROSION CREATED A HOLE IN THE SUBFRAME. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,348.