2008 Jeep Patriot

3 DAYS AFTER MY 10 YEAR DRIVETRAIN INSPECTION,I DROVE FROM CLEVELAND OHH TO RENO NEVADA. THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED APPROX. 10 TIMES REQUIRING ME TO PULL OFF IINTERSTATE-80 AND WAIT FOR IT TO COOL. TRUCKS OCCASIONALLY WEAVE INTO THE BERM WHERE I WAS PARKED CAUSING ALOT OF WORRY. TO KEEP FROM OVERHEATING I HAD TO KEEP THE RPMS UNDER 2500. THIS LIMITED MY TOP SPEED ON LEVEL GRADE TO APPROX. 65 MPH IN 80 MPH SPEED LIMIT AND UNDER 50 MPH GOING UPHILL. NEEDLESS TO SAY A LOT OF TRUCKS CAME FLYING UP BEHIND ME TO PASS. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP IN RENO DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVER FILLED ( 65ML AT 100DEGREES VS. SPEC OF 25-35 ML.).THE DEALER THAT DID THE INSPECTION IN CLEVELAND BEFORE THE TRIP SAID THEY DID NOT OVERFILL IT.. THE TRANSMISSION HAS OVERHEATED ONLY 3 TIMES IN THE PREVIOUS TEN YEARS. JEEP IS REFUSING TO COMPENSATE ME FOR THE $200 DIAGNOSTIC FEE AND $122 FOR A CAR RENTAL WHILE IT WAS KEPT OVERNITE AT THE RENO DEALERSHIP. MY REGULAR MECHANIC DOES NOT DO TRANSMISSIONS...SAYS THEY ARE TRICKY. SO THE ONLY WAY IT GOT OVERFILLED WAS BY JEEP AT ASSEMBLY. THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HIGH PITCH WHRRR WHEN IT GETS HOT. THE 2300 MILE DRIVE HOME (AFTER IT WAS DRAINED TO THE PROPER LEVEL) WAS UNEVENTFUL. I TRIED TO OVERHEAT IT BUT IT DID NOT. THERE WAS NO WHRRRING..

MY 2008 JEEP PATRIOT WAS PARKED ON MY DRIVEWAY (NO TREES AROUND TO CAUSE A CLOG) FOR A MONTH, WHILE ON VACATION. WHEN I CAME BACK, THE TRUNK AND THE BACK SEAT FLOORS WERE FULL OF MOLD DUE TO WATER LEAKING THRU THE BACK DOME LIGHT. THEN AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I LEARNED THAT THE LEAKING DOME LIGHT IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THE 2007 AND 2008 JEEP PATRIOTS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME IT HAS BECOME A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN JUST A LEAK BECAUSE MY JEEP IS NOW FULL OF MOLD AND CANNOT NOT BE DRIVEN FOR THE MEANTIME AS IT IS A HAZARD FOR MY CHILDREN HEALTH.

MY VEHICLE STALLS EVERY TIME AFTER A GAS FILL UP AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE TIME FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE WHEEL LOCKS AND THE CAR CUTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND HAPPENS 100% OF THE TIME AFTER I PUT GAS IN MY CAR. I DID RESEARCH AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM (SEE ATTACHED LINK) AND THERE IS NO SOLUTION FOR IT EXCEPT FOR A NEW TANK. I DO NOT THINK IT'S RIGHT TO NOT RECALL THIS. IT IS EXPENSIVE AND NOT ALL OF US CAN AFFORD TO FIX IT OR BUY A NEW CAR THUS PUTTING OUR LIVES AND INNOCENT DRIVERS' LIVES IN DANGER. PLEASE RECALL THIS. JEEPS ARE INCREDIBLE CARS THAT LAST 200K+ MILES AND I'D HATE FOR THIS PROBLEM TO SERIOUSLY HARM ANYONE. HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T29898_DS631498

I PURCHASED THIS USED JEEP PATRIOT ON MAY 24, 2017. I BECAME AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ON FIRST ATTEMPT LEAVE ON VACATION. I HAD BEEN DRIVING NONSTOP 45 MILES ON INCLINED ROADWAYS WHEN THE LIGHT FOR "TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING". HAD TO IMMEDIATELY TURN AROUND TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE SOLUTION WAS CHANGE FLUID CHARGE OF $437.00 WHILE ON VACATION THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. WENT BACK INTO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID A FILTER WAS BENT AND REPLACED IN AUGUST 2017. SINCE THEN ANYTIME DRIVE ON VERY STEEP AND INCLINED HIGHWAYS NONSTOP THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT COMES ON. MY LAST DRIVE ON MAY 19, THE HIGHWAY IS VERY MOUNTAINOUS, STEEP. AFTER FIRST CURVY MILES OF TRIP I NOTICE THE LIGHT. I PULLED OVER TO WAIT FOR CAR COOL OFF. TRYING TO GET TO MY DR.APPT HAD TO PULLOVER TWO MORE TIMES. LAST TIME THE CAR STALL. AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS IT MOVED.

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.