2009 Jeep Patriot

WHILE PULLING OUT AND DRIVING DOWN A PARKING RAMP THE ENGINE CODE LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUE TO RUN AND I PROCEEDED HOME. WHILE ENTERING THE FREEWAY FROM AN ONRAMP I NOTED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE NORMALLY. THE ENGINE RPM WOULD MAX AT 5000 RPM AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GAIN SPEED. LATER CODE RETRIEVAL NOTED A OBD II CODE OF P0017. BY THE TIME I MADE THE APPOINTMENT FOR INSPECTION THE CODE RESET AND TURNED OFF. THIS SAME CODE AS RECURRED AND RESET UP TO 6 TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT TROUBLESHOOT THE INCIDENT WITH THE CODE NOT BEING PRESENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE FRONT SUSPENSION MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE MULTIPLE TIMES. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

I PURCHASED A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT IN JULY OF 2013 WITH 27,000 MILES. FROM THE VERY FIRST HARD RAIN FALL THE SUNROOF LEAKED. FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS, DUE TO INSUFFICIENT RAINFALL, I THOUGHT I HAD NOT PROPERLY CLOSED THE SUNROOF THE FEW TIMES IT LEAKED. HOWEVER, SOON AFTERWARDS IT BECAME CLEAR THAT IT WAS LEAKING. THE WATER ENTERS MY INTERIOR ROOF AND TRAILS TO THE LOWEST POINT, MY DOME LIGHTS AND SCREW HOLES, WHERE IT EXITS ONTO MY DASH AND RADIO. MY RADIO HAS BEEN DAMAGED. I TOOK IT TO A GARAGE LAST WEEK AND THEY UNSTOPPED THE DRAINAGE TUBES FOR $224.00. IT DID NOT LEAK FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN I WENT OUT THIS MORNING, AFTER A HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT, AND IT WAS LEAKING AGAIN! I HAVE FOUND AND CONTACTED AN ATTORNEY WHO HAS FILED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION AND POWER TRAINING CONTROL MODULE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 40 MPH AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED TEN MINUTES LATER, AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TEN DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT OFFER A REMEDY. A LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSIS ON THE VEHICLE WAS THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY WARNING...IT HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES NOW. SOMETIMES IT WILL RESTART BUT USUALLY NOT AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED. AFTER SWIPING IT AND CHECKING CODES IT RESETS AND FUNCTIONS NORMAL AGAIN AND THE PROBLEM CAN NOT BE FOUND...BUT IT KEEPS HAPPENING AND I KEEP GETTING CHARGED FOR A TECHNICIANS TIME THAT KEEPS ON FINDING NOTHING. *TR

TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013 MORNING THE JEEP STARTED TO MAKE NOISE AT THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, SO ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013 I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE IN BRIDGEVILLE FOR A SECOND OPINION. THEY ADVISED THAT WE HAVE THE SUSPENSION CHECKED AS WELL AS THE SPRING FOR THE STRUTS. THEY HAD ADVISED THAT THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND PASSED THEIR INSPECTION. MAY 23, 2013 ON MY WAY TO WORK AND I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. WATER BEGAN TO FLOW THROUGH MY REAR VIEW MIRROR FROM THE SUNROOF. AT THAT TIME I HADN'T TOUCHED THE SUNROOF SINCE THE DATE OF PURCHASE. PER JEEP FORUMS THIS IS A CONSTANT HASSLE WITH THE CAR. I WAS NOT GIVEN A CHOICE IN WHAT I COULD HAVE FOR A VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP DUE TO CREDIT ISSUES. I HAD REQUESTED ON 05/24/2013, A REVIEW OF THE WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE. I HAD THE CAR LESS THAN A WEEK AND HAD TO ALREADY TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY HAD ADVISED THE NOISE I WAS HEARING WAS A ?CONTROL ARM CLIP THAT UNLATCHED?; THEY VERBALLY SAID THAT THEY TOOK CARE OF IT. HOWEVER FROM THE POINT ON I STILL COULD HEAR IT. I WOULD CALL [XXX] AND HE WOULD SAY THAT THE CAR WAS STILL DRIVABLE?. I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANYTHING IN WRITING FROM THEM. I CHECK JEEP FOR ANY RECALLS, BUT FOUND NOTHING ON MY VIN. SO I DECIDED TO FORGET ABOUT IT UNTIL THIS PAST MAY WHEN MY CAR WAS FIRST INSPECTED BY KENNY ROSS SOUTH. IT PASSED EMISSIONS HOWEVER THEY COULDN'T PASS IT COMPLETELY. I HAD IT RECENTLY SERVICED AND THE ROTORS CONTROL ARMS BALL JOINTS AND STRUTS NEED DONE. IT'S UNREAL, THE CAR IS A 2009. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY CAR STARTED MAKING A WHINING NOISE AND HAD PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION, LIKE THE GEARS WERE FINDING IT HARD TO LOCK IN PROPERLY. IT'S AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. AFTER THE SNOWSTORMS, I TOOK IT TO A CHAIN FRANCHISE TO CHECK IT OUT AND WAS TOLD THAT JEEP PUT A MERCEDES TRANSMISSION IN THE CAR, THAT IT'S NOT MEANT FOR THIS MAKE OR MODEL, THAT IT'S A DEFECT BECAUSE THE PUMP WORE OUT AND THAT JEEP WILL NOT PAY TO REPLACE/REPAIR AND THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS UNDER 50,000, THAT I HAVE TO PAY CLOSE TO FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPAIR/REPLACE. THE MECHANIC AT THE CHAIN FRANCHISE SAID THAT THIS PART JUST WORE OUT BECAUSE IT WASN'T INTENDED TO BE USED IN THE MECHANICS FOR THIS CAR. *TR

VEHICLE WILL STALL WITH NO/LITTLE WARNING. STALLS GENERALLY OCCUR DURING WET AND/OR HUMID WEATHER CONDITIONS, HOWEVER DOES ALSO OCCUR DURING DRY CONDITIONS. STALLS USUALLY OCCUR DURING IDLING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN GEAR (STOPPED AT INTERSECTIONS OR IN TRAFFIC), BUT CAN ALSO OCCUR DURING INITIAL ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE EARLY 2012 AND IS INCREASING IN FREQUENCY. CHRYSLER HAS A RELATED RECALL (08V528000, "POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM)"), WHICH SEEMS TO EXACTLY DESCRIBE THIS FAILURE, HOWEVER CHRYSLER CLAIMS THAT THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *TR