Ball Joint problems of the 2007 Jeep Patriot

I had a complete ball joint failure while driving on the highway. The failure resulted in my wheel separating from my car while driving in moderate traffic highway speeds (35 mph). Due to the failure and continued forward motion while driving, the entire front driver's side suspension had to be replaced.

Purchased this vehicle in may of 2012. Vehicle makes large rattling racket when going over any type of dirt road/brick road and a clunk when going over large bumps (speed bumps). Have taken to mechanic several times - turns out the large clunk was the ball joints. . . They were completely worn at 48000 miles which in turn changed the alignment of my wheels - as well as after driving it a mere 10000 miles made both front tires completely bald.

The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated the ball joints failed and the front wheels started shaking due to the failure. When the vehicle was placed on a lift to be inspected the ball joints on the front passenger side fell off. The contact was concerned about the safety issue. The current mileage and failure mileage was 68,716.

On 08/12/2011 my wife was driving from CT to mass on the highway to pick up our 3 year old daughter at her mothers, when suddenly the Jeep started to shake. On 08/13/2011 brought car to mechanic and he said ball joints had to be replaced immediately, and the car was unsafe to drive. He said she was lucky the wheels didn't fall off. 08/13/2011 called dealership, branhaven in branford, CT and found a recall but it's VIN number specific, and does not match our Jeep. Dealer suggested call Chrysler direct for assistance. . . Chrysler said the car needs to go to dearship to be diagnosed. Now will cost more money that we don't have. This seems to be a typical problem with 07 Jeep Patriots, the car is 4 years old with less than 60k miles. . This is not an off road vehicle. This type of problem needs to be addressed by Chrysler immediately. Fortunately no one has been hurt.

Ball joints needed replacement at 70,000 miles.

Due to the design of the ball joints where there is no grease fitting the ball joints failed and caused massive misalignment. This also cause tires to go flat due to uneven wear and ruined the front suspension of the vehicle.

Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Jeep Patriot 4x4. The contact stated while driving 35 mph there was a noise coming from his vehicle. The vehicle was then taken to a mechanic shop for inspection. After inspection they notice the tie rods loose which causes the ball joints to be loose also on the wheels. The mechanic repaired the tie rod but not the ball joints. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 43,000. Mw.

2007 Jeep Patriot, new tie rods at 24000 miles, had to change all of the disc brakes due to rust and cracking at 48000 miles, told by our mechanic that it was unsafe to drive. At our last vehicle inspection on 07-01-2011 we were told that it needs new ball joints since they were cracking, the car has less that 60,000 miles.

The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Patriot 4x4. While driving approximately 15 mph the contact heard a loud clanking sound and felt the vehicle shake. The contact was able to continue driving after pulling over to the side of the road briefly. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who replaced the front driver and passenger side ball joints, tie rod and steering control assembly. The approximate failure mileage was 42,300.

Both front ball joints bad at approx. 50,000 never taken off road and its my wifes who never goes over the speed limit just goes to work and grocery. Going to be about $1200 to fix and said my vechicle is 2 months from date of free replacement through recall.

Had 2007 Jeep Patriot 4x4 with 59,000 miles in for 4 new brakes. Was told ball joints are also bad and need to be replaced immediately to avoid a catastrophic accident. Over $1300 total repair. Also recently replaced all 4 tires. This is a known problem that could easily prove fatal and should be recalled immediately.

I took my Jeep Patriot in for a possible alignment issue to find that front ball joints needed to be replaced and my tires were worn down to the wire. These tires were not even a year old and back tires still look brand new. The tire shop said that this was incredibly unsafe and suggested it to be towed. The dealership acknowledged this to be a common problem for the Jeep, but a non dealership mechanic told us this is not something that should happen to a vehicle only 4 years old with 65,000 miles. It angers me that there is not a recall because if I would have lost a tire the wreck could be deadly. This is a common Jeep problem found on almost all Jeep forums online.

The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Patriot fwd. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph, a loud noise was heard from the front end of the vehicle. The contact took the vehicle for inspection by the dealer where they informed the contact that the tire rods and ball joints were failing and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that there were no known recalls for the failure. The failure mileage was 32,000.

2007 Jeep Patriot limited, fwd. At approx 47000 miles the left front ball joint was worn and needed replacing. At 55000 the right ball bearing was pitted and worn to the point of being dangerous, according to our mechanic.

After blowing the right rear tire in a pot hole I went to a tire store to have a new tire put on and rotate all tires while there. The store manager showed me the ball joints on the front two tires were very loose. Only 19,000 miles on the Jeep Patriot 2007. Prior that I did not notice any change in the drive.

I had read about the problems with the ball joints on the Jeep Patriot. I indeed checked the balls joints and they are cracking at only 32000 miles look like the balls joints of a 100000 car with 10 years of use. This is a known problem that is defective from the manufacturer. How can a car that is known as trail rated not be able to take normal pavement use with so little miles. Chrysler needs to put a a recall for it. Before they have safety issues and get bad publicity from it like what happened to Toyota.

Lower arm/ball joint needed replacement at 19k miles and 26k miles. New tire wore out in 7k miles due to poor design. This is a known problem and canada requires Jeep to replace it at their expense.

I just had my vehicle serviced and was told that my lower front ball joint has failed prematurely. I noticed that this isn't an isolated problem, plenty of Jeep owners have similar issues. I'm just out of my warranty, and Chrysler Jeep will not identify this as a problem.

Front ball joint replacement on a 2007 Jeep Patriot with 26300 miles. Jeep was neve off-road. Just out of warranty and fighting with Jeep to get reimbursment. Just cost me $760. 00 to replace both ball joints.

In a car used only in city roads: - 21000 miles: power steering pump, gear and nuts (Jeep covered) - 32000 miles: left ball joint replaced (Jeep covered) - 45000 miles: right ball joint needs replacement (not covered by Jeep) this has created a lot of additional charges not covered by Jeep like alignment, tires, etc. Jeep liberty was also recalled due to a similar problem. Please consider this problem as from the current list of 37 complains for this car(including this) 24 are for the same problem I am reporting.

The contact owns a 2007 Jeep Patriot fwd. The contact stated that she was experiencing a recurring failure in which the passenger side ball joint would continuously need replacing. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for repairs and most recently, the contact was advised that the driver side ball joint would also need replacing. The manufacturer was made aware of the recurring failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage 55,000.

2007 Jeep Patriot 4x4 with almost 37k miles needs new rear brakes and ball joints. Repair is approximately $1,000. This has never been taken off roading although it is "trail rated" . Brakes and ball joints should not fail so soon and the consumer should not have to pay such a high repair cost. Jeeppatriot. Com and other sites have several complaints on the same issue. This could be a serious safety issue, especially if there were an inexperienced driver at the wheel!.

Normal, routine driving with vehicle that had less than 36,000 miles and the ball joints failed, they were replaced before warranty ran out later that month.

Seat slider & ball joints Jeep Patriot 2007 4x4 & rear suspension---reported seat coming out of locked position after having to hit break a little hard in forward and also happened in reverse. Made 3 complaints to the same dealer and finally had it replaced. Reported to same dealer about noise in the front and rear of car, after having to replace all 4 tires at 19,000 miles because they were bald. Dealer said nothing was wrong however young lad that installed tires said ball joints were loose and rear end was seized. Never been off road and commute to work is 10 miles one way on expressway. Included is complaint about tires, goodyear 205/70r16 all season. Lasted 19,000 miles and all were bald. Rotated every 5,000 miles and because they are the only ones that make that tire size besides dunlop had no choice but to replace them with the same as I'm canadian here and dunlop is not readily available. Other alternative was to buy all new rims and tires in 17". Am currently fighting with Chrysler to fix the suspension issues since the dealer was aware of it well within the warranty period. I encourage everyone to report problems here and to the head office of the company and don't give up until you receive satisfaction. They ask for us to bail them out, then show responsibility and use better quality parts to build the product.

Ball joints needed replaced after 36,700 that was exactly 700 miles over warranty. Now tires are shot as well because of the ball joints. Took it to dealership they replaced now Patriot is out of alignment.