Engine Shut Off Without Warning problems of the 2007 Jeep Patriot

After filling up at gas station and getting on highway engine shuts off after the Jeep bucked several times. When engine shut off steering wheel locked. Had to put car in neutral urn key to turn on engine. Additionally after that,Jeep continually dies immediately following fill up at gas station. It currently dies approximately 3 times in a row before the engine will stay running. This is a highly dangerous event. If it shuts off and I do not wait at the gas station while I'm driving down the road then the steering wheel locks and I could have an accident and kill myself or someone else. This is a serious situation that Jeep / Chrysler needs to fix. Was there a crash . . . Almost!.

Since the first year that I bought this vehicle, the engine has stalled intermittently while driving! this happens without notice, no lights go on, not during bad weather, etc. This has happened 10-12 times over the past 4. 5 years; sometimes at slow speeds but a few times on the freeways! each time I contact Chrysler or my Jeep dealership and have had it in the shop 6-7 times for weeks on end and each time they "cannot duplicate the problem" and send it back home with me with no results. The Chrysler customer service department simply tells me to work with my dealership and the dealership keeps my car for a week and the same things happens weeks or months later. This is a huge safety hazard which could easily result in an accident with injuries or fatalities and Jeep doesn't seem to care or know how to fix their own faulty vehicle. If I wasn't still paying for this car I would never set foot in it again but thus far, I am stuck in a death trap of a vehicle not knowing when the next time will be that I am driving and my car shuts down. The last incident was yesterday 01/17/2012 at aprox. 30 mph. I am so frustrated with this car and its manufacturers and thier lack of accountability. From reading this site and other Jeep forums, this is not an isolated problem. Many other Patriot owners have experienced the same problems and Jeep has not helped any of us. I have kept all incidents well documented in the unfortunate case of an accident so that I have a chance to persue legal options and finally hold Chrysler accountable.