general problems of the 2007 Jeep Patriot

Filled gasoline up and had car idle while driving. Had to place car in park, turn ignition off and back on to get it to turn back on. This happened two times and happens everytime I fill up gas in car. Other Patriots have reported same issue and I have been very close to accidents due to this.

The subframe is rusted out.

When I fill the gas tank all the way the car will go about 25 feet and start to stall and shutoff locking the steering wheel and I have no control of the car. If I dont fill it up all the way this is not a problem. It appears there are many people having the same issue as seen here. . Read more...

Transmission and axle shaft area makes a whining noise as if gears are failing. The previous owner did not know what was causingthis so I do not know when the pronlem actually started! I have also noticed on newer Jeep Patriots the year 2015 the rear passenger sides abs/wheel speed sensor goes out as well as wheel bearing failure which started at 30,000 miles. Please fix these problems it seems like thses where not made well for the 4�4 feature as you display it to be capable of. Please fix these problems! thank you! my 2007 makes popping noises during right turns the whole undercarriage has been replaced and the problem still exists!.

I heard a knocking noise when I was backing out of my driveway and took it to a mechanic. They showed me that the rear sub frame was rotted. There is a huge hole from the rust. My car has always been garage kept and well maintained so this did not seem logical from everyday wear and tear.

My children and I were driving 75 mph on the freeway when my Jeep Patriot randomly shut off without warning, the the vehicle gave no indication whatsoever that there was an issue it just stop, the cars behind us started to steam on their brakes running off the road, we had to drive off the side off the road to prevent getting hit. It's was so terrifying . The police came and wanted to give us a ticket for wreck less operperation of a vehicle and though I was under the influence of something. I began to cry. It took 10 minutes to restart car. This happened again a couple hours later with no warning. When we got back from our trip we took it to Ford marshall, nick mayer in mayfield ohio . It is documented there numerous times that this vehicle stalls randomly at high speeds but they cannot diagnosis the problem because the check engine light never comes on when this occurred and it is not sending a code to give them a diagnosis , so if they don't have a code , they can't warranty out the part to fix it for me to fix the issue. So then they send me home everythime and put me and my family in danger again. Today my car stalled again right in front of a police car. I just sat there and cried.

The vehicle stalls when slowing to a stop. It is not during every stop but more likely to occur after refueling the car. On the first incident in October 2014, I had driven home from work (35+ miles) and when slowing to a stop at a light the vehicle stalled. It easily restarted and returned to normal. Since then the driving issues have increased to rpm decreases while driving on a highway ¿ the engine kicks/jerks the car and returns to normal driving. The Jeep stalls every time it is refueled ¿ I am not intentionally overflowing the gas tank. It will stall multiple times after the refill. The rpm fluctuates regardless of when the last time the tank was refueled. I have been on the highway traveling over 50mpg when the engine kicked, rpm decreased, and I thought I was losing power about to stall. On Nov 26, 2015 the engine stalled again. My two preschool aged kids were in the back of the vehicle. I couldn¿t quickly restart the Jeep. We sat on the side of the road for a moment ¿ possibly 4 minutes ¿ waiting to try the engine again. It did restart and the entire ride home, approximately 3 miles ¿ the rpms fluctuated without my hitting gas or breaks. It then stalled in the driveway when parking. I didn¿t touch the car for two days, over thanksgiving holiday. When attempting to use it again, the rpm fluctuated but the vehicle did not stall. Instead, I was able to park the car and turn the Jeep off and remove the key but the engine was still running. It was just a few seconds but it was running and I was looking at the key in my hand. My husband drove it an hour later to test it out and the Jeep stalled again in the driveway.

When I pump gas my car rejects the gas when I know it isn't full. The gas shutoff at the station will kick and not allow gas to pump into my car. 2nd, after pumping gas my car will throttle up and down and then shut off whenever I stop. I have to put the car into park and turn it back on and shift to drive. 3rd, after turning on my car, I try to shfit out of park. The car will not shift out of park and my brake lights are not working. I replaced the brake shift light about a month ago and it worked fine until today. Now once again, I cannot get my car out of park. The other 2 issues have been ongoing since September and I have been able to manager them and still drive the vehicle.

After getting off the highway, approached a stop light. When I pushed on the accelerater car shook, then only moved at a speed of 5mph. When I got to the next stop light the vehicle was running, but not moving.

On 3 occasions within the past year by car has just been turned off while I'm driving by I believe my knee bumping the ignition switch. I know Chrysler has had other recalls due to similar issues on other makes/models but not on the '07 Patriot from what I've seen. I believe there may be a similar issue on the '07 Patriot. Car just totally dies. I then have to put it into park and restart car and it'll work fine at that point.

05/02/2014 backed out of parking spot to pick up son from school. Vehicle stalled 3 times in parking lot before having to push it into a different parking space. Towed to dealership. Received call test codes for steering angle sensor not initialized. Dealership not able to show error/code to the warranty company,- warranty company would not ok work. This "code" has never been duplicated again. 5/28/2014 car stalled while driving 15 mph and would not restart. Tried to get codes but no power to the engine. Vehicle towed back to dealership on 5/29. 6/4/2014 received call from dealership to ok replacing battery due to it dying. 6/5/2014 called Chrysler & they opened a case. 6/11/2014 dealership called telling us that we needed to pick up vehicle and that they could not find any problems and would not spend any more time with it. 6/12/2014 husband spoke with Chrysler/Jeep and he was told that they were going to look further into the issue. 6/23/2014 husband received a call from Chrysler about getting more internal resources involved and we would hear back in a few days. 6/26/2014 received call from Chrysler/Jeep. They sent a Chrysler rep and tech to the dealership - they were able to start car 20-30 times with no issue, could not replicate any problems. Chrysler rep recommendation to dealership charge us storage fees if we did not pick up the vehicle by 6/30/2014 also told that they could not do anything for me since my vehicle was older and did not have a warranty through them. 6/27/2014 picked up vehicle. 7/04/2014 car died in middle of road, after about 15-20 minutes husband able to restart vehicle. 9/15/2014 the car has been parked ever since 7/4/2014 too afraid to drive it due to stalling issues and an unwilling to pay for another "diagnostic test" or tow to be told that they can not find the issue. Continue paying for a vehicle I can drive safely.

This 2007 Jeep Patriot began having issues with the cvt aproximately one year after I purchased (2011). While driving home from work on the highway vehicle slowed to about 10 mph then chugged quite a bit before refusing to start again. Replaced transmission twice at $3,500 (2012) for the first and $4,500 (2013) for the second one, also purchased the 5 year warrenty on the second cvt trany. Vehicle is in the shop every 3 months to work on transmission as of today (8-6-2015), which is very frustrating.

The right rear cross member and trailing arms fell down while driving, causing over $2500 in damage. Luckily I was going slowly enough because someone could have been seriously hurt. I was without my car for over a week.

At a stoplight idling, the engine rpm's dip below 500 and the vehicle begins to shudder and then stalls out. If the shifter is moved to neutral the shuddering stops. This has happened multiple times over the past few months. Took the vehicle to a Jeep dealer and they said they could not replicate the problem, the vehicle displayed no trouble codes and there were no recall notices in their system. It happens only at very slow speeds (1st gear) or when idling.

The roof of the vehicle has some serious issues. I've had severe leaks when it rains from the dome light. Chrysler is aware of this issue that is caused by bad drain tubes and poor design. Yet they've only issued TSB's and not a full recall. Water gets all over the dashboard and could cause an electrical fire due to shorting.

2007 Jeep Patriot stalls after every fuel fll up . Only stalls when fuel is filled. Starts back up with no problem.

My car cuts off / stalls every time I fill my tank up. This is very dangerous to my family as well as other drivers on the road.

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!.

I was stopped at a traffic light and my vehicle stalled on me, it began to shake a bit before it turned off. In order to get the vehicle back on, I had to turn the key to off, put the vehicle in park, then turn the vehicle back on. Unfortunately, I've been having this issue since 2007 and we are in 2013. I have taken the SUV to Jeep multiple times and they cannot find the problem, even after leaving it for over a week. Last week, I was making a u-turn when the vehicle stalled on me once again. I drew the line and I'm ready to take legal action. My life was suddenly in danger as I had a vehicle approaching me at over 40mph. Something must be done to get these vehicles off the street. The worst part is that Jeep gave me a lifetime power train warranty but since they are unable to locate the issue with the vehicle I have had to live with this horrible vehicle and the worst service that Jeep offers.

Whistling sound when air is on (not necesarily ac). High pitched whistling sound is evident any time air is blowing on highest or next to highest setting. A little annoying. . . Sometimes enough to move it to a lower setting just to reduce whistling sound.

I bought my 2007 Jeep Patriot the end of may of 2007 and it started leaking from the dome light the first rain we had. . . A week after I bought it. I brought it to the dealer several times at first to get it fixed since the leaking kept recurring and it was covered by warranty. The tubing end was crushed and twisted was the first diagnosis. I lost faith in having the problem fixed. I dealt with the leaking dome light but now other issues have added to the disappointment. Water not only pours out of the dome light but leaks into spare tire, carpet in back seat area, on my shoulder from plastic border around sunroof, and little squares of plastic on bars on both sides of windshield. I had to buy a steam cleaner to both extract water from carpet/spare tire space and also clean the carpet. There is so much leaking water that I hear water waves in the back as I drive. I just brought my Jeep in this week (7/15/13) to address all the leaking issues. They replaced a seal around my 3rd brake light and cleaned my carpet. Just drove my car (7/20/13) after a bunch of rain last night and water poured from the dome light, dripped on my shoulder, and some is in the spare tire area. The carpet was dry this time. I will have to bring my car in again next week. I imagine they will tell me I need a new sunroof which I am not confident will fix the issue. The sunroof was new when I bought it and it leaked so why should I replace it only to probably have more leaking and debt. I don't have a covered area to store my car nor should I have to do so. I have replied to Jeep's request for input on my Jeep Patriot and service via survey but feel like it is a waste of my time. I think everyone at the dealer is trained to respond to my disappointment of water leaks with a comment such as, "yeah, sunroofs are notorious for water leak issues. " drying up water is very distracting to do when driving.

The car stalled out since the first day I bought it (Jan. 1, 2008). It is now August 2014 and I still have this problem, except now it's a much more dangerous and bigger problem. If I go slow or stop to turn in the middle of an intersection, it stalls out. I almost got hit/killed today. The terrible part about it is that I've been complaining about this from day 1. Every time I take it to the dealership, they can never find the problem. I just tried calling Chrysler and they are telling me I've only taken it in once for this issue, which is not true at all. . Even if it was just once, they still didn't know what was causing the problem so they "could not fix it. ".