19 problems related to steering have been reported for the 2007 Jeep Patriot. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
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...
When I fill up the car with gas after leaving and driving for 20-30 seconds and stop at the stop light or sign the car will die and the steering wheel will lock up takes a couple of tries before it will start up and cause the steering wheel locks up I can't even move the car to the side if I have to. This has been going on for the past year.
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!.
Every time I refuel the vehicle sputters and stalls. No matter what grade of fuel. It will sputter and stall for up to 20 miles after I fill it up. It has even stalled when pulling into traffic and the steering wheel locks when that happens. It's not safe. The Jeep dealership has been replacing stuff hoping to find a fix but no luck so far. It will stall stationary, moving, turning, or braking. I believe it may be something related to the fuel tank rollover valve. At least that's the only reasonable thing I have read or been told. . Read more...
Vehicle stalls and steering locks up. This happened twice when I was turning and almost got in an accident both times somebody is going to get killed! serious safety issue !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
After everytime I fill the fuel tank full of gasoline. After driving car from station, approximately . 25 mile to 1 mile away. The engine will buck/shutter and stall while in motion at approximately 10-25 miles per hour. The engine experiences extreme loss of power with violent bursts of power. These incidents last ten seconds in duration. When attempting to merge on to highway, with heavy traffic, this can cause quite a bit of stress. This only happens after the fuel tank is filled full.
Every single time I fill up the tank, it runs a very short distance from the gas station and starts to buck and jolt like it wants to shut off. When the car stalls out, the steering wheel locks up and the brakes lose power. Very dangerous!.
After filling the fuel tank all the way the car will stutter and stall when you first pull away from the station. I was told this is because the vapors canister malfunctions. This isn't bad, except in this state the steering locks. It doesn't just get and to steer like old days without power steering, the steering wheel actually locks as if you are in park.
When the tank is filled, the engine stalls soon after leaving the gas station. The vehicle buck and stalls, and quits completely. Very dangerous when it is in traffic or during a turn as steering and brakes non-functional. Have replaced charcoal canister but now mechanic informs me the whole gas tank assembly needs replacement. Work-around for now is to not fill the tank up all the way.
After filling the gas tank the engine will stall. It happens with engine idleing or after enterring traffic. Very very very very. . . . . . . Dangerous, Jeep needs to fix this issue. Tons of Jeep owners are having this problem. Jeep don't wait until your product has kill a bunch of people including me and my family.
After refueling vehicle to full tank capacity, the vehicle stalls and steering wheel locks in an intersection within a few blocks from the gas station. For 2 years, this vehicle has been stalling after every gas refueling. It has now started to lock the steering wheel concurrent with the stalling. My wife, who was driving the vehicle at the time of the 8/18/15 incident felt she was in danger as cars tried to avoid the vehicle as well as almost hitting another vehicle because of the locked steering wheel.
I was driving my car and the front end started to shake all over the road. I took it to my repair shop where they informed me that my lower ball joints need to be replaced immediately due to being excessively worn out and in a dangers condition.
Jeep began making clunking sound when turning. Informed that lower control arms with ball joints in the front need to be replaced. Had this happen on a previouly owned Jeep liberty but that was repaired via a recall. This is the same issue on a similar vehicle. Have seen that there are many similar complaints regarding this issue on Patriots with relatively low mileage. The manufacturer should issue a recall as this is the same issue they performed a recall on for a previous model. A failing ball joint poses a serious safety risk.
I noticed a clunk in my 2007 Jeep Patriot, when turning or going over bumps. I brought the car to the dealer (grava Chrysler Jeep Dodge) and was told the lower control arm/ ball joints on both sides have failed, and the vehivcle was unsafe to drive after only 21,112 miles. VIN (1j8ff48wx7d279221).
I am experiencing shaking in my steering (Jeep Patriot 2007) I was told that I needed to replace my control arm. I did some research and found that this seems to be a problem that Jeep needs to address. I have had numerous alignments and tire replacements and that doesn't seem to help now I am greatly concerned about my safety. Will Jeep recall this problem before someone gets hurt?.
Excessive wear in both the left and right lower control arms/ball joints was detected during routine maintenance of our 2007 Jeep Patriot. Due to their condition, it was not advisable to drive vehicle. Vehicle had 45,061 miles on it. Though this is a known issue with Jeep Patriots, Chrysler would not pay for repair since repair was not performed at dealer (it was not safe or feasible to get vehicle to dealer). After having this issue with the Patriot, I had my 2009 Jeep compass inspected. At 31,000 miles, signs of failure where found in the right lower ball joint. Somethings needs to be done before a fatal accident occurs.
While having tires installedon on my 2007 Jeep Patriot, the technician advised me that my ball joints were bad and that it was imperative to get it fixed as this is a safety issue. Being a female and not wanting anyone to take advantage of me I took my Jeep to get a second opinion. The secind technician told me the same thing and that I could lose steering at anytime. They both quoted me somewhere in 1,000 dollar range to fix my Jeep. I have gotten online and read several forums with the same complaint on the Patriot. Seems like chrslyer needs to be notified of this serious safety issue with its 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.
Front & rear wheel bearings on my 2007 Jeep patroit. When I first picked up this vehicle as a least vehicle, my father, who is a former Chrysler engineering technician of highland park mich told me to take it back to the dealer and have the front and rear wheel bearings inspected. He said he suspects they are faulty because he said he heard them making a grinding noise. As soon as time permitted I did that and the dealership, richmond Chrysler replaced the rear bearings only. They supposedly road tested the car and said it was finished. I picked it up and had my father also road test it. He said the front bearings were making a worse noise than ever and they should have caught this at the dealership. When I ask the dealership about it, they said it was no longer covered as my warranty had run out. On Monday of this week I was forced to take it back and get it fixed. The dealership has ordered the part three different times and all the bearings were bad and returned by the dealership. They finally received a good set and now they give me a bill of $1400. 00. My father retired in 2006 after working 41 years. I think this is very unfair and shows little concern for the costumer who is by law (right) till proven otherwise. I don't mind paying a fair portion of the bill but don't you think it would show good concern for the costumer if you came through too and recognized that they were bad to begin with and covered at half the cost. Your store policy's are to treat all costumers right. So tell me what is fair about this. We've bought Chrysler products for over 30 years but I tell you other products on the market are looking better. I feel I shouldn't have to pay anything as I did report this from the very beginning of my lease and it was not corrected. Please comment, because I feel I'm being treated unfairly and I'm at the point of calling the news papers. If you want the bad publicity, fine, I'll be glad to complain to them.