general problems of the 2008 Jeep Patriot - part 2

Sunroof leaks badly causing water to pour out of dome light and other places. Leaving everything water soaked and musty smelling. Can not be good for electrical wiring. Their has to be something done about this too many complaints and on many different years of Jeeps. I cannot believe they just keep making them and getting by with so many vehicles still all have the same problem. Someone could get hurt really bad if it causes a fire. Something needs done.

After snow melts or heavy rain the rear dome light fills with water & leaks on to floor.

The power sunroof continuely leaks through the dome light after heavy rain.

The check engine light came on & I took it to a private mechanic. After testing it he said the error was from too much voltage going to the O2 sensor heater. He recomended taking it to a dealership for repairs. He also notice the safety cover over the rear break lines & fuel line had came loose and used wire ties to fasten it back in place.

I took my car to the shop to replace the tires. Mechanics from 2 different shops told me that the lower ball joints on this vehicle were completely worn on both sides, that the car was unsafe to drive and that the ball joints should not have been shot for the age and mileage of the car. I had them replaced immediately. I then checked online to see if other owners of this vehicle had the same problem and was astonished to see that many many people had complained of ball joints going prematurely bad on this vehicle. Had I not been replacing my tires, I might never have discovered the problem and it clearly was not something that would have been expected. My daughter is the primary driver and does a lot of highway driving. Had the ball joints failed, she might easily have been killed. This is an accident waiting to happen. I contacted Jeep and they said there had been a recall for ball joint failure for the 2005-2006 model years. I strongly feel a recall should be issued for the 2008 model year as well before someone dies.

Since the purchase of this used 2008 Jeep Patriot in 2011 it will stall and shut off after filling up the tank; then after the vehicle is restarted it functions as usual; a few times it re-stalled a second time after filling up and then was able to be restarted. Note, I did not over fill the tank. I did inquire about recalls for the 2008 Jeep Patriot for this issue but was informed there were none. Also no Jeep dealership or other dealership could fix the issue. This is a safety issue as when this first instance this occurred, I was heading into oncoming traffic when it stalled on me and I almost got into an accident. I found on Jeeppatriot. Com a forum where many purchaser's of 2008 Jeep Patriots report this issue with no resolve, only an entry from 1/23/15 noted their mechanic said it was an issue with the rollover valve meaning the entire tank had to be replaced. Considering the safety issue of a moving vehicle stalling out after filling up, and the issue being consistent with the 2008 Jeep Patriot model, I'm asking for inspection into this issue and for a recall to be issued with whatever is the issue with the fuel system/tank. This issue has continued over the duration of me having my vehicle. Now more recently my vehicle has a code for an evap leak, and when pumping the gas tank won't take the fuel. I'm taking it to a Jeep dealer for diagnosis, but am not sure if its related to the aforementioned stalling out issue.

At just over 50,000 miles the lower control arms went out on my 08 Jeep Patriot, now in 2015 this problems has surfaced again this time it is the control arm and the outer tie rods. Looking this up on the internet this appears to be a consistent problem with the Jeep Patriots. Where my wife works they had a couple of these Jeeps that they used as courtesy vehicles and after only a couple or years and minimal driving around a hospital campus they had the same problems with theirs. While there was not an accident my mechanic just called and said this was really bad and could have lead to an accident if we had not brought it in when we did. These vehicles should not be failing like this and this is an obvious design problem and many customers are being forced to pay for their own repairs. What does it take before these are recalled? does it take someone getting seriously injured or killed?.

Less than a year from buying the Patriot a severe wayer leakage started from the sunroof, sides and interior light of the Jeep. I literally need an umbrella inside the Jeep in order to protect me from not getting all wet. This happened continously and can happen with the Jeep parked or runni g. This make me have to stop driving everytime it start to rain because of my reaction and reflects when it happens driving had made me loose the control of the vehicle and being very close to cause an accident. Ive made multiple claims to the dealer and the central offices of the company here in pr and left my Jeep multiple times in the dealer in order to solve the problem. They left me without any other car in order to transport myself for more than a week no mattrr the Jeep was in warranty. I also was being mistreaten by the manager employees and customer service personel. I got tired of this situation and decided to a temporary solution made bu my personal mechanic. If by any chance I have an accident and get injured or injured soneone else I fully responsibilize Jeep and all their CO mpany for this and will take legal actions. I ve been doing research and there are multiple complaints regarding this and there are no sokution or recall at all. Im just asking myself if they are waiting to have someone to get severe injured or dead in order to do something including all the safety agencies ??? I have multiple photos that can give faith of ehat im describing its true.

10/16/2008 - purchased new 2008 Jeep Patriot 04/01/2009 - dome leak reported to dealership - no findings 11/03/2009 - dome leak reported to dealership - seal on sunroof glass was replaced and drains were unclogged 03/14/2009 - dome leak reported to dealership - drains were unclogged 11/18/2009 - dome leak reported to dealership - drains were unclogged 07/23/2014 - dome leak reported to dealership - out of warranty - referred to Chrysler - referred back to dealership. Evaluation and cost to repair this on going issue is on the customer. There are numerous reports via the internet and a law suit against Chrysler (findings unknown) for not notifying customers of the issue. As a consumer and owner, Chrysler, dealerships and the service departments have knowledge of the issue and have not found a permanent solution and I was told on 7/24/2014, by the service staff at the dealership not to purchase a vehicle with a sunroof. Chrysler should find a permanent solution and the cost should not be placed on the consumer for the repair and "maintenance" of a known design problem with a water leakage in the dome light, to the electrical parts of the vehicle.