general problems of the 2010 Jeep Patriot

2010 Jeep Patriot. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle design flaw that was repaired.

Bought a used 2010 Jeep Patriot a month and a half ago with less than 20,000 miles on it and no apparent problems. Drove my car on December 29th after coming back from christmas vacation and was greeted by a waterfall coming out of my map light. After stopping, also discovered a lake of water behind the drivers seat. Since I discovered this late in the day that Saturday, and the new year's holiday was the beginning of the week, I couldn't get my car into the dealership for service until Thursday. In the mean time, it rained again and I had yet another water disaster to deal with.

When I get up to speeds between 50-60mph, I feel outside air coming through the steering wheel column. This winter it's been extremely cold and I'm needing to move my hands towards the top of the steering wheel to avoid the cold air leaking in. When I make sharp turns between 25-45mph, I get more cold air coming in as if I opened a window. I need to crank up the heat in order to avoid getting cold myself. I am forced to hold the steering wheel a certain way to avoid the cold air. I took it to a dealership who said OH it's the windshield, so they replaced that. In the meantime I drove a 2011 caliber home and it was even worse, there was so much air leaking out from the steering wheel and the sun roof was leaking air as well. I told this to the manager (jerk) [xxx] who said well that's the way they are made. Well it wasn't the windshield, the manager [xxx] at roberson said that's how the vehicles are made. I really think this is factory defect, there should be no outside air coming into a 2010 Jeep Patriot at high rate of speed unless a window is open. I am very upset that I even bought this Jeep, because bottom line service men are mean. When I sat at roberson waiting for my Jeep there were 3 other women waiting for their vehicles and they had complaints. This is a safety issue, because I'm being forced to hold the steering wheel a certain way, cranking up the heater full blast to counter act the cold air leaking in(creates a loud noise unable to hear traffic) and my thighs are freezing by the time I get to work. God, summer is going to be a nightmare!!! thanks t&c in wilsonville for selling me a defective vehicle. I want this issue fixed or give another Jeep Patriot that doesn't have this issue. . . . . This is wrong I drove my Honda civic for 12 years never had any problems. . . I kick myself for buying this vehicle. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

The contact owns a 2010 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that everytime it rained, the vehicle accumulated water on the inside and mold was forming. The contact stated that the water was getting into the vehicle through the interior lighting in the rear of the vehicle. The contact called the manufacturer who advised her to take the vehicle to the local dealership. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. The current mileage was approximately 21,810. The failure mileage was approximately 5,000. Updated 12/23/lj updated 01/04/jb.