general problems of the 2011 Jeep Patriot

So I bought this used from a previous owner check engine light has come on quite a few times and I’ve gone to two separate places and it’s the catalytic converter efficiency coming up. My mechanic did a recall research and found that this specific vehicle not the VIN number had been recalled for issues with this, I would like to get my car added to the recall. I am a single mom. This is my only mode of transportation to him from work and to get my kids I bought this used and I’m pretty sure the owner knew something was wrong with it.

The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. The traction control warning light illuminated. The contact stated the failure happened often. The vehicle was taken to both an independent mechanic and a dealer, however a diagnosis has not been done. The contact was advised that there was no way to recreate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 170,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. While refueling, the fuel tank failed to allow all with fuel. The contact had to restart the vehicle and add more fuel several times. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact called the local dealer where a service appointment was scheduled. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who informed the contact that the failure was due to a faulty rollover valve and the fuel tank needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was contacted but provided no assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 115,000.

While driving in heavy traffic, there was a red light and attempted to slow the vehicle. The engine started to jerk forward and the rpms were increasing without my foot on the accelerator! my foot was on the brake! I was able to turn into a gas station to get to a safer place to park the vehicle. While attempting to park in a parking space the vehicle continued to accelerate by itself, again my foot was applied to the brake pedal. I was literally fighting to stop the vehicle and almost ran into the barrier where customers were walking. Once turning off the vehicle and restarting the engine, it was operating correctly while I’m reverse. I then shifted into drive, and the vehicle lunged forward and the engine accelerated by itself. It drove up to 45 miles per hour without my foot on the accelerator and foot resting on the brake pedal. A complete stop was a fight, as soon as there was any brake pedal release the engine lunged forward.

The catalytic converter failed. It had to be replaced.

After filling up with gas, the vehicle sputtered, stalled and the steering locked up.

After filling up the gas tank, when I drive away, the car jerks and loses power for a minute with in a mile of leaving the gas station. Nj pumps gas for me so the tank is not overfilled. My power steering goes down for a moment as my car sputters. Then after a minute it drives great until the next time I fill up my tank. Forums have stated it is a bad charcoal cannister. Many Jeep Patriot owners have complained about this. It is very unsafe when this happens on the road. I fear driving my toddler now.

I brought my Jeep Patriot 2011 for a recall. However, after taking the vehicle to the dealer for a recall check out, the Jeep came up with a sound like ta, ta,ta. . . From the gloves compartment and went I stated the air conditioning or the heating when the weather become cooler.

The vehicle completely shut down in the middle of accelerating into a turn. Full loss of power and the engine was hesitant to restart for a few minutes.

Every single time after putting gas, my car wont go further than 10 feet without turning off/stalling. Some times it wont turn back on and takes several tries to get it back up and running. I feel at risk for my life and those in the car with me because not only does it stall but my steering wheel locks everytime and I am unable to move or do anything. God forbid one day it stops and a car is headed in my direction I will be stuck in place. I have read online multiple people have had this issue but no one can seem to find a definitive solution. This started to happen around winter of 2019/spring 2020 and has been happening ever since. The date I recorded below is the most recent time it's occurred.

The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle shutoff with the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact stated that most times the vehicle would restart soon after the failure. The contact stated that the vehicle was once towed to his home after the failure but restarted the next day. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed him that there were no recalls on his vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 160,000.

My mechanic has been telling me that the frame/subframe of my Jeep Patriot is extremely corroded. The rust has corroded other parts of my car and it can cause serious safety issues. The corrosion has seriously deteriorated the rear cross member of my car. I know there has been a number of claims to Chrysler on the structural damages of some Jeep makes/models. I once tried claiming the warranty but the dealer denied services to my car. I need help to fix this.

Cvt?.

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Jeep Patriot. While driving 45-50 mph smoke was detected. And spontaneously caught fire. There were no warning lights illuminated. There were no reported injuries or medical attention provided. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was filed. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to a independent lot. The local dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 125,000. The insurance company declined to assist. Ap.

Transmission is not wanting to shift gears.

You need to recall the transmissions in these vehicles its ridiculous how expensive they are no normal person can afford this fix. Nobody in wayne county even wants to work on it. O cant afford a new transmission. I just bought this car. It's only at 120k . I love my Jeep. But it is nothing but stress and depression. It is not right man.

While driving on the highway the car will lunge forward then decelerate. Hard to accelerate. Even while cruise control is on it will lunge or hesitate. The engine light also never goes off even when I have fixed the problem.

While driving on the highway the engine died while I was traveling at 75mph. Prior to the engine dying there weren't any issues. It simply stopped running and I had to coast to the shoulder. Once stopped I turned the ignition off and then restarted without an issue. Then the engine died a second time as I was merging with traffic. After I pulled over again I went through the start up process and I was able to get to work. While out at lunch the engine died again while I was driving in a residential area. This issue just started today and it has me hesitant to drive, but this is my only vehicle. I plan to take it to the dealership tomorrow, but I've been reading other people who have had this issue and the dealership telling them that they cannot recreate the problem. So I'm trying not to get my hopes up.

The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Patriot. While driving approximately 35-40 mph, the contact noticed boiling hot water coming from a clogged air conditioning drain tube, which overflowed between the engine compartment and the firewall. In addition, water dripped down onto the leg of the driver and caused a burn. Medical attention was not required. The contact also stated that the clogged air conditioning drain tube caused water to immerse to the driver's and passenger's side floorboard, which caused the transmission module to become water logged and fail. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 84,000.

This vehicle has been very dependable up until now, my 3rd year of ownership. The car has been maintained well and has never shown any indication of problems. While driving on the freeway a few weeks ago going about 65mph, the vehicle suddenly died in traffic. All of a sudden I lost the ability to accelerate and the vehicle was coasting. I tried to move over as I was in the fast lane with no shoulder available due to road work. I got over to the far right lane but there was also no shoulder there. Luckily I was able to duck into a work area that had a small opening(I took out a couple cones though). As I attempted to slow the vehicle once in the closed work area off the side of the freeway I lost power steering and the ability to brake. The car would start again but not accelerate and would die again when I tried. We left the car and came back 2 hours later with the same issues. After letting the car sit for 3-4 hours it ran perfectly fine. Two days later I had the same problem while driving on city streets going anywhere from 25-40mph. I had the vehicle looked at and it did not put out any codes thus the mechanic was unable to help me. I took the car home again but now every single time the car runs long enough to reach normal operating temperature it dies while driving. This car is a safety hazard! there were no warning lights coming on beforehand, and after the car has died it sometimes will flash the transmission light or all of the lights will briefly flash and then go off. My car is no longer covered under warranty but I believe this car should be recalled. It has happened to many people across the country and I even saw an investigation opened in 2012. What were the results of that investigation? I haven't been able to find them anywhere probably indicating that nothing ever came of it. I will be contacting Jeep as well as carmax where I bought the car.

I was driving and I was coming to a stop when my serious xm radio cut out, the next thing that went out was my dash light and my car surged and shut off. Nothing was working after that my four ways didnt work and my car wouldnt turn over or start my gear shifter wasnt responding to any shifts and my gas wouldnt work either so I was rolling backward. After about 10 I unlocked my doors and everything clicked back on and started to work again.

On Thursday Aug. 20, 2015 I started the Jeep to head out for errand duties when it wouldn't start. I tried a again about ten minutes later and it started. Later that afternoon I was driving on us1 in levittown, PA when the Jeep stopped while I was driving. Luckily, I was able to partially turn my car towards a drive that led to a shopping center parking lot when no longer it could move. The back end of the Jeep was hindering traffic and cars were honking away but I couldn't move the car any further. It just stopped right there. Fortunately, I flagged down a police officer from falls township and he came right over to help me when he noticed my predicament. Either he called in for help because I discovered another police office directing traffic away from the Jeep. We managed somehow to get the car started and it began to move. I was asked to drive it to a parking space where a maintenance man, along with the officer tightened the bolts on my battery. Then I followed the officer to a service station where another mechanic tightened the bolts, too. The mechanic suggested I get to a service station to solve what happened. I took my Jeep to my mechanic for a scheduled inspection on Aug. 24, if I'm correct. The battery passed inspection but the emission failed the test. Now I'm driving without inspection stickers and proper papers for the police if I should get stopped. Meanwhile I contacted reedmantoll in langhorne, PA to see what I can do to get this fixed. I'm waiting to hear back from them. Now, I'm deathly afraid to drive the Jeep for fear I'd be driving and it stops while doing so. I've owned this Jeep for 3 days before all of this happened and rarely go out at all due to my fear of causing a terrible accident injuring, or killing, innocent people.

While driving through town (under 40 mph), less than half a mile from departure from my house, the engine cut out. Lost engine power and power steering. Electronic throttle control light and the oil temp light both came on. Was able to move the car to a side street, turned the car off for a minute, and then back on. Upon turning on was able to drive home to switch vehicles. Less than two months later the same issue occurred. Engine power and power steering were lost.

While going about 75 mph, coming back from California, the engine seemed to start making a different whining type sound and then the light telling me the transmission was overheating came on. I immediately pulled over and let it sit for 10 minutes while idling , which the owner manual suggested,. The light then went off and we proceeded home with no further incident. It was really strange though when you are in a large group of vehicle's and you suddenly lose all ability to accelerate; definitely a potential safety issue out on the road. .

I was driving on nb I-5 in a 2005 Subaru. The vehicle in front of me was this 2011 Jeep Patriot that I am complaining about. We were driving approx. 65mph. I was not tailgatting! the Jeep Patriot's power died. The driver thought she was not getting gas and kept hitting the gas pedal. She never hit the brake. I did not see a brake light and it took me a couple seconds to realize she had slowed, then stopped (that is why I put she was going approx. 30mph). Research shows it takes 2-1/2 time longer to brake if you do not see brake lights. She did not pull over to the median. Needless to say, by the time I slammed on my brakes, I hit her. I was still going about 55mph. My airbags deployed. My 85 year old mother was in the car with me and was seriously injured. I was also injured but was able to recover in a matter of 6-8 weeks. As I research this vehicle, I find that not only the 2011 Patriot has this problem, but so does the 2012 Patriot. When is Jeep going to do something about this problem. Apparently Jeep mechanics know this problem occurs but do not know why. Btw, this was a rental vehicle for the driver of the Patriot.

It has happen 3 times that as I am approaching a stop sign, I reduce the speed,make the stop and from there, the vehicle turns off and I get stuck on the stop sign. I have to wait about 3 minutes to re-start the engine. It has also happened once on a red light and again, I wait couple minutes and re-start the engine.

On the second day of ownership, immediately after the first fuel up, we idled through a fastfood drive-through and upon pulling out into traffic, it just died. Scary, but all the cars stopped for us. It started right up. I faxed all the information to the dealer and asked if it was them testing the chip you can remove to prevent car theft (or help repo in their case). They never responded. One change we made is we never topped off fuel after that. It has not happened since. However, the cvt appears to have failed now at 32,000 miles.