general problems of the 2011 Jeep Patriot

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.

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.

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.

When fueling at a gas station and the vehicle is off I can only put roughly 25 cents of fuel in at a time.

Filled gas tank and restarted Jeep. Pulled away from gas station into traffic and the Jeep sputtered and died. Restarted and spit and sputtered and died again. After several tries and waiting, car started. Idled roughly for a few minutes then cleared up. No problems or indication of any problems until had to get gas again. Another incident while filling gas tank, pump continuously cut off and had to pump extremely slow to fill tank. Again, sputter and spat after starting. At times as the gas is going in it sounds like a gulping sound after I stop pumping gas. These problems happen every time have to get gas. It is dangerous and very frustrating. This has been going on way too long. I took it to the shop and the mechanic says the roll over valve inside the gas tank is stuck and I must have a new gas tank installed at $1500. I would welcome you to inspect this vehicle. There have been no warning lamps, signals, messages, or other indicator of a problem with the vehicle.

My Jeep started throwing codes p0420, which is saying the catalyst efficiency is below threshold, aka catalytic converter. There have been recalls for this make, model, and year already. I find it hard to believe my car just so happens to not be one of the vehicles to be recalled. Its effecting drive performance and the emissions its producing in the air could be unsafe.

Since I bought this in 2011 it has always idled rough and stalled randomly. Apparently there is no fix for this random stalling and it has almost caused me to get in several car accidents and one time to crash on the sidewalk and almost harm pedestrians. Unfortunately I think I will be forced to sell this vehicle.

5 or so minutes after filling up my car it completely shut off while I was in the middle of making a left hand turn in the right lane I was almost hit right on. This makes the 5th time this has happen.

My catalytic converter is failing and the sensors are coming on. It needs to be replaced ,I am losing power in my vehicle which is dangerous on the highway. I saw on the news that there is a recall for 2011 Jeep Patriot which I have but my VIN number shows its not on the list. How is this possible?.

Hi there, I am experiencing a strange issue, where my Patriot will shake/vibrate really bad when in drive and sitting idle (like at a red light with the foot on the brake). If I place it in park, neutral or start driving the heavy vibration goes away. Motor mounts ok, I have a problem with the crankshaft sensor before but is been replaced. Anyone else having a similar issue, or have any insight? I have a 2007 Jeep Patriot limited with about 80k.

Takata recall- I am having problems with my electronic throttle control flashing on while I'm driving. It happened intermittently for a few weeks, and now it won't go away. It causes me to lose the ability to shift my vehicle higher than 3rd gear, and I can't accelerate at an appropriate speed. This problem occurs when I start my vehicle more often than not, although it has happened a few times while I was driving. The first time it occurred, I was driving on the freeway, and it caused my vehicle to lose power for acceleration, putting my son and I in a potential situation for a high speed accident.

I purchased this vehicle last fall in a private sale. The vehicle appeared to be in good condition and well taken care of. About two weeks after acquiring this vehicle, I was driving along the interstate on a 50 minute trip and the vehicle began to slow down despite being on cruise control. The transmission light came on and I pulled to the side of the road where I waited for 10 minutes and begain driving again. Since this incident in the fall of 2016, the same thing has happened about 10-15 times-including today, a rainy 70 degree day driving the nearly flat route from Lincoln to omaha nebraska. I understand Jeep has come forward to say this is not a mountain traveling vehicle (very strange Jeep because, well it's a trail rated Jeep after all). Not only is this a nuisance that I cannot drive my work route for 45 minutes without having to pull off of the road at least once but everytime I do, it puts me in a life jeopardizing situation on the side of the interstate where the speed limit is 75mph. This issue needs to be resolved by Jeep. I know others are having similar issues because google was able to guess the problem after typing only the words "2011 Jeep Patriot. " please address the problem, Jeep, and make this right for everyone who continues to invest and support your (typically) wonderful products.

The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Patriot. After refueling the vehicle, it randomly stalled. The vehicle was to be inspected and diagnosed by a dealer. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 13v120000 (fuel system, gasoline). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 65,200.

Everytime I refuel my vehicle, the engine stalls at least twice until the fuel needle is below the fuel mark. I don't overfill my vehicle, so I wonder why is this happening!.

My Patriot with 108k miles stalled at 75 mph on the highway 3x last night on a 3 hour drive. It also stalled 4x times today on my 10 min way to drop it off at the dealership. Once while idling and 3x while driving at different speeds. Once while I was turning. I've read online that this has been happening quite a bit to 2011 Jeep Patriots and even caused a car to be totalled. Please investigate this.

I will be driving my Jeep Patriot and it will just stall out. I have to wait for a while and it starts up. It will again stall or run fine for awhile. The last time I was entering the 10fwy in los angeles and it stalled nearly causing a major accident. I had my 3 young kids with me. Now it sits in my garage as I make monthly payments. Help me.

Vehicle will shut off unexpectedly after running for long periods of time. Loss of power steering. Thise would happen at any speed.

While driving the vehicle just dies for no reason. After a while it starts back up with the exception of one time I had to have it towed to a mechanic. A couple days ago it stalled while on the fwy with my 3 yr old son almost resulting in disaster. I bought this vehicle about 6 months.

I was driving in wausau, my Jeep stopped, I accelerated-nothing. I had cars behind me honking and the one direclty behind me was coming up fast, I steared to the right and managed to make it into a snowbank. I turned my car off, restarted it. Sat for about 10 mins with hazards on and was able to drive back home to eau claire. In February I replaced my transmission. My transmission never went out. My vechile would just get stuck in reverse, I'd have to put in drive, back to reverse, then to drive again to go. In addtion I had two more episodes, one with my twelve year old in the vehcile with me where it just stopped accelerateing. So I have a new transmission in. I have also filed a seperate complaint regarding tread wear on now tires, but it's a few weeks later and something still isn't right. I'm not getting stuck in reverse anymore, it's only been a month, but I haven't had the Jeep stop, but it feel like the (excuse my lack of mechanical jargen) fuel isn't getting to wear it needs to go fast enough because sometimes it doesn't excelerate (it's been over 30 degrees all week, it's not due to not having the car warm up). Then when it does choose to excelerate it "jumps" to it. Overall it's just noisy.

While driving to work on 12/03/13 I was at an intersections attempting to accelerate and turn in to traffic on a busy highway when my car would not accelerate, almost got hit. Car continued to hesitate as I pressed the gas pedal down. Car slowly accelerated but would not go more than 40 mphs. Car continued to pull and hesitated as I was attempting to get it the shop. Major safety concern and almost get in a major accident attempting to turn into traffic.