Engine Shut Off Without Warning problems of the 2012 Jeep Patriot

While driving my engine randomly shuts off and my wheel locks. After it does so the car won't start back up. When it finally does and I get the car into park, the car shuts back off and it repeatedly does so until it won't start at all and I have to wait 15-39 minutes for it to start up and drive normal. This happens more than 5 or 10 mines on a daily basis. It happens on highways, city streets, it even shuts off when I'm not in motion. It doesn't matter what speed I'm going or if I'm increasing or decreasing my speed. It shuts off when ever and where ever.

When in idle at a traffic light, the Jeep engine shut off randomly with a beeping alarm and red flashing bolt on the dash, required me to turn the key to the off position and restart the car, this has also happened once while vehicle was in motion. Battery is new and both the battery and alternator tested good. When accelerating, braking, or steering, the cabin lights, headlights and dash/radio dim or brighten often slight flickering and some times the interior roof cab lights randomly turn on while driving even when no door is ajar and dimmer switch is turned down or completely off. Appears there is some sort of electrical short or power draw issue. The rear drum breaks continuously squeal, leak and leave rust residue corroding the rims even though I've had them maintained and changed by certified goodyear mechanics.

While driving or in a parked position while the engine runs, the rpm needle drops to zero 0 and my car doesn't accelerate when pressing the gas pedal. There are times I am on the highway and rpm drops to zero 0 and I have to pull over on the shoulders. I would have to put the car in park, and shut my car off for extra minutes or more before I can fully restart it. If I try turning the car on before the 2 minutes it would take a longer time to restart. This is very dangerous because the car shut off when I'm at the stop light, in the middle of the highway. When making a turn, and the rpm needle drops to zero 0, my steering wheel becomes so stiff/harden and is very very difficult to complete the turn.

When the vehicle slowed down and waited at intersection or middle lane, the engine shuts off by itself. When it is restarted, the power is back either immediately or after a few minutes. I read online and many many customers reported this problem, ranging from very new Jeep Patriot (less than 10,000 miles) to driving at high speed. . Read more...

Around 50000 miles the engine started to stop accelerating during operation. During driving on a highway or city street (at all speeds) the engine would begin to malfunction without warning and the maximum speed that could be met was about 10mph with gas fully engaged. Pullingnover and restarting the vehicle would override this for a short time. It started to occur more frequently to the point I would have to restart my car a approximately 15 times to make a 9 mile trip to work. Happened several times driving on a highway at speeds of up to 65mph and almost caused accidents several times before I could pull off on to the shoulder. Eventually after months of this occurring at random intervals the car shut off while driving resulting in total loss of engine power and steering ability of the vehicle thankfully on a quiet back street where I was able to leave it after pushing it in neutral and have it towed. After several months of being in the shop and thousands of dollars later its running with a new engine. Multiple friends and family members with the same vehicle model make and year have this issue all around 50k miles.

My wife was traveling over thanksgiving on her way home on the interstate 70 mph and the Jeep just shuts off, lots of traffic loses all power, so she pulled over and called me, I had her to turn the switch to the off position and back to run a couple of time and it started, she drove the rest of the way home approx. 100 miles with the engine light on.

Engine stalled at 45 miles/hour at three different occasions over a 3 day time frame. After approximately 5 minute the engine could be started up again. The dealership replaced a crankshaft sensor as a supposed fix. After driving the vehicle for 15 to 20 miles the engine would shut down again without warning. This time the engine started and stalled 6 consecutive times over a distance of less then one mile. The car was towed to the dealership. The problems described occurred while driving on state road and north medina line road, west of akron, ohio. The condition described is dangerous as the loss of engine operation renders car handling (stearing and braking) very difficult. Engine stall at the third time stated above happened at a sharp right curve with on-comming trafic. A collission was narrowly avoided.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated while driving at unknown speed the vehicle shutdown however after an hour the vehicle restarted. There were no warning lights illuminated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to the local dealer for diagnostic testing. The failure mileage was 126,000. Ap.

Traveling at 65 mph on state highway in wyoming about an hour out of casper when the engine shut down and would not restart. Temperature was in the 80s and sky was partly overcast. There was no cell phone coverage, but a highway patrol officer stopped and assisted. After about an hour the engine did restart and we were able to travel on without further incident. This is the second time in a month that the engine has shut down without any ascertainable reason. This time the traffic was light and we were able to coast off the traveled portion of the highway. The first time was on interstate 25 in utah, the traffic was very heavy and we were lucky that there was not an accident. The prior time the car would not restart until the next day and was towed.

Engine shuts off while driving and will not restart. Electrical seems to keep working and engine will turn over but not restart. Let the vehicle sit for a couple hours and it may restart. Happened 3 times and each time had the Jeep towed to dealer and dealer could not find any problem. On the 3rd breakdown the dealer installed these new parts module fuel pump, module fuel pump level unit, level uni-auxiliary unit, tube-fuel transfer, fuel module seal. I have drove the Jeep a couple thousand mile since the repair. Its hard to tell if its actually repaired because the Jeep would run over a thousand miles between failures.

I-15 outside st. George, utah. Outside temp 110. 4:30 p. M. Driving since 11 a. M. Driven 275 miles on a full tank of mid grade gas with over 1/4 tank left. Engine shut down and would not restart. Tried again several times over the next two hours. Engine would crank but not fire. Towed into stephen wade Jeep dealership and left overnight. Vehicle started the next morning. Repair shop could find no problem. Have driven 600 more miles since then with no problem. There was no crash because we were fortunate to get off the road without incident although traffic was very heavy.