general problems of the 2013 Jeep Patriot

The cvt fluid filler tube broke where the braket is, about 12 inches broke off. Dont know how long its been broken, I found it when I was changing the electronic throttle body. This has happened to a lot of autos in the Chrysler family. Go to any Chrysler auto forum, I guarantee this will be something that has happened to 1 if not more people. Just google "broken cvt fluid filler tube" and it will all come up. This has to be a manufacture defect. Happening to too many people. They break at the same place, the bracket, no warning light indicator. . . . Nothing! it is usually found when something else is being done under the hood, then you see the broken piece just laying there. Thanking the lord you and your family are ok, because had this piece of metal tubing broke off and went flying anything could have happened. This situation has not been confirmed by a dealer or independent service center nor has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance rep. I am providing pictures of the piece that broke off. I bought the vehicle used in July 2021, have had my vehicle serviced twice and noone has ever noticed the broken tube, I had to replace my battery in October 2021never noticed the broken piece. Only until I personally replaced the electronic throttle body did I find the broken tube. And that was done yesterday Feb 19, 2022.

The throttle body. I was entering the highway went to accelerate and it would not move just stuttered. A mack truck was speeding along luckily there was no one in the high-speed lane so he could swerve around me and beep at me I had to drive to the next exit doing 20mph in the breakdown lane and get it to my garage which was two towns over. Every time I had to stop at a light then accelerate it would stutter and only go to 20mph. The throttle light would come on then go off. I brought it to the garage and they had to order the part from far away because no place close to us had it due to high demand which leads me to believe this is an ongoing problem. I googled the problem and it seems widespread I am not sure why a recall was not issued peoples lives are at stake. I almost threw up in my car after the mack truck passed me and I realized I could of been killed. I paid $610. 37 to get my car repaired so I am not sure if the expense of the part is the issue but again I could of been killed as could of a lot of others that I read about.

Since I bought car in February of 2018, immensely they had to replace the rear ended and tie rods. I have always noticed how loose the steering is and if I drive in a groove in road the car would automatically go into that groove. I also notice going up a hill the cruise control would be set but car would slow down and not go up in elevation very well. Now the Jeep is chugging severely when I am at a complete stop and place gas to go again. It acts like fuel system is messing up and/or continuous transmission is messed up. Also the driver's and passenger seats do not heat and manufactured seat clips all broke simply by getting out of vehicle normally. The passenger seatbelt also locks no matter how or slow you pull it and lock it in. The passenger seat is way higher and unable to adjust height etc. . I am more concerned about power and slugging from stop position and cruise on hills.

The contact owns a 2013 Jeep Patriot. The contact noticed a chemical odor emitting from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop. The technician was unable to determine the cause of the failure; however, the odor persisted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician diagnosed that the rail fuel injector needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.