Front Seat Head Restraint problems of the 2014 Jeep Patriot

The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that the front passenger’s side headrest unintendedly deployed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed and determined that the headrest needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure; however, the contact had not received a call back. The approximate failure mileage was 64,000.

I was sitting in my car getting ready to leave a parking space I backed out and then I heard a pop I didn't know where it came from I looked around the vehicle I didn't see anything once I got back into the vehicle I noticed that my headrest had popped out I was not hit by anything it just popped out.

Passenger seat active head headrest (ahr) deployed on its own without any accident. Plastic 'pin' that holds springs snapped off. Vehicle was stationary, unoccupied and parked in driveway when deployed. Sound could be heard outside car alerting me to the deployment.

The active head restraint (ahr) in the front passenger seat self-deployed while the vehicle was parked (engine was off) in the driveway -no collision or external action involved. The front passenger seat was unoccupied when the ahr was activated. It appeared that two plastic tabs possibly used to secure the device in position had sheared off. As a result, the ahr could not be placed back in its original position.

The driver seat headrest deployed without warning or cause. The car was parked in my driveway overnight, no car or object hit the car. When I got in the car and put it in reverse I noticed the headrest had been deployed. It was possible it happened over night or as the car was stationary and put in reverse. This is extremely dangerous and is a well known problem online. There is no recall for this and this will apparently cost me $800 or more to repair, or I can drive around with no head rest.

Passenger front active restraint headrest deployed unexpectedly when parked in driveway. This was due to a broken plastic pin retaining piece in headrest. Defective headrest deployed causing passenger to be struck in back of head while parked, no accident occured.

After being parked for three or four days, I entered the vehicle and immediately the driver's seat and headrest felt wrong. Was not driving yet. Just sitting in seat. A quick inspection showed that the driver's headrest had spontaneously activated while parked, leaving it split in two pieces. The vehicle, of course, is five years and one month old, so out of warranty. This will be an expensive repair of this mandatory safety equipment that is defective. Also dangerous if it had deployed while driving or sitting in seat. Shouldn't this be subject to an investigation and possible recall?.

The active head restraint has failed. The steel pin which holds the restraint in the closed/set position tore through the plastic that is designed to hold it in place. The system has not deployed, but has released because of a material failure, and can not be reset. The vehicle was stationary, unoccupied, parked in my driveway, engine off, and the key in the house. Had I been driving when the plastic failed, it would have been like getting randomly punched in the back of the head while moving down the road, creating a serious safety issue. I am concerned the passenger seat could have the same failure and injure my wife.

Safety headrest failure. Ahr (active headrest restraint) failure. Was driving at 25mph, passenger headrest exploded causing loud noise and distracted my driving. Pulled over to inspect my vehicle and found the passenger headrest was deployed. This is a safety feature that is intended to engage during a collision. I was never involved in a collision in this vehicle. Jeep has been contacted regarding this issue with little resolution. Vehicle has less than 40,000 miles, basic safety equipment should not be failing at this point.

I have a 2014 Jeep Patriot (high altitude ). I was in my driveway and put my SUV in reverse and started to back out. I only made it about 3 feet. Suddenly I heard a load bang and felt a blow(hit) to my head and neck. It was really fast and hard. It hit so hard that I thought I was in a wreck or something . My son was freaked out at the noise and thought something hit us too. After looking outside of the car and finding nothing, I noticed the headrest was messed up. Apparently the active head restraint deployed. I did some searches online and this is not normal at all. Especially while your car is in reverse. This also only happened on the driver seat only.

The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that the passenger side head rest moved independently without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the head rest needed to be reprogrammed and replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 44,000.