general problems of the 2014 Jeep Patriot - part 2

I went to get gas one morning, after filling up, I tried to start my Jeep again. The entire electrical system went haywire, lights, radio and the wipers came on and off. The fuel gauge and thermostat jumped up and down, and the car would not start. The dealership says it is a bad tipm and will cost me $1,100 to replace. I've read numerous other complaints, yet Chrysler says there is no recall.

While driving on highways any time over 60 mph, the Jeep loses power and the transmission overheating light comes on. I have to pull over, wait for it to cool, before I can drive again. It happened again yesterday. I was driving at 65 mph on route 95. The transmission light came on and the car dropped to 30 mph. I had my wife, my dog and my baby in the car and it was not overloaded. I was not towing anything. In the past, I reported it to my dealer and they said there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. This is extremely dangerous. I am afraid to attempt travel with my family in the car. I just got transferred to camp lejeune and need to find a reputable dealer where this issue can be addressed. I only have 53,000 miles on this car and it has had more problems than you could imagine. Lemon.

This vehicle is not on the recall from December 2014, however is presenting with the same as listed problems. It stalls when driving over 65 miles an hour a light comes on and then after car sits 20 min it will start up again. I drive a lot and have a famil. . This is terribly dangerous. It has happened 2 to 3 times in the past couple of weeks.

Cvt transmission overheats causing car to lose power. Very dangerous when driving at highway speeds.

I purchased a brand new 2014 Jeep Patriot latitude from marshall Dodge in crittenden (which should be shut down for horrible customer service after purchasing!) was a great car for the first little bit. I can no longer depend on this vehicle on the interstate. At interstate speed (65-70 mph) the car will begin to make a squeal noise and within five minutes I am playing leap frog to get to the emergency lane at max speed of (20 mph) and the vehicle is very jerky. When it does this all fluids in the car are fine, give it about 20 minutes and the car will act normal, but I cannot trust it to get back on the interstate. This has been going on for two years. I've taken it back to the dealership that I purchased it from and their useless extended warranty and nothing gets done! I have continually been told they cannot find any signs via computer it has done anything like this or after keeping it for two weeks driving it and looking it over it has no reason to. It is beginning to happen more frequently and am frustrated I can trust my original vehicle (thankfully I didn't trade it in to that crooked dealership) that has almost 200,000 miles on it, a 2004 scion tc, more than a vehicle I bought brand new that started becoming unreliable with 36,000 miles on it. I feel like I bought a lemon and the dealership doesn't want to fix it. This vehicle cannot be trusted to get to a to b and I feel like I am getting screwed by my Jeep dealership and Jeep. There should be a recall on this, the more I research the more common it is; or Jeep should have to make these vehicles right, because they are extremely dangerous and could cause a major accident on the interstate! if it is never made right you can bet I will never own another Jeep product and I will be sure let my family and friends know just how dangerous they are!.

My transmission is losing power and slipping. Was told by dealer that the warranty won't cover the problem. Also was told if problem is not fixed the vehicle will end up shutting off on its own while driving down the road. Thus creating a huge safety issue as it could cause an accident.

First day ,I drove out of dealer,with my new Jeep Patriot,a rolling noise was coming from my wheels,never in other autos I herd,such a loud bearing noise,as I drive. I thought it was normal,but I had to close my windows,thinking that it will help. As time goes,with 30,000 miles is getting worse!,it sounds like a thous old metal skate boards,with metal rolling wheel bearings. I turned off my engine,I put car in neutral,coast down in a down sloped street,and the laud bearing noise is there. I jack my car up,with my floor jack,put stands,turned wheels by hand ,no bearing noise!. Start engine,while in jacks,put in drive,noise and jerk at 25 mph.

At long rides in hot weather traveling over 65 miles a hour car slows down to a sto was in fast lane at time had to put hazards on to make to shoulder a message on dashboard lights up red circle with ! inside of circle looked on manual its marked as transmission overheat when vehicle cools down can start driving again I've brought to dealer in NJ and fla for problem mechanics state can't duplicate message so did unwanted repairs when today 10/30/2023 after complaining to Chrysler now they can dupicate message and states theres a problem with transmission this problem had been with me since I brought car in 2014 I looked online and have seen many complaints about the cvt transmission my car is at dealer now with price tag of 9000 to repair please help me get my repairs.

I was on a 300 mile road trip. I was on the highway with cruise control on around 70-73 mph and driving on fairly level road (no hills). The transmission downshifted and the engine rpm went up between 4500-5000. The transmission would not down shift automatically. I had to turn off the cruise control and slow down for it to shift. This happened 3 times on the trip. There is less than 25000 miles on the vehicle. Thinking seriously about getting rid of this vehicle before I get stuck with it.

While I was driving home through PA, my car's transmission warning light came on. I lost speed, horsepower, and torque; I struggled to make it up hill (didn't go pass 40 mph), was almost rear-ended by cars behind me. I pulled over and let my car rest for 30 minutes and made it home at 65 mph. I normally travel anywhere between 70 & 75 mph on the freeway. I took it to my local Jeep dealership in wheeling, wv the following Monday. The service dept. Told me there were no recorded messages (codes) in the computer system and, therefore, no service was completed on the vehicle. The tech even informed me that this was a common problem he sees, but Chrysler hasn't fixed it and hopes there's a recall. Fast-forward to August 31st, 2015, I encountered the same problem twice while driving home through OH. I had autozone run a diagnostic and again, no recorded codes in the system. I see a mechanic tomorrow (Friday, sept. 4th) and Jeep on August 10th. . Read more...

Driving down the highway around 70 mph with the cruise control on, vehicle stopped pulling and engine rpm shot up over 6 on the needle. It has happened twice in 4 months.

I have a 2014 Jeep Patriot that I purchased in Dec 2013. I keep experiencing the transmission overheating that lots of other people are complaining about. It happened last year a couple times where the light came on and I had to pull over to the side of the road and let it cool down. It lost all power and I couldn't do anything. I took it to the dealer and they said everything was fine, not to worry about it. It was around 100 degrees and I had been driving to the beach(4hr drive or so) so I took it as that, maybe it did just get to hot. It never happened after that last year, but I never really went on any more trips. Yesterday, on the way home from work, going to down a major interstate during rush hour traffic, my "transmission temp light" came on and I lost all power pretty much and had to get to the side of the road before I impaired traffic. It wasn't even 80 degrees outside and this happened already. This needs to be addressed ASAP as this could be extremely dangerous.

Purchased vehicle, drove home and noticed that when I disengage the clutch a loud whining noise appears and I made an appointment at the dealership for a week out and it has gradually gotten worse while driving.

The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Patriot. While driving 35 mph, the contact's vehicle crashed into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained neck and shoulder injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact also stated that the gear shifter failed to shift into drive or reverse. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 22,149.

I bought the vehicle new from a dealership on 11/01/14. On 11/28/14 I wanted to drive it but it would not shift out of park into any gear. I called roadside assistance and they towed it back to the dealership. The dealership said they checked the gearshift and it shifted every time for them. They told me to pick up the vehicle, which I did. The same problem happened a second time on 01/02/15. It was again towed back to the dealership. This time the dealership technicians also could not shift the vehicle out of park. They serviced the vehicle for seven days. They called me and said they replaced a so-called interlock cable and the transmission shifter because the cable had a 'kink' and it was causing "binding". They said the vehicle was fixed and for me to pick it up, which I did. The "mileage out" was 231. Since then and up until today, 02/27/15, I have only driven it an additional 57 miles and that includes the 15 miles driven back from the dealership. I only drive it very short distances and park it in an open space that is easily accessable to a tow truck in case the problem happens again. My wife is reluctant to drive it and I don't blame her. I am concerned that the 'kinked' cable was not a random 'fluke' but, rather, that it may have been caused by the towing process with the transmission locked in park and the wheels being dragged along the ground and onto the flatbed tow truck body. I fear that the root cause of the problem remains with the automatic transmission.

The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Patriot. While driving at approximately 20 mph, the rpm needle fluctuated between six and seven. The vehicle made a loud sound and the gear would not work properly. The failure occurred four or five times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing, but was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 34.

Was traveling on the highway at approximately 45 mph, glanced at the passenger side mirror and noticed grey smoke coming from the back of the vehicle within a few seconds the "check engine" light came on. I stopped at a traffic light before a safe pull over spot was available. Once light changed to green, vehicle would barley move even with increased throttle pressure. Got the vehicle to a safe spot off the highway. Noticed a lot of transmission fluid flowing from under the vehicle. Had to have vehicle towed to dealer.

I was driving down the road, when the vehicle shifted from drive to 4th gear without being touched. This particular vehicle has an option to manually shift through the seven gears by bumping the shifter sideways. But nothing had came in contact with the shifter when it happened. It has since this first incident, shifted into lower gears multiple times and leaving the rpms near or in red lines. The only way to get it back into normal driving is to pull the shifter up into neutral and back down into drive. It will also DE-accelerate the vehicle quickly when you take your foot off the accelerator pedal and put it on the brake to shift back into normal driving.

On well traveled mining roads in 4wd, when one tire slips, the vehicle would not even pull its own weight and the engine would not rev over 2,000 rpm. I back up, put the vehicle in 4x4 low and if any wheel slips, it would stop at 2,000 rpm again. All I can do is back down a dangerous road and try to find a spot where I can turn around. This has happened multiple times, been to 2 dealers in 2 states 4 times. The vehicle stranded me on several occasions doing the same thing in dangerous area with cliffs or steep drop offs to rivers and rock out crops on one side. Chrysler hq said they will not work on my vehicle anymore and that the truck is performing as designed! designed to strand someone on a well traveled mining road the other pickups can get to without 4x4? I bought this 4x4 with the off road trail rated package because that's what the selling dealer said I needed for mining. It has not been off road. I can't even get to where I work and this vehicle has even failed on very small hills with dealership personnel in the vehicle. Another dealer test drove it, failed and wouldn't go over 2,300 rpm. They said they didnt know what to do. They duplicated the problem in 4x4 drive, 4x4 low, with and without traction control. When this happens, the vehicle will not pull its own weight and no wheels are even spinning. Very dangerous design and can't even get to my job! when I have to back down because it will not go forward I have to make sure it's a place perpendicular to the slope of the incline or you are stuck diagonal to the road and the vehicle will not go forward and there is no more room to back up without going off a cliff, falling into a river or sliding into a canyon.