Three problems related to transmission noise have been reported for the 2014 Jeep Patriot. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I was driving approx 45 mph when I heard a popping noise followed by grinding noise while in 5th gear. Took my car to the shop and was told it looked like the transmission. I then took it to a transmission shop who verified that the transmission was shot. It was cracked in several places. I had the transmission replaced with a new one. When I went to pick up my car, I asked to take pictures so that I could talk to Jeep about having a transmission fail at 103k miles. While taking pictures and looking at the damaged transmission, the mechanic said " wait a minute. What year is your Jeep?" I told him it was a 2014. He said, "look at this sticker. It means that this transmission was manufactured in 2016. So, you are actually on your 3rd transmission. " I was able to track the transmission by the part number and found out that it was installed in July 2016. The original transmission failed at 51,477 miles. The one that just came out failed at 52, 075 miles.
This is the 4th time that my Jeep that was purchased in January 2015 has been in the shop replacing the transmission. My transmission is losing power and slipping. A very loud grinding noise started and every mile that I drove it gradually got worse causing it to lose power. I 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. When is a vehicle considered a lemon? I don't want to wait until something life threatening happens with my family , friends, or customers are in my vehicle. This is the 4th time that I have lost money from it being in the shop.
In March, transmission overheated while on highway, lost speed very quickly. Took vehicle in, transmission fill tube was missing and then replaced. Over the next few months, I noticed extremely loud whining noises coming from vehicle while driving. Fuel mileage is extremely low. In July, the transmission overheated again, took it in to dealership with no diagnosis, opened up a star case with fiat-Chrysler, after 2 weeks, no diagnosis, picked up the vehicle, drove it for 1 week and transmission overheated with a crack in transmission fill tube again. The transmission overheats and does not report a repair code to the main computer in the vehicle and the manufacturer will not repair it without. Vehicle has broken down multiple times on highway due to transmission overheating.