Owners/service Manual problems of the 2015 Jeep Patriot

Driving along at speeds of 35 mph, the engine randomly shut off, locked the steering wheel, and came to a stop. This occurred on a residential street. The next day, the same issue occurred on a state route 28. A manual restart of the vehicle was required each time, and the issue occurs daily. This happened several times at various locations, speeds, times of day, etc. This is a life threatening issue.

At only 16,500 miles 5 speed manual gearbox catastrophic failure. I bought the vehicle in March of 2015 with 6 miles on the odometer. This has happened to numerous other Jeep Patriot owners as well. There are at least 2 dozen or so on 1 internet forum that have had similar failures. The failure of mine happened crossing a busy intersection luckily no one crashed into the car as the shift from 1st to 2nd the car simply revved and would not engage into any gear. The dealership milton ruben Dodge Chrysler Jeep and fca both are claiming clutches are not warranty due to being a consumable wear and tear item. The dealer reportedly found broken pieces of clutch according to the technicians notes. This is an extremely dangerous and discerning failure at such low mileage. There is another report of one failure at only 9600 miles. The dealer also cannot confirm if said pieces found are actually clutch or transmission parts. I have been in contact with fca regarding the matter and they are not much assistance. This matter of gearbox, transmission, clutch failures in Jeep Patriots warrant an investigation. I hope others have reported this issue to you. Dealers are charging consumers $1400. 00 to $2000. 00 dollars to repair a manufactured component that is prematurely breaking putting their consumers and other motorist lives at risk.