Llamados a Revisión, Fallas y Mantenimiento del Jeep Patriot 2013

“THE PATRIOT CVT TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY AND SUBJECT TO EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. AROUND 90,000 MILES, MY TRANSMISSION BEGAN OVERHEATING. THIS HAPPENS WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING AN AVERAGE OF 65-70MPH FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR, TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT WARNING LIGHT TURNS ON”

“TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS ANYTIME THE JEEP IS DRIVEN MORE THAN 20 TO 30 MINS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ON A 2 HOUR DRIVE, IT CAN OVERHEAT AS MANY AS 4 TIMES. IT IS CONSISTENTLY REPRODUCIBLE AND HAPPENS EVERY TIME, WINTER OR SUMMER. JEEP GOES INTO”

“THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS AND LOOSES POWER. IT WILL MAKE A HIGH PITCHED WHINING NOISE AND THEN THE OVERHEATING LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER. VERY SCARY IN 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC”

“THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR”

“I AM NOT SURE HOW LONG A RECALL TYPICALLY TAKES. I RECEIVED THIS LETTER IN NOVEMBER 2016 AND IT IS JANUARY 11, 2017. IT HAS BEEN 2 MONTHS AND THE PARTS HAVE NOT BEEN ORDERED YET AS AN EFFORT TO CORRECT THINGS”

“TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE”

“ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON THE HWY! IT JUST STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING! CAR WOULD NOT START UNTIL NEARLY TWO HRS LATER. WE WERE VERY LUCKY WE DIDN'T GET HURT OR WORSE AND WERE ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER”

“THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE”

“When driving down the road the car just shuts off and it’s dangerous especially in busy areas it happens 6 times a day”

“WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME AND HAS REMAINED ON. I AM BEING TOLD I NEED A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER BUT THE DEALERSHIP AND CRYSTLER CUSTOMER SERVICE ARE ALL CONFUSED AS TO WHY MY VEHICLE IS NOT SHOWING UP UNDER A RECALL”

“Cat converter below threshold bank 1 check engine light code read on obd2. Loss of power and acceleration, sluggish and unable to drive at highway speeds”

“MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS FOR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. HE THEN TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FOR MY CAR BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF IT”

“AFTER FILLING THE VEHICLE WITH A 'FILL UP', UPON STARTING AND DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO START 'BUCKING' AND LOSE POWER TO ACCELERATE”

“ENGINE LURCHES AND STALLS AFTER FILLING TANK. WILL DO SO 3 OR 4 TIMES, THEN SETTLE DOWN AND RUN. DANGEROUS TRYING TO ENTER TRAFFIC. NO STALL PROBLEM BETWEEN FILLS”

“RAW GASOLINE FUMES SEEMS TO BE ENTERING THROUGH AIR VENTS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION, AND FAN IS IN USE”

“I WAS BACKING MY 2013 JEEP PATRIOT INTO A DRIVEWAY WHEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT HEADREST SUDDENLY AND QUICKLY EXPLODED, PUNCHING ME IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD. I WASN'T EVEN TOUCHING IT AT THE TIME”

“WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 35 MPH - DRIVERS HEADREST DEPLOYED AND HIT HUSBAND IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT. HEADREST SPLIT”

“The passenger headrest AHR has deployed a couple years ago while parked. I tried working with the dealer for the past year to get it fixed under a recall”

“WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WITH FORCE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS RESTRAINED TIGHTLY IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT FROM THE SEAT BELT”

“WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPWARD, RATHER THAN OUTWARD. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY”

“WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH (POSTED SPEED LIMIT) ON A SINGLE LANE PUBLIC ROAD I WAS FORCED TO MAKE A QUICK EVASIVE MANEUVER TO GO AROUND A SMALL TRUCK STOPPED ON ROAD LOOKING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, AND DROVE OVER RAISED EARTH THAT WAS ALONGSIDE ROAD SHOULDER. BOTH SIDE AIRBAGS (”