Jeep Patriot 4X4 transmission problems

POWER TRAIN

CVT TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH NO WARNING OR SYMPTOMS

NHTSA complaint #11231494 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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VEHICLE IN MOTION - CUT OFF/LOSS OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING FROM RAMP ONTO BUSY HIGHWAY WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD IN VEHICLE [CAUSE UNKNOWN, VEHICLE IS NOT THROWING ANY CODES] VEHICLE IN GOING FROM STATIONARY TO IN MOTION - WHEN GOING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OUT OF A SHOPPING CENTER CAR STALED WITH ME AND MY 2 YEAR OLD IN IT, WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC. QUICKLY PUT CAR IN PARK, CAR WOULD NOT START, HAD A LONG START, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FREAKED OUT, I COULD NOT STOP IT BY TURNING OFF THE KEY, KEY WOULDNT MOVE. [UNKNOWN CAUSE] VEHICLE IN MOTION - BUCKING AND STALING AFTER FILLING UP WITH GAS [CAUSE UNKNOWN, COULD BE VAPOR/LIQUID SEPARATOR VALVE] VEHICLE STATIONARY - WHEN FUELING, AFTER REMOVING NOZZLE SOUND OF AIR BEING SUCKED INTO THE GAS TANK [VAPOR/LIQUID SEPARATOR VALVE AT TOP OF FUEL TANK] VEHICLE STATIONARY/RUNNING - AT IDLE CAR RANDOMLY DROPS RPMS AND TRIES TO STALL [UNKNOWN CAUSE] VEHICLE IN MOTION - GRINDING SOUND WHILE DRIVING, LOSS IN THE ABILITY TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO PUSHING ON GAS PEDAL, CAUSING AN OVERLOAD ON CVT TRANSMISSION [UNKNOWN CAUSE, MAYBE DRIVE TRAIN] VEHICLE IN MOTION - WHEN DRIVING WHINING SOUND [UNKNOWN CAUSE] MIXED ADVICE FROM MECHANIC SOME SAY COULD BE CVT TRANSMISSION OTHERS HAVE CITED TECHNICAL REPAIR NOTICE FOR WHINING OF POWER STEERING. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON RANDOMLY SINCE FEB 2018.

NHTSA complaint #11172810 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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"TAKATA RECALL" EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IT HAS BEEN SLOW TO ACCELERATE. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS EVERY NOW AND THEN IF I ACCELERATE TO QUICKLY AFTER THE CAR WAS IN PARK. WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED, SOMETIMES THE CAR NEEDS TO BE SHUT OFF IN OTHER FOR IT TO SHIFT IN GEAR PROPERLY AGAIN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON FOR TCM CONTROL NO MATTER WHAT I DO. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING DEFECTIVE IN CONNECTION WITH THE POWER TRAIN.

NHTSA complaint #11142370 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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SPOUSE HAS JUST MADE A TURN AND WAS DRIVING HOME IN THE COUNTRY WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY A LOUD NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR WITH VEHICLE VIBRATION. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THE REAR WHEEL DRIVER SIDE WAS ON AN ANGLE. HUSBAND SHOWED UP TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND IT APPEARS THE REAR SUBFRAME CRACKED UNDER SEVERE CORROSION ALLOWING THE LEFT REAR AXLE TO POP OUT OF THE DIFFERENTIAL. VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED HOME.

NHTSA complaint #11130830 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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EVERYTIME RIGHT AFTER I FILL UP MY 2008 JEEP PATRIOT (CAR IS SHUT OFF WHILE FUELING) THE JEEP EITHER BUCKS ME BACK AND FORTH LIKE IT'S A MANUAL GETTING STUCK BETWEEN GEARS FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE (IT'S AN AUTOMATIC) OR IT STALLS AND DIES (CAR SHUTS OFF). SO FAR WHEN THE JEEP DIES IT HAS TURNED BACK ON.. THIS HAPPENS NORMALLY UNDER A HALF MILE AFTER THE JEEP HAS BEEN FILLED UP WITH GAS TO THE FILL MARK. THE CAR IS IN MOTION WHEN THIS OCCURS AND IT USUALLY OCCURS ON CITY STREETS SEEING AS MOST GAS STATIONS ARE IN TOWN, BUT THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER FILLING UP WITH GAS AT A STATION LOCATED RIGHT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY.

NHTSA complaint #11092390 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY "WARNING" ALL THE DASH LIGHTS BATTERY, ENGINE, ECT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE STALLED. WOULD NOT DRIVE OR RE-START JUST DIED. SUGGESTED THAT IT IS THE COMPUTER/PCM...

NHTSA complaint #11074303 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO TO STALL AND WOULDN'T DRIVE PAST 15MPH..LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE INTO A WENDYS PARKING LOT WHEN IT STALLED COMPLETELY..AFTER IT STALLED COMPLETEY I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND TRIED TO START IT UP AGAIN NOTHING HAPPENED WOULDN'T TURN ON AND JUST MADE A CLICKING NOISE..THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED

NHTSA complaint #11063889 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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FIRST TIME 09/2013 I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH FROM COLORADO TOWARDS ARIZONA WHEN FROM ONE SECOND TO THE OTHER VEHICLE FORCE DROP SPEED TO 30 MPH AND A TEMPERATURE LIGHT CAME ON ON DASH, PUTTING MY FAMILY AT DANGER SINCE I HAD TO SWERVE AS FAST AS I COULD TO THE SHOULDER BECAUSE SEMI WAS GOING AS FAST AS ME. WHEN I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THERE WAS NO POWER AND A WHINING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. I TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON AND LIGHT CAME OFF AND POWER WAS RESTORED BUT AS SOON AS THE TACHOMETER REACH 3000 RPM TEMP LIGHT BACK ON AND LOSS OF POWER CAME BACK. I TURN OFF VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN AND RETURNED TO COLORADO SPRINGS STRAIGHT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TRANSMISSION INTERNAL FAILURE 3 YEARS AFTER I PURCHASE BRAND NEW AT 73,687 MILES ON ODOMETER. POWER TRAIN WARRANTY COVER THE CVT REPLACEMENT AND FOUND OUT THAT 100'S OF PATRIOTS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. FAST FORWARD 3 YEARS LATER 2/2017 WHINING NOISE CAME BACK LIGHT CAME BACK BUT NO WARRANTY AND UNFORTUNATELY DEALER ESTIMATES $6000.00 REPLACEMENT BILL. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH JETCO CVT'S ARE THE PROBLEM AND AFTER MANY COMPLAINS PATRIOTS NO LONGER WITH CVT'S BUT I'M STUCK WITH A NON WORKING WORTHLESS VEHICLE IN MY DRY WAY.

NHTSA complaint #10954627 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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SECOND COMPLAIN ABOUT TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION AGAIN AFTER 3 YEARS FROM BEING REPLACED. AS I WAS DRIVING ON I-70 FROM MY HOSPITAL JOB IN THE MORNING RUSH COMMUTE, MY PATRIOT DECIDED TO DROP SPEED FROM 70 MPH TO 30 MPH ON A BLINK OF AN EYE. THIS TIME SINCE I WAS ALONE JUST PUTTING ME IN DANGER UNLIKE THE LAST TIME IN 2013 WHEN IT HAPPEN THAT MY 11 YEAR OLD AND 1 YEAR OLD BABY WERE ON BOARD. I SWERVE TO THE SHOULDER YET AGAIN TO AVOID BEING HIT BY TRAFICC I PROCEED AS I RECALL TO TURN IGNITION OFF AND TRY TO MAINTAIN TACOMETER FROM REACHING 3000 RPM TO AVOID TRANSMISSION SAFE MODE TO KICK IN AGAIN AS I MAKE IT HOME.

NHTSA complaint #10954629 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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PROBLEM WITH ANTILOCK BRAKES: ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH ARE ON. THEY INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF, BUT MOSTLY THEY STAY ON. PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION/ENGINE: WHEN I DRIVE, THE JEEP STALLS OUT. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY, SO FAST SPEED, AS WELL AS ON SIDE STREETS. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES ARE ONGOING, HAVE BEEN HAPPENING OFF AND ON SINCE I BOUGHT THE JEEP.

NHTSA complaint #10945754 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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ANOTHER VTEC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT...THESE TRANSMISSION ARE JUNK I HAVE HAD 6 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND FROM WHAT HAVE READ ON LINE DO NOT BUY A CAR WITH THIS TRANSMISSION IN IT BECAUSE THEY WILL GO OUT !!!! I'M OUT ANOTHER AT LEST $4000.00

NHTSA complaint #10919950 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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STALLS OUT, GAS TANK WON'T FILL UP, THE CVT TRANSMISSION HAS ALMOST KILLED US MORE THAN ONCE. CAN'T GO OVER 40 WITHOUT IT OVERHEATING AND WHINING.

NHTSA complaint #10905638 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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-REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED. THE ENTIRE DIFFERENTIAL WAS REPLACED BY JEEP THROUGH UNLIMITED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. PROBLEM SOLVED. -THE FRAME AND BODY BEGUN TO RUST. THE PROBLEM STARTED TO APPEAR WHEN THE CAR WAS LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD. THE PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT UP TO JEEP. JEEP DECLINED TO FIX OR ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. -ENGINE STALLS EVERY 11 SECONDS. FAULTY CODE SHOWS: P2107: THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL MODULE PROCESSOR. THE THROTTLE MODULE WAS REPLACED TWICE. PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. VERY UNSAFE DUE TO LOSS OF STEERING. CURRENTLY, THE CAR IS NOT DRIVEABLE - PROBLEM NOT FIXED. 04/01/2021: ODI # CHANGED FROM 10896825 TO 10896752 AS PART OF ROUTINE DATA CLEANUP.

NHTSA complaint #10896752 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD WHIRRING SOUND. SUDDENLY THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT LIGHT TURNED ON AND I LOST POWER. FIRST DROPPING FROM 75 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR AND ULTIMATELY TO 0 MILES PER HOUR. THIS LEFT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE FOR 30-40 MINUTES WHILE I WAITED FOR THE CVT TO COOL DOWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 ADDITIONAL TIMES. EACH TIME THE DEALERSHIP HAS PULLED FLUID AND STATED THAT THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. THE WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE, AND IT APPEARS AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CVT ON BOTH THE PATRIOT AND COMPASS.

NHTSA complaint #10839946 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING AT A SUSTAINED SPEED OF HIGH RPMS, THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. IF SPEED IS NOT REDUCED TO ALLOW THE TRANSMISSION TO COOL, THE CAR GOES INTO A SAFETY MODE AND SLOWS AUTOMATICALLY. A REPAIR SHOP PULLED THE CODES AND FOUND CODE P0218, HIGH TEMP OPERATION ACTIVATED. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS MULTIPLE TIMES ON ALMOST EVERY LONG HIGHWAY TRIP WHEN TRYING TO MAINTAIN SPEED GOING UP HILLS. THE INCREASED ACCELERATION KEEPS THE ENGINE OPERATING AT HIGH RPMS ABOVE 3000 FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF TIME.

NHTSA complaint #10750017 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I HAD JUST FILLED THE TANK AS USUAL AND DROVE ABOUT 500 YARDS TO A RED LIGHT. IN THE PAST AFTER A FILL UP, THE JEEP WOULD STALL AND "BUCK" AROUND 30 MPH, AS IF IT COULDN'T GET INTO GEAR, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A CVT. I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT IT DIDN'T THIS TIME, WHICH WAS CURIOUS. AT THE LIGHT, UPON ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE THROTTLE, AND THE CAR REMAINED IN DRIVE, BUT REFUSED TO MOVE. I COULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. A RED LIGHT IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE DASH CAME ON AND BEGAN TO BEEP, AND THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD LIT UP, WITH EVERY LIGHT COMING ON AND MAKING NOISE. EVENTUALLY, I LOST ALL POWER AND WAITED MORE THAN AN HOUR FOR A TOW TRUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A THREE LANE AVENUE. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME A RELAY WAS ENTIRELY BLOWN AND BLACKENED, AND THIS HAD KILLED THE BATTERY. THIS WAS REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME, BUT HE SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT HAD CAUSED THE RELAY TO BLOW. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT OCCURRED WAS A SYMPTOM, NOT THE CAUSE, AND WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY SITTING, DEEMED UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I ALSO HAD LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED AT 55,000 MILES, WHICH IS FAR TOO EARLY. I LOVE JEEP, BUT I HATE THE 2007-2010 PATRIOTS. BAD BUY.

NHTSA complaint #10726887 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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THE TRANSMISSION OVER HEATS AND THE SPEED SLOWS DOWN AUTOMATIC AND WILL CAUSE THE CAR TO STALL.THIS HAPPENS ON ALL LONG ROAD TRIPS. THE CHAIN DRIVE TRANSMISSION IS AT FAULT. JEEP COVERED THIS UP BY PUTTING CENSOR ON COOLING PART TO MASS THE REAL FAULT. THIS HAS HAPPEN THREE TIMES ALWAYS ON LONG MILEAGE TRIPS. THANK YOU

NHTSA complaint #10722377 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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WAS DRIVING TWO HOURS AWAY FOR A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT, AND WAS JUST DRIVING IN THE RIGHT LANE. I WAS PASSING A VEHICLE IN THE LEFT LANE AND HAD NO POWER AT ALL. THE HIGH PITCH WINE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE RPM WERE REDLINING AT 65 MPH. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT AND THE JEEP JUST SLOWED ON ITS OWN. THE TEMPERATURE LIGHT FOR THE TRANSMISSION CAME ON. PULLING OVER TO THE MEDIAN ALMOST KILLED MY HUSBAND AND I. THIS IS A DANGEROUS VEHICLE TO DRIVE AND GO OVER 50MPH. WE HAD TO SIT ON INTERSTATE 64 FOR AN HOUR TO LET THE TRANSMISSION COOL DOWN. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED FROM THEIR TRANSMISSION STALLING OR OVERHEATING GOING DOWN AN INTERSTATE, OR JUST DRIVING FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME ON A HIGHWAY. WE DO NOT FEE SAFE IN THIS 2007 JEEP WITH ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND WE WERE NOT EVEN TOLD THAT BY THE DEALERSHIP!!! SERIOUSLY DEADLY PROBLEM.....FIX THE CVT TRANSMISSION. THE DEALERSHIP SAID WE ARE SOL EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T OWNED IT 9 DAYS AND NOW WE ARE PAYING FOR A CAR WE CANNOT DRIVE OR FIX!

NHTSA complaint #10706001 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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MY CAR'S MANUAL TRANSMISSION DIED AT 115,000 MILES. I'VE HAD THIS CAR A YEAR AND AM STILL PAYING IT OFF. NOW I HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER $4,400 TO GET MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL REPAIR SHOPS AND THE DEALER THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM BETWEEN 90,000-100,000 MILES WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE PART THAT FAILS IS PERMANENT SO YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE THING AND IT'S VERY SPENDY. BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN PURCHASING USED 2007 JEEP PATRIOTS. YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS I DID. VERY DISAPPOINTED.

NHTSA complaint #10693329 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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2008 JEEP PATRIOT BEGAN MAKING CLUNKING/CRACKING NOISES FROM THE FRONT END AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES. TOOK INTO LOCAL JEEP DEALER AND THEY STATED THE BALL JOINTS WERE IN VERY POOR CONDITION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED VIA FRONT END LOWER CONTROL ARMS. AFTER SEEING WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO CHARGE, TOOK TO AN ALIGNMENT SHOP. WHILE DRIVING TO THIS SHOP, BRAKES BEGAN GRINDING. BALL JOINT FAILURE CAUSED BRAKES AND CALIPER TO BE MISALIGNED ON THE ROTOR CAUSING THE ROTORS TO BE DAMAGED. MECHANIC PRESSED IN MOOG BALL JOINTS THEY SAID WOULD BE SUPERIOR TO OEM PARTS AND THAT THEY REPLACE BALL JOINTS ON PATRIOT, COMPASS AND CALIBER OFTEN. AFTER GETTING BALL JOINTS REPLACED, THE JEEP BEGAN HANDLING POORLY IN SNOW PACKED ROAD CONDITIONS, WHERE THE FRONT OF THE JEEP FEELS UNCONTROLLABLE AND WOULD SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE, ALL WHILE HAVING TOTAL CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL. TOOK BACK TO JEEP, THEY SAID IT WAS A BALL JOINT ISSUE ONCE AGAIN AND THAT THE INNER TIE RODS WERE LOOSE, BUT DIDN'T THINK THAT A SLIGHTLY LOOSE TIE ROD WOULD CAUSE THE JEEP TO GO FROM SIDE TO SIDE. PURCHASED NEW TIRES, THINKING IT WAS AGING TIRES. NO LUCK AND VEHICLE OVER TIME HAS BECOME UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON ROAD, EVEN ON REGULAR DRIVING CONDITIONS. TOOK TO GMC DEALER WHERE A WELL KNOWN JEEP MECHANIC WORKS. CONFIRMED TIE RODS ARE LOOSE AND STRUT IS LEAKING. I UNDERSTAND WEAR AND TEAR ON VEHICLES, BUT AFTER RESEARCHING JEEP PATRIOT REVIEWS/PROBLEMS, I CAME ACROSS AN EVEN MORE ALARMING TRENDS IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND OTHER HTTP://WWW.JEEPPATRIOT.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=97871 HTTP://WWW.JEEPPATRIOT.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=34529 HTTP://WWW.JEEPPATRIOT.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=41396 HTTP://WWW.JEEPPATRIOT.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=15863 HTTP://WWW.EDMUNDS.COM/JEEP/PATRIOT/2008/SUV/CONSUMER-REVIEWS/ HTTP://WWW.CARS.COM/JEEP/PATRIOT/2008/CONSUMER-REVIEWS/

NHTSA complaint #10669437 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.