2009 Jeep Patriot 4X4

CAR ENGINE DIES AFTER FILLING GAS TANK APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE AWAY FROM GAS STATION EVERY TIME. MY CAR HAS DIED IN AN INTERSECTION WHEN MAKING A TURN AGAINST ONCOMING TRAFFIC. CAR USUALLY DIES AFTER IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT AND THEN UPON ACCELERATION IT JUST DIES. CAR HAS 70,000 MILES AND FROM MY RESEARCH IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM.

IT STARTED OUT WITH STUMBLING IDLE AND STALLING AFTER REFUELING. WHICH WAS DANGEROUS AS IT WOULD DO IT FOR UP TO A MILE AFTERWARDS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. NOW MY PROBLEM IS THE JEEP WILL NOT REFUEL. YOU PUT THE NOZZLE IN AND IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT AND IT KICKS OFF. PULL THE NOZZLE OUT AND REINSERT IT AND IT DOES IT AGAIN. IT WILL ALSO SPIT FUEL OUT AT YOU IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL. NOW THE STALLING AS MENTIONED PRIOR HAPPENS ALMOST ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING.

I CANNOT PUT FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE WITHOUT IT CONTINUOUSLY SHUTTING THE GAS OFF AFTER A FEW SECONDS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE GAS TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I FOUND A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB 14-001-09 REV.A) THAT ADDRESSES THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES, BUT THE 2009 JEEP PATRIOT IS NOT INCLUDED. MY ONLINE RESEARCH HAS UNCOVERED OTHER JEEP PATRIOT OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH NO RECOURSE BUT TO PAY OUT-OF-POCKET FOR A NEW FUEL TANK. I HAVE BEEN QUOTED $1400.00 TO HAVE THE FUEL TANK REPLACED. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY CHRYSLER JEEP IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE WITH THE 2009 PATRIOT. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW MANY JEEP PATRIOT OWNERS HAD TO HAVE THEIR GAS TANKS REPLACED AND IF CHRYSLER JEEP HAS REPAIR RECORDS OF GAS TANK REPLACEMENTS DONE IN THEIR REPAIR SHOPS. WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THIS FIXED?

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME LOOSE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP AND THE RPMS INCREASED TO SEVEN AND THEN IMMEDIATELY TO ZERO. THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO AN UNKNOWN OBJECT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER. FOUR PASSENGERS SUSTAINED SHOULDER INJURIES AND LACERATIONS. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO TIGHTEN AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT COMPLETELY DETACHED DURING THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

THERE IS A HORRIBLE LEAK FROM THE FRONT DOME LIGHT FIXTURE WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN. WATER POURS OUT FROM THE FIXTURE AS YOU ARE DRIVING. POURS. SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH JEEP PATRIOTS, AND JEEP REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. I'VE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON MANY WEB SITES ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE, AND THE COMMON THEME IS THAT JEEP DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, AND WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. *TR

BROUGHT MY VEHICLE FOR BRAKES AND INSPECTION AND RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE GARAGE SAYING I NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL 4 BALL JOINTS. THEY SAID THE LEFT FRONT ONE WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE AND BARELY HANGING ON. I RESEARCHED THE WEB AND FOUND MANY INCIDENTS OF BAD BALL JOINTS ON THIS VEHICLE WITH AN EXPLANATION FROM LOCAL DEALER SHOPS THAT THERE WAS A BAD BATCH INSTALLED INITIALLY. THE REPAIRS COST ME OVER $700 BECAUSE THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY HAD RUN OUT EVEN THOUGH THE MILEAGE IS STILL WITHIN RANGE. JEEP KNOWS ITS AN ISSUE AND HASN'T RESPONDED WITH A SAFETY RECALL. ARE THEY JUST WAITING UNTIL AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS WITH DEATH RESULTING BEFORE THEY ACT? *JS