2011 Jeep Patriot problems
Owners have filed 485 complaints about the 2011 Jeep Patriot with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 13.6% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of suspension at 11.3%.
Complaints485
Crashes35
Fires5
Injuries18
Deaths2
What owners report breaking
Engine 13.6% · 66
Suspension 11.3% · 55
Power train 11.1% · 54
Structure 10.5% · 51
Air bags 8.9% · 43
Unknown or other 7.2% · 35
Electrical system 6.4% · 31
Fuel/propulsion system 6.0% · 29
Severity
Of those complaints, 35 describe a crash, 5 describe a fire, 18 report an injury and 2 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 10 model years of the Jeep Patriot in this data, 2011 sits 5th by complaint volume. 2014 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 29 in the last three years against 110 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 70,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that while driving 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was restarted and operated as designed. The failure recurred twice on separate occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis but no cause for failure was found. The vehicle had not been repaired. The vin was unavailable. The failure and current mileage was 33,000. Engine · reported at 33,000 miles
My Patriot with 108k miles stalled at 75 mph on the highway 3x last night on a 3 hour drive. It also stalled 4x times today on my 10 min way to drop it off at the dealership. Once while idling and 3x while driving at different speeds. Once while I was turning. I've read online that this has been happening quite a bit to 2011 Jeep patriots and even caused a car to be totalled. Please investigate this. Engine · reported at 108,000 miles
The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 5 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure occurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure was unable to be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000. Engine · reported at 40,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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