2009 Jeep Patriot 4x4 complaints

LEFT AND RIGHT BALL JOINTS/CONTROL ARM INSPECTED BY DEALER TECHNICIAN DURING ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION, AND FOUND TO BE WORN OUT AND AT RISK OF FAILING. PARTS REPLACED BY DEALER WHILE STILL UNDER 3-YEAR WARRANTY.

WITH A LOW MILEAGE OF 37,325, BOTH ORIGINAL FRONT BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATED MILEAGE IS HIGHWAY DRIVING AND THERE IS ONLY ONE DRIVER. AFTER GRADUALLY NOTICING A ROCKY RIDE, I MADE A MECHANIC'S APPOINTMENT FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM. THE EXPERIENCED MECHANICS DIAGNOSED THE BALL JOINT DEFECT. THE MECHANIC CALLED THE JEEP DEALERSHIP TO PRICE JEEP PARTS AND WAS TOLD TWO COMPLETE ARMS WOULD HAVE TO BE PURCHASED TO COMPLETE THE BALL JOINT REPAIR. THE CONDITION OF THE BROKEN BALL JOINTS SHOWED EXCESSIVE PLAY. THIS IS MY SECOND JEEP VEHICLE; THE FIRST VEHICLE WAS A JEEP CHEROKEE 4X4 THAT DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH LOW MILEAGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH WATER LEAKING THROUGH THE DOME LIGHT AND ONTO ALL ELECTRICAL PANELS ON THE DASHBOARD. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE JEEP DEALER WHO CLAIMED THEY CLEANED THE SUNROOF DRAINAGE TUBES BUT THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE LEAK PROBLEM. JEEP REFUSES TO COVER THIS PROBLEM UNDER TERMS OF WARRANTY. *TR

CHRYSLER IS INTENTIONALLY INFLATING TIRES TO 40 PSI TO PREVENT LOW PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT FROM COMING ON. I TOOK MY JEEP PATRIOT TO ROCHESTER HILLS (MI) CHRYSLER FOR A TIRE ROTATION I FOUND THE TIRES INFLATED TO 40 PSI WHEN I INQUIRED, THE SERVICE REP SAID IT WAS "TO PREVENT THE WARNING LIGHT FROM COMING ON WHEN IT GETS TO 0 DEGREES." 40 PSI IS 8 PSI OVER THE DOOR STICKER RECOMMENDED 32 PSI. IF YOU USE THE "12 DEGREES CHANGES THE PRESSURE BY 1 PSI" AS PER THE OPERATORS MANUAL AND YOU INFLATED THE TIRES AT THE RECORD HIGH AMBIENT OF 62 DEGREES AND CHECKED THEM AGAIN AT THE RECORD LOW OF -11 DEGREES (73 DIVIDED BY 12= 6 PSI) THE DEPARTURE FROM AVERAGE LOW 19 DEGREES TO RECORD LOW -11 EQUALS 2 PSI. THE DEPARTURE FROM THE AVERAGE HIGH 33 DEGREES TO AVERAGE LOW 19 DEGREES EQUALS 1 PSI. CHRYSLER'S ACTIONS INDICATE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS. *TR

ROOF LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. IT HAS DONE THIS THREE TIMES WITH A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WATER LEAKING THROUGH THE MAP LIGHT. FIRST LEAK IN SEPTEMBER 2010 LAST LEAK WAS 3/1/11. *TR

2009 JEEP PATRIOT: MANUAL GEAR CLUTCH FAILURE AT 14,000 MILES AND 14 MONTHS SINCE NEW. WARRANTY EXPIRES ON THIS ITEM AT 12,000 MILES AND 12 MONTHS. THE JEEP WAS NOT DRIVEN AGGRESSIVELY OR OFF ROAD. A CLUTCH SHOULD LAST MUCH LONGER. I SPOKE TO CHRYSLER / JEEP WARRANTY DEPARTMENT SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY REFUSED TO ASSIST, DEALER INSTALLED NEW CLUTCH FOR $1,060.00. I BELIEVE THE CLUTCH IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH OR IS SUBSTANDARD FOR THIS VEHICLE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH A STRONGER ONE AT NO CHARGE. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING I COULD HEAR WATER SWISHING WHEN MAKING A TURN, THEN HOT WATER CAME POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD. WHITE PLAINS CHRYSLER SAID THERE WAS A KINK IN THE HOSE FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING AND WATER HAD COLLECTED THERE THUS HEATING UP AND EXPANDED AND CAME OUT BURNING MY FOOT WHILE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK. EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE STEERING. EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD WHEN PARK ON A HILL. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2009 JEEP PATRIOT IN DECEMBER OF 2008, SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR I'VE ONLY PUT 7200 MILES ON THAT CAR AND HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP TWICE FOR WHAT FEELS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME IT WAS IN THEY SAID IT WAS THE AIR BOX, PROBLEM SOLVED...ABOUT 1,000 MILES LATER THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR RETURNED. THESE PROBLEMS BEING, LOSS OF POWER ON ACCELERATION, INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ENGINE POWER UPHILL, NEAR STALLS IN REVERSE. WHEN I NEED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY, THE RPMS RED-LINE FOR ME TO GET ENOUGH BEHIND THE CAR TO MOVE. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2009 JEEP PATRIOT IN DECEMBER OF 2008, SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR I'VE ONLY PUT 7200 MILES ON THAT CAR AND HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP TWICE FOR WHAT FEELS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME IT WAS IN THEY SAID IT WAS THE AIR BOX, PROBLEM SOLVED...ABOUT 1,000 MILES LATER THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR RETURNED. THESE PROBLEMS BEING, LOSS OF POWER ON ACCELERATION, INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ENGINE POWER UPHILL, NEAR STALLS IN REVERSE. WHEN I NEED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY, THE RPMS RED-LINE FOR ME TO GET ENOUGH BEHIND THE CAR TO MOVE. *TR