2007 Jeep Patriot 4X4 Engine Problems

EVERY TIME I REFUEL THE VEHICLE SPUTTERS AND STALLS. NO MATTER WHAT GRADE OF FUEL. IT WILL SPUTTER AND STALL FOR UP TO 20 MILES AFTER I FILL IT UP. IT HAS EVEN STALLED WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS WHEN THAT HAPPENS. IT'S NOT SAFE. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN REPLACING STUFF HOPING TO FIND A FIX BUT NO LUCK SO FAR. IT WILL STALL STATIONARY, MOVING, TURNING, OR BRAKING. I BELIEVE IT MAY BE SOMETHING RELATED TO THE FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVE. AT LEAST THAT'S THE ONLY REASONABLE THING I HAVE READ OR BEEN TOLD. HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T29898_DS631498

NHTSA ID

11229140

Incident

Jul 1, 2018

Mileage

100,000 mi

THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR OVER A YEAR EVEN AFTER TRYING SEVERAL DIFFERENT EXPENSIVE CORRECTIVE REPAIRS.AFTER REFUELING MY JEEP PATRIOT, IT STALLS BUCKS AND JERKS. I START IT UP, AND UPON PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AND PULL AWAY FROM PUMPS OR OUT INTO TRAFFIC IT BEGINS TO SPUTTER BUCK AND STALL. IT IS VERY DANGEROUSE ESECIALLY WHEN PULLING OUT OF A GAS STATION INTO TRAFFIC WHICH HAS CAUSED SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS OF MY BEING HIT BECAUSE IT HAS STALLED IN INTERSECTIONS AND ON THE HIGHWAY. I RELACED THE O2 SENSOR AND IT DID NOT CORRECT THE SITUATION. I USED HIGHER OCTANE FUEL AND IT DID NOT CORRECT THE SITUATION. I USED FUEL TREATMENT PURCHASED FROM DEALERSHIP UPON THEIR ADVISEMENT AFTER REPLACING THE FUEL FILTER AND HAVING THE FUEL SYSTEM SERVICED AND IT DID NOT CORRECT THE SITUATION.

NHTSA ID

11124126

Incident

Sep 1, 2017

Mileage

100,000 mi

VAPOR/LIQUID SEPARATOR VALVE. EVERYTIME I FILL UP MY GAS TANK, WITHIN A FEW METERS OF THE GAS STATION MY CAR BEGINS TO BUCKS AND STALL. EVERY SINGLE TIME! ALMOST CAUSING MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM

NHTSA ID

11097178

Incident

May 22, 2018

Mileage

65,000 mi

THE CAR REGULARLY STALLS IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK UP TO FULL. WHETHER COMING TO A STOP, OR CRUISING, OR LIFTING OFF THE GAS PEDAL WHILE MOVING. OCCASIONALLY, EARLY IN THE MORNING, IT MAY STALL ALSO. IT WILL RESTART IMMEDIATELY AFTER STALLING BUT THE STALLING IS DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING AT SPEED, ON THE HIGHWAY, AND/OR IN TRAFFIC.

NHTSA ID

11082076

Incident

Mar 29, 2018

Mileage

102,000 mi

AFTER REFUELING MY CAR, THE ENGINE WILL STUTTER OR STALL AT THE FIRST STOP OR AT LEAVING THE GAS STATION IF THE VEHICLE IS GOING LESS THAN 40 MILES PER HOURS. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON MORE THAN 10 OCCASIONS, WITH THE LAST ONE BEGINNING AT THE STOPLIGHT BEFORE TURNING ON TO THE FREEWAY. THIS IS A VERY STRESSFUL SITUATION AS IT COULD EASILY CAUSE A CRASH DUE TO THE ENGINE FAILING UNEXPECTEDLY.

NHTSA ID

11074474

Incident

Oct 3, 2017

Mileage

70,000 mi

I HAVE OWNED MY 2007 JEEP PATRIOT SINCE JUNE 2017. ABOUT 3 MONTHS INTO OWNING IT I HAVE NOTICED THAT IT WILL STALL DIRECTLY AFTER I FILL MY GAS TANK. AFTER I LEAVE THE GAS STATION, I NOTICE THAT THE JEEP STARTS TO RATTLE AND SLOW DOWN, AND WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND I AM UNABLE TO TURN AND ACCELERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES SO FAR, AND THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE (12/11/17) IT STALLED 3 TIMES WITHIN 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. THERE ARE NO LIGHTS THAT WARN ME OF THIS ON THE DASH, MAKING THIS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF I WERE TO BE ON A HIGHWAY OR BUSY INTERSECTION.

NHTSA ID

11054195

Incident

Dec 11, 2017

Mileage

84,000 mi

AFTER DOING A FULL REFUEL OF THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE IN MOTION, LOOSING ALL ASSISTED STEERING AND BREAKING. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED ENGINE STALLED IN MID TRAFFIC AND I WAS ALMOST HIT BY THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME ON THE CITY. SECOND TIME I REACHED THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT STALLED THIS WAS EVEN MORE SCARY. VEHICLE WILL RESTART AFTER PUTTING IN PARK AND STALL AGAIN A COUPLE OF BLOCKS DOWN. THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE TANK IS FILED TILL GAS STATION PUMP AUTO STOPS. IF I FILL 3/4 THEN NO STALLING OCCURS. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY JEEP PATRIOT OWNERS. SOME CLAIM THAT IT IS RELATED TO LIQUID FUEL GOING INTO THE EVAP CANISTER AND THEN BEING SENT TO THE ENGINE WHEN FIECU EXPECTS FUEL VAPORS. THIS ISSUE CAN CAUSE FATAL INJURIES IF ENGINE STALLS ON THE WRONG PLACE.

NHTSA ID

10970669

Incident

Mar 15, 2017

Mileage

130,000 mi

VEHICLE STALLS SUDDENLY AFTER RE-FUELING. THIS STARTED HAPPENING A FEW WEEKS AGO AND NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE CAR IS RE-FUELED. IT OCCURS A MILE OR SO AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION WITHOUT WARNING IN TRAFFIC. DEFECTIVE FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM IS REPEATABLE AND DANGEROUS. GET THIS RECALLED.

NHTSA ID

10837871

Incident

Feb 23, 2016

Mileage

77,000 mi

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN JANUARY 2016 FOR OUR DAUGHTER TO TAKE TO COLLEGE OUT OF TOWN. I CHECKED FOR RECALLS BEFORE I BOUGHT AND FOUND NONE. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM A CHEVY DEALER. AFTER OUR PURCHASE, I FILLED THE TANK WITH FUEL. WHEN I PULLED AWAY FROM THE GAS STATION AND INTO TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE STALLS AND CUTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. I RESTARTED IT AND WENT ABOUT A BLOCK AND THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT GOING ABOUT TWENTY MILES PER HOUR WHILE I WAS IN TRAFFIC. I MADE IT BACK HOME AND CALLED THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM AND THEY STATED THEY DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I CALLED A LOCAL JEEP DEARLERSHIP AND ASKED A SERVICE MANAGER AND HE SAID HE HAS NOT HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. IMAGINE HOW YOU WOULD FEEL IF YOUR CHILD WAS DRIVING A VEHICLE WITH THIS ISSUE! MY DAUGHTER DID CALL YESTERDAY, 1/24/2016 AND STATED SHE MUST HAVE PUT TOO MUCH FUEL IN THE JEEP BECAUSE IT STALLED OUT IN TRAFFIC AFTER SHE PULLED OUT OF THE GAS STATION. MY ISSUE WITH THIS IS THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN DOCUMENTED ISSUE AND HAS BEEN ADDRESSED MULTIPLE TIMES ON THIS SITE. THE CULPRIT SEEMS TO BE A FUEL/VAPOR CANISTER VALVE IN THE FUEL TANK AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STALL IF FILLED ALL THE WAY UP. THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALLS FROM JEEP BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DOCUMENTED CASES. I BOUGHT THE JEEP USED WITH NO WARRANTY OFFERED SO I AM STUCK WITH THIS. MY QUESTION IS WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUED FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT? I DO NOT THINK IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR JEEP TO IGNORE THIS ISSUE NOR YOUR DEPARTMENT IGNORE IT ALSO. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE WITH NO ACTION. I WILL APPRECIATE YOU TAKING ACTION TO HAVE JEEP RESOLVE THIS IMMEDIATELY.

NHTSA ID

10822168

Incident

Jan 24, 2016

Mileage

96,000 mi

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, MY JEEP PATRIOT CUTS OFF EVERY TIME I GET GAS. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES. THEY HAVE REPLACED MY FUEL PUMP AND AUXILIARY (I BELIEVE THATS WHAT ITS CALLED) AND I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IVE ALSO HAD MY THROTTLE BOTTLED CLEANED TWICE. OCCASIONALLY, THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WITH CODE P0442 BUT GOES OFF AFTER A DAY OR TWO.IT'S BECOMING SUPER FRUSTRATED AND CLEARLY DANGEROUS TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS CAR WITH NO SOLUTION.

NHTSA ID

10761885

Incident

Jul 13, 2010

Mileage

75,000 mi

AFTER LEAVING A GAS STATION AND DRIVING ABOUT A HALF OF MILE DOWN THE ROAD, MY CAR STARTED TO STALL. I THEN HAD TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND COMPLETELY TURN IT OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON. WHEN I WENT TO TURN IT BACK ON, IT DID NOT START UP RIGHT AWAY. THEN THE NEXT RED LIGHT THAT I STOPPED AT, WHICH WAS A HALF OF MILE AFTER THE FIRST STOP, MY CAR STALLED AGAIN. I THEN PUT THE CAR BACK IN PARK, PUT MY FLASHERS ON AND RESTARTED THE CAR. NOW EVERY TIME I FILL MY TANK TO FULL THE CAR STALLS. IT IS VERY SCARY AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC, HE SAID IT WOULD COST ABOUT $1000 TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK. APPARENTLY, THERE IS A VALVE THAT PREVENTS THE GAS FROM LEAKING OUT IF THE CAR WERE TO EVER ROLLOVER. IN ORDER TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, I WAS TOLD THAT THE WHOLE GAS TANK WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

NHTSA ID

10726070

Incident

Mar 6, 2015

Mileage

67,000 mi

A MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE OVERFLOW VALVE IS PROBABLY THE PROBLEM,. HE STATED THAT WHEN FILING UP WITH GAS, IT IS NOT SHUTTING OFF THE NOZZLE FLOW IN TIME, AND ALTHOUGH IT ISN'T SPILLING GAS ON THE GROUND IT IS WETTING THE CANISTER. HE SAYS THAT THROWS OFF THE AIR-GAS CALCULATIONS UNTIL THE CANISTER DRIES, 1-4 MINS AFTER RUNNING. IN THE MEANTIME, IT SHUTTERS HARD AND/OR STALLS MULTIPLE TIMES, EVEN WHILE DRIVING. HIS RECOMMENDATION WAS TO LIVE WITH IT AND JUST MANUALLY FILL UP A LITTLE UNDER FULL. THIS IS BECAUSE THE VALVE CAN'T BE REPLACED W/O REPLACING THE ENTIRE TANK.

NHTSA ID

10721565

Incident

Jul 30, 2014

Mileage

98,073 mi

AFTER REFUELING MY 2007 JEEP PATRIOT THE CAR WILL STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THE OIL LIGHT COMES ON AND THE ABS LOCK UP. YOU HAVE TO TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF A FEW TIMES IT THEN SPUTTERS AND WILL JUMP WHEN ACCELERATING. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY TIME AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN FILLED WITH GAS. IT IS GETTING HARDER AN HARDER TO RE START WHEN IT STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE GAS STATION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10714106

Incident

Mar 16, 2015

Mileage

90,000 mi

THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP. IT IS NOT DURING EVERY STOP BUT MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR AFTER REFUELING THE CAR. ON THE FIRST INCIDENT IN OCTOBER 2014, I HAD DRIVEN HOME FROM WORK (35+ MILES) AND WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT THE VEHICLE STALLED. IT EASILY RESTARTED AND RETURNED TO NORMAL. SINCE THEN THE DRIVING ISSUES HAVE INCREASED TO RPM DECREASES WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY ' THE ENGINE KICKS/JERKS THE CAR AND RETURNS TO NORMAL DRIVING. THE JEEP STALLS EVERY TIME IT IS REFUELED ' I AM NOT INTENTIONALLY OVERFLOWING THE GAS TANK. IT WILL STALL MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER THE REFILL. THE RPM FLUCTUATES REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE LAST TIME THE TANK WAS REFUELED. I HAVE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING OVER 50MPG WHEN THE ENGINE KICKED, RPM DECREASED, AND I THOUGHT I WAS LOSING POWER ABOUT TO STALL. ON NOV 26, 2015 THE ENGINE STALLED AGAIN. MY TWO PRESCHOOL AGED KIDS WERE IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. I COULDN'T QUICKLY RESTART THE JEEP. WE SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR A MOMENT ' POSSIBLY 4 MINUTES ' WAITING TO TRY THE ENGINE AGAIN. IT DID RESTART AND THE ENTIRE RIDE HOME, APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES ' THE RPMS FLUCTUATED WITHOUT MY HITTING GAS OR BREAKS. IT THEN STALLED IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN PARKING. I DIDN'T TOUCH THE CAR FOR TWO DAYS, OVER THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE IT AGAIN, THE RPM FLUCTUATED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STALL. INSTEAD, I WAS ABLE TO PARK THE CAR AND TURN THE JEEP OFF AND REMOVE THE KEY BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. IT WAS JUST A FEW SECONDS BUT IT WAS RUNNING AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE KEY IN MY HAND. MY HUSBAND DROVE IT AN HOUR LATER TO TEST IT OUT AND THE JEEP STALLED AGAIN IN THE DRIVEWAY. *JS

NHTSA ID

10661543

Incident

Oct 13, 2014

Mileage

147,000 mi

ON 09/17/13 AT 0858 HOURS, I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 JEEP PATRIOT ON THE I-17 FRONTAGE ROAD WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER STEERING. PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF POWER, I WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON AN EVEN CONCRETE SURFACE AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH IN NORMAL TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO "ACT UP," THE LIGHT FOR MY ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL TURNED ON AND THE ESC BECAME ACTIVE AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO BLINK AMBER. DUE TO ESC, MY VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL (ONCE AGAIN THIS WAS ON AN EVEN, PAVED SURFACE WITH NO CONDITIONS REQUIRING THE ESC TO ACTIVATE). ALONG WITH THE ESC BECOMING ACTIVE, MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL AND LOSE POWER. MY ENGINE WOULD PEAK AT A MERE 2000K RPM AND AT ABOUT TWENTY MILES PER HOUR. THANKFULLY I WAS ONLY ON A FRONTAGE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY PULL INTO AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, HOWEVER, IF I WAS ON I-17 (WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A SHOULDER) I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN GREAT DANGER. ONCE STOPPED, I HAD TO STOP/START MY ENGINE FOUR TIMES FOR THE ESC AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO DEACTIVATE. ONCE THEY DID THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO JEEP DEALERSHIP IN NORTH PHOENIX TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THEY ADVISED IT RETURNED A "TORQUE REQUEST SIGNAL DENIED" HISTORICAL CODE FOR WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, WHICH "DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE." I BELIEVE THE ABOVE INCIDENT IS RELATED TO TWO EVENTS THAT HAPPEN ON 9/14/13. DURING TWO SEPARATE RIGHT TURNS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL THROUGH A TURN ONLY TO JOLT AND REGAIN POWER. *JB

NHTSA ID

10544318

Incident

Sep 17, 2013

Mileage

123,000 mi

I WAS TAKING OFF FROM A RED LIGHT AND THE JEEP SPUTTERED RIGHT AFTER I TOOK OFF BUT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND DO NOT WANT TO MAKE ME INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10444311

Incident

Jan 14, 2012

Mileage

55,000 mi

I BOUGHT MY 2007 JEEP PATRIOT BRAND NEW AND IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS EVER SINCE. TODAY IS THE FINAL STRAW AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CHRYSLER. EVERYTIME I PRESS THE BRAKES TO STOP, MY ENGINE STALLS OUT. THIS PROBLEMS FREQUENCY SEEMS TO HAVE INCREASED SINCE IT IS RAINING. MY PATRIOT HAS STALLED PREVIOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS BUT THEY WERE ISOLATED INCIDENCES OR SO I THOUGHT. AFTER READING JEEP FORUMS ONLINE, I SEE THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WHICH JEEP IS NOT ADDRESSING. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AS I LIVE IN A HIGHLY CONGESTED AREA. STALLING ON THE EXPRESSWAY OR IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION CAN LEAD TO ACCIDENTS AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY. THIS ISN'T THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR. APPARENTLY ITS NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS CONTAINING THE BALL JOINTS AT 30K MILES. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES DUE TO IRREGULAR WEAR AND TEAR FROM DEFECTIVE PARTS. EVEN AFTER AN ALIGNMENT, AT HIGH SPEEDS THE CAR VIBRATES HARSHLY. THE TRANSMISSION STRUGGLES WHEN ACCELERATING. I PERFORM REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON MY CAR AND SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING THESE ISSUES. THE DEALERSHIPS WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR ANY MANUFACTURED CAR. I CANNOT BELIEVE JEEP GETS AWAY WITH ALL THESE SAFETY HAZARDS AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10436823

Incident

Nov 23, 2011

IN A CAR USED ONLY IN CITY ROADS: - 21000 MILES: POWER STEERING PUMP, GEAR AND NUTS (JEEP COVERED) - 32000 MILES: LEFT BALL JOINT REPLACED (JEEP COVERED) - 45000 MILES: RIGHT BALL JOINT NEEDS REPLACEMENT (NOT COVERED BY JEEP) THIS HAS CREATED A LOT OF ADDITIONAL CHARGES NOT COVERED BY JEEP LIKE ALIGNMENT, TIRES, ETC. JEEP LIBERTY WAS ALSO RECALLED DUE TO A SIMILAR PROBLEM. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS PROBLEM AS FROM THE CURRENT LIST OF 37 COMPLAINS FOR THIS CAR(INCLUDING THIS) 24 ARE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM I AM REPORTING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10365108

Incident

Nov 9, 2010

Mileage

21,000 mi

OUR CAR IS SHUTTING OFF ON US WHILE WE ARE DRIVING IT. WE HAVE COME CLOSE TO SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BOTH ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON THE FREEWAY. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO A "CERTIFIED JEEP DEALER" SEVERAL TIMES. TO WHICH THEY TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO. I DON 'T KNOW IF IT IS THIS NEW MODEL OR WHAT THE CAUSE IS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10223749

Incident

Apr 5, 2008

Mileage

10,000 mi

2007 JEEP PATRIOT - COMPLETE ENGINE/ELECTRICS STALL. DRIVING DOWN A BUSY STREET AND ALL THE ELECTRONICS AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. COASTED INTO A SIDE STREET, STOPPED, AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. IT TOOK ABOUT 2-3 TURNS OF THE KEY TO START THE PATRIOT BACK UP. HAPPENED AROUND THE 3K MILE MARK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10201784

Incident

Aug 27, 2007

Mileage

3,057 mi