2008 Jeep Patriot Owner Complaints

The vehicle stalls after a gas fill up. Daughter was stuck in traffic. No Power steering, brakes, etc. Started back up. very dangerous. This has happened after every fill up.

NHTSA ID

11545626

Incident

Sep 19, 2023

Car stalls after fill up. NUMEROUS online Jeep forums have noted this issue for years. There seems to be an issue with the “vapor canister”. Recall was apparently issued for 2011 model - but not older models. It is intermittent yet consistent problem over past few months. Please note that an Engine stall leaves steering wheel LOCKED and unable to maneuver car for a period until can restart. Can leave driver on a VERY DANGEROUS situation traveling at speed !

NHTSA ID

11533262

Incident

Jul 19, 2023

Water leaks in through the sunroof and top racks and leaks out the dome lights inside of the car

NHTSA ID

11526803

Incident

Jun 13, 2023

My 2008 Jeep Patriot with 100,000 miles on it both front and rear subframes are completely rotted and unsafe I need some help I can't afford all this repair I'm disabled I'm working with my local mechanic I need you guys to help pay for some of this

NHTSA ID

11515201

Incident

Apr 3, 2023

Front and rear crossmembers are rusted through. Replaced front subframe for $1008.00 in 2021. Available for inspection. Could come to a complete stop if it breaks. Confirmed by independent service center. Not inspected yet. Front squeak heard 2021. Rear squeak heard 2022. This is my 2nd jeep patriot & both jeeps front & rear crossmembers are rusted through breaking apart.

NHTSA ID

11475470

Incident

Jul 1, 2022

UNKNOWN After I fill up on gas at different stations I had the car sputter and die after filling up til the nozzle stopped itself went to go start the car the first time it happened I got maybe half a mile down the road and stopped at a light and the car died. The second time I was at another gas station and I forgot to shut the car off because it was freezing cold felt like a negative 10 I went to go leave and thought oh crap let me shut it off for a second so the gas would register faster of what I had then if I left it on. I went to go drive away then and the car wouldn’t move I thought great what could it be well I looked down and I wasn’t “on” so I restarted the car and I could tell the car started and I sat for a few and it died. I waited a few seconds and started it again and sat for a few and then was able to go about my business. The third time I filled up and didn't think anything of it because it had been awhile since it happened but I pulled out on the street and it was at a T intersection and I was coming up and to the left well when I turned I died and the light had changed to green I was barely able to make it into the turn lane from when I coasted I shut it off and turned it back on again and we were good. Well this is what happened last night I went to the gas station filled up and sat there for a second and went to start car and it died I wait a few did it again it died. I did this like 4-5 times and I wasn't far from home so I said let's just hurry up and get home. So I got it started and I was pushing the gas as little to keep it from dying and it made it about a mile down the road and acted like it was about to shut off. I made it home sat in the driveway for about 20 mins and it acted fine.

NHTSA ID

11463766

Incident

May 7, 2022

My airbag light on the dash board comes on and will not go away. I have had it twice reset and it does NOT go away. I was told that Jeep recalled their models but I cannot find a recall for the Patriot model. Why would all of their other models be recalled and not the Patriot? Does not make sense. 2008 Jeep Patriot.

NHTSA ID

11441454

Incident

Oct 15, 2020

TIPM problems causing problems with wipers, blinkers. Sometimes can't turn wipers on or off. Passenger side blinkers fast blink. Changed all bulbs but didn't fix. When lights are turned on passenger blinkers fail to work.

NHTSA ID

11424467

Incident

May 14, 2018

CAR STALLS WITHIN THE FIRST MINUTE OR SO OF DRIVING AFTER FILLING GAS TANK TO SHUTOFF. WHEN THE ENGINE DIES, SO DOES THE POWER STEERING, CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. HAPPENS CONSISTENTLY. BEGAN SEVERAL YEARS AGO BUT I LIVED WITH IT BY NOT FILLING TANK TO FULL. NOW MY SON DRIVES THE CAR, AND I AM CONCERNED THAT IT MAY HAPPEN WHEN HE IS DRIVING AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT, AND NHTSA MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND HOLD CHRYSLTER/JEEP RESPONSIBLE

NHTSA ID

11414173

Incident

Jan 1, 2012

Mileage

55,000 mi

THE K FRAME IS ROTTED OUT, THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL BUT WHEN I TOOK IT UP I CAN'T FIND ONE.

NHTSA ID

11403315

Incident

Mar 5, 2018

EVERY TIME I REFILL MY TANK WITH FUEL, THE FIRST SEVERAL MINUTES OF DRIVING THE ENGINE WILL HESITATE AND ALMOST STALL (OR WILL STALL IF DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS). WHILE STOPPED IN IDLE, ENGINE WILL COMPLETELY STALL. ONCE SOME FUEL IS BURNED, THE ENGINE WILL NO LONGER STALL. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR YEARS.

NHTSA ID

11386140

Incident

Jan 1, 2021

Mileage

178,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO DECREASE THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE WHEELS TO LOCKED UP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND DRIVEN TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER A DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

NHTSA ID

11383933

Incident

Dec 14, 2020

Mileage

51,000 mi

APPROXIMATELY 12/2018 I HAD TO HAVE MY GAS TANK REPLACED DUE TO A FAULTY ROLLOVER VALVE/FLAPPER/INLET CHECK VALVE LOCATED IN THE GAS TANK. I AM NOW HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE NEW GAS TANK. THE COST TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM IS WELL OVER $1400 AND TO HAVE TO DO THE SAME REPAIR TWICE IS UNTHINKABLE. THIS HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL, BECAUSE IF THESE VALVES/FLAPPERS ARE SUPPOSED TO EXPEL AIR FROM THE SYSTEM, COULDN'T THIS BE HARMING MY VEHICLE MORE AND/OR CAUSE PRESSURE TO BUILD IN THE TANK? THERE WAS TSB 14-001-09 REV A ISSUED. CHRYSLER ADMITS THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM AND HAS RECALLED A BUNCH OF JEEPS, DODGES, AND SOME CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY VANS. HOWEVER, MY MAKE AND MODEL (08 PATRIOT) IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THEY ISSUED FOR THE GAS TANKS.

NHTSA ID

11375559

Incident

Dec 11, 2018

Mileage

190,000 mi

UPON CHANGING REAR TIRE WE FOUND SEVER FRAME RUST AND REAR AXLE DISCONNECTED FROM THE MAIN FRAME. THIS CAME FROM AN MECHANIC'S THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO AND SHOULD BE PARKED

NHTSA ID

11365929

Incident

Sep 13, 2020

Mileage

90,120 mi

I WAS INFORMED BY A SHOP AT AN OIL CHANGE THAT THE JEEP PATRIOT 2008 HAS EXTENSIVE RUST AND CORROSION AND IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THIS JEEP HAS BEEN SERVICED MANY TIMES AT A JEEP DEALER IN THE PAST AND HAVE NEVER BEEN INFORMED OF ANY RUST .WITH THIS INFO WE HAVE RESEARCHED 2008 PATRIOTS AND HAVE DISCOVERED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH RUST AND CORROSION . I WILL REACH OUT TO THE JEEP DEALER AS WE PURCHASED A LIFE TIME MAXIMUM WARRANTY AT PURCHASE WHEN WE BOUGHT NEW .

NHTSA ID

11364412

Incident

Sep 1, 2020

Mileage

143,990 mi

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 3 ALTERNATORS THROUGHOUT THE PAST 2 MONTHS DUE TO A ELECTRIC PROBLEM. MY BATTERY LIGHT BECAME ILLUMINATED EACH TIME I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY GOING AROUND 70 MPH. THE BATTERY LIGHT INDICATOR TELLS ME MY BATTERY IS NOT PROPERLY CHARGING DUE TO MY ALTERNATOR. THIS LEADS TO IT HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER IN MY CAR AS I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC AND THAT THE PROBLEM WITH KEEP HAPPENING UNTIL I GET ANOTHER COMPUTER WHICH COSTS A GOOD AMOUNT TO HAVE REPLACED OR FIXED.

NHTSA ID

11364193

Incident

Jul 31, 2020

WHEN THE GAS TANK IS FULL THE SERVICE LIGHTS COME ON ENGINE STALLS OUT ABOUT HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP WHEN THE ENGINE GOES OUT SO YOU CANT EVEN COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

NHTSA ID

11363323

Incident

Oct 7, 2020

Mileage

112,000 mi

AFTER FILLING UP GAS TANK TO NORMAL LEVEL, CAR STALLED AND LOST CONTROLS OF VEHICLE

NHTSA ID

11343735

Incident

Aug 6, 2020

Mileage

118,000 mi

FILLED UP GAS TANK AND CAR STALLED AT STOP LIGHT SHORTLY AFTER. PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY AFTER A 5-MINUTE DRIVE AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND CAR HAD STALLED.

NHTSA ID

11340706

Incident

Jul 15, 2020

Mileage

188,000 mi

I HAVE HAD THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED PARTS AS TO WHY MY ABS LIGHT IS ON AND ALL THAT'S LEFT IS THE ABS MODULE. I KNOW OTHER PATRIOT OWNERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND IT AFFECTS THE DRIVING ON MY VEHICLE. SEEMS LIKE MY BRAKES AREN'T WORKING QUITE RIGHT WHEN I DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL.

NHTSA ID

11338942

Incident

Nov 7, 2019

Mileage

116,000 mi

I MADE A U-TURN IN MY VEHICLE ON A TOWN STREET , AS I COMPLETED THE U-TURN THE VEHICLES REAR SUSPENSION BROKE. THE BROKEN SUSPENSION MADE THE VEHICLE FEEL LIKE IT WAS GOING OVER A RUMBLE STRIP, THE SUSPENSION BEING BROKE MADE THE WHEELS TURN IN TOWARDS THE WHEEL WELLS WHERE IT RUBBED AND EVENTUALLY BLEW MY TIRE. I WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PULL OFF SAFELY. WHEN I FINALLY GOT IT TOO A AUTO SHOP THEY TOLD ME THE SUSPENSION RUSTED IN TWO .IT HAD TO BE MOVED WITH A FLAT BED. I HAD THE VEHICLES FRONT FIXED IN JANUARY OF 2017 . WHICH WAS UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE OF COMPLAINTS SO THE VEHICLES REAR TOOK AN EXTRA THREE YEARS TO RUST OUT WHICH IS ONLY TWO YEARS OVER THE WARRANTY. I HAVE ENCLOSED A COPY OF BILL FROM WHEN THEN FRONT WAS DONE.

NHTSA ID

11337858

Incident

Jun 19, 2020

Mileage

158,781 mi

I HAD TO HAVE THE SUBFRAME AND CROSS MEMBER REPLACED ON MY 2008 PATRIOT IN JANUARY 2017, IT HAS RUSTED AGAIN AND THE SAME PARTS NEED REPLACED, IT WAS REPLACED OE PARTS WHICH I FEEL WERE FAULTY. I WAS MAKING A U-TURN ON A SMALL CITY STREET AND MY REAR CROSS MEMBER BROKE, I THOUGHT I RAN OVER A SOMETHING THEN MY STEERING WHEEL SHIMMED , MY TIRES THAT WERE HELD IN THE CROSS MEMBER WERE NOW TILTED IN TO MY CROSS MEMBER MAKING BLACK SMOKE. MY TIRE RUBBED ON MY WHEEL WELL UNTILL BLEW . I WAS VERY LUCKY I WAS NOT GOING FAST WHEN THIS OCCURED.

NHTSA ID

11331839

Incident

Jun 17, 2020

Mileage

158,781 mi

WENT FOR AN OIL CHANGE, MECHANIC NOTED THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER WAS RUSTED AND, SHOULD IT BREAK, MY TIRES WOULD FOLD IN AND ENGINE WOULD FALL OUT. JEEP RECALLED THOSE PART ON ITS 2007 PATRIOTS, BUT NOT ON 2008, DESPITE WHAT SEEMS TO BE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS CRUCIAL PART RUSTING PREMATURELY. I CONTACTED JEEP AND THEY TOLD ME THE WARRANTY EXPIRED IN 2017 (THE YEAR WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE) AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS IS A DIRE MATTER OF SAFETY AND IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT JEEP WON'T LIFT A FINGER TO REPLACE THESE PARTS. REPAIR ESTIMATES ARE $1300-1500 FOR A VEHICLE VALUED BY KBB AT LESS THAN $500.

NHTSA ID

11322529

Incident

Apr 28, 2020

Mileage

113,000 mi

MY REAR PASSENGER SIDE AXLE BROKE. AND IT NEEDED A SWAY BAR LINK FOR THE SAME SIDE. I BOUGHT A NEW AXLE AND SWAY BAR LINK. MY MECHANIC TOOK OFF MY TIRE TO FIX THE PARTS AND SAID THAT THE FRAME OR SUB FRAME IS COMPLETELY CORRODED AND UNABLE TO HOLD THE SWAY BAR LINK BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLACE TO ATTACH IT. YESTERDAY I WENT TO THE STORE AND THE NEW AXLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING. VERY UNSAFE AND WHEN I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN MAY 2018 I WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT IT. I HAD THE JEEP INSIDE A SHOP TO FIX MY SLAVE CYLINDER IN NOV. 2019 AND A FEW OTHER THINGS AND THEY NEVER EVEN TOLD ME HOW BAD IT LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE. I HAVE CALLED JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY JEEP. BUT WHEN I DID SOME RESEARCH EVERYONE HAS HAD THE SAME ISSUE I AM HAVING. THERE WAS A RECALL ON ALL JEEPS FOR THE SUB FRAME RUSTING OUT. AND EVERY CUSTOMER SAID JEEP WOULDN'T HELP

NHTSA ID

11315813

Incident

Feb 19, 2020

Mileage

177,626 mi

THE VALVE INSIDE THE FUEL TANK BROKE AND THE JEEP CAN NO LONGER BE FILLED WITH GAS WITHOUT THE GAS PUMP BELIEVING IT IS ALREADY FULL AND TURNING OFF. THIS RESULTS IN MANY, MANY ATTEMPTS TO PUT FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE AND GAS LEAKING OUT OF THE FUEL PUMP DOWN THE SIDE OF THE JEEP AND ALL OVER THE GROUND. MY MECHANIC WAS TRYING TO FIND THE ISSUE AND IN HIS RESEARCH FOUND IT TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT A NON SERVICEABLE PIECE, MEANING THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK MUST BE REPLACED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AND CREATED AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD AND A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD AS WELL.

NHTSA ID

11288461

Incident

Dec 4, 2019