2016 Jeep Patriot Seat belts Problems

The contact owns a 2016 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the head rest detached and pooped off. The contact stated that when the failure occurred, it felt like a kick to the back of the head. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, the contact was informed that the repair coverage was for ten years of ownership of the vehicle. The contact stated that ownership was four months over the ten years. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. In addition, the contact was informed that the failure was a known failure of the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 91,000.

NHTSA ID

11740060

Incident

May 12, 2026

Mileage

91,000 mi

The contact's fiancé owns a 2016 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the front passenger’s side head restraint deployed without impact. No warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated that while her fiancé was driving at an undisclosed speed, the failure reoccurred with the driver's side head restraint. The contact's fiancé did not sustain any injuries. The vehicle had not yet been taken to an independent mechanic or a local dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.

NHTSA ID

11522715

Incident

Dec 17, 2022

Mileage

70,000 mi

The contact owns a 2016 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that upon accelerating uphill, the RMPs revved up but the vehicle failed to respond as needed. The coolant temperature warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the temperature sensor had failed and damaged the transmission. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the temperature sensor, head gasket, water pump, radiator, and unknown hoses and clamps were replaced. A transmission flush was performed, and the transmission was rebuilt. Additionally, the contact stated that upon parking the vehicle after driving 45 MPH, she noticed that the driver's seat headrest had partially been deployed independently. The contact pushed the headrest inside the seat; however, the headrest was completely deployed. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 155,000.

NHTSA ID

11502270

Incident

Aug 17, 2022

Mileage

155,000 mi

The contact owns a 2016 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, her son touched the headrest and it exploded without warning. There were no reported injuries. The check engine warning light illuminated after the failure. The contact called Mopar who stated the vehicle was covered, however, canceled the order. The contact called the local dealer where a headrest was ordered but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure however, no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was unknown.

NHTSA ID

11440705

Incident

Dec 26, 2020

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH AN UNKNOWN VEHICLE VEERED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND CUT HER OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS UNCONTROLLABLY, SWERVED ACROSS THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO THE HILLSIDE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE CURTAIN BAG DEPLOYED BUT THE PASSENGERS SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY COMPLETELY. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 24,300. *DT*JB

NHTSA ID

11317673

Incident

Mar 8, 2020

BOUGHT JEEP IN 2018 SINCE THEN IT HAS HAD INTERMITTENT CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEMS. SOMETIMES IT WORKS SOMETIMES IT DONT. SOMETIMES IT WORKS THEN QUITS WORKING. DRIVERS SEAT BELT WILL BE BUCKLED AND COME UNBUCKLED HAVE TO REBUCKLE INTERMITTENTLY. BURNING SMELL INTERMITTENTLY DONT KNOW IF ITS OIL, COOLANT OR WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED BY JEEP WHO SAID IT WAS LEAKY COOLANT STILL OCCURS. ALL OF THIS HAS OCCURRED WHILE ON THE ROAD.

NHTSA ID

11297750

Incident

Jan 5, 2020

Mileage

18,000 mi

WHEN I PUT MY SEATBELT ON IT COMES UNDONE WHILE I AM DRIVING. IT SEEMS LIKE IT DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY. IT DOES NOT DO THIS EVERYTIME. I HAVE TO PULL MY SEATBELT TO TEST AND MAKE SURE IT HAS LATCHED. IF I WAS EVER TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT, I WOULD BE WORRIED THAT IT WOULD NOT HOLD.

NHTSA ID

11246479

Incident

Feb 1, 2019

THE SEAT BELT IN MY JEEP DOES NOT REMAIN BUCKLED SOME TIMES I HAVE TO PUT IT THE RECEIVING PART SEVERAL TIME BEFORE IT CLICKS IN AND SOME TIMES I WILL BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT UNBUCKLES A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH BRINGS UP MULTIPLE OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE BEEN IN ANOTHER JEEP PATRIOT AND THE DRIVER HAD TROUBLE GETTING IT TO BUCKLE SO I HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED IT IN TWO DIFFERENT BUT SAME YEAR JEEP PATRIOTS

NHTSA ID

11241362

Incident

Aug 1, 2019

Mileage

46,910 mi

THEY RANDOMLY UNBUCKLE! YOU THINK YOU'RE BUCKLED AND YOU MOVE OR ADJUST WHILE DRIVING THEN THEN BAM UNBUCKLED. YOU'RE GOING TO DIE IN A HEAD ON COLLISION.*DT *DT CONSUMER STATED DEFECTIVE SEATBELT WAS REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING AND SITTING VEHICLE EXPERIENCE MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS DUE TO SLOW TIPM FAILURE, ENGINE STALLS ETC.*JB

NHTSA ID

11232681

Incident

Jul 15, 2017

Mileage

10,000 mi

FRONT SEATBELTS WILL JUST UNBUCKLE AFTER YOU'VE BUCKLED. THE JEEP WONT ACCELERATE, IT WONT SHIFT UNTIL 3 1/2 GRAND, BETWEEN 0-40 MPH IT CHUGS & ALMOST DIES, ONCE ABOVE 40 ITS USUALLY FINE. THE DEALER SAYS THINGS ARE FINE. WHAT IS WRONG AND WHY WONT THESE ISSUES COME UP ON DIAGNOSTICS? THE TIRE LOW SENSOR IS ALWAYS ON - EVEN AFTER NEW TIRES & THEY RESET IT. NO WONDER THE WARRANTY LENGTH WAS LOWERED. BRAKES BECAME SQEAKY AROUND 6 MONTHS. ONE OWNER - ME UNFORTUNATELY.

NHTSA ID

11232680

Incident

Jul 14, 2019

Mileage

54,000 mi

TWO THINGS ARE WRONG WITH MY JEEP AND HAVE BEEN SINCE THE FIRST WEEK I'VE HAD IT, BUT THE NEWPORT POWER DEALER KEEPS TELLING ME THAT "IF THERE EVER WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, IT FIXED ITSELF". BS NOTHING IS FIXED! SO THE FIRST THING IS THE SAFETY SEATBELT SENSOR'S. WHEN I HAVE A PASSENGER UP FRONT AND THEY'RE BUCKLED UP IT KEEPS BEEPING SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT BUCKLED UP. DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME I HAVE A PASSENGER BUT IT'S SUPER ANNOYING AND HAPPENS MOSTLY WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. THE SECOND THING IS THAT SINCE THE FIRST WEEK I'VE HAD THE JEEP, THE ENGINE KEEPS STALLING AND OTHER TIMES ACTS LIKE IT'S GOING TO DIE BUT DOESN'T. ( NEWPORT POWER DEALER TOLD ME THIS ISSUE WAS DUE TO POOR GAS MIXTURES DURING DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR. I'M NOT STUPID AND KNOW THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE, I HAVE THREE OTHER CARS THAT DO NOT DO THIS AT ALL!) THE CAR STALLS SO FAR ONLY WHILE STOPPED AT LIGHTS, IN DRIVEWAY'S, DRIVE THROUGH ETC. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK. WHILE DRIVING EITHER IN TOWN, TURNING CORNERS, DRIVING STRAIGHT OR ON THE HIGHWAY, THE JEEP ACTS AS IF IT'S GOING TO DIE. THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WHILE DRIVING. ALSO MY BACK WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN LEAKING SINCE I GOT THE CAR BUT THE POWER DELER SAYS IT'S FINE. I'M VERY TIRED OF HEARING BS FROM THE POWER DEALER HERE IN NEWPORT OREGON, I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND I THINK THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO HONOR IT! THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2016 TO TODAY IN 2018.

NHTSA ID

11113897

Incident

Sep 15, 2016

Mileage

30 mi

THE SYSTEM THAT MONITORS WHETHER A PASSENGER IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT MALFUNCTIONS AND CAUSES THE SEATBELT TO SHOW UNBUCKLED THEREFORE TURNING THE AIRBAG OFF IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. THIS SPECIFIC PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN RECALLED ON SIMILAR VEHICLES IN THE SAME YEAR BUT MY VIN WAS NOT SELECTED AND MY DEALERSHIP WANTED ME TO PAY IN ORDER TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT WAS A SAFETY RISK.

NHTSA ID

11102516

Incident

Jan 22, 2018

Mileage

51,000 mi

PASSENGER SEAT BELT RETRACTED SO TIGHT MY SON WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. HE WAS UNABLE TO BREATH. THE SEAT BELT HAD TO BE CUT. THE CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION. I HAD TO ASK A POLICE OFFICER FOR ASSISTANCE.

NHTSA ID

11089918

Incident

Apr 24, 2018

Mileage

50,000 mi

IF THE WHEEL BEARING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WAS TOLD IT WAS A DEFECT. MARCH 2018 GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AGAIN WAS TOLD IT WAS A DEFECT. BOTH TIMES HAD TO PAY A HUNDRED DOLLARS DEDUCTED

NHTSA ID

11082543

Incident

Mar 19, 2018

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT WARNING INDICATOR INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THOMPSON CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (124 NORTH POINT BLVD, BALTIMORE, MD 21224, (410) 288-3100) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN ELECTRICAL NON PCM FLASHED AND THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

NHTSA ID

11040508

Incident

May 17, 2017

Mileage

38,000 mi

SHIFTS FROM D TO 1ST ON ITS OWN: FROM A STOP, THE 2016 JEEP PATRIOT SEMI-AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DROPS TO FIRST GEAR ON ITS OWN. THERE IS NO INDICATION UNTIL THE DRIVER HAS PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AND HAS NO ACCELERATION POWER. THE DASH LIGHT INDICATES THE VEHICLE IS IN 1ST GEAR, BUT THE DRIVER WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS AND MUST EITHER GUN THE ENGINE AND TAKE RPMS OFF THE CHART TO AVOID A CRASH FROM ONCOMING VEHICLES, OR MANUALLY SHIFT THE VEHICLE TO N OR P AND THEN RETURN TO D FOR A TYPE OF "RESET". THE ISSUE IS INTERMITTANT. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM (IN TO SHOP 3X FOR THIS ISSUE). THEY REPLACED THE STICK SENSOR AND OPENED TWO SEPARATE STARON PACKS WITH JEEP ENGINEERS. BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. I SUSPECT ITS TRANSMISSION ($$) RELATED OR ELECTRICAL ($$). MOVING ON TO NEW DEALERSHIP SERVICE. FINGERS CROSSED. CRUISE CONTROL: WHEN CRUISE ENGAGED AT 70-75 MPH ON OPEN HWY, HAD TO SLOW FOR TRAFFIC. SPEED DROPPED DOWN TO ABOUT 60-65. WHEN REENGAGED CRUISE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY--RPMS SHOT THROUGH THE ROOF. HAD TO TAP THE BREAKS TO DISENGAGE CRUISE AND WHOLE FAMILY EXPERIENCED A HARD LURCH. REPORTED ISSUE TO JEEP SERVICE AS PERHAPS RELATED TO ISSUE WITH DOWNSHIFTING TO FIRST. RESPONSE WAS THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. SEATBELTS: WHEN A PERSON WEIGHING MORE THAN 230LBS SITS IN THE FRONT SEATS, THE SEAT BELT WARNING SOUND DINGS AS IF THE BELT IS NOT ENGAGED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED SENSORS IN BOTH FRONT SEATS. PROBLEM RESOLVED.

NHTSA ID

11012865

Incident

Oct 12, 2016

Mileage

6,000 mi

THE SEAT BELT SENSOR DOES NOT PROPERLY DISENGAGE. WHEN I PULL THE SEAT BELT ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES THE SENSOR ON THE DASH GOES OFF. I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP BUT ALSO WANTED TO REMOVE IT.

NHTSA ID

10937234

Incident

Dec 21, 2016

Mileage

6,000 mi

TAKATA RECALL. I WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT ON MARCH 14, 2016. I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN WHEN A SUV WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN TO THE STREET I WAS STOPPED WAITING TO MAKE MY RIGHT TURN. THE GENTLEMAN WAS SPEEDING AND TOOK A HARD RIGHT, HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND HIT ME FULL IMPACT ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE ENTIRE DRIVER SIDE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT INFLATE, THE AIRBAG LIGHTS DID NOT TURN ON. AT THE IMPACT THAT I WAS HIT THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE OFF AND NO ONE KNOWS OR COULD EXPLAIN WHY THEY DIDN'T DEPLOY. WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND I WENT TO PICK UP, THEN THE AIRBAG LIGHTS WERE ON AND HAD TO BE RESET AND THE SEATBELT WAS NOT PROPERLY WORKING (THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED)

NHTSA ID

10907629

Incident

Mar 14, 2016

Mileage

4,000 mi