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The Jeep commonly chokes and dies right after a fill-up. After 30 seconds to a minute, the problem disappears. This has been happening for at least 10 years. Online data search appears to indicate that this is a common problem with Jeep. Having your car die in traffic creates a dangerous situation.
Every time I fill up the car, once a week, I am barely out of the gas station and bam! car shuts off. Or as I am driving it stalls, sometimes it goes and sometimes it just shuts off. I've cars almost rear end me because it so sudden. Sometimes I just turn on the car after gas just to wait for it to shut down so I don't kill myself in traffic. Took the car to a mechanic paid 800 bucks and it still happens. They replaced the full injector and some other stuff that I don't know. They pulled the gas tank out to do whatever it was. The entire car smelled like gas for weeks. Why can't something be done. Looks like I am not the only one. Every ones complaints matches mine. This has been going on for a year.
Vehicle has had stalling issues following refueling for several years now. Aside from after refueling the stalling is unpredictable as for timing. Sometimes it stalls immediately after refueling and starting the engine, other times it will stall after I'm already in traffic several minutes later. This creates a significant safety hazard.
After getting gas. Vehicle stalls while running in drive without warning. This is going to kill someone pulling into traffic!! it takes about 3 startups and stalls than there is no issue until next gas fill up:
Every time I fill up my 2007 Jeep Patriot with fuel when I drive off into the city streets it turns off on me and everything locks up in traffic while I'm in motion almost causing a accident every time and that's once a week can you please help me before I get killed or someone else gets killed.
- Fort Collins, CO, USA
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After filling up at the gas station, started too drive and after a few minutes the car sputtered and stalled. Started car again and the stalling happened again.. after these 2 incidents the car was fine until next fill up. This has been going on for a few years.
After filling up with gas twice now it stalls right after I fill up the gas tank. The steering wheel locks and I've been stalled in an intersection that is not safe. I just purchased this used a few weeks ago and was not aware of the problem or I would not have purchased it. It's a fuel tank rollover valve and should have been recalled years ago. The entire fuel tank needs to be replaced which is an expensive job. Should be recalled so people can get it fixed by dealer at the dealer cost. This is not something that happens with normal wear and tear it is a manufactures defect. Why wasn't this recalled years ago.
When I gas up below a quarter of a tank my Jeep stalls out and steering locks up completely in the span of a second so I have no time to move over. If I gas up at around a quarter or above it lurches really bad several times for next few minutes then runs fine until gassing up again then repeat. I was almost in an accident the first time this happened now I have to drive fifteen minutes away to gas up and drive the back roads to let it run it's course so if I stall I won't get killed. It it supposedly the valve on top of the gas tank resulting in the whole thing needing to be replaced. This has almost gotten me killed as well as many others who I've seen discussing the issue. Please look into this and get this recalled!
When filling gas tank the car stalls and any time when driving. This is very dangerous when pulling out into traffic, this has happened mant times!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has happened twice now in 3 days. After fully filling my fuel tank and then driving away from the pump my Jeep Patriot stalls before I hit 3/10 of a mile from the gas station. Contrary to some other reports of this issue, that I have read, as well as the explanation of the issue posted on the NHTSA website, from fca, this does not happen only at idle. Rather it happens while I am driving. When my Jeep stalls I also lose the ability to fully steer (can only turn the wheel appx 1/4 turn) and braking does not work as well as it normally does. When it happened today I ended up mounting a curb and sidewalk in a residential area. The street I was on was turning but I couldn't turn with it. If I had not engaged the emergency/parking brake I would have driven through a chain link fence and into a home. Once I restarted my Jeep and backed off of the curb the engine stalled again while my Jeep was in motion. Luckily I was barely moving and already had my hand on the emergency/parking brake. When I restarted my Jeep the next time I revved the engine to 3,000rpm for appx 1 minute while my Jeep was in park. My Jeep did not stall after that for the rest of today. Tomorrow may be another story. I see in this form there is the ability to upload photos but I did not know about this being an existing safety issue or the ability to report it before now. As a result there are no photos of my Jeep on a curb about to crash into someone's house. With the number of reports of this issue having already been made to the NHTSA I am shocked that a mandatory safety recall was not demanded.
Every time I fill up with gas the car makes it to the first stop sign and then just dies. I start it up and start to drive it and it dies again. I have to sit in one spot and keep trying to drive hoping it won't die and I will get hit.
After the tank is filled to full, I then drive off, and the next time the car comes to a complete stop, the engine cuts out. The car has to be put into park and the engine is able to restart, and this only happens when the tank is full - but it causes the engine to stall out. As long as I don't fill the tank to full, it won't happen. However this has been consistently happening anytime I fill up the tank over the last year and a half.
After fueling I will leave the gas station and my Patriot will sputter and often die while going down the road. I believe this to be a safety issue and have seen multiple reports of this same problem. This happens every time I fill my Patriot up with fuel.
Upon each complete fill-up with gasoline, shortly after driving off from fueling, the vehicle will buck severely, and shut off. When it shuts off and rolls to a stop, steering control and power braking is lost, and you are at the mercy of all traffic around you! this has been going on since around 2012. From countless hours of investigation from other owners on forums, discussions with dealership personnel, as well as my own independent mechanic's electronic and mechanical analysis, this appears to be a common complaint among Patriot & compass owners of multiple production years. The only work around is to not fill up the (already tiny) fuel tank completely. The most likely root cause is a malfunctioning fuel tank roll-over valve, which allows raw fuel to enter the evap system, and upon the ECM issuing a "purge command, " the vehicle stalls. Compounding the situation is that the roll-over valve is not replaceable separately from the entire fuel tank assembly. With the vehicle being long out of warranty, the cost of a complete new fuel tank assembly plus labor, is prohibitive. This is clearly a safety related defect that Chrysler does not want to stand behind. I have had several close calls when leaving gas stations, pulling out into traffic and nearly being rear-ended when the vehicle stalled. I imagine if NHTSA does not hold Chrysler accountable for all of these non-conforming vehicles, which by now are mostly out of warranty, the only way to get Chrysler to take responsibility, would be to get into an accident due to the stalling issue, and then sue them, assuming I lived! this is unacceptable. Dealerships and Chrysler customer relations have been absolutely no help at all. You are our only hope.
After filling up at gas station and getting on highway engine shuts off after the Jeep bucked several times. When engine shut off steering wheel locked. Had to put car in neutral urn key to turn on engine. Additionally after that, Jeep continually dies immediately following fill up at gas station. It currently dies approximately 3 times in a row before the engine will stay running. This is a highly dangerous event. If it shuts off and I do not wait at the gas station while I'm driving down the road then the steering wheel locks and I could have an accident and kill myself or someone else. This is a serious situation that Jeep / Chrysler needs to fix. Was there a crash... almost!
Filling the vehicle with fuel causes it to buck and stall. Waiting 5-10 minutes after it stalls and the vehicle runs normally. Only happens when filling the vehicle, putting in fuel to less than full does not cause the problem. According to my mechanic, the problem may the roll over valve allowing fuel into the charcoal canister/emissions system. My research on the internet confirms the problem with other 2007 Jeep Patriots and other model years as well. NHTSA defect investigation #DP17002
My Jeep stalls every time after I fill it with gas, I pull out in traffic and it just stalls and I have no control over steering or nothing. It is extremely dangerous.
Car stalls after filling up tank. Started doing this 3 fill ups ago. Different gas stations. Gas tank is not "topped off". stalling occurs for the next few miles or 10 minutes of use. Car is fine after that. Stalling occurs when RPM is under 1000 and does this when stopped or slowing down to make a turn. Added "heet" to tank, thinking water may have gotten in there from the gas station. Ruled that out after using a different gas station. Car has 130,000 miles on it. I have owned it since it had 30,000 miles on it.
After every fill up the car bucks and often stalls while driving all within a mile and then drives normally. Scary when it dies in traffic while driving
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- Longmont, CO, USA