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Same complain as everyone else. My Jeep Patriot 2014 suddenly lost power and started jerking while driving not allowing me to accelerate. Three lights came on the throttle control warning light, engine and traction control light. Replaced throttle body my self and I want my dang recall or a lawsuit filed because this could cause a major accident and lifes are involved.
I have the same exact problem as everyone else. The throttle lightning bolt flashes, car wont shift or do more than 35. It wont respond to accelerating. It jerks all over the place when at a low speed. I went off of the road in the snow but was ok. When it first started it kicked into a lower gear, jerked and the car slid. You are going to get people killed ignoring this and now here is written proof that you have been warned. Do hear that, Chrysler? because youre about to.
The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Patriot. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who replaced the crankshaft. The manufacturer and dealer were not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 30,000.
When driving, car will suddenly shut down, and the red lightning bolt will come on as well as the traction control. The check engine light came on as well. It will be fine for a couple days, and then out of nowhere the issue will happen again. This is extremely dangerous as to where I lose control is unknown. I have researched this issue, and have found many people with this same issue. I see a lawsuit waiting to happen. I only have 51,000 miles on my car. This is ridiculous.
I've had 3 fuel pumps replaced and countless times my car hasn't started just because like now, which brought me here. This needs a recall immediately but every time I look there isn't one. I bought this car brand new in 2014 and it still only has 45,539 miles on it. A week ago I started my car & then it turned off. Luckily I was at I've already had to replace the throttle body so with all of this we need a recall.
- San Diego, CA, USA
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I have a 2014 Jeep Patriot latitude that has 48100 miles on it. Its was fine up until know where it will stall out while driving and shut down and the stability light would come on. I would pull over and the car would restart. It has been happening a lot and its scary not to know when it will happen again. Someone is going to get killed if the problem is not fixed. Jeep should have a recall on the cars and fix the problem. The problem has happened while turning a corner and on streets and then went to stall out on a highway.
My Jeep on numerous occasions now has completely shut off the engine. The moments I'm in traffic are lucky, because when it happened on the freeway, I lost my S@$T. I was in a very scary situation and extremely lucky to have had pulled away without being or causing an accident. Seems to happen when I'm in traffic, at slow moving speeds, and on the freeway, intermittently. Sometimes it will kick back on before I have to pull off. But always in traffic if it happens it will completely shut off. No real pattern at all, just random.
Tkata recall. I own a 2014 Jeep Patriot and have had nothing but trouble which started just a couple months after I purchased it new. The first issue was the transmission hose came off while I was driving down the highway. This caused the car to stall and I was nearly unable to control the car to get pulled over. The dealership replaced the hose clamp, filled with transmission fluid and released it back to me. Had I known what hell I would be dealing with afterwards I would have never brought it back home. I now have electrical issues (I believe). The car will overheat within minutes of driving it. I have no heat. The etc light comes on often and the engine light is now a constant. I have had it to the repair shop to many times to count now and they are unable to figure it out. Jeep has offered no assistance and states that there are no other issues like mine, but when I look at blogs there are thousands. I feel dooped by Jeep. This complaint is my last resort because I do not know what else to do. I have tried to trade this car but the amount I owe and being that this car is of zero value due to all of the issues, it is almost impossible to trade in. Someone please help!!!
Already on the highway driving at 70 mph, I noticed that it was harder to accelerate. I was pushing down on the gas pedal and my Jeep was not picking up any speed. The tachometer was pushing the line in read between 7 & 8 as I would try to accelerate. Couple days later driving in town, it did it again only it took awhile to accelerate and get to 30-40 mph. Engine light came on and immediately took it to auto-zone to have it diagnosed. They told me to unplug the battery and have it sit for a couple of days to see if the engine light came off. Week later I'm still stuck without my vehicle. Reported it to mopar and they advised me to take it to the dealership and have it fixed. My Jeep only has under 90K miles on it. I'm hoping this issue becomes a recall being that the stories have begun to surface late November 2018.
While driving my car began jerking and the throttle control indicator light began flashing and my car lost power unable to accelerate. This is the second time this has happened to this car, the first time being 1 year prior coming down a mountain. It was fixed and now here I am again with the same problem!
Jeep slowed down to 20 mph engine light, electronic stability control light and electronic throttle control light came on was on interstate going 70 mph scared the crap out of me.pulled over and restarted Jeep and went on vehicle was running rough lights still on got to exit. And went to auto store they checked the codes and took it to dealer and throttle body and gasket and throttle body assembly have to be replaced cost of $490.43 the dealer auto store code machine read invalid data received from engine control module power train control module a. comfimed
As I was driving, the car would display the etc and malfunction mil lights on dash and abruptly stop running ! this happened more than 7 times with no prior warning. I was almost killed when my car suddenly lost all power while driving 60ish mph on the highway and was barely able to coast over. After getting car towed to Jeep dealer, I saw other Patriots there exhibiting the same problem. I only have a little over 30K miles yet had to replace the electronic throttle totalling over $850. Now, a few months later and less than 150 miles driven, I had my vehicle completely lose all power as I was driving 45 mph in heavy city traffic. I am petrified to drive this death trap
While driving in the city at about 30 mph my etc light comes on and car starts to slow and will not let me accelerate. Also as soon as I stop and start to go my car moves very slowly about 10mph and sometimes the etc light and stability control light will come on and my car will not accelerate over 15/20mph at all until I stop and try to go again. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to stop and shut off my car and start it again for it to fix itself. This is very dangerous especially when going across the road or turning when other cars are coming. Never mind how dang it is if it is to happen on the highway, which I have avoided since I don't feel like dying anytime soon. Everything I read on the internet is saying that it's been happening to many people that have 2014 Jeep Patriots. This is honestly something that is going to get someone seriously hurt and at no fault of their own. I've also read about a recall on an engine part from 2013 in the 2014 Patriots with a 2.4L engine and I am just wondering why when I look up recalls for my car that specific one does not show up. If something is wrong and needs to be replaced owners should be notified before someone gets hurt.
The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Patriot. While driving approximately 5 mph, the vehicle lost power and decelerated to approximately 1 mph. The contact stated that the lightning bolt warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 89,000.
Takata recall this is the 2nd time this happened 3 months apart. Today I was going 45 mph driving for 3 minutes and my track light, battery light, and engine light came on and I lost pressure in the acceleration and could only move 20 mph. I pulled over to turn my car off and back on, then it worked like nothing was wrong. This also has happened 3 months ago on the bypass going 70 mph and I had children in the car. I thought we were going to die. So we pulled off the road to let it cool down and all the lights went away and ran as if nothing was wrong. Very scary.
Vehicle sputters when accelerating as if losing oil pressure. It's significant enough to not want to turn or pullout into traffic unless there is a large and safe distance between other vehicles from fear of stalling or just not accelerating fast enough.
While driving at a low speed or idling at a stop sign the vehicle will shut off without warning. When this happens I must put my car in park, shut the car completely off, then restart, sometimes this happens multiple times in one day. This has happened while on city street, highways, while turning and while stopped, it has become unsafe and unreliable to drive. I am still unaware of what the issue is and have replaced several components on the vehicle that I think could have been linked: Battery, throttle body, spark plugs, cam sensors, runner valve, and the catalytic converter. None of these replacements has fixed this issue. There is a recall for this issue with Jeep (N52) and when I called to tell them my vehicle is having this issue they just told me they would make a note, and they could not authorize a recall on my vehicle. I asked them if I took it into the Jeep dealership to get a diagnostic and they found this to be the issue could they issue they recall then they told me no and it would have to come out of my own expenses.
Throttle body housing failure: While driving to work on an interstate with speed limit of 60mph, vehicle would decelerate from 50mph down to 20mph and would not speed up regardless of how I pressed the gas pedal. The ESC, etc, and mil indicators began to flash and the vehicle would not speed above 20-30mph. I had to have the vehicle towed to a local Dodge dealer who diagnosed the issue as needing a replacement throttle body housing at a cost of $880 for that repair and replacement of a leaking coolant / radiator hose.
The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Patriot. While driving 20 mph, the vehicle decelerated without the brake pedal being depressed. Also, the electronic throttle control warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to rentschler Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram (255 N walnut St, slatington, pa 18080, (610) 767-1171) where the contact was informed that the warranty was expired. The vehicle was also taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was currently at the independent mechanic for repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 25,000.
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- Daleville, AL, USA