This 5 star vehicle has been a p.o.s. since the start. Bought used from Mile One with 68,000miles on it.

At 86,000 I had a new transmission put into it. Then again at 103,000 miles another transmission, and alternator. Had a lot of front end suspension and steering work done but the dumb asses at the dealer don't want to take care of it. They are even bigger pieces of sh*t than their vehicle they bent me over. Chrysler won't give a recall nor two sh*ts about fixing their junk vehicle and my problems.

Used to be a Chrysler/Dodge fanatic but slowly hating them.

Many patriots are having this problem,many with a lot less mileage. Chrysler /jeep needs to address this problem with a recall instead of the damn runaround.this is what happens with crappy parts . if you have to pay for this you get screwed by the dealer. this same thing happened with the liberty ,BAD BALL JOINTS!

Update from Sep 27, 2011: i bought 2 aftermarket mevotech control arms/balljoint with grease fittings and had them installed for a total price around $250.00. i have the org. arms,the left side was very loose/sloppy.better than 800.00 to 1000.00 charged by the dealers! a lot of tire and repair shop in upstate n.y are finding this balljoint problem. this needs to be addressed by chrysler jeep before someone gets hurt!