After leaving a gas station and driving about a half of mile down the road, my car started to stall. I then had to put my car in park and completely turn it off and turn it back on. When I went to turn it back on, it did not start up right away. Then the next red light that I stopped at, which was a half of mile after the first stop, my car stalled again. I then put the car back in park, put my flashers on and restarted the car. Now every time I fill my tank to full the car stalls. It is very scary and when I took it to the mechanic, he said it would cost about $1000 to replace the gas tank. Apparently, there is a valve that prevents the gas from leaking out if the car were to ever rollover. In order to fix this problem, I was told that the whole gas tank would have to be replaced.
2007 Jeep Patriot 4x4 engine complaints
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A mechanic told me that the overflow valve is probably the problem,. He stated that when filing up with gas, it is not shutting off the nozzle flow in time, and although it isn't spilling gas on the ground it is wetting the canister. He says that throws off the air-gas calculations until the canister dries, 1-4 mins after running. In the meantime, it shutters hard and/or stalls multiple times, even while driving. His recommendation was to live with it and just manually fill up a little under full. This is because the valve can't be replaced w/o replacing the entire tank.
After refueling my 2007 jeep patriot the car will stall in the middle of the intersection. The oil light comes on and the ABS lock up. You have to turn the car on and off a few times it then sputters and will jump when accelerating. This has happened every time after the car has been filled with gas. It is getting harder an harder to re start when it stalls in the middle of the street on the way home from the gas station.
The vehicle stalls when slowing to a stop. It is not during every stop but more likely to occur after refueling the car. On the first incident in october 2014, I had driven home from work (35+ miles) and when slowing to a stop at a light the vehicle stalled. It easily restarted and returned to normal. Since then the driving issues have increased to RPM decreases while driving on a highway ' the engine kicks/jerks the car and returns to normal driving. The jeep stalls every time it is refueled ' I am not intentionally overflowing the gas tank. It will stall multiple times after the refill. The RPM fluctuates regardless of when the last time the tank was refueled. I have been on the highway traveling over 50mpg when the engine kicked, RPM decreased, and I thought I was losing power about to stall. On nov 26, 2015 the engine stalled again. My two preschool aged kids were in the back of the vehicle. I couldn't quickly restart the jeep. We sat on the side of the road for a moment ' possibly 4 minutes ' waiting to try the engine again. It did restart and the entire ride home, approximately 3 miles ' the rpms fluctuated without my hitting gas or breaks. It then stalled in the driveway when parking. I didn't touch the car for two days, over thanksgiving holiday. When attempting to use it again, the RPM fluctuated but the vehicle did not stall. Instead, I was able to park the car and turn the jeep off and remove the key but the engine was still running. It was just a few seconds but it was running and I was looking at the key in my hand. My husband drove it an hour later to test it out and the jeep stalled again in the driveway.
On 09/17/13 at 0858 hours, I was driving my 2007 jeep patriot on the I-17 frontage road when the vehicle began to lose power steering. Prior to the loss of power, I was traveling northbound on an even concrete surface at approximately 50 MPH in normal traffic conditions. When the vehicle began to "act up," the light for my electronic stability control turned on and the ESC became active and my check engine light began to blink amber. Due to ESC, my vehicle was extremely difficult to control (once again this was on an even, paved surface with no conditions requiring the ESC to activate). Along with the ESC becoming active, my vehicle began to stall and lose power. My engine would peak at a mere 2000k RPM and at about twenty miles per hour. Thankfully I was only on a frontage road and was able to quickly pull into an industrial area, however, if I was on I-17 (which does not have a shoulder) I would have been in great danger. Once stopped, I had to stop/start my engine four times for the ESC and check engine light to deactivate. Once they did the vehicle operated normally. I took the vehicle to jeep dealership in north phoenix to see what was wrong with the vehicle. They advised it returned a "torque request signal denied" historical code for when the incident occurred, which "doesn't make any sense." I believe the above incident is related to two events that happen on 9/14/13. During two separate right turns the vehicle began to stall through a turn only to jolt and regain power.
I was taking off from a red light and the jeep sputtered right after I took off but started right back up. This seems to be a common problem and do not want to make me involved in an accident.
I bought my 2007 jeep patriot brand new and it has been nothing but problems ever since. Today is the final straw and something needs to be done to chrysler. Everytime I press the brakes to stop, my engine stalls out. This problems frequency seems to have increased since it is raining. My patriot has stalled previously throughout the years but they were isolated incidences or so I thought. After reading jeep forums online, I see this is a recurring problem which jeep is not addressing. This is a major safety hazard as I live in a highly congested area. Stalling on the expressway or in the middle of an intersection can lead to accidents and I am concerned about my safety. This isn't the only problem I have had with this car. Apparently its not uncommon to have to replace both lower control arms containing the ball joints at 30k miles. I have had to replace all four tires due to irregular wear and tear from defective parts. Even after an alignment, at high speeds the car vibrates harshly. The transmission struggles when accelerating. I perform regular maintenance on my car and should not be experiencing these issues. The dealerships won't do anything about these problems because they have not been addressed by daimler chrysler. This is unacceptable for any manufactured car. I cannot believe jeep gets away with all these safety hazards and nothing is being done about it.
In a car used only in city roads: - 21000 miles: power steering pump, gear and nuts (jeep covered) - 32000 miles: left ball joint replaced (jeep covered) - 45000 miles: right ball joint needs replacement (not covered by jeep) this has created a lot of additional charges not covered by jeep like alignment, tires, etc. Jeep liberty was also recalled due to a similar problem. Please consider this problem as from the current list of 37 complains for this car(including this) 24 are for the same problem I am reporting.
Our car is shutting off on us while we are driving it. We have come close to several accidents both on the highway and on the freeway. The car has been to a "certified jeep dealer" several times. To which they tell me there is nothing that they can do. I don 't know if it is this new model or what the cause is.
2007 jeep patriot - complete engine/electrics stall. Driving down a busy street and all the electronics and the engine turned off. Coasted into a side street, stopped, and put the car in park. It took about 2-3 turns of the key to start the patriot back up. Happened around the 3k mile mark.
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