Normal, routine driving with vehicle 41,000 miles and the ball joints failed, along with lower control arms.
2007 Jeep Patriot 4x4 suspension complaints
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2007 jeep patriot 4x4 with almost 37k miles needs new rear brakes and ball joints. Repair is approximately $1,000. This has never been taken off roading although it is "trail rated" . Brakes and ball joints should not fail so soon and the consumer should not have to pay such a high repair cost. Jeeppatriot.com and other sites have several complaints on the same issue. This could be a serious safety issue, especially if there were an inexperienced driver at the wheel!
Went to go get my jeep inspected, upon inspection my vehicle had failed due to the tire being loose and the outer tie rod needing to be replaced. Went to the dealer the next day and had the tie rod replaced. Went back to get my vehicle re-inspected and again failed for the same reason. Went back to the dealer and was told that the ball joint and control arm was bad. Both of these problems are hazardous to the owners driving them. Someone is going to get seriously hurt if not killed while driving this vehicle and the front suspension gives out.
Normal, routine driving with vehicle that had less than 36,000 miles and the ball joints failed, they were replaced before warranty ran out later that month.
1. Went into firestone for oil change, and to look at my tires because I thought they were loose. 2. Front control arms and ball joints are messed up, which caused severe damage to inner tires to where the wires inside the tire were showing from the outside. 3. Had to replace control arms and front tires.
The lower control arms of my 2007 jeep patriot had to be replaced in january,2010 . I was told that my tire could fall off - funny because I have all my service work done at the dealership - they replaced them for about $125 as a courtesy - never mentioned a possible problem during any prior visit - 39,000 on jeep.
Front & rear wheel bearings on my 2007 jeep patroit. When I first picked up this vehicle as a least vehicle, my father, who is a former chrysler engineering technician of highland park mich told me to take it back to the dealer and have the front and rear wheel bearings inspected. He said he suspects they are faulty because he said he heard them making a grinding noise. As soon as time permitted I did that and the dealership, richmond chrysler replaced the rear bearings only. They supposedly road tested the car and said it was finished. I picked it up and had my father also road test it. He said the front bearings were making a worse noise than ever and they should have caught this at the dealership. When I ask the dealership about it, they said it was no longer covered as my warranty had run out. On monday of this week I was forced to take it back and get it fixed. The dealership has ordered the part three different times and all the bearings were bad and returned by the dealership. They finally received a good set and now they give me a bill of $1400.00. My father retired in 2006 after working 41 years. I think this is very unfair and shows little concern for the costumer who is by law (right) till proven otherwise. I don't mind paying a fair portion of the bill but don't you think it would show good concern for the costumer if you came through too and recognized that they were bad to begin with and covered at half the cost. Your store policy's are to treat all costumers right. So tell me what is fair about this. We've bought chrysler products for over 30 years but I tell you other products on the market are looking better. I feel I shouldn't have to pay anything as I did report this from the very beginning of my lease and it was not corrected. Please comment, because I feel I'm being treated unfairly and I'm at the point of calling the news papers. If you want the bad publicity, fine, I'll be glad to complain to them.
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