After blowing the right rear tire in a pot hole I went to a tire store to have a new tire put on and rotate all tires while there. The store manager showed me the ball joints on the front two tires were very loose. Only 19,000 miles on the jeep patriot 2007. Prior that I did not notice any change in the drive.
2007 Jeep Patriot FWD suspension complaints
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Took my 2007 jeep patriot in for a oil change, was told that the tie rod's were very lose. The mechanic did not want me to drive it home for fear of the tie rods breaking lose and causing me to crash. My warranty has expired and I did not have the 700.00 to fix it. Mechanic said this should not happen on a vehicle with only 55,000 miles on it. *tr updated 11/01/11*lj the lower control arm was also replaced. Updated 11/02/11
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 jeep patriot. While driving, the contact heard a noise near the passenger side front tire and the vehicle began pulling to the right. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the failure was caused by the front lower ball joint. The manufacturer will be contacted. The failure and the current mileages were 46,063.
2007 jeep patriot fwd - during a routine oil change they stated that the lower ball joint was showing wear and would need replaced soon. Vehicle is only 3 years old, not taken "off roading" and only has 30,000 miles on it. I have searched and noted numerous others stating the same exact issues with the same exact model. Where is the recall??? Of course the dealer says the vehicle is out of warranty by 3 months. You also can't just replace the ball joint you have to replace the control arm as its an assembly - and you have to replace both sides at the same time - holy money pit-!
Creaking noise coming from front end od 2007 jeep patriot. Everyday for the past couple months. Lower control arm/ball joints and tie rod replaced. 44,000 miles on a highway driven car.
Lower ball joint failure on both sides of my 2007 jeep patriot at 32k miles.. Only 6 weeks out of the 36 month warranty. It was not even safe to drive. Chrysler will do a good will assistance on this $1,200 repair by charging me only $250 since it was officially out of warranty. I had no choice as the car had to be repaired. But in my opinion, they are admitting an issue or they would have given me nothing. This is my second jeep that has experienced ball joint failure a very early mileage. My other jeep, a liberty, had a recall . Chrysler advises they do not have a recall on the patriot for this issue. Someone should be looking at this problem. If the ball joints failed on the highway, a terrible accident would have occurred. It took them forever to acknowledge the liberty ball joint issue. Please investigate.
Jeep 2007, standard. During an oil change told control arms and front ball joints worn , will need to replace them! Have 47,000 miles on the jeep; am a conservative driver. Tires are worn; have always pulled to the side. Shifting is horrible; slips into other gears. This SUV is less than 3 years old. I have had nothing but problems with this vehicle. The jeep is a danger, unsafe, and should be off the market. In 2007 the patriot was not popular. The economy has LED people to purchase this vehicle, my guess is that more complaints will be filed when their jeeps reach two years old.
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