2007 Jeep Patriot engine problems

Filed Jan 13, 2026 · Electrical, Engine · TX

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Filed Jun 1, 2021 · Engine, Transmission · IL

Filled gasoline up and had car idle while driving. Had to place car in park, turn ignition off and back on to get it to turn back on. This happened two times and happens everytime I fill up gas in car. Other Patriots have reported same issue and I have been very close to accidents due to this.

Filed Jun 20, 2020 · Engine, Fuel system · 98,000 miles · IA

Engine stalls after fill up of fuel within 5 miles of the gas station causing loss of power steering.

Filed Jun 13, 2019 · Engine, Fuel system · 140,000 miles · IL

After filling up at gas station and getting on highway engine shuts off after the jeep bucked several times. When engine shut off steering wheel locked. Had to put car in neutral urn key to turn on engine. Additionally after that,jeep continually dies immediately following fill up at gas station. It currently dies approximately 3 times in a row before the engine will stay running. This is a highly dangerous event. If it shuts off and I do not wait at the gas station while I'm driving down the road then the steering wheel locks and I could have an accident and kill myself or someone else. This is a serious situation that jeep / chrysler needs to fix. Was there a crash ... Almost!

Filed Dec 17, 2018 · Engine, Fuel system · 65,000 miles · MI

My jeep stalls every time after I fill it with gas, I pull out in traffic and it just stalls and I have no control over steering or nothing. It is extremely dangerous.

Filed Sep 14, 2018 · Brakes, Engine · 88,000 miles · DC

Every single time I fill up the tank, it runs a very short distance from the gas station and starts to buck and jolt like it wants to shut off. When the car stalls out, the steering wheel locks up and the brakes lose power. Very dangerous!

Filed Aug 15, 2018 · Engine · 133,000 miles · MO

Every time I fill up with gas the engine stalls shortly after and the steering wheel locks up while driving. Very unsafe! I've tried to get the issue fixed but it sounds like a defect in the gas tank. Nothing that I have replaced has resolved this reoccurring issue.

Filed Mar 14, 2018 · Engine, Fuel system · 100,000 miles · CA

Car stalls while driving on city street immediately after filling up the tank with fuel. This has happened over 20 times

Filed Oct 24, 2017 · Engine, Fuel system · 100,000 miles · WV

After filling fuel tank engine misses and stalls !

Filed Mar 26, 2017 · Engine, Fuel system · 49,000 miles · MA

Shortly after filling the gas tank of my 2007 jeep patriot (49xxx miles) I was coming to a 4 way intersection (only my side and the opposite side of the intersection has stop signs). As I was pulling through the intersection my jeep patriot stalled and I lost my power steering and brakes. I was almost struck on the passenger side by a vehicle traveling from the right side of the intersection from my orientation of the intersection. I tried to restart the vehicle for about 5 minutes to no avail. It would start and then immediately stall again. After almost being struck 5-6 times and after about 5 minutes of being stuck in the middle of an intersection I managed to start the vehicle up and drive it home by driving about 15 miles per hour on backroads for the remaining 2 miles to my house. After searching the internet to find the problem I found that this is a common issue among many jeep patriot/compass owners and nothing has been done to address the issue. Please look into this issue as myself and my passenger (fiancee) could have been seriously injured if not for sheer luck.