The partriot randomly stalls while travelling at any speed. The engine shuts off and car has to coast to a stop. It is extremely dangerous and only a matter of time before someone is injured or killed. Multiple mechanics and the jeep dealership have no clue as to how to fix the problem. Online research shows this is a major issue for many jeep owners, not just patriots. Jeep / chrysler has a major issue and will not acknowledge or address it. If they refuse to do anything, they should be prepared to pay for their lack of addressing this critical issue. It takes less than a minute to search and see how many people are affected with engine stalling issues with jeep automobiles. I hope the federal safety agency will conduct a thorough review of these issues and force more attention to be given to the serious issue. I bought this car for my daughter and now we can't let her drive it because it is too dangerous. We have spent over $2k trying to address this issue. There are no recalls or other assistance that jeep can or will offer.
2014 Jeep Patriot acceleration complaints
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I was driving with my 2 small children home when out of no where my check engine light came on, my "lightning bolt light" came on and my "fish tail" light came on then my engine stalled in middle of the road. Thankfully we were not on a busy road. But I normally am driving the interstate for work. (I work with people with disabilities, including having them in my vehicle.) the code is letting me know the throttle body control is bad. I looked up recalls and 2014 jeep patriots have this recall. But my VIN specifically does not. Therefore I'm not sure if a dealership will cover it. It could have been a devastating accident if we had been on a busy road.
I have a 2014 jeep patriot sport 2.0l 4cyl wuth a CVT transmission. I bought it used certified in feb 2018. About a month into owning the vehicle it started to buck and jerk. The car shakes while on idle and there is a loud helicopter sound coming from the back of the car. I took to to 3 different jeep dealer and nobody could tell me what was wrong with the car. About 3 months after that the engine stalled without any warning. This happened as I turned on my street to go home. I had to wait a few minutes and it turned it back on and drove as if nothing happened. I took it to local mechanic and he could not find anything wrong with the car. The vehicle was not firing any codes nor was there any warning lights on the dash. The latest incident happend on august 18, 2019 drving home from a camping trip. I had 2 passengers in the car with me.the car bucks and jerks while on the highway and the car stalls while im drving the speed limit at 60 MPH. Thankfully I was in the slow lane and was able to pull over to the right. After being all shaken up, again I had waitied a few minutes and car started and drove as if noting happend. It was one of the scariest things I have ever experienced. I have taken it to local mechanics and they dint know whats wrong with it. So I am currently drving my car and wondering when the car will stall again. It still bucks and jerks, feels like it will stall so I take my foot off the gas peddle and that seems to help. I no longer drive this car on the highway as I am scared to death of getting into a car accident. I strictly use this car to travel to and from work. I am tired of sending this car to the dealerships and mechanics with no resolutions. I want to trade this car in, but am afraid for the next person. I think this car needs to be recalled. These cars should not be on the road period!!
While driving around parking lot vehicle started to run extremely rough almost to the point of stalling. Became very hard to drive including loosing stearing and brake function causing vehicle to loose control and coming to a stop into a bush. Warning lights came on on the dash at the time, traction control light and electric symbol. Dealer stated throttle body needed to be replaced and that it was a common repair they had seen many times. Was not covered under warranty which left me with a $1000 repair bill. Huge safety concern. Called up jeep customer service and they were completely unwilling to cover any costs of the repair or admit there was any issue. Thankfully this issue did not happen while driving on the highway or I could have been seriously hurt.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 jeep patriot. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the speed suddenly reduced and the vehicle would not properly accelerate. The vehicle was taken to hearn stein jeep (215 west emmitt ave, waverly, oh) where it was diagnosed that the throttle body was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and did not assist. The failure mileage was 90,000.
I went to start my car and there was no power even with a jump. After replacing the starter, battery, relays, eginition switch, thermostats, alter alternator and throttle body the issue continued. On the hwy the temp light comes on and has issues accelerating and when you try to start it click seems like it's not going to start and finally does. The battery light stays on. And just over all jerky and lights dim.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 jeep patriot. While driving various speeds, the vehicle abruptly decelerated to 10 MPH and experienced an immediate loss of power. After the deceleration occurred, the check engine, traction, and electronic throttle control warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to lindsay chrysler dodge jeep ram (8100 centreville rd, manassas, va 20111, (888) 241-6888) where it was diagnosed that the throttle needed replacement. The contact stated that this same part had previously been replaced. The dealer informed the contact that they would notify the manufacturer of the failure. The failure mileage was 87,000.
I accelerated up to 30 MPH on a city street and then coasted up to traffic and was slowing down, at the light and my car all the sudden turned on 3 lights the traction control light, check engine light and the trottle position light. I stopped my car at the light and once I did the car jerked forward sending me into the intersection. Lucky no one was coming but I ended up having to run the red light because my car jerk forward again and once I gave it gas it only got worse. I pulled off into a parking lot and turned my car on and off a few times to reset the computer. It finally did after turning it on and off five times. All the lights went off. So I tried to drive it to work and once I drove down the city road a little ways (maybe a mile). The car jerked and attempted to shift up and then downshifted and my engine then reved to five thousand RPM. And all the lights turned back on and my car jerk violently back and forth. The RPM's stayed at three to four thousand reving my engine needlessly. I finally pulled off the road into a parking lot and had to have my car towed to a shop. The jeep certified mechanic replaced the throttle body. I have heard of a lot of other people with this issue
My jeep patriot is 5 years old and already I had the throttle body go bad, stalled out in the middle of the freeway and I was going about 60 MPH jerked me and my passenger, had it replaced also the ABS module control which also gave out 2 months later while I was driving, very dangerous, car still not running good!! Car sat for 3 months after incident
My car isn't even 5 years old and the lightening bolt comes on and my car slows down in the middle of highway traffic. It takes at least two tries to turn the car on before it actually starts and now in the middle of driving on the highway the lightening bolt comes on and the check engine light came on. The car will jerk and won't go more than 35 and won't respond to accelerating. This is unbelievable and shouldn't be happening with a car less than 5 years old.
I took the car to have a diagnostic test done and it said the throttle body control and my car loses power without notice.
When trying to accelerate especially when getting on the highway car jumps and will not go. Red lightning bolt symbol comes on the dashboard. Has happened at least 4 times in the last week. Also seems to be getting a lot worse.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 jeep patriot. While driving various speeds, the speed suddenly decelerated to approximately 20 MPH. Moments later, the vehicle suddenly accelerated at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was taken to friendship chrysler jeep (2638 w. State st, bristol, tn) where it was diagnosed that the throttle control system was faulty and needed to be replaced. The throttle system was replaced and the failure was remedied. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 93,000.
Same complain as everyone else. My jeep patriot 2014 suddenly lost power and started jerking while driving not allowing me to accelerate. Three lights came on the throttle control warning light, engine and traction control light. Replaced throttle body my self and I want my dang recall or a lawsuit filed because this could cause a major accident and lifes are involved.
When trying to accelerate my vehicle a red lighning bolt appears on my dash than I am unable to gas the vehicle. Than the light turns off and the car is normal until it needs to accelerate again than the problem will occur again. The light is not on long enough to be able to use a code reader to be able to find out the issur at hand. If it is a senor or something with the throttle or both. This has happened once before but only once this time it has been a continous on and off situation that I am unable to drive my vehicle comfortably.
Already on the highway driving at 70 MPH, I noticed that it was harder to accelerate. I was pushing down on the gas pedal and my jeep was not picking up any speed. The tachometer was pushing the line in read between 7 & 8 as I would try to accelerate. Couple days later driving in town, it did it again only it took awhile to accelerate and get to 30-40 MPH. Engine light came on and immediately took it to auto-zone to have it diagnosed. They told me to unplug the battery and have it sit for a couple of days to see if the engine light came off. Week later I'm still stuck without my vehicle. Reported it to mopar and they advised me to take it to the dealership and have it fixed. My jeep only has under 90k miles on it. I'm hoping this issue becomes a recall being that the stories have begun to surface late november 2018.
While driving on the interstate my car would not accelerate on 50-60 miles an hour . Problem accelerating over 60 miles without a loud noise. The noise rose so loud I thought I had a hole in the exhaust pipe. Of corss the dealership does not have any knowedge of whats going on but I see a lot of complaints on the jeep complaint cite. Took my care in to a muffler repair shop thinking I had a problem with the exhaust and it turns out there may be something wro g with the transmission. I don't even have 46,000 miles on my car yet. Please order a recall on this matter. Dangerous on highway. Thanks
While driving my car began jerking and the throttle control indicator light began flashing and my car lost power unable to accelerate. This is the second time this has happened to this car, the first time being 1 year prior coming down a mountain. It was fixed and now here I am again with the same problem!
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 jeep patriot. While driving 35 MPH, the contact attempted to re-engage the cruise control. Without warning, the cruise control engaged and the vehicle accelerated up a hill. The contact had to forcefully depress the brake pedal to stop the vehicle. The contact deactivated the cruise control and was able to drive the vehicle. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 137,000.
While driving in the city at about 30 MPH my etc light comes on and car starts to slow and will not let me accelerate. Also as soon as I stop and start to go my car moves very slowly about 10mph and sometimes the etc light and stability control light will come on and my car will not accelerate over 15/20mph at all until I stop and try to go again. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to stop and shut off my car and start it again for it to fix itself. This is very dangerous especially when going across the road or turning when other cars are coming. Never mind how dang it is if it is to happen on the highway, which I have avoided since I don't feel like dying anytime soon. Everything I read on the internet is saying that it's been happening to many people that have 2014 jeep patriots. This is honestly something that is going to get someone seriously hurt and at no fault of their own. I've also read about a recall on an engine part from 2013 in the 2014 patriots with a 2.4l engine and I am just wondering why when I look up recalls for my car that specific one does not show up. If something is wrong and needs to be replaced owners should be notified before someone gets hurt.
Takata recall this is the 2nd time this happened 3 months apart. Today I was going 45 MPH driving for 3 minutes and my track light, battery light, and engine light came on and I lost pressure in the acceleration and could only move 20 MPH. I pulled over to turn my car off and back on, then it worked like nothing was wrong. This also has happened 3 months ago on the bypass going 70 MPH and I had children in the car. I thought we were going to die. So we pulled off the road to let it cool down and all the lights went away and ran as if nothing was wrong. Very scary.
When driving on highways and city streets the whole dashboard lights up with all the warning symbols. Everything in the dashboard including the speedomoter resets to zero lights up and then goes off and on for a couple of miles. It sounds like the car system is trying to click on and off or readjust. I then am not able to accelerate above 40mph when the gas pedal is all the way to the floor while driving on highways, city streets and turning. The traction light is on although I do not manually have it on and sputters when turning on city streets and grinds gears and gets stuck not allowing me to accelerate above 20mph. After receiving a diagnostics from a jeep dealership they said that the above stated issues could be related to the throttle body system. The issues are still occuring after mulptile mechanic checks.
I was driving on the freeway doing 65 and the jerked hard and the power of the car droped down to about 20 MPH almost causing me to get into a crash with cars behind me a red lighing bolt lite up on the dash as this was happening and at that same time the check engine light came on if I pressed on the gas nothing but RPM went up and the car would not go over 20 MPH the lights stopped and the car went back to normal barely making it home same thing happened again it's the etc light check engine light and ESC stability control light all come on and you lose power to acelrate.
While driving at a low speed or idling at a stop sign the vehicle will shut off without warning. When this happens I must put my car in park, shut the car completely off, then restart, sometimes this happens multiple times in one day. This has happened while on city street, highways, while turning and while stopped, it has become unsafe and unreliable to drive. I am still unaware of what the issue is and have replaced several components on the vehicle that I think could have been linked: battery, throttle body, spark plugs, cam sensors, runner valve, and the catalytic converter. None of these replacements has fixed this issue. There is a recall for this issue with jeep (n52) and when I called to tell them my vehicle is having this issue they just told me they would make a note, and they could not authorize a recall on my vehicle. I asked them if I took it into the jeep dealership to get a diagnostic and they found this to be the issue could they issue they recall then they told me no and it would have to come out of my own expenses.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 jeep patriot. While driving 20 MPH, the vehicle decelerated without the brake pedal being depressed. Also, the electronic throttle control warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to rentschler chrysler jeep dodge ram (255 n walnut st, slatington, pa 18080, (610) 767-1171) where the contact was informed that the warranty was expired. The vehicle was also taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was currently at the independent mechanic for repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 25,000.
While I was in driving, the engine would decelerate and the electronic throttle control and electronic stability control indicators would appear on dash. This happened a few times and was very dangerous especially because I was on the highway. I could not make it go over 20mph. I have taken it to mechanic and they say the throttle body needs to be replaced. Ive had that replaced sbout 2 yrs ago...
I was driving my 2014 jeep patriot and the traction control, engine light and ligtening bolt light came on. My jeep would no go above 30 miles per hour. I had just left my sisters and able to make it back to her place. My jeep has 80,000 miles on it and I have done a lot of research on this issue and a lot of people have had the same problem. I drive on the interstate almost daily and this issue is very dangerous.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 jeep patriot. While driving at any speed, the vehicle inadvertently accelerated. The contact stated that an unknown warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to miller's chrysler dodge jeep ram (48 kelly island rd, martinsburg, wv 25401, 304‑263‑8821) where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 65,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 jeep patriot. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the check engine, traction control, and electronic throttle control warning indicators illuminated and the vehicle lost acceleration. The contact pulled over in a parking lot and turned off the vehicle. Afterwards, the vehicle restarted normally. The contact stated that the failure occurred randomly on a daily basis ever since june 2, 2018. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 74,660.
I am writing in regards to an issue that has been happening with my jeep patriot that upon further research seems to be plaguing many patriot owners as well with no solution. Randomly my vehicle would lose acceleration and the electronic throttle control light would light. When this would happen I would lose the power to accelerate and would have to pull over and restart the vehicle. Once restarted the problem would no longer be there as if it didn't happen. Sometimes the 4wd and traction control light would ignite during these episodes. I have taken the vehicle in for diagnostics, but nothing popped on their end and I have been told that the only way for them to know what is wrong is if it happens when they have it. Being there can be a week or more between episodes this isn't feasible. This issue needs to be addressed and fixed by the manufacturer being it's dangerous for the driver and passengers. Just two weeks ago my vehicle had this episode occur while crossing an intersection. Thankfully I managed to make it through the intersection without incident but being a pregnant mother driving her toddler around this situation could of cost us our lives. Tonight my car did the same and I nearly got hit because I lost acceleration suddenly on a 55mph road. Thankfully I was able to pull into a safe place but now my vehicle is no longer drivable and will have to be towed to be fixed. This vehicle only has 72000 miles on it .
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