2015 Jeep Patriot: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jun 15, 2024 · Electrical, Engine · GA

My car has caught on fire with smoke at least 4 times, 3 times with my minor child inside of it. I have video to show you just how dangerous it is. All components of the vehicle have failed. I have put thousands of dollars into the vehicle and it only has 80,000 miles on it. My safety and my son and elderly mother's safety has been at extreme risk and my car is NOT SAFE TO OWN OR DRIVE. Carl Gregory, the dealer, never informed me EVER of a 2015 Jeep Patriot recall only three months after I purchased the vehicle while pregnant. The vehicle has been inspected/ worked on by Carl Gregory and now Southern Motors Jeep several times over the last 8 years located on Middleground Road at the corner of Abercorn Street in Savannah, Georgia. My insurance company has charged me to tow my vehicle at least six times as my son and I have been stranded all over the city waiting hours for a tow truck. There were no warning lamps on the vehicle prior to it catching fire and I have my car tuned regularly at Wal-Mart Automotive and cleaned at Montgomery Cross Roads Car Wash once a month. Today the engine stalled and I barely made it out of of the street which is highly dangerous for pedestrians and other drivers on the road. This is probably the 3rd time it has done that. The steering wheel stalls leaving me at the whim of an open road as my car goes out of control. The radio's electrical unit shut down two years ago and the back door does not open. I can't afford to fix those.The brakes were replaced approximately two years after owning it as the vehicle would not slow down during a red light (at the cost of $2,000). I had to veer right. Last November, the car was worked on and the clutch was replaced because it stopped working. One month ago we paid $600 for a new power steering hose to be replaced as it apparently was and continues to leak fluid. This has now been indicated on the dashboard as "hot oil". Currently, I love my car but my family and I are PETRIFIED AND TRAUMATIZED.

Filed Dec 27, 2019 · 125,000 miles · TX · fire

I drove. Th jeep to the back of my property on my way back to the house I got stuck. I knew I couldnt get unstuck without help so I went to my house. Upon my return the next morn I rralized th jeep caught fire and burned compltely up. I got stuck about 930/10 pm returned back to jeep at 6 am

Filed May 7, 2018 · Steering · 68,261 miles · DC · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 jeep patriot. While driving 10 MPH, the contact noticed smoke under the hood of the vehicle. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and turned off the engine. At that point, the contact noticed flames coming from under the hood. An off duty police officer was able to extinguish the fire. The fire department was not notified and a police report was not filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot and then towed to an independent mechanic. The technician informed the contact that the failure was caused by the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v878000 (steering) and advised that the vehicle be towed to the jeep chrysler dealer. The vehicle was towed to safford chrysler jeep dodge of springfield (7611 loisdale rd, springfield, va 22150) where the technician informed the contact that it was a difficult case. The dealer advised the contact to call the manufacturer to open a case regarding the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and case number: 34002244 was opened. The manufacturer also informed the contact that they would send a third party fire inspector to investigate the failure and determine the cause of the fire by may 4, 2018. To date, the investigator had not inspected the vehicle and no repairs were made. The failure mileage was 68,261.

Filed Dec 11, 2017 · Engine · 18,060 miles · CA · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2015 jeep patriot. While the vehicle was idling on the freeway in traffic, the contact heard an abnormal noise and observed coming from the vehicle. As a result, the contact lost control of the vehicle and it rolled down the road. The vehicle then caught on fire. There were no warning indicators illuminated. It was unknown if a police report was filed or if there were, any injuries reported. The vehicle was towed to a salvage yard and deemed destroyed. The dealer (elk grove dodge chrysler jeep, 8575 laguna grove dr, elk grove, ca 95757 916) 405-2600 was contacted and did not assist. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that a complaint would be filed with chrysler. The failure mileage was 18,060. The VIN was unavailable. See also 11054782

Filed Feb 28, 2016 · Steering · 10,111 miles · MO

I received a recall notice regarding potential issues with the power steering hose clamp for my 2015 jeep patriot. I contacted marty cancila (2175 n hwy 67, florissant, mo 63033) on 2/8/16 to schedule my vehicle to be inspected. I was told that they did not have the required part in and that I would be placed on a callback list. The recall notice states that if the dealer has not remedied this issue within a reasonable time frame that I had the option to submit a complaint. I am not sure what constitutes as a reasonable time frame. But, if my vehicle could possibly catch on fire if it is affected, I feel this is an urgent matter that should not be placed on hold.

Filed Dec 21, 2015 · Body, Electrical · 5,000 miles · WA · fire · 2 injuries

The second to the last day of hunting season my husband. And I went up above our house, about 15 miles, we were in light snow, and I could not get the throttle to engage caused us to slide back a little again tried to use throttle to go, my husband saw a wisp of smoke on passenger side, I immediately turned the engine off, my husband looks under where the smoke came from and the rack n pinion boot where on fire, I popped the hood, flames were to hot for him to open the hood. I walked down the road to safety, as my husband got out what he could of our belongings out and into the snow bank. And in that few minutes the flames were inside the cab and windows were exploding, next the tires and the paint etc.....the spare tire also blew from the back of the car. My husband left before the gas tank blew if it did we don't know. We had to walk 15 miles soaking wet . We are both disabled with neck and back injuries. This jeep is our only vehicle. I would like to request an investigation. What worries us is that had someone been confined by wheel chair or children in a car seat this would have been a deadly accident.