The contact owns a 2015 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that air conditioning system was blowing hot air throughout the vehicle. Additionally, there was a coolant leak. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer three times and was diagnosed and the contact was informed that the air compressor unit needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified but no additional assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 43,000.
2015 Jeep Patriot electrical complaints
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I have purchased a 2015 Jeep Patriot from Sunrise car dealer it has been 3 months now I took it back to the dealer they couldn't find anything wrong with it the car cut off in the middle of traffic in the middle of the expressway with a big 18-wheeler behind me scared me to death. I can see why they sold it to me without any warranty. I took it to a car repairment person ran a test on it couldn't find anything wrong with it. No codes were found, we took the car for a ride in the air and the radio didn't cut him off but as soon as I got back in it down the road it cut off again several times before I made it home. Please tell me if I can take the car back and trade it in for another car. Help
Two issues- First one the vehicle engine tends to randomly sputter like there is a dead cylinder. Which I have found by adding electric jell to the spark plug connector will make the problem go away for a short time. Second one now in the rear transfer case is marking a grinding noise and is getting louder.
The vehicles rpms drop to zero and then almost stalls out but picks up again and sometimes dies completely and you have to wait to restart the vehicle. No codes are available when it stalls out. It happens almost every day and sometimes multiple times a day
***vehcile was purchased january 2021. Later found out the 2015 jeep patriot I purchased had 5 previous owners...making me the 6th owner.*** sept 2021 I was driving during rush hour on busy las vegas city street when out of nowhere and no warning my 2015 jeep patriot lost power...3 dashboard lights came on (lightning bolt/check engine light/traction control). I was able to coast into a hotel parking lot after crossing 3 lanes of traffic. Once parked, I shut the vehicle off, waited about 10-15 seconds tried restarting it again and to no avail the problem persisted. Had the car towed to mechanic shop where they determined/diagnosised the problem to be the throttle body and it needed to be replaced. Car was no longer under warranty so I had to come out of pocket almost $1000. All this during the covid 19 pandemic. When I picked up the vehicle from the mechanic they informed me the traction control light is still on because my rack/pinion was damaged so my alignment is out of whack. They allowed me to drive off with my vehicle even when the alignment being screwed up. When driving my vehicle home, I was so scared because it felt like my vehicle wanted to go in every direction at the same time. The next day I took my vehicle to big o tires to have them test the alignment. After they re-aligned the jeep it ran perfect. But I spoke to soon...just after 1 week, im now starting to experience more issues...car accelerating on its own, hesitation when trying to take off from red light, back firing from either the tail pipe or under the hood (almost seems like the engine is being flooded out with to much gas), my gas mileage has gotten worse. This vehicle should be recalled!!!
Throttle conrol sensor redlightning bolt on dash, after jeep seemed to loose power.check engine light. Available upon request. Had to drive home with virtually no exceleration with hazzards on due to unusual dangerous circumstances. Jeep problem not confirmed by dealer. Needs to be towed, for fear of safety. Disheartened,and without a vehicle hoping this can be affordable to fix or fixable at all.
For the past several months we are having trouble with the computer issue with this vehicle. We took it to a repair shop and they confirmed, in fact one of the mechanics had the very same problem, that the computer is malfunctioning. Here is what is happening...the car won't start and as you turn the key it just hesitates and you pray it will start. The A/C won't come on...the clock on the dash does not show the correct time...the "bell" dings when you exit the vehicle even though there is no key in the ignition, the lights have been turned off, etc. It won't stop dinging until you shut the door. Also, the rear window defogger indicator light is flashing like warning you to turn it off. Also, the CD player won't eject a CD. Then come a few days later and none of this happens. It is always a gamble when you get in the Jeep wondering if it will start. I feel, since this has happened to other Jeeps, there should be a recall on this particular situation.
My jeep patriot will stall out on me unexpectedly while driving. I have had thousands of work done on it just for it to continue to happen. No shop has been able to figure out what is wrong due to no code showing up. It has been overheating on me and has been causing me to throw away a lot of money. I am very upset about this and the fact that there is nothing happening and all of these complaints is ridiculous!!
Electronic throttle control keeps acting up. The light flashes on as it loses power then it will run fine for a little bit and do it again. There is no code. I keep getting hesitations in the jeep. It will hiccup along the highway or as I try to accelerate. There is no specific time when it happens. I have already had the wire harness replaced in my jeep a year ago.
I was driving on a busy road and without any warning my jeep just stalled. I lost all engine power, power steering and brakes. I pulled over to the side ofvthe road. I put car in park and turned the key to off position. Tried to restart and it would not, but continued to try to start by itself. Which in turn killed the battery. I had to have the car towed to the dealership. This happened today which is a saturday and maybe they will get to look at it on monday. This really scared me as I was almost rear ended. Thank god my daughter was not with me as it was only 5 degrees and snowing.
My daughter was driving in motion in her 2015 patriot when simultaneously the electronic throttle control light, check engine and traction control icons all came on. Suddenly the car started to lose power and jerking slowly back and forth. She was able to get it to a firestone and the service tech said it looks like failure to the throttle control. This should be looked at carefully since the driver loses control with no power of the vehicle in the middle of the road. Many people report this same problem on carproblemzoo.com
I bought my 2015 jeep patriot on july 4, 2020. Every since I've had my truck, there has been problems. I have taken my truck to 4 mechanics and they can't seem to find a problem. Also the dealership that I got the truck from has not even tried to contact me back about them fixing it for me. I'm stuck with a vehicle that doesn't work at this point.
Vehicle hesitates while accelerating on flat or inclined ground. The electronic throttle control (etc) indicator light will come during the hesitation and go off when power resumes. See attached photo for reference. On more than one occasion the red light has come on and the car has gone into limp mode. When this happens the traction an check engine light will come on. The car can be turned off and back on and this occasionally clears it. At times an obd-ii computer must be used to clear the codes and then resume driving. This has happened sporadically since 2018.
Tipm is faulty after only 79,000 miles on the car.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 jeep patriot. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds and attempting to turn in either direction, the vehicle stalled and independently restarted without warning. The failure was intermittent. Fox chrysler dodge jeep ram located at 3844 plainfield ave ne, grand rapids, mi 49525, was contacted and informed of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact was informed that the VIN was not included in a recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.
Vehicle stalled and lurched upon acceraling from a traffic red light. The electric throttle light appeared on dashboard. Purchased with loan four days ago. Initially same thing occurred with high RPM as well. No warning light came on at first. Fifth day of driving this revealed the warning light on dashboard. Dealer indicated recall fixed prior to sale. Vehicle warning light still appears. Rpms too high on acceleration. Repair shop indicated the recall did not fix issue and needs to have jeep dealer check it.
While driving in heavy traffic, the vehicle suddenly shut off, the steering locked and I was extremely luckily. Immediately after, absolutely nothing happened when turning the key. Also no horn, no lights ... Nothing. A similar thing happened 2 years ago and the jeep dealer stated it was a computer issue.
The vehicle randomly started dropping to 0 RPM during different speeds and situations (some 30mph, some 60mph, some turning, some going straight, but never stalled while stopped) on and off for a week with no check engine light or fault codes present. Driving on the freeway 8 months pregnant going 65mph the jeep stalled out and then the check engine light came on. It showed up as a crankshaft sensor fault, we replaced the crankshaft sensor and now it is stuck in tip start mode and will not start! This is the 3rd brand sensor that has been tried. This is very similar to the 2016 recall issue (safety recall s89 / the federal safety agency 16v‑907 crankshaft camshaft sensor wire harness) there have been numerous safety complaints about the 2015 jeep patriot having reoccurring similar issues and nothing has been done. This is a 1 owner purchased brand new vehicle that has been cared for properly and has had more issues than a 5 year old vehicle should. Stalling out at 65mph on the freeway while 8 months pregnant could of killed me and my unborn child. This issue needs to be addressed before it's too late.
My car was in motion and I lost power while merging onto the highway and I was unable to get the car started back up. I got the car towed and when it arrived at the mechanic it started back up just fine, they were unable to duplicate the issue as no error message was on my dashboard, therefore their diagnostic device could not figure out what caused my car to stall. The mechanic kept my car for a while and it finally gave out on them again and they discovered by throttle body had gone out. I had this issue in may of 2017 and had it fixed at a jeep dealership and less than 3 years later my car has the very same issue.
When driving the car there was a periodic jerk and than it began to loose acceleration. No matter how much I pressed on gas it wouldn't go and than it just died. They thought it was battery so we replaced battery and alternator. Still having issues with the periodic jerk and the battery light now comes on and off. This needs to be looked at.
I was on my way to take my son to school, when while on a busy city street my car started to jerk, and suddenly I was no longer to acceralate. I was literally scared for my life and my child, as the speed of my car slowed down so fast, that I almost got rearended. When my car slowed down and could no longer acceralate, my check engine, electric throttle control, and traction control lights all came on. It was very odd as this has never happened before. I read and seen that there are hundreds of people having this same issue. This is very concerning. I'm surprised that no one has been killed due to this, I could not imagine if I was the highway behind a big rig and my speed quickly dropped like that or if someone was riding my tail, there is no way they would have been able to slow down quick enough to prevent from hitting me. I seen that people with jeeps have been having this issue, regardless of the year of the patriot. There needs to be a recall on this part.
A circuit wire corroded and shorted the tipm. This happened at home. The car was stored in the garage. The car wouldn't start. I had it towed to the dealership. When connected to the dealer diagnostics it showed no error codes. When the mechanic replaced the wire at the dealership service shop the starter ran non stop without the key in the ignition. I am unaware if the car starter also came on without the key when I was not near the vehicle. This vehicle does not have remote start. It is driven on paved rides and stored in a garage. I am the second owner. Less than two weeks prior to this shorted tipm the vehicle was serviced at the same dealer for a factory recall to change the catalytic converter and to do a computer software update.
Our 2015 jeep patriot 4wd is shutting off randomly without warning while driving it!! In the middle of driving it will just randomly shift off without warning! All the lights will turn on then the car will shut off sometimes in the middle of traffic!! This is extremely dangerous as it is putting not only our lives at risk for a crash but also those drivers around us as well. Once the car shuts itself off it will not turn on for 30 minutes or so leaving us stranding sometimes in the middle of traffic even!! We have a 4 year old that is in the car with us most of the time when this is happening as well and is putting her life at risk of a serious crash as well!! The 2016 jeep patriot has a recall for this exact problem that our 2015 is having! It has happened multiple times over the past year and continues to happen more frequently once every 2 weeks now.
Vehicle fails to start multiple times when the battery and starter are in good condition. Common fixes that are recommended are replacing the wcm or the relay box. Sometimes the vehicle will start after multiple times and leaving the key cranked for 20 seconds+, but this isn't always reliable. Brought it into the shop and they couldnt recreate the issue, so it was never resolved for my case.
The car has had several problems with steering engine heating and now throttle.
Car began to rev up while idle and electronic throttle light came on. Once I started to drive the car began to lose acceleration. This occurred in the middle of the road at several red lights after being stopped. Took to shop and they said this was a known issue with this car. The throttle body had to be replaced.
When it rains water leaks into the rear dome light and drips into the inside of my jeep. The light doesn't work because of this and I would think this would be an electrocution hazard. I can't have anything in the back of my jeep that could be ruined by rain water.
While randomly driving my check engine light and throttle light comes on. I've had my car to the dealer multiple times. The codes are p2135 and p0121. Dealer said they can't find anything wrong. They didn't clear the code. Went home and slept, next morning the lights are off. This has been a continuous issue. They replaced the throttle body december 2018, my gas pedal 2 months ago and part of my computer over a month ago and this is still happening. I've read in a bunch of forums this is common but no one has a solution. Dealer said my wiring harness was fine and they can't find the problem but don't want to replace the throttle position sensor even though it's under warranty. Help
This happened a few times when I first bought the truck, now it's all the time. Try to start it, it doesn't want to turn over . You can play with the steering wheel and then it starts. Getting harder and harder to crank over. Started mid july and has continued
While leaving a parking lot on or about april 15 2019, the vehicle kept killing when I attempted to accelerate. We had the vehicle towed to the dealership. We were told that the PCM had shorted out and had to be replaced. The new PCM was installed on april 20, 2019. The same problem started again on april 24, 2019. The vehicle had to be towed again to the dealership. The dealership traced the wires in the vehicle for over a week and contacted me on may 1, 2019 stating that they had determined that there was problem with the ignition coil which was corrected. We picked up the vehicle at approxiimately 5:00 p.m.on may 1st, drove the vehicle home about 10 miles, tried starting the vehicle 1 hour later and the same problem again. We will now have to have the vehicle towed for the 3rd time for the same issue. Why haven't the 2015 jeep patriots been recalled?
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