2015 Jeep Patriot: jerking or lurching

Filed Jul 19, 2024 · Transmission · OH

I bought my 2015 Jeep Patriot new as I was getting older & I said this is the last vehicle I will buy. I am nearing [XXX] now & today I took it about 35 miles from home & on way back it jerked so hard I didn't think I was gonna make it home. I was going 65 mph but even slowing down to 45-50 it still jerked bad! There was no lights on the dash come on. Was very scary. I have babied my car took excellent care of it & have 45,000 miles on it. I do not have money to have transmission replaced & that's what I'm reading on computer. I have so many medical bills I can't afford nothing right now. Did I miss a recall or have there been problems with these cars transmissions? Can you help me know what it could be? The car dealer wants $139 an hour to check it out & I'm worried sick. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Filed May 9, 2021 · Transmission · GA

My 2015 jeep patriot started making whining noises and jerking when in motion, I had the transmission and converter replaced at 75,000 miles, now I am at 95,000, and it is happening all over again, loud whining noises and jerks randomly when in motion, does not matter the speed or if I am on a city street going 40 miles an hour or highway going 70 miles an hour or even in a neighborhood going 10 miles an hour, I also have noticed the car does not accelerate properly, I currently have my car in the shop to diagnosis the problems again.

Filed Jan 5, 2021 · Electrical · 35,000 miles · NJ

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

Filed Jul 15, 2020 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 60,360 miles · DE

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.

Filed Jun 22, 2020 · Driver assistance, Steering · 77,000 miles · TN

I was driving on a street in a residential area and my jeep started to jerk all of a sudden. I was no longer able to accelerate. This started happening in may and the last time is happened was june 22 2020. Jeep needs to put out a recall asap!

Filed Feb 24, 2020 · Electrical · 90,000 miles · NC

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.

Filed Feb 19, 2020 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 70,000 miles · MO

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.

Filed May 28, 2019 · Acceleration, Engine · 75,000 miles · TN

While on the highway, electronic throttle sensor light comes on. Vehicle starts jerking, slowing, and dies. Causing you to lose steering and adequate brakes.

Filed Apr 5, 2019 · 34,000 miles · FL

I own a 2015 jeep patriot with 34,000 miles on the jeep. Over the past week my jeep has failed me. It stalled while driving 3 times. In addition while driving, the jeep was jerking , hesitating and the RPM's dropping to zero with no warning at all. A total loss of powersteering and brakes occured as well. The third time resulted in me almost getting hit and left me stranded on the road. After getting my jeep towed to the local lee jeep ( fort walton beach fl) the service department cannot locate an issue with the jeep. The jeep has stalled out on them, but cannot get a code. So now I am with out a car, having to pay for a rental out of my pocket and I am a single teacher. This is poor serive and an extreme safety issue. After doing research it seems that is an issue for multiple jeep patroits of various makes and models and jeep is aware of the situation and has recalled other years, but not the 2015 which is having the same issue. The issue seems to be the crankshaft/ camshaft senor wire harness ( saftey recall s89 for the 2016 model) also the same issue with later models as well. The dealership has had my jeep for 3 days now and no solution in sight. Many other jeep owners have been in the same shoes as I am now. With a jeep that has only 34,000 miles, such failures should not occur and such expenses should be passed onto the owner for such a widespread and known issue.

Filed Mar 18, 2019 · Acceleration, Electrical · 32,000 miles · TX

Etc light was coming on, car would not accelerate as should when gas pedal was pressed. Car would jerk forward as if was about to die. Trying to get onto highway is always sketchy. Finally went completely out and leaving me broke down in middle of 5 o'clock traffic after taking to dealership and being told nothing was wrong but needed a new battery went ahead and paid for just for it to all continue. Finally told throttle body was an issue. Got the entire unit replaced by dealership not just the sensor and not even a year later same thing is happening again. Hundreds of others on forums for the jeep patriot no matter the year are having the same issues over and over! It's not safe! Someone needs to take this seriously. Not to mention it should never had happened to a 2 year old vehicle! If we want these problems we would purchase used cars. Now I am in fear of it doing it again because it's driving the same not going when gassed jerking forward, even in idle, not just for safety reasons for financial reasons as well. How can do many different year models have the same issues and this not be a mopar recall

Filed Dec 19, 2018 · Acceleration, Engine · 65,000 miles · OK

As of 12/18/2018, my car has begun to die as I push on the accelerator after being at a complete stop at a stop light or stop sign, it even died out of no where, my husband was driving back home and thankfully there were no other cars behind him as he was passing the intersection when the car jerked and decided to turn of completely. He put it on park and started up like normal but no check engine light came on or anything. Ever since I got this car in february of 2016, take note that my jeep only has 65000 miles and I have never had any problems with it until now. It is terrifying because each time it has happened, cars behind me were very close to rear ending my car. This is a big and scary issue for me because I have read on numerous websites that their jeep patriots have died on the highway... I have a 3 month old that I take back and forth to a baby sitter every weekday, and that is a huge safety issue for my daughter and for people driving around me as well. I have read on a numerous amounts of websites where other jeep patriot owners are having the exact same issue. I keep my oil changes up to date and I just changed my spark plugs. So I have no clue what the problem might be I have not taken it to have it checked because of what I have read I see that others have not had luck with taken it to a shop I would hate for this issue to cause somebody to rear end me on the streets or on the highway. Either being on the streets or the highway, it could cause serious damage and injury to me, my 3 month old daughter and to the people around me.hopefully they have a recall soon!

Filed Dec 8, 2018 · Acceleration · 45,220 miles · SC

Picked it up on 12/5/18 from the dealership after having the cv axle replaced and all of a sudden or according to them "coincidence" my throttle body control has died. It was fine until they worked on it and I was on the way to take my car home and noticed the red lightning bolt light flashing off and on and the jerking and stalling happening, which did not do before they worked on it. Now, I can't get them to fix it without them wanting me to pay for it even though, I wasn't having this issue at all. This is a dangerous issue to have considering I drive down a major highway everyday to work and also take my child to school every day on my way to work. This will result in someone getting killed and the manufacturer and the dealerships need to be held accountable.