Like many other Jeep Patriot owners, I have experienced driving down the road when out of nowhere, the car dies! Mechanics keep telling people that either the camshaft position sensor or the crankshaft position sensor needs to be replaced...... It's a temporary fix. The code that comes up says that the sensor is intermittent. It's not the sensor that's the problem, it's the wiring connectors!!! Those two sensors are on the same harness. I've had all three sensors replaced. Right after, the car drives fine. Very soon after, the car stalls while driving. Back to square one. They need to recall the sensor wiring for these two sensors for ALL 2016 Jeep Patriots.
2016 Jeep Patriot acceleration complaints
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The emissions systems stated slippery when wet and the traction for the tires were loose. The tires were installed or balanced wrong causing the tires to slide. When braking the traction caused the car to be driven at low speed to avoid the problems with the steering wheel and the balance between it using the wrong amount of space to turn. It needed it large amount of space because the wheels weren’t aligned correctly. The speed was hesitant to accelerate and was showing signs of defects written in the manufacturers possibly as needed investigation to return it back safely.
Rpm’s started jumping car wouldn’t accelerate cam shaft sensor code
While driving my Patriot, as I turned into the gas station the check engine light, traction control light and ETC (red lightning bolt) all popped on at the same time. My vehicle instantly went into limp mode. When In park, stayed a consistent 1,500 RPM’s. All of this happened without warning as the car drove and ran like normal prior. Thankfully I was only .5 miles from home and was able to get it home. Code pulled: P2173 car has always been maintained on time since date of purchase.
Vehicle unable to reach speed above 30mph. Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) symbol shows up in error on dashboard. Unable to accelerate beyond 30mph. Vehicle drives with unstable and jerky motions. Have had this issue before and dealership mechanic reset computer, downloaded a system update to solve issue. This occurred about 2019. Issue has represented itself.
My jeep sputters like it's going to shut off. It does occasionally and I loose steering and speed control and The brakes dont work. Not sure if it's a fuel issue a transmission issue or what the deal is but it has done it forever. It jerks around like it is in the wrong gear and often is trying to operate in 6th gear when going 30 mph. It's not changing gears...it isn't accelerating correctly when pulling out in traffic. It is a disaster waiting to happen and has been. The local dealer just says wait for recall info. It's a jeep. It will be coming eventually....hello I drive my kids around daily
The car is engaging the traction control for no reason at a speed of 20 MPH attempting to slow down vehicle the car is applying breaks no snow no rain on a dry asphalt road
Going down the highway attempting to accelerate the car will lose power, the red lightning bolt will flash. Then within seconds the light will cut off the car will gain power and will accelerate.
When I turn on car a red lighting light kept coming up on dashboard, by my gas meter. Also, it seemed like my car didn't want to speed or it would after and go low velocity. When this light turned on. I looked it up and it's the 'electronic throttle control' I seen a couple of videos on youtube and say it may be a recall from 2011-2017 jeep patriots wanted to know if it is and need to fix soon before it gets worse. Please. No money due to covid and recently looking for another job. Can't afford $1200
My vehicle out of nowhere no lights or warnings came on it simply shut off no power couldn't even unlock my doors. Was unable to start again. I jumped it and it started within 10seconds of driving it I thought it died again and realized was still running but it was like I was not pressing the gas rpms were up but no speed when I put in park vehicle motor seemed to be struggling and my check engine light came on. Luckily all of this happened while on a small road . Got it home spoke to mechanic he informed me of recall s89 and immediately said it was electrical or computer possibly I reached out to chrysler and they instructed me to take to dealership to submit my VIN for recall I contacted dealership they essentially told me no we don't do that. This was out of nowhere with no warning I did try to start vehicle a few minutes later it started up.
Multiple warning lights indicate the vehicle routinely lost contact with anti-lock brake module, wheel distance, and speed while both stationary and in motion.
My 2016 jeep patriot hesitates and jerks when I step on the gas pedal. Sometimes it will not go over 40 MPH. When I stop then let off the brake the vehicle jumps forward without stepping on the gas pedal. It runs sluggish. There are three lights on the dashboard lite up. The engine light, the lightning bolt and the traction light.
Driving on the interstate at 75mph when my wife had a red lighting bolt appear on the dash board, at which time the power dropped off. She had to move across two lanes of traffic with no power. Once it was on the shoulder, she called me in a panic. I went on the internet and found out how to reset the throttle body assembly. The vehicle started back up and was able to drive it home. It was a very dangerous and scary experience. I called jeep dealership and to my surprise they was no recall for this issue. The internet was full of people who had this very issue. I call their corporate service line and they confirmed no safety recall exists. They told me they could not confirm whether they would or would not self report this issue.
I was driving on a road into work at no more than 40/45 MPH. My car was at a slight incline when the electronic throttle control light and electronic stability control light came on, and my car powered down to a low level and wouldn't increase its speed. I pulled over to the side of the road, put the car in park and shut it off. I was able to start the car and drive the rest of the way, and the light didn't come back on again.
Driving on the interstate at highway speed the red lightning bolt warning light came on, as did the check engine and traction control lights and the accelerator cut out. I was able to coast across 3 lanes to the side of the road, but this has happened three times and apparently my 2016 patriot wasn't included in the recall that addressed this issue.
While driving home from work on the interstate yesterday at about 60mph, my jeep suddenly loss power and started shaking. It wouldn't accelerate at all. I had to quickly put my flashers on as to not cause an accident while I tried to pull into the emergency shoulder. I turned the car off for a few minutes then restarted it to drive home.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 jeep patriot. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate with the accelerator pedal depressed. The check engine warning indicator illuminated. The contact coasted the vehicle off the roadway. The vehicle was restarted however, the failure recurred five times. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer nor independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 97,000.
Acceleration has been stalling a month after purchasing the vehicle. Oil change has been up to date as well as the diagnostics but unfortunately we still haven?t found the cause. We didn?t think too much of it until a friend of ours transmission just shut down on hers and she had the same issue with her 2014 jeep patriot. The stalling comes and goes but often stalls when accelerating.
My car doesn't accelerate like it should and getting on the highway or trying to speed up on highway, the car stalls and doesn't want to go. The RPM doesn't go anywhere and the car jerks a lot. It happening more everyday than before when it would only happen ever so often.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 jeep patriot. The contact stated that while her husband was driving with the cruse control activated, the vehicle independently accelerated without warning. The driver was unable to deactivate the cruise control. The vehicle continue to accelerate. The brake pedal was depressed and was able to bring the vehicle to a stop. The vehicle was restarted and operated as intended. The contact called stephen wade chrysler jeep dodge ram fiat dealer, (1724 hilton dr, st. George, ut 84770) and scheduled an appointment which was still pending. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer and was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 45,000.
Bought jeep in 2018 since then it has had intermittent cruise control problems. Sometimes it works sometimes it dont. Sometimes it works then quits working. Drivers seat belt will be buckled and come unbuckled have to rebuckle intermittently. Burning smell intermittently dont know if its oil, coolant or what was supposed to be fixed by jeep who said it was leaky coolant still occurs. All of this has occurred while on the road.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 jeep patriot. While the vehicle was idling at a stop sign, it failed to accelerate. After a few seconds, the vehicle surged forward and started to hesitate. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 65,700.
Vehicle throttle control lights comes on when car is in motion which will then slow down the vehicle which can cause an accident that you can no longer control the steering wheel. When that light comes one the engine light and traction control lights come on as well. When on the highway car will lose acceleration which again you can't pull over it will just stop. This is very dangerous and can cause death. I have read so many more of the same complaints something needs to be done about this.
Takata recall the TCM on my jeep patriot short-circuited out of nowhere and now it causes my transmission gears to slip while I'm driving and makes my rpms rev really high wow my acceleration is minimum meaning when I put my foot on the pedal and press the rpms jump really high and my car barely even picks up speed I was driving on a city street and all of a sudden I felt something was wrong that's when I noticed the rpms revving really really high while my car was slowing down it's never done it before and it causes traffic because my vehicle will run real slow and takes almost me having to put my pedal to the ground just so I can speed up enough to get out of the way so when I got home I hooked up an obd monitor to my car and it said lost TCM communication now I can't even drive my car because I'm afraid I'm going to blow up the engine or something
Vehicle stalls while driving unexpectantly, while driving and leaves no recourse or corrections for the driver to be made. Power to all of the vehicle systems stayed on whilst all the controls of the vehicle were removed from the driver. Eventually restarted. But refuses to start after being stationary again. Was driving down a city street when my car just stalled out on a straightaway. Finally restarting and making it home, and now not starting again.
The car would hesitate when accelerating and slow down to a very low speed before bucking and thrusting until the speed would increase. The slowness was slow enough on a highway to almost cause an accident.
2016 patriot with,54,000 miles. No major issues prior. 2 weeks ago however, I was left stopped in the middle of a highway entrance ramp, almost rear-ended by a semi and side swiping a construction sign to avoid being hit. When accelerating the etc symbol (lightening bolt) will display, traction control icon and check engine light will display. The jeep completely stops accelerating (highway speed to 0 MPH within seconds=deadly), it will shake before just dying. If I'm lucky I'll make it to the shoulder (if it happens to have one). Through google research, I came across a way to do a "reset" (turn car off, insert key and turn "on", press gas pedal slowly, release slowly, turn car off and then restart the engine). Doing this typically clears the icons and I'm able to travel again. This intermittently happens, so you never know when you're potentially about to be involved in an accident from stopping in the middle of the roadway. When driving on city/town roads, it has not completed stopped as stated above, but will "jump" when switching gears, then throw the etc symbol. If I let off the gas, the icon goes away and car runs normal. I took it to a mechanic 1 day ago and was told to get a new battery. The battery was changed 1 day ago and the issue occurred multiple times today. Through online searches it appears this is a terribly common issue that jeep has yet to address! Someone is going to end up losing their life because of this malfunction. There appears to be no way of knowing this is going to happen or any preventative measures that a typical person would know to take to avoid this deadly malfunction. As easy as it is to just take it to a mechanic, that is not financially possible for everyone and in this situation needs to be addressed by jeep as it is recurring issue and is deadly. Nothing as a vehicle owner would avoid this from occurring.
I was going uphill on a rural road when my car powered down and the rpms dropped down to 0. It kicked right back in, it happened one more time on my way home through the city. When I got into my driveway, before I could come to a complete stop it dropped rpms and powered down. After a half an hour I went out to head to a dr. Appt and my jeep wouldn't start.
Vehicle loses power and ability to accelerate. This occured while driving on the interstate at 65 MPH. Thankfully, I was able to get vehicle to side of road. Restarted and as driving home, vehicle tries to accelarate itself while car is idling. Had I not had my foot firmly on brake, it would have taken off. Took in for repairs and dealer states that throttle body is bad and this is a common problem on these vehicles. Advised that it was dangerous to drive as vehicle can lose power without warning.
While at a full stop at a stop light, the car attempted to accelerate to 40 MPH. A red lightning bolt lit up on the dash. The car was shut down. When the car was restarted, the check engine light came on. The car still randomly attempts to accelerate under all and any driving conditions. So far the acceleration sensor has been replaced with no avail. Currently trying another service group to isolate and correct the problem. The vehicle is dangerous because there is no predictable pattern to the random accelerations. The date noted is the last occurance. We've been attempting to get the vehicle repaired since july 18, 2018.
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