Tl* the contact owns a 2016 jeep patriot. The contact stated that the seat belt warning indicator intermittently illuminated while driving various speeds. The vehicle was taken to thompson chrysler dodge jeep ram (124 north point blvd, baltimore, md 21224, (410) 288-3100) where it was diagnosed that an electrical non PCM flashed and the driver side seat belt assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact to take the vehicle back to the dealer. The approximate failure mileage was 38,000.
2016 Jeep Patriot seat belts complaints
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Shifts from d to 1st on its own: from a stop, the 2016 jeep patriot semi-automatic transmission drops to first gear on its own. There is no indication until the driver has pulled into traffic and has no acceleration power. The dash light indicates the vehicle is in 1st gear, but the driver was not expecting this and must either gun the engine and take rpms off the chart to avoid a crash from oncoming vehicles, or manually shift the vehicle to n or p and then return to d for a type of "reset". The issue is intermittant. The dealership where we bought the vehicle cannot replicate the problem (in to shop 3x for this issue). They replaced the stick sensor and opened two separate staron packs with jeep engineers. But the problem continues. I suspect its transmission ($$) related or electrical ($$). Moving on to new dealership service. Fingers crossed. Cruise control: when cruise engaged at 70-75 MPH on open hwy, had to slow for traffic. Speed dropped down to about 60-65. When reengaged cruise, the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably--rpms shot through the roof. Had to tap the breaks to disengage cruise and whole family experienced a hard lurch. Reported issue to jeep service as perhaps related to issue with downshifting to first. Response was that this was normal. Seatbelts: when a person weighing more than 230lbs sits in the front seats, the seat belt warning sound dings as if the belt is not engaged. The dealership replaced sensors in both front seats. Problem resolved.
The seat belt sensor does not properly disengage. When I pull the seat belt about 1 to 2 inches the sensor on the dash goes off. I have been working with the dealership but also wanted to remove it.
Takata recall. I was involved in a accident on march 14, 2016. I was stopped at a stop sign when a SUV was making a right turn to the street I was stopped waiting to make my right turn. The gentleman was speeding and took a hard right, he lost control of his vehicle and hit me full impact on the driver side. The entire driver side had to be replaced. The airbags did not inflate, the airbag lights did not turn on. At the impact that I was hit they should have gone off and no one knows or could explain why they didn't deploy. When my vehicle was repaired and I went to pick up, then the airbag lights were on and had to be reset and the seatbelt was not properly working (that had to be replaced)
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