Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2008 Jeep Patriot.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-19 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | The vehicle stalls after a gas fill up. Daughter was stuck in traffic. No Power steering, brakes, etc. Started back up.… |
| 2023-07-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Car stalls after fill up. NUMEROUS online Jeep forums have noted this issue for years. There seems to be an issue with … |
| 2023-06-13 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Water leaks in through the sunroof and top racks and leaks out the dome lights inside of the car |
| 2023-04-03 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | My 2008 Jeep Patriot with 100,000 miles on it both front and rear subframes are completely rotted and unsafe I need som… |
| 2022-07-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Front and rear crossmembers are rusted through. Replaced front subframe for $1008.00 in 2021. Available for inspection.… |
| 2022-05-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | UNKNOWN After I fill up on gas at different stations I had the car sputter and die after filling up til the nozzle sto… |
| 2021-01-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | EVERY TIME I REFILL MY TANK WITH FUEL, THE FIRST SEVERAL MINUTES OF DRIVING THE ENGINE WILL HESITATE AND ALMOST STALL (… |
| 2020-12-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO DECREASE THE SPEED … |
| 2020-10-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | My airbag light on the dash board comes on and will not go away. I have had it twice reset and it does NOT go away. I… |
| 2020-10-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHEN THE GAS TANK IS FULL THE SERVICE LIGHTS COME ON ENGINE STALLS OUT ABOUT HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD. THE STEERING W… |
| 2020-09-13 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | UPON CHANGING REAR TIRE WE FOUND SEVER FRAME RUST AND REAR AXLE DISCONNECTED FROM THE MAIN FRAME. THIS CAME FROM AN ME… |
| 2020-09-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I WAS INFORMED BY A SHOP AT AN OIL CHANGE THAT THE JEEP PATRIOT 2008 HAS EXTENSIVE RUST AND CORROSION AND IS NOT SAFE T… |
| 2020-08-06 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER FILLING UP GAS TANK TO NORMAL LEVEL, CAR STALLED AND LOST CONTROLS OF VEHICLE |
| 2020-07-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 3 ALTERNATORS THROUGHOUT THE PAST 2 MONTHS DUE TO A ELECTRIC PROBLEM. MY BATTERY LIGHT BECAME ILL… |
| 2020-07-15 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FILLED UP GAS TANK AND CAR STALLED AT STOP LIGHT SHORTLY AFTER. PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY AFTER A 5-MINUTE DRIVE AND STEERIN… |
| 2020-06-19 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I MADE A U-TURN IN MY VEHICLE ON A TOWN STREET , AS I COMPLETED THE U-TURN THE VEHICLES REAR SUSPENSION BROKE. THE BROK… |
| 2020-06-17 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I HAD TO HAVE THE SUBFRAME AND CROSS MEMBER REPLACED ON MY 2008 PATRIOT IN JANUARY 2017, IT HAS RUSTED AGAIN AND THE SA… |
| 2020-04-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WENT FOR AN OIL CHANGE, MECHANIC NOTED THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER WAS RUSTED AND, SHOULD IT BREAK, MY TIRES WOULD FOLD IN AN… |
| 2020-02-19 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY REAR PASSENGER SIDE AXLE BROKE. AND IT NEEDED A SWAY BAR LINK FOR THE SAME SIDE. I BOUGHT A NEW AXLE AND SWAY BAR LI… |
| 2019-12-05 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | EVERY TIME I FILL UP THE GAS TANK AND THEN DRIVE, THE JEEP STALLS, I LOSE STEERING, IT IS NOT SAFE. IT HAS HAPPENED SEV… |
| 2019-12-04 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE VALVE INSIDE THE FUEL TANK BROKE AND THE JEEP CAN NO LONGER BE FILLED WITH GAS WITHOUT THE GAS PUMP BELIEVING IT IS… |
| 2019-12-02 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | EVERY TIME THE FUEL TANK IS FILLED, THE ENGINE STALLS A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER I PULL OUT OF THE GAS STATION. THIS HAS HA… |
| 2019-11-25 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I WAS GOING DOWN FERN VALLEY ROAD IN LOUISVILLE, KY AND SOMEONE IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES AND TO AVOID COL… |
| 2019-11-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED PARTS AS TO WHY MY ABS LIGHT IS ON AND ALL THAT'S LEFT IS THE A… |
| 2019-10-28 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AFTER FILLING UP MY GAS TANK THIS MORNING, MY CAR SPUTTERED AND STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION IMMEDIATELY AF… |
| 2019-10-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY JEEP 2008 PATRIOT STALLS WHEN I AM DRIVING, RIGHT AFTER I FILL THE FUEL TANK. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PRO… |
| 2019-09-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I'M ABLE TO PUT MY 2008 JEEP PATRIOT IN GEARS BIT WHEN I PUT IT INTO DRIVE MY VEICHLE WON'T MOVE FORWARD. BEFORE THIS … |
| 2019-08-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE REVERSING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THERE… |
| 2019-08-12 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | NEVER RECEIVED EXTENDED WARRANTY INFORMATION ON FRONT AND REAR CROSSMEMBER CORROSION (X69 WARRANTY EXTENSION). HAVE AL… |
| 2019-06-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS A RECURRING PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING EXTENDED DISTANCES OR IN HILLY AREAS, THE TRANSMISSION WILL BEGIN WHINING … |
| 2019-06-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY COMPLAINT IS THAT A WEEK LATER AFTER WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE WENT TO A MECHANIC TO … |
| 2019-04-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | BRIEF SUMMARY: I PURCHASED THE 2008 PATRIOT IN 2014 WITH 70K MILES. FIRST OCCURANCE OF VEHICLE STALLING AND SHUTTING OF… |
| 2019-03-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | JUST BOUGHT USED JEEP 2 DAYS AGO, FILLED TANK UP WITH GAS, PULLED OUT ONTO HIGHWAY, STALLED OUT AND JEEP DIED, ALMOST H… |
| 2019-03-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | 08 JEEP PATRIOT CUTS OFF WHEN STOPPING TO MAKE TURNS, AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS ETC. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN ON-COMING TRAFFIC. WH… |
| 2019-02-12 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | CONSITENTLY AFTER FILLING MY GAS TANK, WHEN DRIVING WITHIN A QUARTER MILE, THE VEHICLE WILL HESITATE AND BUCK AS IF IT … |
| 2019-01-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | DRIVING DOWN THE STREET MY TRANISSION WENT BAD. |
| 2018-12-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ECM / PCM ISSUES. MECHANIC AT PEP BOYS TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS. BUT THE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME NO, THERE I… |
| 2018-12-11 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | APPROXIMATELY 12/2018 I HAD TO HAVE MY GAS TANK REPLACED DUE TO A FAULTY ROLLOVER VALVE/FLAPPER/INLET CHECK VALVE LOCAT… |
| 2018-12-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | VEHICLE BEGAN JERKING ON ACCELERATION WITH LOUD NOISE IN REAR. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT … |
| 2018-11-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | RUSTED SUBFRAME |
| 2018-10-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | ROTTED SUBFRAME. THIS IS UNSAFE! WE PURCHASED THIS CAR FOR MY 16 YEAR OLD AND THE SUBFRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH AND CRACKE… |
| 2018-10-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WE RECENTLY PURCHASED 2008 JEEP PATRIOT AND WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE SUBFRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH. WE WERE TOLD TH… |
| 2018-09-25 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER FUELING TANK CAR WILL STALL AND OR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING . LOSS OF POWER AND STEERING WILL DO THIS 2 TO 3 TIME… |
| 2018-09-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 3 DAYS AFTER MY 10 YEAR DRIVETRAIN INSPECTION,I DROVE FROM CLEVELAND OHH TO RENO NEVADA. THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AP… |
| 2018-08-23 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | MY 2008 JEEP PATRIOT WAS PARKED ON MY DRIVEWAY (NO TREES AROUND TO CAUSE A CLOG) FOR A MONTH, WHILE ON VACATION. WHEN I… |
| 2018-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TIPM NEEDS REPLACED. RIGHT SIGNAL LIGHT DIDN'T WORK PROPERLY, AC DOESN'T BLOW COLD AIR. I HAD THE AC CHECKED, IT'S FINE… |
| 2018-08-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE STALLS EVERY TIME AFTER A GAS FILL UP AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE TIME FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE WHEEL L… |
| 2018-06-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK THE VEHICLE JERKS WILDLY, SEVERAL TIMES THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIG… |
| 2018-06-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ANYTIME I FILL MY GAS TANK COMPLETELY, THE ENGINE STALLS WHILE I AM DRIVING, WITHIN LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE GAS STATI… |
| 2018-06-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I WENT TO GET MY TIRE ALIGNMENT AND I WAS TOLD THE SUB FRAME IS SEVERELY RUSTED. COMMON UNSAFE ISSUE WITH JEEP. RECALLS… |