NHTSA Owner Complaint Log
This page lists owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA for the 2012 Jeep Patriot. Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA and do not by themselves prove a defect or defect rate.
Data synced from NHTSA on May 4, 2026
I CALLED KOON JEEP SALES REP, TO INFORM HIM OF THE LEAK THROUGH THE DOME LIGHT, WANTED KNOW IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT! MY JEEP CORPORATE CASE #[XXX], I INFORMED MY JEEP CUSTOMER CARE THAT I WANT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, HE SAID I DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENT, REFERED ME TO BBB AND ATTORNEY STATE GENERAL. THE SUGGESTED PROCESS THROUGH ATTORNEY STATE GENERAL IS TO WRITE A CERTIFIED LETTER WITH SIGNATURE REQUIRED. I CALLED CORPORATE ASKING FOR MAILING ADDRESS, IT COULD NOT BE PROVIDED DUE TO THE DEPARTMENT HANDLING MY CASE WAS CLOSE AND TO CALL BACK MON. 19TH DEC. 2011 I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE, THE DRAIN PLUG WAS PINCHED! ASKED IF THE HOOD OF CAR REPLACED, ELECTRICAL WIRING INSPECTED AND ELECTRONICS, OK? DEALER CUSTOMER CARE REP,[XXX], SAID YES, THE GPS IS GARBLED SPEECH AND THE VEHICLE HESITATES WHILE PULLING OFF AND PERIODICALLY WHILE DRIVING AT THIS POINT I'M SEARCHING FOR LEGAL COUNSEL! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
ENGINE STALLS OUT AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING, BRAKE, AT HIGHWAY SPEED CAUSED ME TO VEER OFF THE ROAD SEVERAL TIMES. COULDN'T STOP DURING ONE ENGINE STALL IN TOWN AND TURNED INTO A CVS PHARMACY LOT AND CRASHED INTO AND ISLAND CURB, ENGINE STALL PULLED OF HWY INTO A CEMETERY AND HIT A POST DURING A STALL WHILE TURNING BECAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER STEERING. WHILE PULLING TO SHOULDER JEEP SWAYED AND PULLED INTO DITCH WHEN ENGINE STALLED AT HWY SPEED. WHILE TRYING TO CORRECT THE VEHICLE WENT AIR BORN AT NIGHT... *TR