2016 Jeep Patriot Speed Control & Cruise Problems

The RPMs in my Jeep Patriot will randomly drop to zero and the car does not accelerate when you press the gas pedal. After a period of time the RPMs will jump back up and the car will start working properly again. The car never turns off and the engine is fully running. No warning lights or codes are activated when this happens. This has happened to me in the middle of traffic as well as on the open highway. The dealership is unable to diagnose the problem.

The contact owns a 2016 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle decelerated and failed to accelerate over 30 MPH. The contact stated that the vehicle hesitated while driving. The contact stated that the electronic throttle control warning light and the check engine warning light were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the electronic throttle control had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 23,000.

I purchased the vehicle 4 months ago, and this began at the end of September. Engine stalls out when driving down the highway, check engine light and road hazard lights come on and car trying to accelerate itself at times and other times won’t go over 40 mph. If you let off the brake the car immediately launches forward. I have almost been hit as the car stalls out of no where. I can pull over and turn it off then back on and it will drive for a few miles then happen again. The car was hooked up to the code reader and it says throttle body injector P2173

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.

MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS INDICATE THE VEHICLE ROUTINELY LOST CONTACT WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKE MODULE, WHEEL DISTANCE, AND SPEED WHILE BOTH STATIONARY AND IN MOTION.

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.

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. *TR

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO EXCEED 40 MPH. THE DEALER (HERTRICH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF ELKTON, 1147 E PULASKI HWY, ELKTON, MD 21921) WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,156.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL OFF, AND MALFUNCTION INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. ALSO, THE ENGINE STALLED AND LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT NO RECALL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,790.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED, THE ABS AND TRACTION WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND GRADUALLY LOST POWER. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND TURNED ON THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED, THE ABS AND TRACTION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND TURNED ON THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (WASHINGTON NC CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT LOCATED AT 4001 U.S. 264 WEST, WASHINGTON, NC 27889) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO DAYS AFTER THE REPAIR WAS DONE THE SAME FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT A CASE MANAGER WOULD CALL THE CONTACT. A CASE NUMBER WAS PROVIDED BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE NUMBER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND BARELY TOUCHED THE SHIFTER AND WHEN I TOUCH THE SHIFTER IT SLIPPED OVER INTO WHERE YOU SHIFT YOUR GEARS I FEEL LIKE IT'S A COULD CATCH THE CAR ON FIRE BECAUSE IT IS REVVED UP SO HIGH AND YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT BECAUSE YOU CANT HEAR IT UNLESS YOU YOU GOT RADIO OFF AND WINDOWS UP AND YOU CAN NEVER TELL I DEFINITELY THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE IT MORE SAFE WHEN FROM SOME KIND OF A LOCK ON THE SHIFTER FOR WHEN YOU WANT TO GO OVER INTO WHERE YOU SHIFT THE GEARS YOURSELF NOT TO MENTION HOW EXPENSIVE CARS ARE AND THAT YOU COULD VERY EASILY TEAR UP YOUR CAR BY IT BEING IN THE MANUAL SHIFTING AREA RATHER THAN THE AUTOMATIC SHIFT

VEHICLE HAS HAD TOTAL OF 9 INCIDENTS INVOLVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INVOLVING FAIL CODE 22, P2127,P2138. CAR HAS HAD STATIONARY STALL OUTS OR NO STARTS. WHILE VEHICLE IS IN PARK HAS HIGH REV TO 3000 RPMS. WHILE CAR IS DRIVEN IN CITY HAS HAD RAPID DECELERATION FROM 45 TO 30 MPH WITH JERKY FORWARD AND BACK MOVEMENT WITH NO ABILITY TO CONTROL SPEED OTHER THAN HEAVY BREAKING, NO ACCELERATION CONTROL. WHILE ON HIGHWAY ;RAPID UNCONTROLLED DECELERATION FROM 65 TO 40 MPH, WITH NO ABILITY TO RE-ACCELERATE WITH JERKING FORWARD AND BACK MOTION. SELF ACCELERATION(DRIVER HAS NOT ENGAGED ACCELERATOR PEDAL) FROM STOPPED POSITION= 0-40 MPH REQUIRING EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION TO STOP WITH LIMITED TO NO STEERING CAPABILITY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO MULTIPLE JEEP DEALERSHIPS IN CO AND AZ FROM 4/8/16-2/21/18. MULTIPLE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH NO RESOLUTION. LEMON LAW APPLICATION AND FURTHER LITIGATION IS ONGOING.