2010 Jeep Patriot FWD problems
The 2010 Jeep Patriot FWD has 30 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (20%) concerns body & structure. Next are suspension (17%) and air bags (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 30 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 30,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 23 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 30,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 92% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2010 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Jeep Patriot FWD with enough data (24 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I was involved in an accident where I rear-ended another vehicle. I was going about 35 and my vehicle was imbedded in the bumper of the other vehicle. The tow truck had to pull the vehicles apart and there is about $7,500 in damage to my vehicle. I hit my knee on the dash and had bruising from the seat belt. My air bags didn't deploy which has me greatly concerned. I had someone that was highed by chrysler to come out and inspect the vehicle.
Tl*the contact owns a 2010 jeep patriot. While attempting to drive in reverse the gear shift lever malfunctioned. He was able to release the brake pedal and move the vehicle into a parking space with the emergency brake on. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who confirmed that the shift lever retaining clip caused the gear shift to fail. The dealer replaced the retaining shift lever clip and cable. The failure mileage was 1,763 and the current mileage was 2,200. Updated 03/19/10. Updated 09/16/10
Went to get my annual oil change on my 2008 jeep patriot with only 42,000 miles on it. My mechanic called me at work and said my lower ball joint was about to fall out. Now the car is only 2 years old. I do alot of driving but no rough driving all highway driving. So I couldn't believe that ball joint would be bad after 42,000 miles. Now the bad part since it is out of warranty. I have to foot the bill for the replacement at over 450.00. Don't think this is right but what you going to do.
At 21,237 miles, front tie rods and ball joints had to be replaced for a total of $1500. At this amount of miles, this is completely unacceptable. After some internet research, I discovered that this is on ongoing problem in jeep patriots that has not been addressed by chrysler. I was actually told that my car was unsafe to drive without these repairs, and I had been driving it regularly (without any symptoms of problems) and could have been killed in a fiery crash because of chrysler's neglect.
Safty recall n01 / NHTSA 13v-233 and s61 / NHTSA 16v-668 I took my 2010 jeep patriot in for the above factory recalls on 11/21/2017 to young chrysler dodge jeep ram of ionia in ionia, mi and was told that they didn't have the parts to fix this recall. I was told I would be contacted when parts were available but not offered a replacement vehicle until the repairs are made. I feel that is very unsafe to drive a vehicle that could have these possible life threatening problems.