2007 Jeep Patriot problems
Owners have filed 130 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Jeep Patriot. Fuel system is the most reported problem area, at 46% of complaints. Next are engine (13%) and suspension (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 130 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 46% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 90,000 miles 112 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 | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 11 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 17 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 27 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 18 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 10 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 8 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 112 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 90,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 96,000 miles (53 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 2 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 89% 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 2007 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Jeep Patriot with enough data (13 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.
Smelled burning plastic . . . Faint at first, but kept getting stronger. Pulled over to find the problem and saw flames coming out of the speaker in the left rear door. Half of the speaker cover was totally burned away. Poured water on the fire to put it out. Also poured water through window down behind the door panel to make sure any flames/sparks that weren't visible would be extinguished.
Going to town driving between 45MPH and 50MPH and the front tires stop turning and skid to a stop. Therefore causing my head face to strike the steering well resulting in a bleeding nose and a bruised chest.
Car stalls after filling up tank. Started doing this 3 fill ups ago. Different gas stations. Gas tank is not "topped off". Stalling occurs for the next few miles or 10 minutes of use. Car is fine after that. Stalling occurs when RPM is under 1000 and does this when stopped or slowing down to make a turn. Added "heet" to tank, thinking water may have gotten in there from the gas station. Ruled that out after using a different gas station. Car has 130,000 miles on it. I have owned it since it had 30,000 miles on it.
After filling up at the gas station, started too drive and after a few minutes the car sputtered and stalled. Started car again and the stalling happened again.. After these 2 incidents the car was fine until next fill up. This has been going on for a few years.