2008 Jeep Patriot problems
Owners have filed 275 complaints with NHTSA about the 2008 Jeep Patriot. Fuel system is the most reported problem area, at 16% of complaints. Next are body & structure (16%) and engine (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 275 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 16% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 94,000 miles 212 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 | 8 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 15 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 18 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 32 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 41 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 38 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 18 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 24 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 10 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 8 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 212 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 94,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 105,000 miles (36 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire. 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 2008 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Jeep Patriot with enough data (28 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.
17/october 2015 3:00 pm there was a fire in the fuel line over the motor. Over the 4 injector sensors the line cut and splash gasoline. In this moment, the motor was off and the key was not in the ignition. In this moment just an extinguisher was used the damage was a line cut over the motor 2.4. The vehicle was stationary over 10 minute in the yard of club lions of guayanilla town of puerto rico country 00656 area code.
I had to have the subframe and cross member replaced on my 2008 patriot in january 2017, it has rusted again and the same parts need replaced, it was replaced oe parts which I feel were faulty. I was making a u-turn on a small city street and my rear cross member broke, I thought I ran over a something then my steering wheel shimmed , my tires that were held in the cross member were now tilted in to my cross member making black smoke. My tire rubbed on my wheel well untill blew .
My 2008 jeep patriot was parked on my driveway (no trees around to cause a clog) for a month, while on vacation. When I came back, the trunk and the back seat floors were full of mold due to water leaking thru the back dome light. Then after doing some research I learned that the leaking dome light is a common problem on the 2007 and 2008 jeep patriots.
Tipm needs replaced. Right signal light didn't work properly, AC doesn't blow cold air. I had the AC checked, it's fine. It's the tipm. And the air bag light is on constant. The system is shut off. All this b/c of the tipm. It started to act up while in motion.