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2008 Jeep Patriot body & structure problems

44 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2008 Jeep Patriot, which is 16% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
44 16% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
95,000 miles 30 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 2
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2008 Jeep Patriot Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 95,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 6 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 95,000 miles
Based on 30 complaints that include mileage. 13% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles6
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 30 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 95,000 miles, and 13% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 fires.

What owners wrote

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 .

Reported at 158,781 miles, June 2020 Fire

Rotting subframes, front and rear. Engine drain drips onto front subframe, keeping the subframe wet and causing it to rust out. Jeep recalled the 2007 model year to replace the subframes but not the 2008 year, yet the design flaw persists. Rotting subframe caused vehicle to fail annual nh state inspection. Vehicle was built and sold in what chrysler calls a "rust belt". So, chrysler confirms the problem but only fixes it for 2007, not 2008.

Reported at 70,303 miles, October 2016

Other problems reported for the 2008 Jeep Patriot

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