2010 Jeep Patriot problems
Owners have filed 207 complaints with NHTSA about the 2010 Jeep Patriot. Fuel system is the most reported problem area, at 15% of complaints. Next are air bags (13%) and electrical system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 207 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 13 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 77,000 miles 155 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 | 15 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 23 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 12 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 30 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 28 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 11 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 16 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 15 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 155 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 77,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 80,000 miles (25 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 12 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 13 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2010 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Jeep Patriot with enough data (57 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 jeep patriot. The contact called on behalf of the driver. While driving at a low speed and making a left turn, the vehicle was struck by another vehicle. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a guardrail. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact mentioned that the seat belts failed to keep the occupants restrained. A police report was filed. The contact stated that the driver and front seat passenger sustained minor injuries, which did not require medical attention.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 jeep patriot. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, she was involved in a crash. The exact details of the crash were not available. Upon impact, the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 70,000.
While driving on I-75 in june 2014 the jeeps temp. Light went on regarding the transmission was overheating and started to slow down. I pulled off the and was lucky to find a jeep dealer. I explained what happened,and the dealer checked the trans fluid and said it was fine he also said it was the heat from the highway and the outside temp was 90 degrees. We continued and the car ran fine after that. The same thing happened on sunday sept 21 2014 driving through pa.
When braking, the jeep seems to loose rear control features. The same often occurs when slowly accelerating. It has "shifted" from one side to the other at times when general straight road driving occurs. Speeds have never exceeded 30 MPH. Braking loss of rear control occurs at speeds never exceeding 5 miles an hour