2012 Jeep Patriot problems
Owners have filed 554 complaints with NHTSA about the 2012 Jeep Patriot. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 21% of complaints. Next are fuel system (18%) and drivetrain & axles (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 554 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 16 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 50,000 miles 401 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 | 96 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 69 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 59 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 70 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 52 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 24 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 18 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 12 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 401 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 50,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 41,000 miles (106 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 16 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire; 9 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 82% 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 2012 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Jeep Patriot with enough data (335 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 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.
Due to the recall on the air bag module the fuse blew out causing the wiring harness to catch fire burning up the whole harness and if replaced the problem will still persist due to no part for the air bag module was driving down the road and have to pull over and call the fire department
I was driving on the freeway and my jeep just shut off. I was in the middle of heavy traffic at night and was almost hit because I was unable to move my car to the side and my lights were not working. I waited a while and my car started again and after a couple miles of travel it shut off again.
The back passenger floor board is consistently soaking wet, with a standing puddle of water. Well dry it up as much as we can and the next morning if its rained the back passenger floor board will be completely wet again. The inside of the windows get extremely wet and dewy to were there is water dripping from them including the inside of the sunroof window. We again soak it all up, as much as we can.