Open safety recalls, the components owners report failing most often, crash-test results and running costs for the 2007 Jeep Patriot, assembled from NHTSA and EPA records.
Everything on this page applies to the model as a whole. Run its VIN to decode that exact car, its engine, trim, assembly plant and factory equipment, alongside these records.
Open a VIN recordRecalls and complaints are filed against a specific model year, so figures differ from one year to the next even within a single generation. See every Jeep Patriot year.
No EPA fuel-economy match for this model. Naming may differ, or it predates EPA records.
NHTSA frontal crash test
1 open NHTSA investigation into this model. Investigations come before recalls, so these are potential defects not yet covered by one.
Rated configuration: 2007 Jeep Patriot 4-DR. w/SAB
The parts named most often across 270 owner complaints filed with NHTSA for this make, model and year.
1 crash
1 crash
1 fire
Complaints are self-reported and skew toward problems people find alarming, so read this as where to look rather than as a defect rate.
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Engine stalls several minutes after filling up the gas tank. Occurs on every fill up with gas. The stalling stops after being driving a mile to more.
The rear undercarriage is rusted through and mount by rear differential mount has broken off causing shaking, vibrating and possible differential leakage.
Filled gasoline up and had car idle while driving. Had to place car in park, turn ignition off and back on to get it to turn back on. This happened two times and happens everytime I fill up gas in car. Other Patriots have reported same issue and I have been very close to accidents due to this.
THE JEEP COMMONLY CHOKES AND DIES RIGHT AFTER A FILL-UP. AFTER 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE, THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. ONLINE DATA SEARCH APPEARS TO INDICATE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH JEEPS. HAVING YOUR CAR DIE IN TRAFFIC CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
EVERY TIME I FILL UP THE CAR, ONCE A WEEK, I AM BARELY OUT OF THE GAS STATION AND BAM! CAR SHUTS OFF. OR AS I AM DRIVING IT STALLS, SOMETIMES IT GOES AND SOMETIMES IT JUST SHUTS OFF. I'VE CARS ALMOST REAR END ME BECAUSE IT SO SUDDEN. SOMETIMES I JUST TURN ON THE CAR AFTER GAS JUST TO WAIT FOR IT TO SHUT DOWN SO I DON'T KILL MYSELF IN TRAFFIC. TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC PAID 800 BUCKS AND IT STILL HAPPENS. THEY REPLACED THE FULL INJECTOR AND SOME OTHER STUFF THAT I DON'T KNOW. THEY PULLED THE GAS TANK OUT TO DO WHATEVER IT WAS. THE ENTIRE CAR SMELLED LIKE GAS FOR WEEKS. WHY CAN'T SOMETHING BE DONE. LOOKS LIKE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. EVERY ONES COMPLAINTS MATCHES MINE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR.
VEHICLE HAS HAD STALLING ISSUES FOLLOWING REFUELING FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. ASIDE FROM AFTER REFUELING THE STALLING IS UNPREDICTABLE AS FOR TIMING. SOMETIMES IT STALLS IMMEDIATELY AFTER REFUELING AND STARTING THE ENGINE, OTHER TIMES IT WILL STALL AFTER I'M ALREADY IN TRAFFIC SEVERAL MINUTES LATER. THIS CREATES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD.
AFTER GETTING GAS. VEHICLE STALLS WHILE RUNNING IN DRIVE WITHOUT WARNING . THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC!! IT TAKES ABOUT 3 STARTUPS AND STALLS THAN THERE IS NO ISSUE UNTIL NEXT GAS FILL UP:
EVERY TIME I FILL UP MY 2007 JEEP PATRIOT WITH FUEL WHEN I DRIVE OFF INTO THE CITY STREETS IT TURNS OFF ON ME AND EVERYTHING LOCKS UP IN TRAFFIC WHILE I'M IN MOTION ALMOST CAUSING A ACCIDENT EVERY TIME AND THAT'S ONCE A WEEK CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GET KILLED OR SOMEONE ELSE GETS KILLED.
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.
AFTER FILLING UP WITH GAS TWICE NOW IT STALLS RIGHT AFTER I FILL UP THE GAS TANK. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AND I'VE BEEN STALLED IN AN INTERSECTION THAT IS NOT SAFE. I JUST PURCHASED THIS USED A FEW WEEKS AGO AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM OR I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED IT. IT'S A FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED YEARS AGO. THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WHICH IS AN EXPENSIVE JOB. SHOULD BE RECALLED SO PEOPLE CAN GET IT FIXED BY DEALER AT THE DEALER COST. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WITH NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR IT IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT. WHY WASN'T THIS RECALLED YEARS AGO.
ENGINE STALLS AFTER FILL UP OF FUEL WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE GAS STATION CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. *TR
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