The subframe is rusted out
I heard a knocking noise when i was backing out of my driveway and took it to a mechanic. they showed me that the rear sub frame was rotted. there is a huge hole from the rust. my car has always been garage kept and well maintained so this did not seem logical from everyday wear and tear.
On 3 occasions within the past year by car has just been turned off while i'm driving by i believe my knee bumping the ignition switch. i know chrysler has had other recalls due to similar issues on other makes/models but not on the '07 patriot from what i've seen. i believe there may be a similar issue on the '07 patriot. car just totally dies. i then have to put it into park and restart car and it'll work fine at that point. *tr
This 2007 jeep patriot began having issues with the cvt aproximately one year after i purchased (2011). while driving home from work on the highway vehicle slowed to about 10 mph then chugged quite a bit before refusing to start again. replaced transmission twice at $3,500 (2012) for the first and $4,500 (2013) for the second one, also purchased the 5 year warrenty on the second cvt trany. vehicle is in the shop every 3 months to work on transmission as of today (8-6-2015), which is very frustrating.
The right rear cross member and trailing arms fell down while driving, causing over $2500 in damage. luckily i was going slowly enough because someone could have been seriously hurt. i was without my car for over a week.
My car cuts off / stalls every time i fill my tank up. this is very dangerous to my family as well as other drivers on the road.