Problems with 2016 Jeep Patriot VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 jeep patriot. the contact stated that while her husband was driving with the cruse control activated, the vehicle independently accelerated without warning. the driver was unable to deactivate the cruise control. the vehicle continue to accelerate. the brake pedal was depressed and was able to bring the vehicle to a stop. the vehicle was restarted and operated as intended. the contact called stephen wade chrysler jeep dodge ram fiat dealer, (1724 hilton dr, st. george, ut 84770) and scheduled an appointment which was still pending. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer and was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 45,000.

Bought jeep in 2018 since then it has had intermittent cruise control problems. sometimes it works sometimes it dont. sometimes it works then quits working. drivers seat belt will be buckled and come unbuckled have to rebuckle intermittently. burning smell intermittently dont know if its oil, coolant or what was supposed to be fixed by jeep who said it was leaky coolant still occurs. all of this has occurred while on the road.

Vehicle throttle control lights comes on when car is in motion which will then slow down the vehicle which can cause an accident that you can no longer control the steering wheel. when that light comes one the engine light and traction control lights come on as well. when on the highway car will lose acceleration which again you can't pull over it will just stop. this is very dangerous and can cause death. i have read so many more of the same complaints something needs to be done about this.

The car would hesitate when accelerating and slow down to a very low speed before bucking and thrusting until the speed would increase. the slowness was slow enough on a highway to almost cause an accident.

Takata recall the tcm on my jeep patriot short-circuited out of nowhere and now it causes my transmission gears to slip while i'm driving and makes my rpms rev really high wow my acceleration is minimum meaning when i put my foot on the pedal and press the rpms jump really high and my car barely even picks up speed i was driving on a city street and all of a sudden i felt something was wrong that's when i noticed the rpms revving really really high while my car was slowing down it's never done it before and it causes traffic because my vehicle will run real slow and takes almost me having to put my pedal to the ground just so i can speed up enough to get out of the way so when i got home i hooked up an obd monitor to my car and it said lost tcm communication now i can't even drive my car because i'm afraid i'm going to blow up the engine or something

2016 patriot with,54,000 miles. no major issues prior. 2 weeks ago however, i was left stopped in the middle of a highway entrance ramp, almost rear-ended by a semi and side swiping a construction sign to avoid being hit. when accelerating the etc symbol (lightening bolt) will display, traction control icon and check engine light will display. the jeep completely stops accelerating (highway speed to 0 mph within seconds=deadly), it will shake before just dying. if i'm lucky i'll make it to the shoulder (if it happens to have one). through google research, i came across a way to do a "reset" (turn car off, insert key and turn "on", press gas pedal slowly, release slowly, turn car off and then restart the engine). doing this typically clears the icons and i'm able to travel again. this intermittently happens, so you never know when you're potentially about to be involved in an accident from stopping in the middle of the roadway. when driving on city/town roads, it has not completed stopped as stated above, but will "jump" when switching gears, then throw the etc symbol. if i let off the gas, the icon goes away and car runs normal. i took it to a mechanic 1 day ago and was told to get a new battery. the battery was changed 1 day ago and the issue occurred multiple times today. through online searches it appears this is a terribly common issue that jeep has yet to address! someone is going to end up losing their life because of this malfunction. there appears to be no way of knowing this is going to happen or any preventative measures that a typical person would know to take to avoid this deadly malfunction. as easy as it is to just take it to a mechanic, that is not financially possible for everyone and in this situation needs to be addressed by jeep as it is recurring issue and is deadly. nothing as a vehicle owner would avoid this from occurring.

I was going uphill on a rural road when my car powered down and the rpms dropped down to 0. it kicked right back in, it happened one more time on my way home through the city. when i got into my driveway, before i could come to a complete stop it dropped rpms and powered down. after a half an hour i went out to head to a dr. appt and my jeep wouldn't start.

Vehicle loses power and ability to accelerate. this occured while driving on the interstate at 65 mph. thankfully, i was able to get vehicle to side of road. restarted and as driving home, vehicle tries to accelarate itself while car is idling. had i not had my foot firmly on brake, it would have taken off. took in for repairs and dealer states that throttle body is bad and this is a common problem on these vehicles. advised that it was dangerous to drive as vehicle can lose power without warning.

While at a full stop at a stop light, the car attempted to accelerate to 40 mph. a red lightning bolt lit up on the dash. the car was shut down. when the car was restarted, the check engine light came on. the car still randomly attempts to accelerate under all and any driving conditions. so far the acceleration sensor has been replaced with no avail. currently trying another service group to isolate and correct the problem. the vehicle is dangerous because there is no predictable pattern to the random accelerations. the date noted is the last occurance. we've been attempting to get the vehicle repaired since july 18, 2018.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 jeep patriot. while depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to accelerate and stalled. the contact stated that the same failure occurred every time the vehicle attempted to exceed 40 mph. the dealer (hertrich chrysler dodge jeep ram of elkton, 1147 e pulaski hwy, elkton, md 21921) was contacted, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was 45,156.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 jeep patriot. while driving, the electronic throttle, electronic stability control off, and malfunction indicators illuminated. also, the engine stalled and lost power. the vehicle was towed to the independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the electronic throttle control needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the dealer was not contacted. the manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that no recall was associated with the vehicle. no further assistance was offered. the approximate failure mileage was 35,790.

Started jeep and all three lights presented on the panel (electronic throttle, electronic stability control, malfunction indicator light). attempt to drive and would not move past 2krpm and commenced "stuttering" and then stalled. had car towed to mechanic (mpg automotive and fernie's auto) to confirm failures.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 jeep patriot. the contact stated that while driving at 70 mph, the vehicle jerked, the abs and traction warning lights illuminated. the vehicle failed to accelerate and gradually lost power. the contact pulled over to the side of the road. the contact turned off and turned on the vehicle and was able to drive normally. the contact also stated that while driving at various speeds, the engine stalled, the abs and traction warning light illuminated. the contact pulled over to the side of the road. the contact turned off and turned on the vehicle and was able to drive normally. the vehicle was taken to the dealer (washington nc chrysler dodge jeep ram fiat located at 4001 u.s. 264 west, washington, nc 27889) where it was diagnosed that the passenger side wheel sensor needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the contact stated that two days after the repair was done the same failure recurred several other times. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was contacted and was made aware of the failure. the manufacturer stated that a case manager would call the contact. a case number was provided but the contact did not have the number. the approximate failure mileage was 50,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 jeep patriot. while attempting to turn into a parking lot, the contact removed her foot from the accelerator pedal to depress the brake pedal and the vehicle accelerated at rapid speed without warning. the contact attempted to depress the brake pedal, but the vehicle accelerated faster. as a result, the contact crashed into a medical building and injured another person. the other person sustained bruising to the chest that required medical attention. the contact sustained an injury to the left arm that required medical attention. the air bags failed to deploy. a police report was filed. the vehicle was towed to klamath falls honda (2810 washburn way, klamath falls, or 97603 (541) 205-4917), but was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 11,000. *js

I was driving down the road and barely touched the shifter and when i touch the shifter it slipped over into where you shift your gears i feel like it's a could catch the car on fire because it is revved up so high and you don't even realize it because you cant hear it unless you you got radio off and windows up and you can never tell i definitely think they should have made it more safe when from some kind of a lock on the shifter for when you want to go over into where you shift the gears yourself not to mention how expensive cars are and that you could very easily tear up your car by it being in the manual shifting area rather than the automatic shift

Shifts from d to 1st on its own: from a stop, the 2016 jeep patriot semi-automatic transmission drops to first gear on its own. there is no indication until the driver has pulled into traffic and has no acceleration power. the dash light indicates the vehicle is in 1st gear, but the driver was not expecting this and must either gun the engine and take rpms off the chart to avoid a crash from oncoming vehicles, or manually shift the vehicle to n or p and then return to d for a type of "reset". the issue is intermittant. the dealership where we bought the vehicle cannot replicate the problem (in to shop 3x for this issue). they replaced the stick sensor and opened two separate staron packs with jeep engineers. but the problem continues. i suspect its transmission ($$) related or electrical ($$). moving on to new dealership service. fingers crossed. cruise control: when cruise engaged at 70-75 mph on open hwy, had to slow for traffic. speed dropped down to about 60-65. when reengaged cruise, the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably--rpms shot through the roof. had to tap the breaks to disengage cruise and whole family experienced a hard lurch. reported issue to jeep service as perhaps related to issue with downshifting to first. response was that this was normal. seatbelts: when a person weighing more than 230lbs sits in the front seats, the seat belt warning sound dings as if the belt is not engaged. the dealership replaced sensors in both front seats. problem resolved.

I bought my 2016 jeep patriot new. it has 20,000 miles. the abs and traction control light is on. cruise control stopped working. windshield wipers make popping noise when on. when at a stop the engine makes a rattling sound. when acceleration it makes a weird noise and takes forever to get it to the speed of 60mph. i can't get my car in for repair until june 14, 2016. everything that went wrong happened at the same time except the windshield wipers. i smell a lemon in the bunch here!!!

Vehicle has had total of 9 incidents involving check engine light involving fail code 22, p2127,p2138. car has had stationary stall outs or no starts. while vehicle is in park has high rev to 3000 rpms. while car is driven in city has had rapid deceleration from 45 to 30 mph with jerky forward and back movement with no ability to control speed other than heavy breaking, no acceleration control. while on highway ;rapid uncontrolled deceleration from 65 to 40 mph, with no ability to re-accelerate with jerking forward and back motion. self acceleration(driver has not engaged accelerator pedal) from stopped position= 0-40 mph requiring emergency brake application to stop with limited to no steering capability. vehicle has been to multiple jeep dealerships in co and az from 4/8/16-2/21/18. multiple repairs have been completed with no resolution. lemon law application and further litigation is ongoing.