| Issue ID | 1557779 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 11202745 |
| Manufacurer | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| Brand | JEEP |
| Model | PATRIOT |
| Model Year | 2013 |
| File date | 07/07/18 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | 2013 jeep patriot when driven on trips of 3 to 4 hours, the transmission overheat light come on and the vehicle loses power. And slowly loses all power to move the vehicle at all. When taken to the dealer, no data was found on the computer of the incident ever occuring and the dealer acts as though they have never heard of the situation, yet in the owners manual it tells you what to do if this situation occurs? Which to me means they know its a problem, which occurs repeated depending on the length of your trip. For most who only drive locally, they may never experience this because it only seems to happen on the highway after several hours of driving. We no longer drive this vehicle out of town because of that and feel forced to rent vehicles for our own safety. I dont understand why there hasnt been a recall on this issue, it is extremely unsafe and occurs only when traveling in high speed situation on expressways. The date i used below was the last date i was willing to risk my life driving out of town with this vehicle. There were many times before that. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 90000 |
| Number of Occurences | |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | BROADVIEW, IL |
| VIN pattern | !C4NJRFB1DDXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
| Was part original equipment? | |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 70 |
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