2007 Jeep Patriot 4X4 Electrical system Problems

“My vehicle started stalling when I was merging onto a busy highway. The electronic throttle sensor and stability sensor came on and I had to pull off on the shoulder of the road. The car was very hard to get to a stop. The breaks did not work very well and the car was jerking horribly. The car kept trying to die and would rev up and down by itself. It turned the car off and back on and it reset itself but it happened again.”

“My daughter was driving my Jeep patriot today. She noticed some smoke in the cabin & pulled over to the shoulder & got out just in time. By the time the fire dept got there, 10 min or so, the car was completely engulfed & it burned to the ground. It was a 2007 with 12,000 mi on it & was in perfect condition with no problems at all up until today. She said she smelled a little electrical smoke ( like burning plastic)just before & thought it was coming from the side of the road.”

“Although the wire to the starter had been replaced in october 2010 by the dealer, the car was still having problems starting. I took my car to a relative to check my car since nothing was really getting resolved at the dealer. Once my car was turned off it would not restart. My car was examined and the wire they replaced was not placed back into the protective casing and was slightly charred. In addition, the starter was burnt out and needed to be replaced. The core was kept by the auto part store the new one was purchased from. …”

“My car horn randomly honks on its own at various times. I had logged the incidents for over a month to see if there was any similarities among the incidents and there were none. Speed, outside temperature, turning vs straight driving all have nothing to do with it. The horn will honk short bursts as well as long honks that will stop when I push the steering wheel horn button. There have been numerous times when in a parking lot or at a stop light it goes off and people think I am doing it. I am very afraid that it will cause a road rage incident/accident. …”

“This vehicle is my daughters and when we took it in to have new tires installed they discovered the defects. In april 2010 my daughter complained of a clunking noise when she would hit a bump in the road. She called me and I assured her that it was safe to drive with only 35000 miles on the vehicle. During this same time frame she took this Jeep in for a regular oil change and at billion motors in sioux falls,sd and they tell her she has a bad tie rod end. Again I assured her that with only 35000 miles it is okay to drive. I have been a mechanic for over 30 years, but I was wrong. …”