2008 Jeep Patriot 4X4 Electrical system Problems

“My vehicle will sometimes not go when I press the gas. The brakes don't properly work, the 4 wheel drive lock fails, the esp light flashes, the traction control fails, and it makes it difficult to drive over 5 miles an hour. I have yet to be in an accident, but I fear it may happen. It happens immediately after starting to drive, and doesn't always correct itself. I contacted Jeep and they told me I'm on my own. It is a known issue with these vehicles and wonder why they haven't recalled them to fix the problem. …”

“I was leaving work and the car started just fine but then as I was starting to drive it stalled out. It started back up just fine and then did the same thing. This went on several times. And when it stalls out, my power steering is gone and it is hard to get it to a safe stop. I am worried if I take it out on the road it will stall out and cause an accident. I have read several reviews of this problem with recalls on the 2009 model but not the 2008.”

“I had just filled the tank as usual and drove about 500 yards to a red light. In the past after a fill up, the Jeep would stall and buck around 30 MPH, as if it couldn't get into gear, even though this is a CVT. I thought this might happen again, but it didn't this time, which was curious. At the light, upon attempting to accelerate there was no response from the throttle, and the car remained in drive, but refused to move. I could not shift out of gear into neutral. …”

“Over the past year my Jeep has been very sluggish, accelerates at higher RPM's than normal, shifts rough ( even though it is a CVT and doesn't have gears). For example, when I slow down to make a turn and then proceed to accelerate after the turn, my Jeep hesitates to accelerate, the RPM's plummet and then reach to over 3000 RPM's before it slams/jerks into gear to return to around 2000 RPM's. Twice my Jeep has shuttered and stalled while at red lights. …”

“This issue may have started way earlier, since the patriot electrical system on the dash board would sometimes come on and then go off intermittently. I reported it during the first year, 2008 and a few times during 2009 and 2010. I had not have this problem again until earlier this year. Checks by dealership came back, nothing is wrong . That's it!! This year the problem got worst, intermittently, my headlights, turn signal, wipers would not work. Hazard lights will not work. One day it rained and I realized the wipers did not work, I had to pull over for safety. …”