2008 Jeep Patriot Suspension Problems

“I took my Jeep Patriot to a local mechanic to put a hitch on the back for a bike rack, and he noticed that my subframe/cross member was in dire need of replacement due to rust. I took the vehicle to a Jeep dealer and was told that this is a common issue in these early gen. Patriots, and that a recall had been issued by Jeep (chrysler action # 23-012-1) for the 2007 Patriot and compass models. …”

“I was informed by a shop at an oil change that the Jeep Patriot 2008 has extensive rust and corrosion and is not safe to drive. This Jeep has been serviced many times at a Jeep dealer in the past and have never been informed of any rust .with this info we have researched 2008 patriots and have discovered numerous complaints with rust and corrosion . I will reach out to the Jeep dealer as we purchased a life time maximum warranty at purchase when we bought new .”

“I was going down fern valley road in louisville, ky and someone in front of me slammed on their brakes and to avoid collision I slammed on mine. I heard a crunch and when I took off my driver side tire sounded like it was squealing so I pulled off to the side of the road to see what was wrong. My driver side tire was cocked sideways and the passenger side was straight. I didn't know what had happened yet so I just got it towed. It appears the subframe has snapped due to a large amount of rust.”

“I made a u-turn in my vehicle on a town street , as I completed the u-turn the vehicles rear suspension broke. The broken suspension made the vehicle feel like it was going over a rumble strip, the suspension being broke made the wheels turn in towards the wheel wells where it rubbed and eventually blew my tire. I was looking for a place to pull off safely. When I finally got it too a auto shop they told me the suspension rusted in two .it had to be moved with a flat bed. I had the vehicles front fixed in january of 2017 . …”

“I had to have the subframe and cross member replaced on my 2008 Patriot in january 2017, it has rusted again and the same parts need replaced, it was replaced oe parts which I feel were faulty. I was making a u-turn on a small city street and my rear cross member broke, I thought I ran over a something then my steering wheel shimmed , my tires that were held in the cross member were now tilted in to my cross member making black smoke. My tire rubbed on my wheel well untill blew . I was very lucky I was not going fast when this occured.”