2010 Jeep Patriot Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“My daughter called and said all of her lights were out both inside and outside Jeep. Windshield wipers did not work. Basically everything stopped working. She was able to start it and I told her to take it to the Jeep dealer in christianburg va. They checked it out and told her the control arm for the signals lights was broken but could not get a new one until monday, this was friday night. I told her to come home very slowly because it was raining. …”

“My daughter called from college to tell me her turn signals head lights dash lights and wipers had all stopped working. She took it to the local Jeep dealer who told her it was the turn signal switch and could not work on it until the following monday. She had to come home in the rain, drive 250 miles with out turn signals, lights or wipers. This is a real problem that the Jeep needs to address and fix it. I started looking on line at some Jeep forums and found some things to try. …”

“The contact owns a 2010 Jeep Patriot. While driving 45 MPH, water leaked into the instrument panel and rear overhead interior lighting. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the sun roof was the source of the leak. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.”