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2015 Jeep Patriot Engine Problems

Complaints
103about this part
Share
33%of 315 total for the year
Median mileage
50,744miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 103 complaints about the engine of the 2015 Jeep Patriot, 33% of the 315 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 50,744 miles. 2 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Electronic throttle control keeps acting up. The light flashes on as it loses power then it will run fine for a little bit and do it again. There is no code. I keep getting hesitations in the Jeep. It will hiccup along the highway or as I try to accelerate. There is no specific time when it happens. I have already had the wire harness replaced in my Jeep a year ago.”

NHTSA complaint #11406343, filed 2021-04, 123,000 miles

“I have about 48000 miles on my car in the last week it's been stalling while driving the engine stalls and it just shuts down I have a young child and it's scary and not safe. It has done it at multiple variations of miles per hour. No warning, engine light flashes once I give it a couple minutes it generally cranks back up and either stalls out again.”

NHTSA complaint #11240355, filed 2019-07, 47,900 miles

“My Jeep Patriot will stall out on me unexpectedly while driving. I have had thousands of work done on it just for it to continue to happen. No shop has been able to figure out what is wrong due to no code showing up. It has been overheating on me and has been causing me to throw away a lot of money. I am very upset about this and the fact that there is nothing happening and all of these complaints is ridiculous!!”

NHTSA complaint #11414043, filed 2021-04, 70,000 miles

“Two months ago my Jeep started bucking violently when driving after it sat for a month being driven maybe once a week. I refilled the tank with premium and it still didn't help. Took it to the shop and they couldn't find a problem. It stopped doing that for for about two weeks but now it stared doing it again. It does it when I'm am accelerating from a slow down and also once I get up to 60 on the highway”

NHTSA complaint #11342645, filed 2020-08, 79,000 miles

“The first time it stalled I was turning a corner onto a main street and it stalled. It did start right back up and ran. The next day I was stopped at a red light and it stalled. The very next red light it stalled again. Both times it started right back up again.”

NHTSA complaint #11228835, filed 2019-07, 48,600 miles

Related service bulletins

Engine: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2017915%
201622449%
201510333%
201415628%
20132521%
201211432%
20116620%
20101511%
20093518%
20083016%
20071617%

Other parts of the 2015 Jeep Patriot

Electrical system
63 complaintsOther or unknown
53 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
50 complaintsVehicle speed control
39 complaintsSteering
30 complaintsElectronic stability control
29 complaintsFuel system
27 complaintsSeats
25 complaintsAir bags
20 complaintsBrakes
20 complaintsSuspension
8 complaintsEngine cooling
6 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2015 Jeep Patriot

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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