I am thinking about buying a new 2011 Patriot and would love to hear from Patriot owners who have racked up more than 100,000 (mostly city) miles and hear about what mechanical problems you have had. In all honesty, I am concerned about the long term reliability of newer Jeeps. In my neck of the woods, I don't see a whole lot of them on the road with as many miles as my old Honda. Thanks for your answers.
Patriot owners with over 100,000 miles, what mechanical problems have you had?
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I just turned in my '08 Pat with 68k miles and picked up a '11.
The only issues I had where replacing both outer tie-rods (at about 40k), and the roof water leak. I didn't have a sun-roof. This was a problem where the seal between the skins of the roof where not sealed correctly at the factory. One trip to the dealership and it was handled under warrenty.
I would agree with everyone else, the '11 is more quite and feels more refined. I also switched from a 5-spd to the CVT. My wife won't drive a 5-spd. The CVT isn't bad, just takes some getting used to.
The only issues I had where replacing both outer tie-rods (at about 40k), and the roof water leak. I didn't have a sun-roof. This was a problem where the seal between the skins of the roof where not sealed correctly at the factory. One trip to the dealership and it was handled under warrenty.
I would agree with everyone else, the '11 is more quite and feels more refined. I also switched from a 5-spd to the CVT. My wife won't drive a 5-spd. The CVT isn't bad, just takes some getting used to.
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A few problems I could mention on mine are, that stupid plastic piece that is on the driver seat railing, I always get my jeans caught on it, it usually ends up ripping my jeans on the leg by my ankle but it might just break the plastic soon. Also some small sun visors but i just found out that they are retractable and be extended over the side window.
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I have to admit that I am personally glad to hear about the lack of mechanical issues with the car. As for the tie-rod ends that seem to be a common problem, I just want to mention that my old Volvo s40 2001 couldn't go 40,000km without needing to replace them. My wife's old Honda Accord 2000 had the same kinds of issues.
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I barely knew anything about CVT before driving the Patriot. I have to admit that I actually like it a lot better than an automatic transmission myself. Not feeling the gears shift is fantastic.
Second set of tires at 128K? That's darn good! What are you running for tires? Or did you mean your second set of replacement tires?
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124k miles on mine
recently had a bad grinding sound
turns out low on power steering fluid
while in the shop they did pull up code P0420 cat converter
no performance issues
not sure of cause yet,
hoping dont need new cat
other than that, alt/starter replaced,
no other problems, keeps humming along
recently had a bad grinding sound
turns out low on power steering fluid
while in the shop they did pull up code P0420 cat converter
no performance issues
not sure of cause yet,
hoping dont need new cat
other than that, alt/starter replaced,
no other problems, keeps humming along
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I'm about to hit 152K. Bought mine end of Summer 2008.
I drive very conservatively. If it is safe I'm in the far right lane at 55 mph and engine brake as much as possible for maximum fuel efficiency and minimum wear on brakes.
~76K First Tire Change (and sparks didn't realize at the time that sparks are
copper and 30k oops, but all good).
~88K Lower Control Arm Bushing went Bad (a little pee-ed since I drive mostly
highway and at low speeds. This is a frikin Off road vehicle how can that
have gone bad already, right?)
~96K Alternator went bad or rather had a bad bearing so it made a loud
scratchy sound; failure imminent. Still charged my battery and
everything was OK though.
~118K First Transmission Fluid Change. It is CVT so I had until 120K.
Mechanic was impressed by how clean everything still was.
~155K Brakes and another tire set. Future. On next vacation next couple of
weeks will get this done. Rear Drums are finally worn and front disks are
below 50%. Technically front is OK, but I've NEVER had to replace
anything yet. I figure it is a good safety PM and heck if my car lasts
to 310K then I'll count myself lucky.
I drive very conservatively. If it is safe I'm in the far right lane at 55 mph and engine brake as much as possible for maximum fuel efficiency and minimum wear on brakes.
~76K First Tire Change (and sparks didn't realize at the time that sparks are
copper and 30k oops, but all good).
~88K Lower Control Arm Bushing went Bad (a little pee-ed since I drive mostly
highway and at low speeds. This is a frikin Off road vehicle how can that
have gone bad already, right?)
~96K Alternator went bad or rather had a bad bearing so it made a loud
scratchy sound; failure imminent. Still charged my battery and
everything was OK though.
~118K First Transmission Fluid Change. It is CVT so I had until 120K.
Mechanic was impressed by how clean everything still was.
~155K Brakes and another tire set. Future. On next vacation next couple of
weeks will get this done. Rear Drums are finally worn and front disks are
below 50%. Technically front is OK, but I've NEVER had to replace
anything yet. I figure it is a good safety PM and heck if my car lasts
to 310K then I'll count myself lucky.
I'm also on my original set of brakes at about 107,000 miles. I've never had a set last this long before. I think a lot of it has to do with the engine braking that's inherent with the CVT.
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I have 146k kms on my 2008 Patriot 4WD. Two sets of Disc brakes, New Battery, a lot of suspension problems- control arm, ball joints, bushings, some recent electrical problems resulting in replaced relays etc as well as no power door locks, all 4 TPMS units have failed, Drivers door hinge spring fell out (173 to fix), Frequently throws Check Engine codes now- but not able to get a good diagnosis. Tho sets of tires and in need of another set now. Generally problems started once warranty expired at 100kms. I have spent over 4000 in past year mostly on suspension related and electrical issues. Will probably not get another Jeep.
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