Yes, known issue with the Patriot's clock. I don't believe you can't fix it, at least I'm not aware of. Wonder if an aftermarket head unit does the same thing?

 

Can't say that it does. Mine always seems to be on time.


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Now wait a second... if this is a known issue why isn't Jeep fixing it?

 

Jeep Cares... ;-)

 

My radio clock has time keeping issues also loses 2-3 minutes a month.
Jeep markets it as a time travel feature
Add it to the leaking,creaking,flashing,etc. list that many refer to as "A Patriot thing"

 

Yeah... I like my Jeep, but there are a few too many little quirks for me to say I'd buy one again.

Comparing this to my Saturn which just works, the Jeep has a lot of non-show-stopping small issues.

 

Are there a lot of hills in the area you drive? As you increase or decrease elevation the amount of gravity you, your jeep, and your clock are exposed to varies. As gravity changes, so does space/time. Top of the hill, less gravity, time moves slower compared to the bottom of the hill. Since a clock simply counts, it's easy to see how it will drift slightly. The more elevation change in your daily commute, the more clock drift you'll experience.

 

While being scientifically accurate, this is a bogus answer... but it made me laugh!

The time slips I'm seeing are on the magnitude of seconds, not milliseconds.

 

I had an aftermarket head unit in my '98 Grand Cherokee, and it would lose time. Must be a Jeep thing?

 

 

My 2010 patriot with the basic 130 stereo did exactly the same and every month I used to reset it. Now the 2012 Compass has a different stereo (the one with the uConnect), but I only got it last week, so I'll pay attention and see what happens.

 

I have the same clock lag issue in my 2011.

 

Just talked with the dealership. Apparently they are coming out with a computer update in a few weeks.

 

Click and Clack of CarTalk specifically said about Jeep owners, that we are accustomed to having some things go wrong with our Jeeps, and that we didn't so much see it as a problem, but more as a challenge; hmmmmmmmmm

 

The people with the problem with their clock being off.. do you have the Uconnect or the standard stereo?

I have the uconnect and i've never had a problem..

 

I have the standard.

 

I probably don't have this problem, because my click is set by the GPS built into the HU. So I actually have no means of manually setting the clock.


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I reset my clock when daylight saving time starts and ends. If it's out by a couple of minutes, so what. I wouldn't worry about a 2 second error per day. Big deal! Correct it once a month or so. Easy to do.

 

Uhhh yeah... how about... no? When I purchase a $21,000+ item, I don't expect to have to do stupid things over and over like resetting a clock. If the clock issue wasn't caught in beta testing -- what else might not have been!? :doh:

 

Yeah mine updates from the GPS as well. When I start my Jeep in the garage with no satellite signal, it can be off by hours... until I pull out of the garage. Then it is right from then on

 

ball joints?

 

My 2011 sits for 3 weeks to a month at a time while I'm traveling for work. I do have the uConnect and my clock is slow 2-3 minutes every time I get home. Several of my watches are atomic, so I have a good reference(not that my cell phones isn't good enough).

With regards to altitude affecting the clock, thats a no-go. If it's a quartz oscillator, which it probably is, not too much would affect it. If it's a crystal oscillator, temperature may have a small effect on it and it would slow down as it got colder.

 

Its not the altitude, its the atmospheric pressure, isn't it?

 

Yeah, and the fact that I typed 'altitude' is exactly why I shouldn't drink Crown Royal and post on JP :doh:

 

I don't have a factory clock in my Patriot so I don't have that problem but maybe you should have bought a Rolex Watch for the money and not the Jeep Patriot. The Clock should be the least of your worries. What is Time anyways ?

 

BTW, it is 6:03:04 Pacific right now if any of you need to set your clocks.

 

 

Wow, yours is off by 3 hours!

 

GO NAVY!

 

I just noticed that my clock was 2 minutes slow this morning. Then I saw this thread. I've had to adjust the time twice since I've owned it.(Had it for a year on Black Friday.) I have the stock CD player/satellite radio head unit.