Hey mates,
Thought I'd share this with you since there might be some in the crowd that the info might be useful.
My Jeep: 2008 Patriot Limited 2.4L with CVT2 and 2000 kilometers on the odometer.
I was on a trip yesterday and noticed 2 VERY disturbing problems with the CVT transmission.
Problem #1- Cruising highway speeds.
On my trip I was on a highway and when accelerating to the speed limit of ca. 80mph it happened. Settled on the speed, popped Cruise Control on, and set the speed. It was OK at first but it then suddenly revved the engine up to 6000RPM and kept it there for some seconds and then resumed normal operation and lowered the RPMs to around 2500. I first thought it was just a random glitch, but the same thing happened a second time. The third time I was going 80mph on with the cruise on and without a particular reason it just started to rev up the engine, and up to 6000RPM and after a few seconds back to normal.
Problem #2 - Passing = no revs?
So after the highway I was on the motorway doing some 60MPH behind a 16wheeler truck, a good spot opened up and I put my foot on the gas and decided to pass the 16wheeler. All ok, until I got up to the side of that LOONG truck when suddenly the engine seized revving, put the RPMS into some 1200-1500 and no matter how much I put my foot down nothing happened. Panic settling in and another truck coming at me (I'm on his lane, with another car passing the 16wheeler behind me) I by happenstance juggled the gear lever and put it on the autostick side, realized this and popped it up to fourth gear, got past quickly (the car behind me manager to pull back behind the 16wheeler) and after a few minutes after this I managed to park the Jeep on the side of the road. Turn the engine off and after a coke and walking around the car a bit I managed to walk off the adrenaline rush. Talking about scary sh1t here.
I'm taking the car to the dealer next week (seemed to work fine the rest of the trip and today) and getting it serviced. But as a word of advice, learn how to use the autostick AND teach your better half how it works as well. In the case this wasn't a random episode...
I'll let you all know what the dealer says.
Thought I'd share this with you since there might be some in the crowd that the info might be useful.
My Jeep: 2008 Patriot Limited 2.4L with CVT2 and 2000 kilometers on the odometer.
I was on a trip yesterday and noticed 2 VERY disturbing problems with the CVT transmission.
Problem #1- Cruising highway speeds.
On my trip I was on a highway and when accelerating to the speed limit of ca. 80mph it happened. Settled on the speed, popped Cruise Control on, and set the speed. It was OK at first but it then suddenly revved the engine up to 6000RPM and kept it there for some seconds and then resumed normal operation and lowered the RPMs to around 2500. I first thought it was just a random glitch, but the same thing happened a second time. The third time I was going 80mph on with the cruise on and without a particular reason it just started to rev up the engine, and up to 6000RPM and after a few seconds back to normal.
Problem #2 - Passing = no revs?
So after the highway I was on the motorway doing some 60MPH behind a 16wheeler truck, a good spot opened up and I put my foot on the gas and decided to pass the 16wheeler. All ok, until I got up to the side of that LOONG truck when suddenly the engine seized revving, put the RPMS into some 1200-1500 and no matter how much I put my foot down nothing happened. Panic settling in and another truck coming at me (I'm on his lane, with another car passing the 16wheeler behind me) I by happenstance juggled the gear lever and put it on the autostick side, realized this and popped it up to fourth gear, got past quickly (the car behind me manager to pull back behind the 16wheeler) and after a few minutes after this I managed to park the Jeep on the side of the road. Turn the engine off and after a coke and walking around the car a bit I managed to walk off the adrenaline rush. Talking about scary sh1t here.
I'm taking the car to the dealer next week (seemed to work fine the rest of the trip and today) and getting it serviced. But as a word of advice, learn how to use the autostick AND teach your better half how it works as well. In the case this wasn't a random episode...
I'll let you all know what the dealer says.
Scary stuff… please keep us up date it.
