Yeah the suspension is a joke on these things. Chrysler wont admit it, though.

 

nice to know, I will make sure I go when I reach 59999km to get them checked out before warranty ends

 

The ball joints have been a recurring problem noted on here by many people. There are several threads that discuss this. Not sure if they addressed the problems with the 2011+ years, but I thought someone stated the part numbers were the same, so no?

 

16k is a little early maybe. But it's not unheard of.
After 60k, Moog parts will be your best bet.

 

I will deffinetly keep on eye on the ball joints and suspension before the end of the Warranty. I travel from Montreal to Boston twice a month so Im not hard on it, cruise a 110km/hr and the roads are pretty smooth.

So far, not impressed with Jeep quality.

 

So far, not impressed with Jeep quality.

Eh, a Jeep is a Jeep.

Most all the pieces that do wear are relatively well known and fairly straight forward to R&R.

I don't wrench much at all and even I understand the basics of fixing the front end back up!

I would think at 5 months old the dealer might be wanting to help out on those shocks (coil over struts really, no?) You do have a warranty, use it.

 

I ear you Metaxa, mechanics wears over time....and I am ready to replace parts due to normal wear but after 5 months....suspension!

Thanks for the posts, this is a really great forum. I enjoy my Jeep but for $30000, I was expecting more for the buck!

 

I owned a Pontiac Montana before my Patriot, I drove the van for 350000km's, replaced several wheel bearings, a few brake jobs, a winshield due to execessive sand blasting on the highway, oil and gas! That's it! Great car and I am sure I could have gotten another 100000km's out of it. Not sure I will reach 200000km's with the Patriot. I hope I will....lol

 

You're lucky. GMs from those years are notorious for bad wheel bearings. amongst other things. But I loved Pontiac. A shame they got rid of it instead of Buick.

 

I also mentionned a whinning sound coming from the transmission in the second and third but the mechaninc said it was normal. To be followed closelly!

Just curious, but next time you hear that whining turn off your a/c fan blower and see if you still hear it. I notice mine has a cooling fan that makes an awful sound that reminds me of transmission whine, but I turn the blower off and it goes away

 

The fan was off, it starts whinning in second gear then in third, when I press the clutch, it goes away so deffinettly transmission.

 

I bet your right. Especially if it goes away when you hit the clutch.

Although I will say when I drove my 5-speed Trooper, there was a problem with the radio after about 150,000 miles. When it was cold you could hear a high pitched noise through the speakers relative to the engine RPM. It went away when I hit the clutch, when it was warm, or when I turned off the radio. It sounds like you are hearing a different whining sound though, so its probably something else

 

The Dealer is aware so lets see what happens. I will go see another one though for a second opinion.