What year is your Patriot? Does it have the CVT transmission or the 6-speed Auto (or a manual transmission?).

 

My patriot is a 2016 with a CVT.

 

I have noticed the mpg I get with my Patriot and I am quite pleased. I calculated the mileage and it comes out to almost 26.8 Also given the fact that I do not get out much, my fuel lasts quite a while.

Recently the wife and I made a trip to see my sister, the Jeep sipped the fuel
Not to mention that the Jeep rode comfortable, cruised at 80mph for a bit. All in all I am quite pleased with my ride I still have low mileage....67k...In three years I have put about 10k miles.

I take good care of her

My patriot is a 2016 with a CVT.

I'm glad you love your Patriot. I love mine, too. Sad to have parted with my 2008 but I'm hanging onto my 2014 as long as I can. Mine is dependable and quite economical. I have the 2.0/5-spd.

Hopefully you have had the CVT fluid and both filters changed before this. If not, make it a priority. The owners manual is OTL on the recommended service. Keep the juice fresh and clean and you've got many happy miles ahead! I wish you good luck!

 

I do need to get it done...just need to find a place that is reliable. I don't drive the hell out of the vehicle which helps, but You are right I do need it done.
Too bad I can't do it myself

 

Some do, but I've never done tranny service. I'd rather pay and have it done right. Do you have a decent dealer? Some dealers decline because they say it is a sealed unit (not true). Others point to the owners manual and say it's not due yet (true, but wrong). Many independent shops are shy about it because they don't want to get blamed if there follows a problem (sad, but they've got to cover themselves). A dealer should do it. If they won't, reach out to JeepCares on this site.

 

I don't drive much, just average about 3500 miles per year. Recently I changed plugs and checked what the mpg all around was...26mpg...can't complain.
BTW I have the manual trans. Would never own an automatic.*

 

I average over 30 mpg annually with the manual due to some long trips, much less around town. Wonder if a manual will still be available in the future, had to go to an adjoining state in 2016 to get one.

 

I am going to make some calls today. I am leaning towards getting my parts and fluid ahead of time and then contact a mechanic.
Thanks for all of your input!

 

Update...got the parts I need 71$ and found a place that will change the fluid and filters for 125$. Goin in this coming Monday they said I could wait for it to be done

 

you could have done it yourself, it’s not that hard of a job to do. But oh well. You might want to ask them to reuse the original gasket for the CVT pan, those cheap rubber gaskets that come with the filter kit aren’t all that great (if that’s what you purchased). Make sure they fill the fluid to the proper level; there’s a way to do it right. I would suggest that you order this dipstick online so you can check the level of fluid on your own. You’ll need a way to measure the temperature of the transmission fluid, you can do it with a scan tool that can access the transmission module, or you can use the Jscan App to do it.

Here’s links to the dipstick: https://a.co/d/iBSI8oA

You’ll need this to connect Jscan to your Patriot: https://a.co/d/5XRZybY

The dipstick should come with the chart but here’s one just in case

 

As much as I would like to do it myself, I cannot. I do not have the space to work on it and I am disabled, cannot crawl around
to work on things. Thank you for the advice and such, I appreciate it

 

Interesting, I have a 2014 Patriot and am only getting between 20-21 mpg. Thought I would get better given a 2.4l V4 engine

 

That would be a 2.4L I4. No V4s in Jeeps since the 1960s. However, I agree that your fuel economy should be better. My FWD 2.4 delivered about 28MPG typically, and over 30 on the highway. Spark plugs are frequently neglected because most cars have 100,000 mile plugs and Patriot plugs are only good for 30,000 so people don't think about them.

 

make sure the tech is very careful torquing the pan bolts, my local jeep dealer stripped 3 of mine.

 

I am entertaining performing maintenance on my Jeep myself. Granted there is some stuff I will let someone esle do ...

 

I get around 20 mpg. This has been true since new. It is a 2014 Jeep Patriot automatic. 4 cylinders with CVT. Altough I live in a dense traffic city.

 

I stand corrected, it is a 6 speed auto...

 

I looked up the Vin number...6 speed auto

 

I have noticed the mpg I get with my Patriot and I am quite pleased. I calculated the mileage and it comes out to almost 26.8 Also given the fact that I do not get out much, my fuel lasts quite a while.

Recently the wife and I made a trip to see my sister, the Jeep sipped the fuel
Not to mention that the Jeep rode comfortable, cruised at 80mph for a bit. All in all I am quite pleased with my ride I still have low mileage....67k...In three years I have put about 10k miles.

I take good care of her

My 2015 has over 362k and saw 26mpg this year.

 

Wow!!!!!! Gives me hope that my 2014 (bought 3/2013) can last a while more. Only 135,000 now. Krown rust proofing has kept the rust at bay. Except for throttle body replacement, mostly just been normal wear/tear items. Keeping fingers crossed. Except maybe the Ford Maverick, nothing else in today's market excites me. Thanks for sharing.

 

I think just about anything will last a long time if you take care of it

 

I just thought I would post my experience with fuel economy here for reference. I drive a 2015 Jeep Compass Sport 2WD 2.0L with the CVT. It sat in my moms garage for 5 years straight, and when I came home I knew I would need to do a bunch of maintenance before I could drive it comfortably and safely.

When I first got it running again, I was lucky to get 200 miles on a tank. After all my maintenance and repairs, I now get 300+ miles when the low-gas light comes on. These are the things I did to my vehicle:

Oil change + filters
Cleaned the K&N air filter
Cleaned out the air box and replaced the foam PCV filter
New battery + terminals
CVT fluid change + both filters
Replaced broken CVT fill tube
New spark plugs and coils -
Flushed coolant
New rotors + pads
New drums + shoes


Here’s links to the parts I used:

Coils: https://a.co/d/2uHmgKl
spark plugs: https://a.co/d/dIKBzhI
CVT filters / Gaskets: https://a.co/d/itBi2zD
Valvoline CVT fluid: https://a.co/d/3paE7Iy
Fill tube: https://a.co/d/0iVdxlM
Fill tube cap: https://a.co/d/2fawEjf
Dipstick / Fill tube cap: https://a.co/d/gacnGcf
CVT Pan: https://a.co/d/5fzfGDY
Antifreeze: https://a.co/d/cGCGzV6
Front brakes: https://a.co/d/5GCD7L8
Rear Brakes: https://a.co/d/6hp3Vwe
Brake Hardware: https://a.co/d/1oVOIhq
Battery Terminals: https://a.co/d/dgtghcF

One last thing to note: my mileage around town isn’t great, but on the highway, with spring/summer temps and assuming the Kansas winds aren’t fighting me along the way, I’m getting the numbers I mentioned earlier. But I also keep my highest speeds 65-70mph tops. I also drive in a way that my RPM’s stay as close to 2000 as possible, letting my speed drop on higher hills to maintain the RPM, and not romping on the gas when I drive around town. I speed up gradually and I drive my vehicle easy.

 

I typically get about 25 mpg for ‘around the county’ driving (minimum 10 miles each way), and about 29 on 65 MPH highway trips or country road drives longer than 50 miles. I also am a 2000 RPM driver.

 

Just chiming in. I agree that 2000 RPMs seems to be the sweet spot for our Patriots. My 2014 runs a little higher on the expressway but doesn't complain. I average around 30s MPG and a tad better on a longer trip. Making a 1000 mile round trip to northern Maine a few years ago I averaged 33.5MPG and that included a lot of turnpike miles at 75MPH. That was 5+ years ago and I don't think I'd run the ol' boy that hard at his present age (10 years 220,000 miles).

 

All in all I am pleased with my Patriot I keep her clean, maintained and cool looking