Ancient chinese proverb, " Tall man, low Patriot, not good combination" lol Dude- get a bigger car

 

move the seat back?

 

Done the same but I quickly ( I was adjusting the volume on the radio so my hand was right there ) turned it back on and everything was okay, except maybe the color of my knickers.

 

LOL,GOOD ONE,I ALMOST CHOKE ON MY SANDWICH.

 

I'm over 6', drive with the seat all the way back and cranked up a couple of inches--never even came close to hitting the ign sw.

Reminds me of a friend's airplane--it was old and the key was worn as well as the mag switch--same as ign on a car. Well, he had a wad of keys on his ring and one day in heavy turbelance, the keys began to swing and actually turned off BOTH mags, then the keys slipped out of the lock and fell down on the floor--just out of reach. Talk about a "Chinese fire drill!" Remember it was quite "bumpy" so loosening one's seat belt wasn't prudent--but the engine was just windmilling--with no power and one's self preservation was first and foremost...well, he did get the keys and found the proper one--they all look alike--and turned on the mags before the engine wound down. I believe an underwear change was needed upon landing....

 

That happens when the driver has those long legs...
Adjusting your seats might help you avoid this...

 

I've only had this problem when parked and my knee hit the key and the car shut off. I had the radio up and didn't know the car was off put it into drive and went nowhere. I laughed at myself for a few seconds.

 

I would think this would only be a problem for a T-Rex due to it's short arms!

 

That mental picture made me laugh.


I can't say that I have ever had that problem. My legs never even come close to the ignition (I'm 6').

 

Why doesn't it restart in Neutral? its supposed to?

I don't know how you are sitting to hit the key either though

 

Maybe crank the seat down with that weird other adjustment thingy on the left side middle of the seat?

 

One reason I bought the Patriot is I fit in it well. I'm 6'2", and have the seat back all the way, and raised up a lot, and still don't hit my head or knees on anything. Never even got close to the ignition???

It might be like when you go to the doctor's and you say "Doc, when I do this it hurts" And the doc says "Well, don't do that"

 

One reason I bought the Patriot is I fit in it well. I'm 6'2", and have the seat back all the way, and raised up a lot, and still don't hit my head or knees on anything. Never even got close to the ignition???

I'm the same size and I don't have the seat in the backmost position even. Actually, if I recall right, the Patriot is the first car for me where I don't need to put the seat all the way back. My knee has never been close to the key or the key chain which is quite large.

 

I am also over 6ft and no matter how I move my legs I cannot turn the Patriot off.

Try different seating arrangements/configurations.

 

Okay, so I start work at 6am and get get out at 2:30. It's friday and wife and kids are at the cottage in Clayton. Worked on the house for a few hours (new house - work in progress) and left for three hour drive north. Hour and a half later get on 81 north above Syracuse and turn on cruise. Relax, pull right foot back (wallet with too much plastic cuts off circulation sometimes) and I may have been slouching a tad bit. Knee hits house key I guess and switches ignition back one notch. 65-70 turned key back to run when I realized what I'd done (all the lights on the cluster came on and no power). Stupid silly me.

 

Hahah, funny responses. Look at my jeep, you can tell from its appearance the seat is all the way back lol. I was actually taking my foot off the gas after putting my cruise control on so it was moving up. I guess my steering wheel may be adjusted too low

 

I didn;t think of the wheel being low, that could be it, mine is set pretty high.

Hope you figure it out so it doesn't happen again for you.

 

I also forgot to mention the wheel height. My wheel has been on the highest position from the day one, the other positions are useless for me.

 

I don't know how your seat is adjusted, but I had an issue with my chins hitting the lower box part of the dash, so I had to play with my seat configurations to get it right, now I'm not hittnig anything, but I sure don't come close to hitting the keys....do you have crazy long legs or ??

 

Johnnie, I checked and you are correct sir, I have one more notch back I could use. I think the seat being raised up helps with that, and adjusting the steering wheel too, and the seat tilted back some, I guess all of that does help. And even with the seat raised up, my head does not hit the roof.

I had someone get in the Jeep yesterday for the first time, gave her a ride to get her car from the shop, and she commented that the jeep inside was bigger than her Blazer. Must be a trailblazer though, cause I know the full size ones are pretty big.

 

It must be a nightmare for manufacturers to decide how tall is too tall, short, fat.......when building a vehicle.

 

Jayz, I'm still thinking about Jack Allwardt's story. If anything like that had happened to me they'd have had to Karcher the whole inside of the plane down once I'd gotten back to the airfield.
I bet that plane key has now got red tape or something around it!

Rocal

 

This should be reported if it hasn't already. What model/year is it?
I know other cars have been recalled for a similar reason, knees hitting the ignition switch.

Jasmine