Lock-tight seems it would fix that problem or fill the hole with RTV silicon then screw them back in.

 

Clean them up and try a drop of green Loktite.

 

looks to me like you have given the front a nudge when offroad and its popped the screws out - esp if its both sides. from memory I think they screw into plastic inserts?
Not sure if locktite would do much.

 

i have the same problem and have lost one of the screws. all i have done recently was drive down a dirt road that was not very ruff since they just scraped it with a road grader.

 

Looks like from the photo those are to the rear of the tire? Looks like where I put the mudflaps on mine. I used the existing screws for my flaps, and they've never come loose, even with the flaps hitting the ground and rocks, etc. I'm off road almost every weekend, and have none of those come loose.

 

i can push on the screw and tighten it with my fingers and it will tighten, i havent tightened them completely...lol i should probably try that before whining to the dealer.

i just loved how it was after my first off road trip

 

This happened to me on the passenger front a few months after having the pat and doing no off-roading. I just tightened it with some needle nose pliers and its still there so...

 

Sorry fellow, this is one of the down-sides of buying a cheap vehicle. A screw which is screwed into a small pilot hole in the plastic is what this is, and seems that for you the threads on the plastic have striped. A possible solution could be to buy a screw with thicker/bigger threads. If I recall when I took my mudguards off those screws don't screw into anything critical. As I remember they are just there to hold on the mudguard, if they fall out or if you leave them out it will be fine they are not critical. You could also use some locktite as stated by others.

 

thanks everybody!

i know its such a small issue, but i got a lot of responses. I do think it is funny, I love my pat BUT they did make a few things very cheap

 

the size screw


cual es la medida de los tornillos? what is the size of the screw? I loose the same srew, please I need the size of the screw for buy that screw. Please help me.

 

cual es la medida de los tornillos? what is the size of the screw? I loose the same srew, please I need the size of the screw for buy that screw. Please help me.

my screw fell out, i have no idea what size.

 

yeap, is very common in any patriot / compass ... few friends loose those screws too LOL

 

Mine were loose and I screwed them back in.

 

Probably opening a dead thread but that happens to me all the time just driving around town... I already lost a screw too... Weird... I even added loctite and screwed them all back in but they still come loose...

 

i know for sure one of mine is gone, not sure about the other one...ill check again today, havent heard any flapping or weird noises.