NHTSA Complaint #10616397 — 2012 JEEP PATRIOT

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING FROM NEW MEXICO TO WYOMING. THE AVERAGE SPEEDS WERE BETWEEN 65 AND 75. AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS, WITH STOPS EVERY 2 HOURS TO REST AND GET GAS, THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AND THE JEEP LOST POWER. WE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LET IT SIT FOR ABOUT 10 MIN UNTIL THE LIGHT WENT OFF. WE DROVE THE REST OF THE WAY AT MUCH LOWER SPEEDS. BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH. THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AGAIN ON THE WAY BACK AFTER 6 HOURS OR SO, WITH STOPS EVERY 2 HOURS. THE DEALERSHIP WE TOOK IT TO TOLD US THAT THERE WERE NO ERROR CODES, AND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION OR ITS FLUID. THERE WAS NOTHING FOR THEM TO FIX. THEY ADVISED US TO STOP OFTEN IF WE WERE PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR LONG DISTANCES. THANKFULLY (BUT VERY SCARY) WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WHEN IT HAPPENED AND NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. *TR