NHTSA Complaint #10877005 — 2012 JEEP PATRIOT

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY 2012 JEEP PATRIOT. FROM THE BEGINNING MY TRANSMISSION WOULD CONSTANTLY OVER HEAT AND I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALER AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES AND THEY SAID, "THERE IS NOTHING WRONG." THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND FINALLY THEY ISSUED ME A NEW TRANSMISSION AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES. A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED CONTINUOUSLY ON THE HIGHWAY & STREET. THEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR THAT WAS BAD, WHICH THEY REPLACED. I HAD TO PAY $100 BECAUSE OF A DEDUCTIBLE. THE CAR SEEMED TO BE WORKING OKAY UNTIL JUNE 22ND, 2015 WHEN I WAS ON A ROAD TRIP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR COMPLETELY DIED WITH A HUGE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME. I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 75 MPH AND THE CAR JUST COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, POWER STEERING, EVERYTHING WENT OFF EXCEPT FOR THE LIGHTS AND OTHER ITEMS RUN BY THE BATTERY. WE IMMEDIATELY TRIED OUR BEST TO SIGNAL AND FINALLY MADE IT SAFELY OFF THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF UNDER 15 MPH. THE CAR GAVE US NO CHECK LIGHTS AND NO INDICATION AS TO WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE EXCEPT FOR THAT IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER WHEN WE TRIED TO START IT. WE HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP. WE LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED IN IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO WHICH WAS EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT. WE RENTED A CAR AND LEFT THE 2012 JEEP PATRIOT AT THE DEALER HOPING THEY COULD FIX IT UPON OUR RETURN TO THAT AREA. THEY WERE UNABLE TO GIVE US ANY ANSWERS AND SAID THE CAR STARTED FINE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS AN ISSUE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM FIXING THE CAR BUT WITH NO ANSWERS TO WHAT IS WRONG AND HAVING THE CONSTANT WORRY OF WONDERING IF MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY'S LIFE IS IN DANGER, IS NOT SOMETHING I AM WILLING TO TOLERATE. IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AS WELL. I WILL BE FORWARDING THIS FOR THEM TO MAKE A COMPLAINT AS WELL. I WILL ALSO FOLLOW UP HOPING THAT THIS ISSUE CAN BE RESOLVED.