NHTSA Complaint #11150822 — 2015 JEEP PATRIOT

ON 11/5/18, MY FIANC WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, ABOUT 65 MILES AN HOUR, WHEN THE CAR ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THIS CAUSED THE POWER STEERING TO STOP WORKING. SHE WAS BARELY ABLE TO COAST OFF OF THE FREEWAY, STRUGGLING TO STEER IT, WITHOUT HITTING OTHER VEHICLES ON THE BUSY FREEWAY. IT SAT FOR FOUR HOURS, AND THEN IT STARTED AGAIN. IT HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT LEAST FOUR TIMES IN A WEEK, ON CITY STREETS AND STOP LIGHTS, AND WOULDN'T START NUMEROUS TIMES THE CAR ONLY HAS ABOUT 35,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP IN WOODBRIDGE VA., FOR A SENSOR CHIP REPLACEMENT ON 11/10/18. THAT EVENING, AFTER TAKING IT HOME, IT WOULDN'T START. IT WILL BE TOWED BACK TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP ON 11/12/18. THERE SEEMS TO BE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY ON THE FREEWAY OR WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM HAS NOT INITIATED A RECALL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLES PEOPLE ARE REPORTING ON ARE SO LOW, INCLUDING ONE WITH ONLY 11,000 MILES. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A JEEP PROBLEM. IT SHOULD NOT TAKE A FATALITY IN ORDER TO INITIATE A RECALL.