NHTSA Complaint #11385480 — 2010 JEEP PATRIOT

ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 11385480
Vehicle 2010 JEEP PATRIOT
Component ENGINE
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 121,000 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State CA

Consumer Description

SINCE I BOUGHT MY KEEP IN JULY 2020 .. EVERYTIME I'VE FILLED MY GAS TANK ALL THE WAY .. AT FIRST MY JEEP WOULD DO A LITTLE JUMPING ON REGULAR STREE AS I DRIVE TOWARDS FREEWAY BUT AFTER A LITTLE BIT IT WOULD GO AWAY .. BUT AS I CONTINUE TO DRIVE FOR ABOUT 15 MIN ON FREEWAY MY JEEP BEGINS TO MAKE THIS WHINING SOUND AND THEN MY JEEP WOULD ACCELERATE ABOVE 5 ON ITS OWN (SCARY) THEN WOULD GO BACK TO NORMAL THIS USUALLY WAS WHILE GOING UP A HILL ON FREEWAY .. WHINING CONT. AND ACCELERATING MAY HAPPEN ONCE MORE WHILE GOING UP THE HILL .. THEN MY TRANSMISSION TEMP LIGHT WILL COME ON . I USUALLY PULL OVER TO LET MY CAR REST BECAUSE I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT AFTER IT HAD A MIND OF IT'S OWN. THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED AFTER I FILL MY TANK TO THE FULL .PLEASE FIX THIS I'M AFRAID IT WILL BLOW MY ENGINE WHILE ON FREEWAY ! THREE TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED AFTER A FULL TANK HAS BEEN APPLIED . SO STEP BY STEP I FILL TANK TO FULL AS I DRIVE ON STREET TOWARDS FREEWAY IT WILL JUMP A LITTLE BUT WILL GO AWAY BY TIME I GET ON FREEWAY ONCE ON FREEWAY CAR SEEMS FINE FOR ABOUT 10 -15 MIN THEN I START TO HEAR A WHINING SOUND ALMOST AS IF IT'S STUCK IN A GEAR .. AS I'M DRIVING UP A HILL ON FREEWAY THE WHINING GETS WORSE AND MY RPMS DON'T SEEM TO GO ABOVE 50 THEN MY MY ENGINE WILL JUST ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN ALL THE WAY PASSED 5 .. THEN RETURN TO NORMAL QUICKLY AFTER .. WHINING NOISE CONT. AS I'M STILL DRIVING ABOUT 10 MIN LATER MY TRANSMISSION TEMP LIGHT WILL COME ON . THAT'S WHEN I GET OFF FREEWAY AND PULL OVER TO LET MY CAR REST FOR A LITTLE BIT .. ONCE I GET BACK ON FREEWAY AFTER 10 MIN REST EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL NO MOR WHINING AND TEMP LIGHT IS GONE .. THIS IS AN ISSUE AFTER FILLING UP MY TANK TO THE FULL!

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