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2011 Jeep Patriot fuel/propulsion system problems

29 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2011 Jeep Patriot9% of all complaints for this model year.

29
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
9%
share of all complaints
97,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • While driving in heavy traffic, there was a Red light and attempted to slow the vehicle. The engine started to jerk forward and the RPMs were increasing without my foot on the accelerator! My foot was on the brake! I was able to turn into a gas station to get to a safer place to park the vehicle…

    filed Jul 29, 2022

  • After filling up the gas tank, when I drive away, the car jerks and loses power for a minute with in a mile of leaving the gas station. Nj pumps gas for me so the tank is not overfilled. My power steering goes down for a moment as my car sputters. Then after a minute it drives great until the next…

    filed Feb 20, 2022

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.