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2012 Jeep Patriot electronic stability control (esc) problems

12 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electronic stability control (esc) on the 2012 Jeep Patriot3% of all complaints for this model year.

12
Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints
3%
share of all complaints
70,750 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • While driving or in a parked position while the engine runs, the rpm needle drops to zero 0 and my car doesn't accelerate when pressing the gas pedal. There are times I am on the highway and rpm drops to zero 0 and I have to pull over on the shoulders. I would have to put the car in park, and shut…

    filed Jan 24, 2020

  • A few months ago my vehicle started to randomly stall and jerk. We thought nothing of it. Then a few weeks ago my engine light came on and a warning that something was wrong with the fuel cap. A few days later all of that stopped coming on. Yesterday as I was pulling out of my neighborhood several…

    filed Jan 14, 2020

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.