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Jeep Patriot 2012

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.47 per 1,000

1.8 times this nameplate’s own median · from 86 complaints filed in the first three years, of 354 ever. 95% lower bound 1.16.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.8849
20090.7834
20100.5118
20110.9444
20121.4786
20130.3826
20141.57133
20150.6973
20160.84101
20170.2319

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Engine 114 complaints

minutes2724%
shoulder1614%
engine stalled1312%
tank1312%
hours1312%
trip109%

Fuel/Propulsion System 86 complaints

takes1113%

Power Train 63 complaints

minutes1524%
diagnostic1220%
cvt1118%

When it breaks

34% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 55,000 miles, from 257 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

3 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10440302 · 10453199 · 10459383 · 10462338 · 10464135 · 10464449

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.