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Model years to avoid

Jeep Patriot

What it says about you

Opinion

The cheapest Jeep, with a gearbox people complained about, and yet still more capable than it had any right to be.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

11 model years on record, 3,353 complaints filed. No year stood out against this model's own history — which means it has not drawn unusual complaints, not that it is a good car.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • subframe 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 peak 18.5% of that year's complaints
  • seat 2013, 2014, 2017 peak 19.2% of that year's complaints
  • ball 2008, 2009 peak 16.4% of that year's complaints
  • deployed 2013, 2014 peak 15% of that year's complaints
  • shoulder 2012, 2017 peak 8.5% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2017 0 recalls 59 complaints
  2. 2016 1 recall 457 complaints
  3. 2015 1 recall 313 complaints
  4. 2014 2 recalls 548 complaints
  5. 2013 1 recall 120 complaints
  6. 2012 4 recalls 353 complaints
  7. 2011 4 recalls 325 complaints
  8. 2010 2 recalls 188 complaints
  9. 2009 1 recall 275 complaints
  10. 2008 0 recalls 445 complaints
  11. 2007 0 recalls 270 complaints

What does a Jeep Patriot say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.