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Jeep Patriot 2009

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

0.78 per 1,000

0.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 34 complaints filed in the first three years, of 275 ever. 95% lower bound 0.52.

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.

Structure 61 complaints

dome1423%
leaks1118%
dome light1017%
mold1017%

Suspension 53 complaints

arms1529%
control arms1427%
lower control1427%

When it breaks

18% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 77,000 miles, from 232 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

No NHTSA investigation covers this model year.

That is not a clean bill of health, and not a criticism of the agency: investigations open for many reasons and complaint volume is only one of them.

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:

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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.