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Jeep Patriot 2014

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

1.57 per 1,000

1.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 133 complaints filed in the first three years, of 547 ever. 95% lower bound 1.30.

Against its own model years

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

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.88	49
2009	0.78	34
2010	0.51	18
2011	0.94	44
2012	1.47	86
2013	0.38	26
2014	1.57	133
2015	0.69	73
2016	0.84	101
2017	0.23	19

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 156 complaints

throttle	49	32%
body	28	18%
throttle body	27	18%
electronic	20	13%
throttle control	18	12%
traction	17	11%

Air Bags 149 complaints

seat belts	53	36%
belts	53	36%
belts air	25	17%
campaign seat	24	16%
bags seat	23	16%
belts however	15	10%

Electrical System 89 complaints

throttle	31	35%
electronic throttle	14	16%
throttle control	13	15%
throttle body	13	15%

When it breaks

30% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 53,000 miles, from 374 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

2 investigations covering this model year, 0 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:

10521257 · 10536144 · 10536277 · 10553777 · 10554869 · 10555179

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.