16V668000
AIR BAGS
If the frontal air bags, seat belt pretensioners, and side air bags are disabled, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle crash that necessitates deployment of these safety systems.
2012 JEEP PATRIOT
4 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (1 open), 552 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations31 open
Owner complaints552
Complaints citing a crash16
Complaints citing a fire7
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
13V233000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
In the event of a rollover necessitating airbag deployment, the software error can lead to a delayed deployment or non-deployment of the side curtain airbag and/or seatbelt pre-tensioners. As a result, vehicle occupants have an increased risk of injury in a crash.
13V120000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
If the engine stalls while driving it may increase the risk of a crash.
12V142000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
IN THE EVENT OF AN IMPACT OR ROLL-OVER, FUEL LEAKAGE COULD OCCUR, INCREASING THE RISK OF A FIRE.
What owners report most
- 114ENGINE
- 86FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 62POWER TRAIN
- 56AIR BAGS
- 44ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 36SEAT BELTS
- 30UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 28VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 JEEP PATRIOTs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.