DRIVING DOWNHILL ON SOUTH I-15 THROUGH PHELAN AT 4PM APPROXIMATELY 95 DEGREES OUTSIDE. ACCELERATOR BECAME NON-RESPONSIVE. RPMS DROPPED TO IDLE SPEEDS. VEHICLE WAS ESSENTIALLY 'COASTING' WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AT ALL. PUMPING ACCELERATOR WAS RESULTING IN NOTHING. ENGINE TEMP WAS NOT ABOVE HALFWAY MARK, ABOUT 1/3 TANK OF FUEL. NO ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS. CHANGING GEARS ELECTRONICALLY (AUTOMATIC) NOT HELPFUL. WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO OFF-RAMP SINCE I WAS TRAVELING DOWNHILL. ENGINE PROMPTLY DIED WHEN I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. UPON PULLING THE KEY OUT AND RE-INSERTING THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL ERROR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. ATTEMPTED TO RESET COMPUTER NOT HELPFUL. APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES LATER (AND PHONE CALLS FOR ROAD-SIDE SERVICE) ETC LIGHT WENT AWAY. COMPUTER RESET MAY HAVE FINALLY TAKEN. VEHICLE STARTED WITH NO PROBLEM. DROVE THE FINAL 35 MILES HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. COULD HAVE BEEN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SITUATION HAD I NOT BEEN TRAVELING DOWNHILL AT SPEED. HAVE NOT YET CONTACTED DEALER AS I AM OUT OF NEW CAR WARRANTY. NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT ISSUES AT SPEED HAVE ME VERY CONCERNED. *TR
2014
ENGINE
I PURCHASED THIS 2014 PATRIOT FOUR WEEKS AGO WITH, I HAVE NOT EVEN MADE A FIRST PAYMENT. YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT MY JEEP LOST ALL POWER. I WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND WOULD HIT THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING THAT IS WAS GOING TO STALL, NO INDICATOR LIGHTS EVER TURNED ON. I PLACED THE JEEP IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. TURNED IT BACK ON, IT WAS NOT IMMEDIATE THERE WAS SOME LAG ON THE START AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TODAY TO BE INSPECTED AFTER A FEW HOURS THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. I HAVE INVESTIGATED FURTHER AND FOUND THAT THE 2011/2012 MODELS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM IN THE PAST. THIS IS A TERRIFYING AND DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE THAT MUST BE RESOLVED. I AM NOW FEARFUL THAT THIS WILL REOCCUR IN MUCH MORE CONGESTED OR HIGH SPEED CONDITIONS. *TR
