AFTER GOING THROUGH A CAR WASH WATER STARTED POURING OUT OF MY INTERIOR MAP LIGHTS (DOME LIGHTS). A QUICK SEARCH ONLINE FOR JEEP WATER LEAK DOME LIGHTS RESULTED IN 760,000 MATCHES. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF BLOGS/WEBSITES/FORUMS ALL REFERRING TO THIS SAME ERROR. AFTER HEAVY RAINS OR WATER EXPOSURE (E.G. CAR WASH) THE WATER LEAKS THROUGH THE INTERIOR DOME AND MAP LIGHTS. MANY SITES INDICATE THE MANUFACTURERS RELUCTANCE TO MAKE THE REPAIRS AND TREAT THE SITUATION AS THOUGH THEY HAVE NO PRIOR INDICATION OF PROBLEMS. WITH THOUSANDS OF WEBSITES AND SO MANY PEOPLE REPORTING THE DEALERS ARE RELUCTANT TO REPAIR THIS OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW, I AM LEFT WONDERING HOW MANY MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO REPORT THIS WATER LEAK TO THE MANUFACTURER BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE TO CORRECT IT (VOLUNTARY OR MANDATORY RECALL). FORTUNATELY I AM STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO ARGUING WITH THE DEALER OVER SOMETHING THAT IS CLEARLY A KNOWN ISSUE.
2011
SEATS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADREST IN THE REAR WAS BLOCKING HIS VIEW FROM THE REARVIEW MIRROR. IN ADDITION, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL SQUEALING AND HE COULD HEAR AIR WITHIN THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE NORMAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,057 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 260.
