MODELYEARINDEX

Jeep Patriot

1,693 complaints across 8 scored model years and 9 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Jeep Patriot Full report
F
Grade 2010–2017
2014 vs model median 2.6×
Model median3× median
Airbags & Restraints 219
Engine 70
Electrical 47
Avoid

2014 · 2016

Best

2010 · 2017

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.30× 61 A
2011
0.78× 125 C
2012
1.22× 197 C
2013
0.51× 103 B
2014
2.58× 528 F
2015
1.43× 244 C
2016
2.37× 383 F
2017
0.29× 52 A

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG24
City / Highway22 / 27
Engine2.4L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,550

Recalls

9 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V668000 SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER 2010–2014 1,435,625
13V233000 AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW 2010–2012 254,396
17V824000 EQUIPMENT 2011 61,791
15V878000 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS 2015 60,140
16V907000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE 2016 42,231
13V120000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 2012 20,799
11V315000 STEERING:COLUMN 2011 11,096
12V142000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY 2012 1,689

+ 1 further campaigns

Others in Compact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2014 Patriot
Complaints in window
528
Severity-weighted
803.5
Model median (weighted)
311
vs model median
2.58×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
2
Open investigations
1
Score 27.1 F