2017 Jeep Patriot defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2017 Jeep Patriot. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Active Head Rest Inadvertent Deployment
  Preliminary Evaluation PE19014 · opened Sep 9, 2019 · closed Feb 25, 2026

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened PE19014 on September 9, 2019, to investigate 128 consumer complaints alleging that the Active Head Rest (AHR) inadvertently deployed without the occurrence of a crash or other rear impact event in model year (MY) 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango vehicles.When O…

• Electrical overstress
  Engineering Analysis EA19001 · opened Apr 19, 2019 · closed Sep 19, 2024 · led to recall 20V024

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect. During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags…