NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Jeep Patriot Recalls
The 2009 Jeep Patriot has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on October 9, 2008.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Jeep Patriot. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 191
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Jeep Patriot, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2009 Jeep Patriot
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 08V528000
- Reported
- October 9, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 712
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
2009 Jeep Patriot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 191 owner complaints about the 2009 Jeep Patriot, the newest on January 15, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Jeep Patriot, the component group named most often is the structure (25%), followed by the suspension (20%) and the power train (19%).
The 2009 Jeep Patriot's only recall also concerns the power train.
Where 2009 Jeep Patriot owners gave the mileage (153 complaints), the median was 79,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure48
- Suspension38
- Power Train37
- Engine35
- Electrical System24
- Fuel/Propulsion System21
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 15 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 21 | |
| 2016 | 31 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 18 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Jeep Patriot peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 31. 16% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Jeep Patriot drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Jeep Patriot year in the same window: 6th highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 191 complaints about the 2009 Jeep Patriot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Patriot by model year
Other 2009 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: January 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted