NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Jeep Patriot Recalls
The 2010 Jeep Patriot has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 15, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Jeep Patriot. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 136
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Jeep Patriot, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2010 Jeep Patriot
Seat belts: pretensioner
- Campaign
- 16V668000
- Reported
- September 15, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,435,625
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2014 Patriot, 5 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 13V233000
- Reported
- June 4, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 254,396
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012 Patriot, 1 other model
2010 Jeep Patriot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 136 owner complaints about the 2010 Jeep Patriot, the newest on May 26, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (5%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Jeep Patriot, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (23%), followed by the air bags (19%) and the electrical system (15%).
1 of the 2010 Jeep Patriot's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2010 Jeep Patriot owners gave the mileage (103 complaints), the median was 76,600 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System31
- Air Bags26
- Electrical System21
- Power Train17
- Engine15
- Suspension15
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 24 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 14 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Jeep Patriot peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 24. 11% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Jeep Patriot drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Jeep Patriot year in the same window: 9th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2010 one of the three best-measured Jeep Patriot years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 136 complaints about the 2010 Jeep Patriot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Patriot by model year
Other 2010 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: May 26, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted