NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Jeep Patriot Recalls
The 2011 Jeep Patriot has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 21, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Jeep Patriot. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 326
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2011 Jeep Patriot, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2011 Jeep Patriot
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V824000
- Reported
- December 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 18 other models
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 2010, 2012–2014 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 2010, 2012 Patriot, 1 other model
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 11V315000
- Reported
- June 8, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,096
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
2011 Jeep Patriot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 326 owner complaints about the 2011 Jeep Patriot, the newest on September 7, 2026. Of these, 20 describe a crash (6%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2011 Jeep Patriot, the component group named most often is the engine (20%), followed by the suspension (17%) and the power train (16%).
None of the 2011 Jeep Patriot's 4 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2011 Jeep Patriot owners gave the mileage (226 complaints), the median was 72,100 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine66
- Suspension55
- Power Train53
- Structure51
- Air Bags43
- Unknown Or Other35
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 28 | |
| 2015 | 34 | |
| 2016 | 24 | |
| 2017 | 46 | |
| 2018 | 22 | |
| 2019 | 40 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 30 | |
| 2022 | 20 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2011 Jeep Patriot peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 46. 22% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Jeep Patriot drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Jeep Patriot year in the same window: 5th highest of the 9 ranked years.
The 326 complaints about the 2011 Jeep Patriot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Patriot by model year
Other 2011 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: September 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted