NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Jeep Patriot Recalls
The 2016 Jeep Patriot has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on December 16, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 458
- Crashes reported
- 24
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 Jeep Patriot
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 16V907000
- Reported
- December 16, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 42,231
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2016 Jeep Patriot complaints by year
NHTSA has received 458 owner complaints about the 2016 Jeep Patriot, the newest on August 19, 2026. Of these, 24 describe a crash (5%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Jeep Patriot, the component group named most often is the engine (49%), followed by the electrical system (22%) and the power train (16%).
The 2016 Jeep Patriot's only recall does not concern the engine.
Where 2016 Jeep Patriot owners gave the mileage (275 complaints), the median was 51,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine224
- Electrical System99
- Unknown Or Other75
- Power Train74
- Vehicle Speed Control49
- Fuel/Propulsion System41
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 22 | |
| 2017 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 57 | |
| 2019 | 79 | |
| 2020 | 71 | |
| 2021 | 50 | |
| 2022 | 36 | |
| 2023 | 39 | |
| 2024 | 38 | |
| 2025 | 28 | |
| 2026 | 16 |
Complaints about the 2016 Jeep Patriot peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 79. 39% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Jeep Patriot drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Jeep Patriot year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the Jeep Patriot years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 458 complaints about the 2016 Jeep Patriot are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Patriot by model year
Other 2016 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: August 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted