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Old 09-07-2013
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Angry Very scary

I have just had this happen to me several times. Patriot is one month old, bought on 6th of June 2013 Model. Nearly killed my kids and I when it stalled suddenly with no warning, lost power. Steering and engine just stopped, all other electronics were fine. Jeep assist have now towed it to nearest dealership, who now tell me that it is a software update however the update can only be done by a specialist who has to be flown from Melbourne to my Jeep in regional Qld, which of course will take at least a week and a half, not a good start to my Jeep experience.
Was told by the service centre that it is a known fault and the dealership should never have allowed me to drive it without the software update, the fact that I drove it 3 and a half hours home up the Bruce highway scares me stupid, if it had of happened at high speed with a truck up my ass I would have kissed my life goodbye.
Now I'm even wary of driving it once its fixed, just in case it happens again.