Airbags complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2016 Jeep Patriot has 31 NHTSA airbags complaints and 0 airbags-related recalls.
31
Complaints
0
Recalls
13
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 10, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2026 | AIR BAGS | Air bag light is on and I havent been in a accident or anything. |
| Oct 14, 2025 | AIR BAGS | The driver headrest deployed without being in an accident. Took my vehicle to Phillips Chrysler Jeep... |
| Feb 1, 2025 | AIR BAGS | The air bag in the drivers head rest exploded while my daughter was driving away at college, thankfu... |
| Jun 29, 2024 | AIR BAGS,SEATS | While parked the passenger side head rest opened up exposing the air bag ect stuff |
| Mar 27, 2024 | AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Brought Jepp Patriot 2016 to a car shop in Suisun City, CA and they did a thorough diagnostics of my... |
| Nov 1, 2022 | AIR BAGS | This vehicle had an air bag indicator light come on. After taking it to the dealer for diagnosis. It... |
| Aug 11, 2022 | AIR BAGS | On 8/11/22 I was involved in a behicle accident where my air bag didn't deploy. Due to this I had in... |
| Jun 22, 2022 | AIR BAGS | While sitting PARKED in a car port, the passenger seat headrest deployed, without the vehicle being ... |
| May 12, 2022 | AIR BAGS | The front passenger AHR unexpectedly deployed while the vehicle was parked. The vehicle was not invo... |
| Nov 6, 2021 | AIR BAGS | I was hit on the front end of the car by another car going about 30 mph. It totaled the car but the ... |
| Jan 15, 2021 | AIR BAGS | THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ONCE IN 2017. THEN IT WENT OFF AND CAME BACK ON 4 YEARS LATER. ON JANUA... |
| Dec 26, 2020 | AIR BAGS | On 12/26/2020 I was driving down the interstate and my son lightly touched his headrest and it explo... |
| Dec 2, 2020 | AIR BAGS | HELLO . MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN CAR ACCIDENT . SHE WAS IN HER 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. WHICH THE ACCIDENT... |
| Oct 29, 2020 | AIR BAGS | MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. WHEN I WENT TO ENTER THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED MY DRIVER SI... |
| Jul 29, 2020 | AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | MY MALFUNCTIONING JEEP PATRIOT EXPERIENCED SUDDEN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION WHICH RESULTED IN A TOTALE... |
| Mar 8, 2020 | AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS,SERVICE BRAKES | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH AN UNKNOWN VE... |
| Nov 30, 2019 | AIR BAGS | AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME WHETHER RUNNING OR STATIONARY, THE PROBLEM STARTED AFTER BATTERY ... |
| Aug 1, 2019 | AIR BAGS | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLU... |
| Dec 3, 2018 | AIR BAGS | WHEN INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT, THE AIRBAGS DELAYED DEPLOYMENT. THIS HAPPENED ON A DOWNTOWN STREET... |
| Jul 9, 2018 | AIR BAGS,SEATS | ON MONDAY 07/09/2018, WHILE STOPPED ON A CITY STREET WAS REAR-ENDED BY A TRUCK WHICH DIDN'T STOP GOI... |