Seats complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2016 Jeep Patriot has 13 NHTSA seats complaints and 0 seats-related recalls.
13
Complaints
0
Recalls
1
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2025 | SEATS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Headrest safety device deployed without a rear-end accident, while driving, did not hurt driver. Ca... |
| Apr 14, 2025 | SEATS | Passenger headrest "deployed" due to the plastic housing for the pin broke. |
| Sep 10, 2024 | SEATS | Passenger side headrest deployed while PARKED and plastic pieces fell out. |
| Jul 15, 2024 | SEATS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | The headrest deployed over night while sitting in the garage. There is a plastic piece that keeps th... |
| Oct 10, 2023 | SEATS | The passenger-side active headrest on my 2016 Jeep Patriot deployed randomly while I was driving. T... |
| Jan 21, 2023 | SEATS | The clips that hold the active headrest together broke and the headrest sprung forward. It cannot be... |
| Dec 17, 2022 | SEATS | The contact's fiancé owns a 2016 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclos... |
| Dec 2, 2021 | SEATS | Headrest on passenger side of car. We drove it and parked it in the garage. We got up the next mor... |
| Jun 13, 2021 | SEATS | While driving down the highway the head rest deployed on the driver side. There was no rear ended ac... |
| Mar 2, 2021 | SEATS | RANDOM DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER SEAT AVR. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND UNOCCUPIED. |
| Dec 26, 2020 | SEATS | The contact owns a 2016 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed... |
| Nov 25, 2019 | SEATS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | ACTIVE HEADREST WAS DEPLOYED/ACTIVATED WHILE IDLE AT A RED LIGHT, THE HEADREST HIT THE BACK OF MY HE... |
| Oct 8, 2018 | SEATS | DRIVER'S SIDE ACTIVE HEADREST SELF-DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND PARKED OVER NIGHT IN GARAGE... |