i ORDERED THE PATRIOT ( HAD IT MADE TO MY LIKINGS) WAITED 6 OR 7 WEEKS TO RECIEVE. WAS SO HAPPY TO GET THE PRETTY LITTLE JEEP. APPOXIMATELY 2 YRS. LATER THE JEEP GOT A LITTLE MISS. tHOUGHT MAYBE I GOT BAD GAS. nOPE! hOWEVER, THE MISS WASN'T THERE EVERY TIME I DROVE IT. iT GRADUALLY STARTED HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. tHIS YEAR IT GOT SO BAD THAT I HAD IT CHECKED. wAS TOLD BY THE (REPAIRMAN) THAT THEY HAD OTHERS PARKED THERE DOING THE SAME THING AND IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, & THAT I NEEDED TO CHECK WITH A TRANSMISSION TECK. BUT IT WOULD COST ABOUT $4000. TO FIX. i CALLED THE TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT NO-ONE LIKES TO WORK ON THESE TRANMISSIONS, BUT SINCE WE HAD HAD OUR 2001 DODGE RAM 15OO THERE WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THEY WOULD WORK ON IT. tHE COST WOULD BE $38OO. tHIS WAS THE LAST DRAW! i DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY LAYING AROUND, I AM ON A FIXED INCOME. mY HUSBAND IS RETIRED FROM CHRYSLER CORP..i DON'T PLAN ON EVER PURCHASING ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT. I'VE HAD TOO MUCH PROBLEMS WITH THE (3) I PURCHASED NEW..aT ONE TIME I HAD (2) RECALLS ONE ON MY OTHER GRAND CHER. AND THE DODGE RAM 1500. wELL I DECIDED SINCE HUBBY RETIRED FROM THERE I'D TRY AGAIN, 1ST A NEW 2005 JEEP LIBERTY AN 2 YEARS LATER THE 2007 JEEP PATRIOT LIMITED. THE PATRIOT HAS BEEN A HONEY TO LOOK AT GOT BAD MILEAGE AND CHRYSLER HAD TO REPLACE SEVERAL PARTS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THE JEEP LIBERTY (4 W D) HAS RECALLS AND NOW HAS LOTS OF RUST UNDER NEATH WITH OTHER ISSUES. i NOW DRIVE A FORD FOCUS. nO WONDER CHRYSLER ALMOST WITH UNDER. I HATE HEARING PEOPLE (INCLUDING MYSELF) DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE WITH CHRYSLER VEC. I'VE OWNED MY LAST ONE!!!!!!!!!!