2007 Jeep Patriot review
As a car-based yet offroad-capable model, the Patriot, Jeep's newest SUV, is exactly what the brand and its buyers need, for three reasons. One: It's long overdue, because the heavy-duty Liberty and Wrangler weren't built to challenge light, unibody compacts, which got their start 10 years ago. Two: Its gas mileage estimates are impressively high, and that's an important characteristic for a company that only builds SUVs. Three: It's attractive enough to buyers — in more ways than one — to cast a long if somewhat boxy shadow over the Jeep Compass, a newer model that has found no fans among our staff, and few among people we've shown it to.
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Outside Mirrors
To receive maximum benefit, adjust the outside mirror(s)
to center on the adjacent lane of traffic and a slight
overlap of the view obtained from the inside mirror.
NOTE: The passenger side conve ...
Spare Tire Stowage
To remove the spare tire from the carrier, remove the tire cover, if equipped,
and remove the lug nuts with the lug wrench turning them counterclockwise.
NOTE: If you have added aftermarket accesso ...
Mode Control (Air Direction)
Rotate this control to choose from several
patterns of air distribution. You
can select either a primary mode as
identified by the symbols on the control,
or a blend of two of these modes.
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