I’ve heard that several similar complaints led to Chrysler coming up with a computer flash modification, presumably to make the CVT run a higher ratio for the same revs. I haven’t looked into this for my Compass yet (same car as the Patriot/Caliber), but I do notice that I don’t get as much acceleration sometimes as I would like for the high revs its doing.
The problem sort of reminds me of my dad’s 1985 Olds Cutlass Ciera - at highway speed, if you pushed the gas pedal down, say, halfway, the tranny would automatically drop down one gear and you would get good acceleration at higher revs for passing. If you pushed the pedal down two far, it would drop down two gears - then you’d be sitting there near the red line without any significant acceleration.
That car had the 3.8 V6. I miss that.