NHTSA Complaint #10733795 — 2015 JEEP RENEGADE

I PURCHASED THE CAR BRAND NEW AND HAD IT FOR 6 DAYS. WE DROVE FROM DENVER TO BRECKINRIDGE. WE WERE COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN WHEN THE CAR SHUT OFF GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR. AT ONE POINT THE HYDRAULICS WENT OUT AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. WE PULLED THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT TOOK ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO START UP THE CAR AGAIN. WE PROCEEDED ON, THINKING IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE ALTITUDE AND WAS A FLUKE. NO, IT HAPPENED TO US AGAIN. THE SAME THING. THE CAR SHUT OFF AGAIN GOING 70 AND THE BRAKES DIDN'T WORK. IT WAS TERRIFYING. THE CAR WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AND ASSOCIATED PARTS, ON A NEW CAR WITH 400 MILES. IF THIS WAS IN THE WINTER AND THE ROADS WERE ICY, MY FAMILY AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD.