NHTSA Complaint #10784943 — 2015 JEEP RENEGADE

ON OCTOBER 2, 2015 I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET NEAR MY HOME. AS I CAME TO A STOPLIGHT THE ENGINE CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR MESSAGES ON THE DASHBOARD, THE ENGINE SIMPLY CUT OFF. I TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND RECEIVED THE MESSAGE 'SHIFT TO PARK, THEN TO DRIVE.' AT THIS POINT I WAS A HAZARD IN THE ROAD THAT OTHER VEHICLES HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY MILE TO A SPOT WHERE I COULD TURN AROUND. AS I TURNED ONTO A SIDE STREET THE ENGINE AGAIN CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE STREET TO A SAFE PARKING SPOT. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINS I WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND DRIVE IT MILE TO MY HOME WHERE I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT MY VEHICLE FOR NEARLY A WEEK, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY STATED TO ME THAT THEY ATTACHED THE CHRYSLER COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND NO ERRORS REGISTERED AND THAT THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THEY DROVE IT FOR 10 MILES AND COULD NOT GET THE ISSUE TO REPEAT, SO THEY TOLD ME TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUE DRIVING IT. ON OCT 9 THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE TURNING, BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT SHUT OFF AND AGAIN DISPLAYED NO WARNING LIGHTS. ON OCT 15 THE ENGINE AGAIN CUT OFF, BUT THIS TIME ON AN INCLINE AND ALMOST ROLLED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. MY SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THE RENEGADE ARE AS FOLLOWS:1) NONE OF THE ENGINE SENSING SYSTEMS REGISTERED THE LOW OIL, 2) IF THE LOW OIL LEVEL TRIGGERED THE ENGINE SAFETY CUTOFF WHY WAS THIS NOT REGISTERED IN THE VEHICLE'S FAULT LOG, AND 3) AFTER THE ENGINE SAFETY CUTOFF WAS TRIGGERED AND THERE WERE NO ERROR OR CHECK ENGINE MESSAGES OF ANY KIND. THEY COULD FIND NO RECORD OF ANY PROBLEMS.