NHTSA Complaint #11030710 — 2016 JEEP RENEGADE

ON TUESDAY 9/6 MY RENEGADE WAS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE AND STARTED SMOKING AND SMELLED LIKE IT WAS OVERHEATING. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON. WE CHECKED THE OIL AND IT SMELLED BURNT AND DID NOT REGISTER ON THE DIPSTICK. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS BECAUSE THE OIL CHANGE WAS 1000 MILES OVERDUE. WE PUT A QUART OF OIL IN AND THE NOISE STOPPED. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WERE TOLD THERE WERE NO OTHER PROBLEMS. ONE WEEK LATER ON 9/13 IT MADE THE SAME NOISE AND AGAIN STARTED SMOKING AND SMELLED LIKE IT WAS OVERHEATING. AGAIN NO INDICATED LIGHTS CAME ON. I LET IT COOL A FEW MINUTES THEN DROVE TO MY DESTINATION 2-3 MINES FURTHER. AT THAT TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAID IT WAS A FAN MOTOR. THE PART IS ON BACKORDER UNTIL SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER. MY VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 39000 MILES AND IS 1 1/2 YEARS OLD.