NHTSA Complaint #11240908 — 2017 JEEP RENEGADE

EXTREME OIL CONSUMPTION, WHICH CAN CAUSE THE OIL TO GO UNUSUALLY LOW, CAUSING STALLS AT SPEED. AFTER SOME ONLINE RESEARCHING, THIS APPEARS TO BE A LARGER ISSUE THAT JEEP HAS NOT YET ACKNOWLEDGED. I HAD MY OIL CHANGED AT THE DEALERSHIP ON 4/20/19, AND I'VE GONE JUST ABOUT 3K MILES SINCE THEN. I STARTED STALLING WHILE DRIVING, AND CHECKED THE OIL, AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH BONE DRY. 5.5 QUARTS OF OIL GONE IN 3 MONTHS/3K MILES (NOTE - THE JEEP RECOMMENDED INTERVAL IS: "BASED ON ENGINE OPERATION CONDITIONS, THE OIL CHANGE INDICATOR MESSAGE WILL ILLUMINATE IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER", IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS NO RECOMMENDED INTERVAL FOR NORMAL DRIVING, YOU ARE TO RELY ON THE OIL CHANGE INDICATOR LIGHT TO ALERT YOU. FOR "SEVERE DUTY", I.E.: THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN A DUSTY AND OFF ROAD ENVIRONMENT OR IS OPERATED PREDOMINATELY AT IDLE OR ONLY VERY LOW ENGINE RPM'S, JEEP RECOMMENDS OIL CHANGES AT 4K MILES. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME, AFTER SOME SCARY STALLS (AT SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER AND NEEDS TO BE RESTARTED, AND THE CHANGE OIL INDICATOR COMES ON), I BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICE, AND WAS TOLD THAT I JUST MUST'VE BURNED THROUGH A LOT. NOW I KNOW THAT IS NOT THE CASE. OTHER THAN BEING AN INCONVENIENCE (HAVING TO CONSTANTLY CHECK OIL ON A TWO YEAR OLD VEHICLE), THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE VEHICLE JUST STALLS OUT, DIES, AND THE INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON. AT SPEED, THIS COULD BE DEADLY. FROM RESEARCHING ONLINE, I FOUND THAT YOU NEED TO ASK FOR AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AT THE DEALERSHIP. MANY ARE GETTING ENGINES REPLACED AS A RESULT. I AM GOING TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN FIND.