2015 JEEP RENEGADE Engine Problems

I LIVE OFF A BUSY HIGHWAY IN HOUSTON, TX. I FEEL I PLAY A GAME OF CHICKEN EACH TIME I ATTEMPT TO TURN OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY JEEP RENEGADE. THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES, THE ENGINE LIGHT MAY OR MAY NOT COME ON. A HOST OF NEW ELECTRICAL MESSAGES MAY OR MANY NOT POP UP. I HAVE HAD LIGHTS STOP AND START WORKING. THE CAR CUT OFF WHEN MAKING A TURN AS THE CAR IS BURNING INSANE AMOUNTS OF OIL. IT IS NOT THE DEPENDABLE VEHICLE I HAD HOPED FOR. I UNDERSTAND SOME ISSUES HOWEVER THERE APPEARS TO BE A NEW ONE ALMOST WEEKLY. I HAVE HIRED A LAWYER TO INVESTIGATE MY CASE S THIS THE ABSOLUTE WORST VEHICLE I HAVE EVER OWNED. THE CAR JERKS LIKE SOMEONE IS SMASHING INTO THE BACK OF YOU WHEN GOING 15 MPH OR LESS. IT LOSES POWER AND HESITATES ON TAKEOFF. THE CAR...

TRANSMISSION HESITATES SO BADLY GOING INTO SECOND GEAR THAT I AM CONSTANTLY ALMOST REAR ENDED, AND BEING SCREAMED AT BY OTHER MOTORISTS, ESPECIALLY IN TRAFFIC. IF YOU'RE NOT AT A COMPLETE STOP, IT'S NOT AS BADR. BUT FORGET IT IF YOU HAVE TO STOP FOR OVER 3 SECONDS. TRAFFIC AND PARKING LOT SEEMS TO BE THE ABSOLUTE WORSE (IF YOU'RE KEEPING IT AT 15 MPH OR UNDER IT SEEMS. FIRST THEY REPLACED THE VALVE BODY, THEN 2 TRANS MOUNTS, ALL AT A COST TO ME, BEFORE THEY DECIDED TO REPLACE THE TRANS. TRANSMISSION WAS SUPPOSEDLY "REPLACED" UNDER WARRANTY, BUT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. ALSO, NOW HAVING ENGINE REPLACED, BECAUSE IT BURNS 3 QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 1000 MILES. LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON THIS CAR.

JEEP ENGINE DIES DURING HOT WEATHER, PULLING UP STEEP HILLS OR TOWING EVEN SMALL LIGHT TRAILERS AND GOING UP A SLIGHT GRADE! I HAVE HAD MY JEEP IN THE SHOP AT THE JEEP DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES BUT THEY DO NOT GIVE ME ANY PAPERWORK BECAUSE THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG AND ALL 2.4L ENGINES IN THE RENEGADE HAVE THIS PROBLEM!!!

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION . 30000 MILES IN THE ENGINE AND IT GOES THROUGH OIL MORE OFTEN THAN THE RECOMMENDED OIL CHANGES. MAJOR ACCIDENT ISSUE, CAUSED BY ENGINE STALLINGS DUE TO UNEXPECTEDLY LOW OIL. ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY

2015 JEEP RENEGADE LIMITED 4X4 HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS SINCE PURCHASING IT USED FROM DEALERSHIP IN JANUARY 2019. IT STALLS WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I HAVE TO PUT IN PARK, PUSH THE START BUTTON TO TURN IT OFF, AND THEN PUSH THE BUTTON AGAIN WITH FOOT ON BREAK TO START IT AGAIN. THANKFULLY THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY (10-15 MPH) IN A LINE OF CARS TOWARDS A STOP SIGN HOWEVER THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE!

I GOT UP TO GET READY TO GO TO CHOIR REHEARSAL MY JEEP WOULD NOT CRANK, AND THE KEY WAS STUCK IN THE SWITCH, IT TOOK ALMOST 30 MINUTES TO GET THE KEY OUT, FINALLY THE JEEP CRANKED BUT I COULD NOT GET THE GEAR TO GO INTO REVERSE, DRIVE OR NOTHING, AND ON THE DASH BOARD WHERE IT TELLS YOU HOW MANY MILES YOU HAVE ON THE AUTOMOBILE IT WAS BLINKING AND ALSO ON THE DASH BOARD IT SAY SERVICE TRANSMISSION.. I HAVE READ ON YOUR SITE AS I WAS SEARCHING TO FIND OUT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING, SO MANY OF THESE JEEP SEEM TO DO THIS WHEN THEY REACH 40 THOUSAND MILES. I AM GRATEFUL THAT I WAS NOT ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THE DAY BEFORE THIS HAPPEN THE JEEP SEEM TO HAVE LOST SPEED IFOR A BRIEF MOMENT, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SOMETHING NEED TO BE DONE...

THE ENGINE OVER HEATS AT HIGH SPEED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME SAY 70 TO 80 MPH OR GOING UP GRADES AT SPEED OR PULLING A SMALL TRAILER. I HAVE HAD THE JEEP CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY EVERYTHING IS FINE BUT THIS IS DANGEROUS TO SAY THE LEAST ESPECIALLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. MECHANIC SAID THIS IS A NORMAL COMPLAINT ON THIS MODEL JEEP! THIS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW!!!! NO PHOTOS ARE NECESSARY! THIS DATE IS JUST THE LAST TIME IT HAS STALLED BUT I WAS WITH MY WIFE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHICH CONCERNED ME! FOR HER SAFETY!!

CAR WILL FAIL SPORADICALLY TO ACCELERATE WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC I WAS ALMOST HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES MORE THAN ONCE I'VE TALKED TO OTHERS WITH THE SAME CAR AND ALL OF THEM DESCRIBED THE SAME EXACT EXPERIENCE IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.

IT STARTED AS A WOBBLE TYPE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT A COUPLE DAYS PRIOR. SUDDENLY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ACTIVATES AND I NOTICE A CHANGE IN MY AC. ON MY WAY TO DETROIT MY TEMP GAUGE REACHES MAX, THUS ILLUMINATING A RED TEMP WARNING. I QUICKLY FOUND A PAY-TO-PARK LOT NEAR MY DESTINATION. WHILE ALLOWING TIME FOR THE ENGINE TO COOL DOWN, I GOOGLED MY ENGINE LIGHT AND OVERHEATING ISSUE. RETURNING TO MY VEHICLE I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY DIAGNOSE A WELL KNOWN ISSUE INVOLVING A WOBBLY COOLING FAN AND A BLOWN 50A FUSE. FORTUNATELY THE NIGHT COOLED AND I WAS ABLE TO RETURN HOME WITHOUT AC NOR THE AID OF AN OPERATING COOLING FAN. MY STORIES SIMILAR TO COUNTLESS OTHERS. I'VE SEEN ONE VIDEO CLAIMING A RECALL FIX POSTED LAST MONTH. IT APPEARS A SHIELD HAS BEEN ADDED...I BELIEVE THAT'LL DEFINITELY FIX THE POORLY ENGINEERED ISSUE INVOLVING...

COOLING FAN IS MALFUNCTIONING AS MANY OTHERS APPARANTLY HAVE. THE ENGINE WILL OVERHEAT IF AT REST OR MAKING FREQUENT STOPS (CITY DRIVING).

VEHICLE WILL RANDOMLY ACCELERATE WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM THE GAS PEDAL. THIS CAN VARY FROM A SHORT BURST OF SPEED AND A SPUDUR TO A LONG TERM ACCELERATION THAT ONLY STOPS WHEN APPLYING THE BREAK. EVEN WHEN STATIONARY THE VEHICLE WILL RAISE RPMS CONSIDERABLY WANTING TO LURCH FORWARD IF NOT IN PARK. THIS ISSUE BEGAN TO BE NOTICEABLE AROUND THE 25,000 MILE MARK IN MY CASE.

JUST BOUGHT THIS USED - GOOD CONDITION EXCEPT THAT IT LITERALLY "LUNGES" FORWARD WHEN YOU ACCELERATE, TYPICALLY GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. THERE IS A DEFINITE HESITATION BETWEEN THE TIME YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL AND THE TIME IT TAKES TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN TAKING A LEFT TURN INTO CROSS TRAFFIC I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I HAVE EXTRA TIME TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LOSS OF ACCELERATION.

11/23/2015 VEHICLE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND MALFUNCTION WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. MILEAGE 2,411 1/1/2016 ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISES AND AC STOPPED BLOWING COLD WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. MILEAGE 2958 9/27/2016 VEHICLE OVERHEATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.MILEAGE 10,079 6/4/2019 VEHICLE STOPPPED WORKING AND OVERHEATED WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY. MILEAGE 26,777

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, GOING 70 MPH, MY CAR STOPPED RUNNING AND SAID THERE WAS AN ERROR. I HAD A FAMILY MEMBER HELP ME LOAD IT UP AND TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY FUEL SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED AND SHOWED ME THAT I HAD GAS HOWEVER MY CAR HAD NO GAS. I HAD TO PURCHASE AN ENTIRE FUEL PUMP SINCE THE SENSOR IS INTEGRATED WITHIN THE PUMP. MY MILEAGE WAS 36,000 NOW MY RADIATOR FAN ASSEMBLY NEEDS REPLACED AS IT IS GOING OUT. I AM AT 41,000 MILES NOW. I NOTICED A WEIRD NOISE COMING FROM THE MOTOR AREA WHILE I WAS IDLING. I NOTICED

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON HAD CODE READ P0481. FOUND COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY LOCKED UP.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE CAME ON. WHEN I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY MY CAR STARTED OVER HEATING. MY FAN SEIZED AND THE CAR KEPT OVERHEATING.

RADIATOR COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY QUIT WORKING, VEHICLE OVERHEATS WHEN STATIONARY OR DURING CITY DRIVING.

SO, I HAVE HAD MY 2015 JEEP RENEGADE SPORT FRONT WHEEL DRIVE FOR ALMOST 3 1/2 YEARS. I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE JERKING OF THE SHIFTING OF MY CAR WHEN I DRIVE, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE SUMMER OF 2017, I BOUGHT MY RENEGADE NEW FEBRUARY 2016. WINTER 2017 IT STARTED REVVING TOO HIGH WHEN STOPPED AT THE STOPLIGHTS OR AT A STOP SIGN. THEN AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER 2018 MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POPS ON AND I TOOK IT RIGHT AWAY TO AUTO ZONE SO THEY CAN RUN DIAGNOSTICS AND CAME TO FIND OUT THAT MY THERMOSTAT WENT OUT, MY CAR JUST ROLLED OVER 38,000 MILES, MY WARRANTY WAS UP AT 36,000, I HAD TO SHELL OUT OVER $500 TO REPLACE THAT, I'M GLAD I DID BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE MIDWEST IN THE QUAD CITY AREA ON THE ILLINOIS SIDE AND OUR COLDEST DAY WAS...

RADIATOR COOLING FAN SEIZED UP, PRODUCING BLACK ELECTRICAL SMOKE WHICH CONSEQUENTLY CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. THIS HAPPENED STATIONARY ON A STOP LIGHT.

THE HEAT IN THE VEHICLE WAS COMING OUT COLD. CAR BEGAN OVERHEATING AND TEMPERATURE ROSE TO OVER 220. CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE FOR 25 MINUTES TO ALLOW IT TO COOL. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BROUGHT TO A MECHANIC WHO RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND THE COOLING FAN WAS FAILING. MECHANIC STATED WHEN THE CODE WAS PUT IN THE JEEP RENEGADE WAS THE FIRST VEHICLE TO POP UP. THIS SHOULD BE A KNOWN MECHANICAL RECALL. CAR ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT AND THE FAN SHOULD NOT BE FAILING.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND MY CAR STARTED LOSING POWER THEN STARTED JERKING AND SHAKING THE CAR. I COULDN'T SPEED UP, I COULD HEAR THE ENGINE REVVING UP BUT NOTHING. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF CAR AND START BACK UP, I STILL COULDN'T HIT 60MPH I THE FREEWAY SO I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY AND TOOK THE STREETS HOME. WHEN RUNNING THE CAR UNDER 30MPH THE CAR WAS FINE BUT ONCE I HIT THE HIGHER GEARS MY CAR WOULD SHAKE OR JUST DOWN SHIFT ON ITS ON.

INTERMITTENTLY, THE POWER STEERING WOULD GO OUT AND SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON DASHBOARD. AFTER SEVERAL TIMES RESTARTING THE CAR, THE CAR POWER STEERING WOULD CONTINUE TO GO OUT AND LIGHT COME ON. AFTER ABOUT 4 HOURS, THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF ON A CITY STREET, ALL RUNNING LIGHTS AND RADIO STAYED ON, KEYS WERE REMOVED, AND CAR WAS COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE TO KEYS, KEY FAB, OR BUTTONS ON DOOR SUCH AS POWER LOCKS/ WINDOWS. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE.

TAKATA RECALLED

COOLING FAN FAILED AROUND 40,000 MI

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CODE P0128, FAULTY THERMOSTAT. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE VEHICLE: 2015 JEEP RENEGADE SPORT 2WD, HIGHWAY MILES MINIMAL STOP AND GO, MAINTENANCE IS ON TIME THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP, ZERO ACCIDENTS. I NOTICED A WHINING SOUND IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. THE TEMP IS TYPICALLY 198-201 THE TEMP CLIMBED TO 223 AT HIGHEST. WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION THE TEMP REVERTS TO 198. ARRIVED HOME, OPENED THE HOOD WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE THE FAN MOTOR STARTED TO WHINE BUT NOT MOVE.

THE ENGINE COOLANT FAN KEEPS BURNING OUT, HAVING MY SECOND FAN REPLACED AT 62,000 MILES.

THERMOSTAT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND NEED REPLACING AND CAR HAS LESS THAN 54000 MILES ON IT..WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION.

THE VEHICLE SWITCHED GEARS ON ITS OWN, COULDN'T RECOGNIZE WHEN I TRIED TO PUT IT IN PARK OR ANY OTHER GEAR, AND STALLED OUT ON ME. NOW SHOWS THAT THE POWER STEERING NEEDS TO BE SERVICED.

MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE OWNING THIS VEHICLE THE PAST 7 MONTHS, I HAVE HAD TO GET 3 OIL CHANGES AND TOP OFF THE OIL MANY TIMES IN BETWEEN, WHICH IS MUCH MORE THAN THE MANUAL STATES IS NECESSARY. THIS VEHICLE BURNS THROUGH OR LOSES OIL TOO QUICKLY, WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING (IN MOTION) WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. IT OFTEN TURNS OFF GOING UP OR DOWN HILL, AND AFTER OR MID TURN (WHAT LITTLE OIL IS REMAINING SHIFTS) ON CITY STREETS. MY CAR HAS TURNED OFF ITSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES. SOMETIMES IT TAKES A COUPLE MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL TURN ITSELF BACK ON. LIKE MENTIONED, THIS HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES SINCE MAY 2018 (PURCHASED VEHICLE IN MARCH 2018). BETWEEN 10/29 AND 10/31, IT OCCURRED 9 TIMES. IF NECESSARY, I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THE FREQUENCY OF...

BOUGHT MY JEEP BRAND NEW 2015 JEEP RENEGADE IN OCTOBER 7,2015. MY RADIATOR FAN IS NOT WORKING AND THE CAR IS STARTING TO OVER HEAT. AT FIRST KEPT HEARING A LOOSE DRAGGING NOISE BEFORE LEAVING TO THE STORE FROM MY HOUSE AND I POPED THE HOOD OPEN OF MY CAR AND I SAW THE FAN NOT WORKING TO COOL THE CAR DOWN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CAR WAS GOING UP. SO I CALLED THE DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR MONDAY FOR THEM TO CHECK OUT THE CARS ISSUE. MY CAR ONLY HAS 31,000 MILES. I HAVE ALSO TAKEN MY JEEP TO THE DEALER THIS SAME YEAR FOR THEM TO REPLACE THE THERMOSTAT. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW ON. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED IT'S NOT SAFE AND IT'S DANGEROUS FOR ANY VEHICLE TO OPERATE WITH ANY MALFUNCTION IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ESPECIALLY FOR A BRAND NEW CAR NOT...

BESIDES THE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH ELECTRICAL ISSUES, ETC. WHEN I BOUGHT THIS NEW 2015 RENEGADE, I AM NOW ON 55,000 MILES AND THE MOTOR FAN IS GOING OUT. WHEN THE FAN COMES ON YOU CAN HEAR THE BEARING GRINDING WHICH PROGRESSIVELY HAS GOTTEN LOUDER AND IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. MY BEST FRIEND BOUGHT THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND HER FAN JUST WENT OUT LEAVING THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND HER STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT'S NOT LIKE JEEP IS NOT AWARE OF THIS ISSUE SINCE THERE ARE NUMEROUS ONLINE BOARDS AND YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON HOW TO REPLACE THE FAN IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD THE $600+ TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP DO IT IF YOU ARE OUT OF WARRANTY. I AM JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AND MY HUSBAND JUST HAD BYPASS HEART SURGERY SO OUR PLANS TO HAVE HIM REPLACE IT ARE OUT AND I CAN'T...

I BOUGHT A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE FROM THIS DEALERSHIP BRAND NEW. ALL SERVICE HAS BEEN DONE AT EITHER THIS JEEP DEALERSHIP OR THE ONE IN LIMA OHIO WHERE I LIVED FOR A BRIEF TIME. BEGINNING IN MARCH OF 2018 MY VEHICLE STALLED WHILE RUNNING WITH NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES IT RESTARTED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME IT WAS BECAUSE I NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE AND BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE FROM OHIO TO ARIZONA. IT THEN HAPPENED AGAIN TWO MORE TIMES ONCE ON THE FREEWAY-ALL AGAIN WITH NO WARNINGS. JEEP THEN HAD MY CAR IN AUGUST FOR NEARLY A MONTH-I WAS TOLD IT STALLS DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE AND TO DO AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST MEANING I DROVE IT FOR 1200 MILES AND THEN RETURNED IT TO THEM. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT MY OIL CONSUMPTION IS "WITHIN MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS" SO THE...

JEEP IS BURNING OIL AND COOLANT BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. NEED TO ADD OIL AT LEAST EVERY 2 TO 3 WEEK AND COOLANT MONTHLY. NO WARNING LIGHTS HAVE EVER COME ON INDICATION THE VEHICLE IS LOW, IT HAS NOT OVER HEATED. HAVE FOUND JEEP TO BE UPTO 3 QUARTS LOW ON OIL AND NO COOLANT IN RESERVOIR. NO SIGNS OF LEAKING OF ANY KIND. HAVE NOTICED A DISTINCT SMELL OF BURNT OIL AFTER LONG DRIVES. WHEN ADDING OIL AND COOLANT TODAY I FOUND A PINK FROTHY RESIDUE ON ALL THE HOUSE JOINTS FOR THE COOLANT. WHY AM I NOT GETTING ANY WARNING LIGHTS AND WHERE ARE THESE FLUIDS GOING TO. THERE IS DISTINCT METAL SOUND WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING NOW. I ADDRESSED THE OIL ISSUE WITH THE DEAL THE LAST TIME IT WAS IN AND I WAS TOLD I JUST NEED TO ADD OIL PERIODICALLY THAT "ALL VEHICLES" PERIODICALLY NEED...

THE COOLANT FAN WENT OFF TRACK AND STARTED SQUEALING AND GETTING STUCK, CAUSING THE FUSE TO BLOW. WITHIN A MONTH, AND AFTER REPLACING THE FUSE 3 TIMES, THE FAN MOTOR STOPPED WORKING AND BURNT UP COMPLETELY. ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER FAN, AND IT BLEW THE FUSE AGAIN AND BURNT UP THE NEW FAN MOTOR ALSO. ALSO, WITHIN THE LAST MONTH (TODAY BEING 9/20/2018) MY CAR HAS BEEN JUMPING AND SHAKING WHEN IN DRIVE MODE. MAINLY OCCURS AFTER SPEEDS OF 40+ MPH HAVE BEEN REACHED AND WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR A LONGER LENGTH OF TIME.

I WENT OUT TO PICK UP DINNER.I LEFT THE VEHICLE RUNNING WHEN I WENT INTO THE RESTAURANT, CAME OUT TWO MINUTES LATER AND NOTICED A REALLY WEIRD RATTLING/REVVING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I POPPED THE HOOD AND THE WHOLE RADIATOR FAN AND HOUSING WAS WOBBLING AND HAD A TERRIBLE ELECTRICAL FIRE SMELL. I WAS THANKFULLY ABLE TO GET HOME,WHICH WAS ONLY FIVE MINUTES AWAY, BUT AS SOON AS I GOT IN THE DRIVEWAY THE MESSAGE "SERVICE ENGINE" CAME ONTO THE SCREEN.I POPPED THE HOOD AGAIN AND THE FAN LOCKED UP AND IS NO LONGER SPINNING. I SEE I'M NOT THE FIRST WITH THIS ISSUE...CAN WE PLEASE GET A RECALL?THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS.

ENGINE OVERHEATED RAPIDLY WHILE DRIVING, SIMILAR TO THESE OTHER COMPLAINTS HTTP://M.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/JEEP/RENEGADE/2016/ENGINE/ENGINE.SHTML

WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREET WHEN REALIZED THAT AIR CONDITIONING HAD STOPPED COOLING. SAW THAT HEAT GAUGE LEVEL WAS COMPLETELY INTO THE RED (HIGHEST) READING. MESSAGE APPEARED WARNING THAT THERE WAS A COOLING ISSUE. WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND HAD AAA TOW CAR TO A GARAGE. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR MOTOR FAN HAD STOPPED WORKING, RESULTING IN FULL REPLACEMENT OF THAT AS WELL AS THERMOSTAT. COST WAS $866.55! ONLINE RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL OF JEEP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (FAMILY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 6735 ESSINGTON AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19153, (215) 492-8600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN OIL CHANGE WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL SQUEAKING NOISE AND STALLED. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE EMERGING FROM THE GRILL AREA AND OIL LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

2015 JEEP RENEGADE SPORT 4X4 2.4L 52,000 MILES. NOTICEABLE FAN NOISE AND VIBRATION FROM ELECTRIC ENGINE COOLING FAN, THE THEN VEHICLE OVERHEATED, SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SERVICE 4X4 LIGHT CAME ON, AND 4X4 FUNCTIONS FAILED AND COULD NOT SWITCH THE 4X4 FUNCTIONS. ERROR CODE:P0481 FAN CONTROL CIRCUIT. FAILED RELAY SWITCH. EFFECTING DRIVETRAIN FAILURE WITH THE 4X4 SYSTEM, COOLING FAN FAILURE, STALLING OF THE VEHICLE, AND ENGINE DAMAGE FROM OVERHEATING. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE KNOWN TO THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIPS THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED AND RECALLED FOR THE OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. COOLING FAN FUSE BLOWN (50AMP @ LOCATION F05).

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WHEN JEEP RENEGADE UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED TO CUT OFF. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS SHAKING AND SHUDDERING. GOT OFF AT EXIT AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF, ESPECIALLY WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN OR WHEN MAKING A TURN AFTER STOPPING. MADE IT HOME. TURNED IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. THERE WAS NO ADVANCED WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD PRIOR TO THE JEEP UNEXPECTANTLY SLOWING DOWN. THERE WAS NO BURNING SMELL. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED ON MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2018 TO JEEP DEALER IN LEWISBURG, WV. THEY SAY IT COULD BE A WEEK BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND I AM WITHOUT A VEHICLE. I WANTED IT TAKEN TO A VIRGINIA DEALER WHO COULD LOOK AT IT SOONER BUT ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE SAID THE WV DEALER WAS CLOSER.

I WAS DRIVING THE COOLANT TEMP TOO HIGH WENT INTO THE RED AND I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED.AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE MECHANICS AT JEEP.THE COOLING FAN BROKE. HAS TO BE REPLACED 40,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. AND A FUSE AMP IS BLOWN AS WELL.ON CARPROBLEMZOO.COM THERE ARE OVER 30 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE COOLING FAN BREAKING OR STOP WORKING. HTTP://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/JEEP/RENEGADE/COOLING-FAN-PROBLEMS.PHP THE COMPANY REFUSES TO REIMBURSE WHEN THE VEHICLES ARE LESS THAT 60,000 MILES OR LESS THAN 3 OR 4 YEARS OLD.

FAN STOPPED WORKING CAUSING CAR TO OVERHEAT AND SMOKE WHILE IDLE. CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR. ALSO HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHT BLOWING OUT. HAD THE LIGHT FIXED THREE TIMES IN A FEW MONTHS AND BLEW A FOURTH TIME. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP EVERY SINGLE TIME AND IT'S CURRENTLY OUT BC THEY OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT SO IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.

IN MY DRIVEWAY. I LOVE BEHIND MY MOM AND WHEN I STOP TO TALK WITH WHILE SHE IS IN THE YARD AND LEAVE MY CAR RUNNING WHEN I GO TO TAKE OFF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE COMES ON AND STOPS ME. GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND STOP AT STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHTS OR JUST STUCK IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WHEN I GO TO TAKE OFF THE TRANSMISSION EITHER JERKS REAL HARD OR MAKES THE CAR FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. COOLING FAN HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED WHEN THE VEHICLE WASN'T 2 YRS OLD.

MY CAR STARTED RUNNING HOT WHILE ON THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO AUTO MECHANIC AND THEY FOUND RADIATOR COOLING FAN HAS LOCKED UP. NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 60,000 MILES, 3 YEAR OLD CAR. THIS IS DANGEROUS PROBLEM IF I WERE ON A LONG ROAD TRIP. PLEASE RECALL VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM SINCE IT SEEMS VERY COMMON.

MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON,MY A/C BLOWS HOT AIR AND ON 5/22/2018 MY ELECTRIC E BREAK LOCKED UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING! IN THE PARK WHERE I LIVE.

THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN MALFUNCTIONED AFTER JUST 50,000 MILES. VEHICLE IS ONLY 2 1/2 YEARS OLD. JEEP WILL NOT COVER THIS UNDER WARRANTY AS THEY SAY IT ISN'T PART OF THE DRIVETRAIN. AFTER READING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON YOUR DATABASE I FEEL THIS IS A KNOWN MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. FAILURE CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME AND COULD RESULT IN A BLOWN MOTOR AND/OR OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. IT'S TIME THAT THE NHTSA ACTS FOR THE CONSUMER AND FORCES JEEP TO A RECALL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE FAN. NORMAL LIFE EXPECTANCY OF ELECTRIC FANS IS WELL OVER 5 YEARS/100,000 MILES. THIS PARTICULAR FAN IS, IN MOST CASES, NOT EVEN LASTING HALF THAT TIME. THE PROBLEM IS SO WIDESPREAD THAT JEEP RAN OUT OF THEM AND HAD/HAS LONG WAIT TIMES. DURING THIS PERIOD THE VEHICLE IS UNUSABLE. THIS IS...

AMONG OTHER ISSUES, THE ENGINE CUTS OUT WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES TO ME, AND ALL APPEAR TO OCCUR WHILE MAKING TURNS AT LOW-MODERATE SPEED (<30MPH); THIS IS THE ONLY CONSISTENT FACTOR WHEN THE ENGINE CUTS OUT (DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AFFECTED BY WEATHER OR DRIVE/RUN TIME). THE FIRST TIME OCCURRED AROUND 30K MILES - THE ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN ON LOCAL STREETS. VEHICLE'S DISPLAY FLASHED A NUMBER OF WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE INDICATING "VEHICLE NOT IN SHIFT TO PARK." ELECTRICAL SYSTEM APPEARED FULLY FUNCTIONAL. I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED MY CAR AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING REMAINED. THE NEXT RESTART REMOVED THE ETC WARNING. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS REMOVED AFTER 4 RESTARTS (WITH REGULAR DRIVING). I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY UPDATED A MODULE...

THE RADIATOR FAN IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. IT IS BREAKING DUE TO NOT HAVING A HEAT SHIELD ON IT AND IT IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. JEEP FIXES THE PROBLEMS IN THE LATE 2016 MODELS BY PUTTING IN A METAL FAN AND TOOK OUT THE PLASTIC FAN. FEAR OF RENEGADE CATCHING FIRE. VEHICLE OVERHEATS IN THE PARKING LOT.

VEHICLE REFRIGERANT FOR THE AC COOLING SYSTEM IS CONSTANTLY LEAKING. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR SERVICE IN JUNE 2017 AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO LEAK. SERVICE CENTER REFILLED THE REFRIGERANT AND LESS THAN A YEAR LATER I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE WITH NO COLD AIR RUNNING THROUGH THE SYSTEM. THIS MEANS THE REFRIGERANT LEAKED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE TWICE DUE TO NEGLIGENCE. WHENEVER THE AC COMPONENT TRIES TO RUN, WHETHER IT IS PARKED OR MOVING, A LOUD HISSING NOISE IS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.