2015 JEEP RENEGADE Engine Problems

THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN IS VIBRATING ITSELF OFF. THE VEHICLE HAD LOW MILEAGE STILL- UNDER 45,000. LOOKED IT UP AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND APPARENTLY THE PART IS BACK ORDERED FOR MONTHS, WHICH MEANS I AM PAYING FOR A VEHICLE I CANNOT DRIVE. SEEMS LIKE A MANUFACTURER ISSUE TO ME. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL.

A LOUD WOBBLING SOUND WAS NOTICED FROM THE ENGINE BAY OF THE VEHICLE. INVESTIGATION OF THE SOUND REVEALED THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN TO BE VIBRATING VIOLENTLY WHILE ENGAGED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DISCOVERY THE FAN FAILED TO ENGAGE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STEVE LANDERS JEEP LOCATED AT 401 COLONEL GLENN PLAZA LOOP LITTLE ROCK, AR 72210. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS CONFIRMED TO BE THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ORIGINAL MANUFACTURE WARRANTY AT 54,600 MILES. FAN WAS REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP AT MY EXPENSE.

VEHICLE JERKED HARD AND IMMEDIATELY LOST PROPULSION WHILE DRIVING 73 MPH ON INTERSTATE. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP AT A REST AREA, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CAR SHUT OFF. WOULD RESTART FOR A FEW SECONDS AND DIE AGAIN. WHEN TRYING TO START IT A MESSAGE SHOWED UP SAYING TO STOP THE CAR WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, THE CAR WAS IN PARK AND NOT MOVING. PARKING BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT APPLYING IT, TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET IT TO GO OFF. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE HAD IT TOWED TO CLOSEST JEEP DEALERSHIP. CAR STARTED FOR THEM THE NEXT DAY AND THEY SAID NO CODES SHOWED UP AND THAT THE CAR STOPPED BECAUSE IT WAS LOW ON OIL AND 200 MILES PAST TIME FOR AN OIL CHANGE. SAID THIS WAS A FEATURE OF THE CAR -IF IT WAS LOW ON OIL IT WOULD JUST DIE SO IT COULDN'T BE DAMAGED BY DRIVING...

ENGINE COOLING RAN MAKING SCREECHING NOISE AND WOBBLING ON SHAFT. SOUNDS LIKE THE FAN IS CONTACTING SOMETHING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GO IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE TRANSMISSION AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. AFTER A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS SHIFTING GEARS, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT CODE P1D98 WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THREE WEEKS LATER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO PISCHKE MOTORS OF LA CROSSE (434 4TH ST, LA CROSSE, WI 54601) THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

ONGOING ISSUE, BUT TODAY I GOT IN MY JEEP AND ONCE AGAIN MY VEHICLE IS SHOWING THE TRANSMISSION AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, WHEN I ATTEMPT TO PUT IT IN GEAR IT GOES OUT OF GEAR AND INTO NEUTRAL.. ON TOP OF THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WHERE THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WILL COME ON WHILE I'M DRIVING. MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO TURN/ MAINTAIN VEHICLE CONTROL. I EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE CAR 'JUMPING HARD INTO GEAR' AS MY HUSBAND PUTS IT; ALONG WITH IT TAKING OFF REALLY FAST, IT'S ALSO BEEN SOUNDING REALLY LOUD AND SHAKING WHEN IT REACHES SPEEDS UPWARDS OF 65 AND REFUSING TO CHANGE GEARS FROM TIME TO TIME... HOWEVER WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A NUMBER OF INSTANCES WHERE THE JEEP HAS CHANGED ITS OWN GEARS STARTING ONLY A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING CAUSING IT TO MOVE INTO THE PORCH AND CAUSE SOME COSMETIC DAMAGE, THIS WAS OUR...

THIS 2015 JEEP RENEGADE BEGAN HAVING A THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER SEEING THAT IT WAS THE COOLING FAN, I TOOK MEASURES TO GET THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO GET IT REPAIRED. BEFORE THAT HAPPENED, THE FAN WENT OUT COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE IS 2 YEARS OLD, HAS 41, 000 MILES ON IT AND IS STILL COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD BY SOUTHPOINT CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP (WHO I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM) THAT THEY CANNOT OBTAIN THE PART, AND THEY REFUSED TO OPEN A CLAIM WITH THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY SO THAT I COULD GET A RENTAL CAR. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY WILL NOT PROVIDE ME WITH A RENTAL CAR BECAUSE THE DEALER WILL NOT START THE CLAIM PROCESS. RIGHT NOW MY JEEP IS AT THE DEALER, WHO WAS HAPPY TO INFORM ME THAT IF I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT AND IT OVERHEATED,...

TWICE NOW MY ENGINE COOLING FAN MOTOR HAS FAILED AND CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. I WAS LUCKY THE FIRST TIME IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THIS TIME MY CAR WAS PARKED IDLING ABOUT 5 MINUTES WITH SLEEPING CHILDREN WHEN THE CAB FILLED WITH SMOKE AND WOKE THE ADULT. WAKE UP CHRYSLER! ..UPDATED 12/11/17 *BF

THE COOLING FAN "BURNED OUT" ON MY 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. ON NOVEMBER 4, 2017, I WAS TRAVELING I10 E BOUND FROM HOUSTON, TX TO RAYNE, LA (3 HR DRIVE) TO ATTEND MY YOUNGER BROTHER'S WEDDING WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR RAN HOT. LUCKILY FOR ME I WAS AT THE EXIT RAMP TO GET TO MY PARENT'S HOUSE WHEN IT HAPPENED. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND I SAW, AND SMELLED SMOKE. I THEN CALLED MY DAD (WHO LITERALLY LIVES A MINUTE OR LESS FROM WHERE I WAS) FOR HIM TO COME AND CHECK OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. HE LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, FLUIDS WERE ALL IN TACT, NOTHING SEEMED OUT OF PLACE, HE BASICALLY COULDN'T SEE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. HE THEN STARTED THE CAR AND WATCHED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND NOTICED THAT IT HADN'T SPIKED UP SO HE DROVE...

COOLING FAN IS BAD. HOUSING COMES LOOSE AND FAN HITS OTHER PARTS ON THE VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO OVERHEAT AND SMOKE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NO RECALL! HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PART HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR MONTHS! NOW VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY.

TWICE IN TWO WEEKS, WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF. THE FIRST TIME IS HAPPENED WAS ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2017 AND THE NEXT TIME WAS THIS MORNING NOVEMBER 9TH. THE FIRST TIME HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, AND THE OTHER HAPPENED WITH THE FOOT ON THE GAS TRYING TO MERGE ONTO I-90 FROM THE OGDEN ON RAMP. THE RADIO AND INTERIOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO WORK, BUT THE ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF. TURNING THE KEY WON'T JUST TURN ON THE CAR AGAIN. YOU HAVE TO HOLD IT IN THE ON POSITION A FEW TIMES FOR IT TO FINALLY TURN ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE SUDDENLY INCREASED TO HIGH. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLING FAN WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

TRANSMISSION SLIPS AT (JERKS) AT 8 MPH EVERY ACCELERATION FROM A STAND STILL AND WHEN ACCELERATING, SERVICE REP AT DEALERSHIP SAID HE CAN FEEL IT AS WELL, BUT NO CODES COME UP WHEN PLACED ON MACHINE. CHRYSLER STATES TRANSMISSION RUNS AS DESIGNED. THE ONLY WAY TO NOT FEEL THE LAG IS TO GUN THE GAS FROM A STOP. TAKEN VEHICLE IN TWICE, FIRST TOLD A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED FOR THE PROBLEM, SAID COMPUTER SOFTWARE NEEDED UPDATE. DIDN'T WORK, AS SOON AS I PULLED OUT OF DEALERSHIP, PROBLEM REMAINS. SECOND TRIP, THEY SAID THEY CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OF NO-CODES. (SAME PROBLEM IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET FROM OTHER CONSUMERS)

ON OCTOBER 12TH THE CAR STARTED MAKING AN ODD NOISE DRIVING IN THE CITY (NEVER OFF ROAD). I DIDN'T DRIVE IT AGAIN UNTIL OCTOBER 14TH AND IT WAS MAKING THE NOISE AGAIN. WE WERE TRYING TO DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THE CAR STARTED SMOKING NEAR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND WE DRIVE IT TO MY MECHANIC. HE SAID THE FAN HAD STOPPED WORKING. WE CALLED THE ARRIGO DEALERSHIP IN FORT PIERCE WHO SAID I NEED A FAN ASSEMBLY UNIT AND NEEDED TO PAY $263 UPFRONT. THE PART IS ON BACKORDER AND SHOULD TAKE 1-2 MONTHS BUT MAY BE LONGER. ONCE IT IS DELIVERED IT WOULD COST $260 FOR LABOR. SINCE MY CAR HAS 49,000 MILES ON IT AND THE WARRANTY ENDED AT 36,000 THE REPAIR ISN'T COVERED AND NO LOANER CAR WILL BE PROVIDED. ALSO, DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR TO PREVENT ENGINE DAMAGE. WHAT? SO MY MECHANIC CALLED AROUND...

THE COOLANT FAN IS BAD AND THEY KNOW ABOUT IT NOW I HAVE TO BE WITH OUT MY CAR FOR OVER A MONTH BECAUSE I HAVE TO WAIT FOR NEW DESIGN ONE FROM PARIS

THE RADIATOR FAN HAS GONE OUT FOR THE THIRD TIME AND THE PART IS ON NATIONAL RECALL. THE FAN WAS FIRST REPLACED AT ABOUT 38,000 MILES AFTER FAILING. THE PART FAILED AGAIN AT ABOUT 67,000 MILES. I TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND, AFTER SEVERAL DAYS, WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER AND THAT THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A PART IN THE NEXT SHIPMENT IN ABOUT A WEEK AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN MORE WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THIS IS MY ONLY CAR. I FOUND A UNIVERSAL FAN THAT WAS COMPATIBLE AND HAD IT INSTALLED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. YESTERDAY, THE FAN FAILED AGAIN AND WIRING LEADING TO FAN HAS MELTED. PARTS ARE STILL ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THE FIRST TIME THE PART FAILED (PREVIOUS REPORT FILED), I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THE SECOND TIME WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE THIRD TIME,...

UPON STARTING THE IGNITION, THE ENGINE COOLING FAN (DIRECTLY BEHIND THE GRILL), BEGAN SHAKING AND WOBBLING LOUDLY. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT BEGAN SMOKING THERE AS WELL. THERE IS A BACK ORDER ON THE REPLACEMENT FAN AND IT IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM FROM WHAT WE WERE TOLD. WE HAVE ABOUT 34,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.

AUDIBLE RADIATOR FAN WOBBLE NOTICED 9/22/17. OPENED HOOD TO SEE FAN CLEARLY OUT OF BALANCE/WOBBLING VIOLENTLY IN HOUSING. FAN STOPPED FUNCTIONING 9/24, SPIKING COOLANT TEMPERATURES AND TRIGGERING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. CODE READ AS P0481 OBD-II TROUBLE CODE: COOLING FAN 2 CONTROL CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. REPLACED RELAY AND CHECKED WIRE CONNECTIONS TO VERIFY ISSUE LIES WITH FAN. ISSUE SPANS ACROSS 2015-2016 RENEGADES, PARTS ON BACKORDER WITH 4000-7000 WAITING NATIONWIDE, NOT AN ISOLATED INSTANCE.

MY JEEP RENEGADE OVERHEATED AND BROKE DOWN ON 8-1-17, MORE THAN 4 HOURS FROM OUR HOME. WE HAD TO GET THE JEEP BACK TO WHERE WE LIVED AND THE DEALER LET US KNOW IT WAS THE COOLANT FAN. THEY LET US KNOW IT WAS ON A MAJOR BACK ORDER AND THERE WAS NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR THIS TO BE RECTIFIED. WE ARE NOW IN SEPTEMBER AND STILL NO PARTS TO FIX MY JEEP THAT I AM PAYING A PAYMENT FOR AND IS UNDER WARRANTY. JEEPS SHOULD RECALL THIS PART AND HONOR THEIR WARRANTIES AND MAKE GOOD ON THESE CAR NOTES.

COOLING FAN MOTOR SMOKING PERFUSELY. AND WOBBLING MAKING A RATTLING SOUND, WORKING INTERMITENTLY.

VIN # [XXX]. BOUGHT BRAND NEW 2015 JEEP RENEGADE LATITUDE 2WD. BROUGHT JEEP INTO JEEP DEALER IN POWAY, CA., DUE TO EMPTY RADIATOR RESERVOIR & CLUTCH SMOKING ISSUES. JEEP IN POWAY, CA TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS FINE. BROUGHT JEEP IN FOR THE SECOND TIME AT THE JEEP DEALER IN POWAY, CA DUE TO EMPTY COOLANT RESERVOIR AGAIN & JEEP REPLACE RESERVOIR. BROUGHT JEEP IN A 3RD. TIME IN POWAY, CA & JEEP DEALER REPLACED FREEZE PLUG & WATER PUMP. BROUGHT JEEP INTO POWAY, CA JEEP DEALER A 4TH. TIME & DEALER REPLACED LONG BLOCK & CLUTCH. ALL OF THIS WAS WITHIN 23,000 MILES. TOLD JEEP POWAY, CA. ON 9/4/17 THAT THE CLUTCH STILL HAS A SMOKING ISSUE & THEY TOLD ME IT WAS DRIVER ERROR EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMITTED TO ME THE CLUTCH USED ON THE RENEGADE IS NOT THAT GREAT OF QUALITY! THE CLUTCH SMOKING IS A SAFETY ISSUE....

I WAS DRIVING AND STARTED TO SMELL BURN RUBBER. THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE SHOP. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE RADIATOR FAN ASSEMBLY SEIZED UP AND WILL NOT ROTATE ANY LONGER. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH RENEGADES AND THE PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. NO ETA WAS GIVEN FOR WHEN THERE WOULD BE PARTS AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IDLING, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE MADE IT HOME THE VEHICLE THERMOSTAT INCLINED, THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED, AND UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE RADIATOR FAN HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (CHAPMAN LAS VEGAS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM, 3175 E SAHARA AVE, LAS VEGAS, NV, 89104) WHERE IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE UNDER CASE NUMBER: 32348701 AND STATED THAT THEY WERE AWAITING ON THE DEALER INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY WOULD DO AND THEN THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT HIM BACK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 47,000.

THE RADIATOR FAN IS MESSING UP. MOVING AROUND IN THE ENGINE AND NOT WORKING MOST OF THE TIME. THE TEMPS IN THE ENGINE ARE GOING HIGHER THAN THEY SHOULD BEUCASE THE FAN IS FAILING.

THE FAN ASSEMBLY (68360299AA) IN THE FRONT OF MY ENGINE STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS CAUSES A CHAIN REACTION THAT KILLED MY RESISTOR (68247207AA) AND RELAY (4727370AA). WITHOUT THESE PARTS OPERATING, MY ENGINE QUICKLY OVERHEATS. AFTER TAKING MY RENEGADE TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAN ASSEMBLY IS ON BACK ORDER UNTIL DECEMBER 2017 AND THEY DO NOT HAVE AN ETA.

AT JUST UNDER 48K MILES, RADIATOR FAN GAVE OUT. UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS ON A CITY STREET, THE AC BEGAN TO BLOW OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AIR AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. TROUBLESHOOTING THE FOLLOWING DAY REVEALED THAT THE FAN WAS NO LONGER WORKING AND ENGINE RISKED OVERHEATING. SEEMS TO BE A CONTINUOUSLY REOCCURRING ISSUE SINCE THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER FOR 4 MONTHS FOR THE 2.4L 9-SPEED RENEGADE.

I WAS DRIVING MY JEEP RENEGADE WHEN IT STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD CLANKY NOISE. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE IT TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP SINCE I WAS VERY NEAR ONE AND IMMEDIATELY A SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID TO TURN CAR OFF BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO OVER HEAT. I WAS TOLD IT IS THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN THAT IS BAD. THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THE VEHICLE WILL BE ABLE TO FIXED SINCE THE PART IS SEVERELY BACKORDERED SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM OCCURRING WITH SIMILAR JEEP VEHICLES. I ASKED IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL. I READ MANY COMPLAINTS IN JEEP FORUMS AND BLOGS OF PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEM AND CARS ACTUALLY OVERHEATING AND ALMOST CATCHING ON FIRE. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN. MY CAR IS SITTING AT THE DEALER WITH AN UNKNOWN TIMELINE TO GET FIXED AND COMING OUT OF...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND A BURNING ODOR WAS DETECTED IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BRENNAN DODGE (1371 NORTH SERVICE RD E, RUSTON, LA 71270 (318) 497-4203) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLING FAN MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN AND THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER. THE DEALER FURTHER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS REPLACING 600 COOLING FAN MODULES WEEKLY NATIONWIDE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA, STATING THAT NHTSA WOULD HAVE TO ISSUE A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 10/17/17*LJ UPDATED 10/4/18*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE COVERT JEEP CHRYSLER AND DODGE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR AND COOLING FAN FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE FOR THE DURATION OF THE MONTH UNTIL THE REPAIR BECAME AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,914.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, IT STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE STATIONARY. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE SEVERAL ELECTRICAL FAILURES WITH THE LIGHTING AND THE DOOR LOCKS. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. SEVERAL UNKNOWN DEALERS WERE CONTACTED ABOUT THE SERIES OF FAILURES OVER A PERIOD OF 15 MONTHS EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALERS COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND STATED THAT THE MATTER WAS IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF CHRYSLER. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,240.

I HAVE HAD THE JEEP FOR 18 MONTHS, BOUGHT BRAND NEW, AND HAVE IN SHOP AT LEAST 14 TIMES. THE SCARIEST PROBLEM WAS WHEN I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC, GOT UP TO ABOUT 35 MPH AND THE CAR WENT INTO "LOCKDOWN". CAR PUT ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL, AIR BAGS TURNED OFF, BRAKES DIDN'T WORK, AND JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER SYSTEM TURNED OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES AND THE 1ST 3 TIMES, THEY KEPT SAYING IT WAS A SOFTWARE UPDATE. TURNED OUT THE ENGINE THERMOSTAT WAS READING IT WAS -40 DEGREES AND THIS CAUSED IT. NOW I HAVE A SERVICE TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM WARNING, AFTER HAVING TO REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES AFTER ONLY 28K MILES. THIS IS AN UNSAFE VEHICLE AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON LEMON LAW IN FLORIDA, BUT NOW MY JEEP REP IS GONE AND LOOKS LIKE I HAVE TO START THE PROCESS OVER. WHY DOESN'T JEEP...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOWN AND COUNTRY JEEP (3156 HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STAND MODULE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE TO SHIP. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,200.

ONE PROBLEM I DEALT WITH WAS A CRACK ON MY FRONT WINDSHIELD FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, DEALERSHIP SHIP HAD ME BACK AND FORTH WITH THIS ! IT DOESN'T SHOW THAT SOMETHING HIT IT , THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THE RADIO TURN OFF WITH OUT ME ABLE TO TURN IT BACK ON WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING OFF AFTER THAT . MEANING I COULDN'T TELL THE SPEED I WAS GOING AS I WAS DRIVING , GAS LEVEL , ANYTHING ELSE . AFTER IT TURN BACK ON THE EMERGENCY BREAK GOES OFF AND I'M ON THE FREEWAY AND ALMOST COST A SEROUS CRASH. THE LAST THIS THAT HAPPEN ON SATURDAY 6/17/2017 WAS THE SAME THING WITH THE RADIO GOING OFF AND AC NOT WORKING AT ALL AND OVER HEATING. TURN OFF MY CAR AND IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR. SECOND TIME I SEEN IT OVER HEAT AND LOW ON THE RADIATOR. I...

THIS IS MY 2ND COMPLAINT AGAINST THIS VEHICLE REFERENCE NUMBER (FEBRUARY 21 2017 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10956054). THE CAR WILL OCCASSIONALY SIMPLY STOP WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING, BUT THE NORMAL PROBLEM IS QUITTING AS WE ARE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT. THIS CAR WAS IN THE SHOP IN FEBRUARY FOR OVER A WEEK, WHERE THEY SERVICED A RECALL. THE PART WAS BACK ORDERED AND ONLY BEING INSTALLED WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS. MY WIFE IS CURRENTLY DRIVING HER CAR BACK FROM SOUTH CAROLINA AND HAS HAD THIS ISSUE TWICE SINCE LEAVING. IT IS NOT THROWING ANY INDICATORS, WARNINGS OR SOUNDS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS A STRONG VIBRATION AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAM NEEDED TO BE UPDATED FOR THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED CHEST INJURIES AND WHIPLASH THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE COMING TO A STOP AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE IT FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT APPLIED MORE PRESSURE THAN NORMAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE TO APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. THE CONTACT REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND EASED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT IT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD ROUGHLY JERK WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. WHILE DRIVING 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY THE VEHICLE SWITCHED INTO NEUTRAL. IT WOULD HESITATE UPON ACCELERATION AND STALL AT TAKE OFF. UPDATED 09/15/2017*JS

I'VE HAD SHIFTING ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE FOR OVER 1 YEAR NOW. VEHICLE SHIFTS ROUGH AND SURGES UNEXPECTEDLY AND RANDOMLY EVERYDAY. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP MORE THAN 5 TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE WITH NO RESOLUTION AND STATEMENTS STATING THEY "CAN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS" WITH MY TRANSMISSION. MY VEHICLE SURGES WITHOUT PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AND ADHERES MY VEHICLE FROM BRAKING ADEQUATELY TO THE POINT WHERE I'M NERVOUS IT WILL PUSH ME INTO A STOPPING CAR IN FROM OF ME.

APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASING MY 2015 JEEP RENEGADE TRAILHAWK, I BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE BATTERY HAS DIED FOUR TIMES, THE KEY FOB(S) WORK INTERMITTENTLY, THE ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF ON ITS OWN, THE CLOCK CONTINUOUSLY RESETS THE DATE/TIME, AND THE WINDOWS HAVE STOPPED WORKING ONCE. I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO USE JEEP'S ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TWICE DUE TO DEAD BATTERIES. THIS WEEKEND, THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING AND IT DOES NOT TURN ON. THESE CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIRS BOTH THE USE AND VALUE OF MY CAR. ADDITIONALLY, IT PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERN FOR MY FAMILY; WINTER IS UPON US AND MY WIFE UTILIZES THIS VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT OUR TWO CHILDREN, WHOM ARE EACH UNDER THE AGE OF THREE YEARS OLD. THE THOUGHT OF THEM BEING STRANDED WITH NO HEATER DUE TO CONTINUOUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES IS UNNERVING. I INITIALLY CONSIDERED THIS TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT; HOWEVER,...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE DIPSTICK SHOWED NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO PRODUCE A FAULT CODE FOR THE VEHICLE STALLING. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE OIL CONSUMPTION WAS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

SALESMAN SAID THEY COULD MAKE IT LIKE THE ONE WE WANTED (WE PICKED BY COLOR) BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADD REMOTE START AND HEATED SEATS. WE PICKED IT UP NOTICING THEY BUTCHERED THE SEAT PUTTING IN HEATED SEATS. WE GET HOME WITH IT AND SHUT IT OFF MIND YOU THIS IS BRAND NEW, TO WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT CAUSE I HEAR A CAR RUNNING IN THE GARAGE ITS THE JEEP. THEY TELL ME THE REMOTE START DOES IT IF BATTERY IS LOW. SO I START PARKING IT OUTSIDE AS NOT TO DIE FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING TO FIND IT OUTSIDE RUNNING EVERY NIGHT. AT 1200 MILES THE REAR END STARTS GROWLING AND TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT AND IT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. ITS THE REMOTE STARTER THEY SAY SO THEY REMOVE IT. THEY GAVE IT BACK TO ME WITH MY MONEY BACK. DOES...

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN JULY 2015, WITH 12 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. VEHICLE DIED WHILE IN MOTION AT APPROXIMATELY 12 MPH ON MAY 2016. HAD FULL ELECTRICAL POWER, BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER AND IGNITION DID NOT EVEN MAKE "CLICK" NOISE. TOWED BY FCA 24H SERVICE TO THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP (AND NOT THE ONE I BOUGHT IT FROM AND REQUESTED IT GO TO). AFTER 3 DAYS WAS TOLD THAT IT NEEDED OIL, OIL CHANGED WAS PERFORMED, AND THAT IT WAS FINE. OIL STARTED "DISAPPEARING" - NO LEAK, WASN'T BURNING. OIL PRESSURE LIGHT WOULD COME ON CONTINUOUSLY. CALLED FCA TO ALERT TO PROBLEM AND ASK WARRANTY QUESTIONS. WAS TOLD TO PUT OIL IN AND THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH 2015 RENEGADES; WARNED REP THAT CONTINUED DRIVING WITH NO OIL WOULD SEIZE ENGINE. CALLED ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE PROBLEM - ENGINE SEIZED,...

RENEGADE WHEN IN MOTION GOING 40MPH AND ENCOUNTERS A HILL/INCREASE IN GRADE, WILL NOT SHIFT INTO NEXT GEAR. THE VEHICLE IS STUCK IN THE LOWER GEAR @ 40MPH AS THE ENGINE REV'S OVER 3,000RPM BUT THE VEHICLE WON'T ACCELERATE AND WON'T KICK-IN THE HIGHER GEAR. HAVE TO NEARLY PRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR TO FORCE THE VEHICLE TO RAMP THE RPM'S TO 4-5,000 TO GET IT TO SHIFT INTO THE CORRECT GEAR. FEELS LIKE I'M GOING TO BLOW THE ENGINE WHEN I HAVE TO DO THIS BUT IT WON'T SHIFT INTO GEAR. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING CONSISTENTLY FOR OVER A MONTH. CALLED DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THERE ARE SEVERAL SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR THE RENEGADE, SO TRY THAT AND SEE IF IT FIXES THE ISSUE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP TODAY FOR 7 SOFTWARE UPDATES.

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, CAR HESITATES TO THE POINT OF ALMOST STALLING FOR SEVERAL SECONDS THEN LURCHES/JERKS FORWARD, RUNNING ROUGH FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AS IT FINALLY STARTS MOVING FORWARD. DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC; THE VEHICLE IS IMMOBILE AS IT HESITATES/STALLS! HAS NOT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN YET BUT HESITATES LONG ENOUGH THAT IT FEELS LIKE IT WILL. CALLED DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THERE WERE MORE SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR THE 2015 RENEGADE. TOOK IN TODAY TO BE SERVICED; 7 FLASH SOFTWARE UPDATES WHICH INCLUDED A TRANSMISSION UPDATE. THE DEALER SAID TO SEE IF IT DRIVES BETTER AFTER THE SOFTWARE UPDATES. SCARY!

THE VEHICLES TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON DURING NORMAL DRIVING CAUSING LOSS OF THROTTLE AN POWER MAKING YOU EXIT TO SHOULDER OR SOMETIMES AFTER 10 SEC OR SO THE POWER WILL RETURN. CAR DOES NOT DIE IT JUST TAKES THROTTLE CONTROL AWAY WHILE TRACTION LIGHT FLASHES. THIS IS ALL DURING NORMAL DRY CONDITIONS AND NORMAL DRIVING. I HAVE ALSO SEEN A HUGE AMOUNT OF THIS SAME ISSUE ON THE FORUMS. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUR TIMES AND THEY HAVE NO FIX YET. IT IS VERY UNSAFE AND MY WIFE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE HER BRAND NEW JEEP. IT'S REALLY RIDICULOUS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THIS AN NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES. AND IF THIS DOESN'T GET CORRECTED SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT OR KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS ON A...

I PURCHASED THE FIRST MODEL OF THE JEEP RENEGADE IN MAY 2015. IT HAS REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY. IN THE PAST YEAR, THE KEYLESS ENTRY HAS STOPPED WORKING 7 TIMES. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES. THERE IS NO WAY TO START THE CAR, EVEN WHEN YOU TAKE THE METAL PART OF THE KEY AND TOUCH IT TO THE START BUTTON. I'VE BEEN STRANDED WITHOUT A VEHICLE EACH TIME. JEEP SAYS THEY'VE NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE BUT I'VE READ MULTIPLE JEEP FORUMS STATING THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. FOR A BRAND NEW CAR, THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT. THE SECOND TO LAST TIME IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER, THEY SWITCHED THE BATTERY AND SAID THAT WOULD FIX IT. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM CAME BACK. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS ISSUE AND MY CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE FOR FEAR THAT...

I WAS DRIVING AT A STEADY SPEED ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THE ENGINE CUT OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN STARTED AGAIN. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES. I HAVE A STANDARD TRANSMISSION (STICK SHIFT).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKES TURNED ON VOLUNTARILY WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS OFF. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHEN THE IGNITION KEY WAS TURNED TO POWER ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,600.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, A LOUD SQUEALING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL. IN ADDITION, IT TOOK MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500.