2016 Jeep Renegade Complaint Log

VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AS WELL AS TAKING TURNS. JUST SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING. AFTER IT SHUTS OFF THE LIGHTNING BOLT IN PARENTHESES (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM) COMES ON, THEN GOES AWAY. CAR SHOWS AS STILL RUNNING, BUT WON'T MOVE. SOMETIMES THE LOW OIL GAUGE COMES ON, BUT THE VEHICLE IS UP TO DATE WITH OIL CHANGES. VERY UNSAFE FOR VEHICLE TO JUST "STOP MOVING" OR "SHUT OFF" IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, OR IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS, BUT NOW IT IS DAILY.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN MAY OF 2020. IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT A BARELY 5 YEAR OLD CAR IS ALREADY SHIFTING HARD. AND HAS TO GO UNDER MAINTENANCE FOR THE TRANSMISSION. IT IS NOT JUST MY CAR, BUT OVER 75% OF JEEP RENEGADE OWNERS IS HAVING THIS ISSUE. IT IS UNSAFE. I NOTICED IT WHEN I WAS ROLLING TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND MY CAR JERKED FORWARD INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS COMING. IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLLLLYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!! FIX THE ISSUE. NOW I HAVE TO STOP FARTHER FROM THE LIGHT OR SIGN BECAUSE I KNOW MY CAR IS GOING TO LUNGE FORWARD. A 5 YEAR OLD CAR I HAVE TO TREAT LIKE ITS 20 YEARS OLD, I WILL NEVER BE BUYING ANOTHER JEEP ANYTHING AGAIN. I WAS AN IMPALA OWNER FOR YEARS AND NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES. EVEN WHEN MY IMPALA HIT 19 YEARS OLD AND HAD ALMOST 300,000 MILES. A 5 YEAR OLD CAR SHOULD BY NO MEANS ACT LIKE THIS. NOW AFTER DROPPING 12,000 ON THIS CAR I HAVE TO LEAVE WORK, LOOSE MORE MONEY AND GO TO AN APPOINTMENT ON THE 21ST TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS ISSUE FIXED.

MY JEEP IS 4 YEARS OLD AND HAS 55,000 MILES. I LEASED IT BRAND NEW AND HAVE BEEN THE ONLY DRIVER. IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE A/C IS HISSING AND NOT BLOWING COLD. I HAVE CONTACTED THE JEEP DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY CANNOT HELP ME SINCE IT IS OUT OF THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. I HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND IT SUPPOSEDLY HAS A LEAK IN THE CONDENSER AND ANOTHER HOSE.. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. THIS IS NOT NORMAL TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE MILES ARE SO LOW AND IT HAS BEEN CARED FOR SO WELL. I BELIEVE IT IS DUE TO FAULTY MANUFACTURING OR PARTS. THANK YOU.

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN BURNING OIL AT AN ABNORMAL RATE. I HAVE TO TOP IT OFF SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. IT ALSO RUNS EXTREMELY ROUGH WHEN IN DRIVE/REVERSE, BUT NOT MOVING(STOP SIGNS, DRIVE THROUGHS). IF I PUT IT INTO PARK OR NEUTRAL, IT RUNS FINE. OCCASIONALLY, IT WILL STALL OUT WHEN COMING TO A STOP. I'VE HAD IT AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULDN'T FIND AN ISSUE. THEY UPDATED THE ECU AND TCU, BUT IT DIDN'T RESOLVE IT. MY VEHICLE IS NO LONGER COVERED BY WARRANTY NOW.

DUE TO UNKNOW REASONS THE DRIVER SIDE POWER SEAT POSITIONAL CONTROLS IN MY JEEP RENEGADE HAVE BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE AND UNPREDICTABLE IN THEIR FUNCTIONALITY. THE DRIVER POWER SEAT MALFUNCTION LINGERS DESPITE SEVERAL TIME-CONSUMING VEHICLE EXAMINATIONS BY A FCA LOCAL AUTHORIZED JEEP DEALERSHIP SERVICE AGENT. THIS ISSUE PRESENTS A SAFETY AND HEALTH HAZARD TO ME WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR LOSES POWER AND THE MESSAGE "SHIFT TO PARK" APPEARS THEN THE CAR STALLS. THE CAR WAS TRAVELING LESS THAN 25MPH.THE CAR MAY OR MAY NOT START AFTERWARDS. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED BUT THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURS. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAS STRANDED ME. IT DOESN'T MATTER THE OUTSIDE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

AFTER STARTING IT JUST SHUTS DOWN WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION. CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE. ENGINE JUST SHUTS OFF...THEN TAKES A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS TO RESTART

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH UP A MINOR INCLINE, THE VEHICLE STARTED HESITATING/CHUGGING AND THEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STOPPED RESPONDING. VEHICLE STALLED AND COASTED TO STOP WHERE THE IDLE WAS ROUGH AND THEN DIED. INITIALLY, WOULD RESTART, BUT THEN STALL OUT. FOR THE NEXT 3 HOURS (WHILE WAITING FOR A TOW), THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS FLAKING OUT - INTERMITTENTLY FLASHING ANY ERROR IN ITS WHEELHOUSE. RESTARTED NEXT DAY AND IDLE VERY ROUGH/MISFIRING, ENGINE LIGHT BLINKING AND DECENT CLOUD OF BLACK SMOKE GENERATED. INITIAL REPORT FROM SHOP IS THAT THE ENGINE OIL IS SLUDGE (CHANGED 5K MILES AGO), BATTERY IS COMPLETELY DEAD (WAS ALREADY REPLACED AT 15K MILES) AND A SPARK PLUG END IS BENT AND IN HORRIFIC SHAPE. VEHICLE HAS 25K MILES AND HAS BEEN IN SERVICE FOR 4.2 YEARS.

MY 2016 JEEP RENEGADE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OCTOBER 4TH, VEHICLE TOTALED BUT NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED EVEN THOUGH THE RENEGADE WAS ON AND THERE WAS A PASSENGER (BUCKLED IN) IN THE VEHICLE. HAD FCA RUN THEIR 'INVESTIGATION' THOUGH THEY WILL NOT SHARE THE RESULTS OF WHICH WITH ME EVEN THOUGH I'VE ASKED. THEIR RESPONSE 'YOUR REQUEST FOR OUR INSPECTION REPORT IS PROPRIETARY, PAID FOR BY US, BELONGS TO US, AND THEREFORE, UNAVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH OUR HANDLING, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO HIRE YOUR OWNER INSPECTOR, AT YOUR EXPENSE, TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE . WE HAVE CLOSED THE FILE REGARDING THIS MATTER.' BOTH MY INSURANCE ADJUSTER AND BODY SHOP (WHO ASKED FOR THE INVESTIGATION) STATED THAT BASED ON THE IMPACT (CRUSHED REAR AND DRIVER SIDE) SHOULD HAVE SET OFF THE AIRBAGS THOUGH THEY DIDN'T AND THE PASSENGER WAS INJURED, WHY WON'T THEY SHARE THE REPORT?

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR AND ENTERING THE ON RAMP TO THE FREEWAY THE CAR LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. IT APPEARED THE GAS PEDDLE WAS INACTIVE AND THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. IT NOTIFIED ME WITH A LIGHT "ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL" THEN THE CAR SUDDENLY WENT BACK INTO GEAR. I WAS CONCERNED BUT WAS LEAD TO BELIEVE THIS WAS PART OF THE DESIGN. SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING AND FOR NO REASON AT 25K MILES THE BATTERY SUDDENLY DIED. ALL LIGHTS CAME ON IN THE CAR. IT HAD NO POWER AND WOULD NOT TURN ON. THE DEALERSHIP SAID "THE BATTERY JUST FAILED". IN AUG I WAS SHOCKED TO TURN ON THE CAR AND HAVE A MESSAGE THAT SAYS "CHANGE OIL" WELL BEFORE AN OIL CHANGE IS DUE. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD SEEN THIS LIGHT BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS ON TIME WITH CAR MAINTENANCE. THE $84.77 SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SPENT ON AN UNNECESSARY OIL CHANGE, IF THIS CONTINUES I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE CONSTANT OIL CHANGES. MOSTLY RECENTLY AND MOST CONCERNING ON TUESDAY THE 29TH OF SEP. I WAS LEAVING FOR A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT AND WHEN I TURNED ON THE CAR IT SAID EVERY LIGHT IN THE CAR WAS OUT. MY NEIGHBOR CAME OVER AND VERIFIED THAT I WAS MISSING SEVERAL LIGHTS. THE CAR WAS INOPERABLE AND I WAS STRANDED. I WAS ABLE TO GET A RIDE, BUT WHEN I GOT HOME A FEW HOURS LATER, I TURNED ON THE CAR AND ALL THE LIGHTS WORKED PERFECTLY FINE. WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY, FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS I SHARE THE ROAD WITH, AND THE RELIABILITY OF MY 2016 JEEP RENEGADE

CAR STALLS OFTEN. JUST STARTED HAPPENING, RECENTLY, BUT MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY. SEEMS LIKE A FUEL PUMP ISSUE, LIKE THE 2017-18 RENEGADE RECALL WAS ABOUT. OFTEN STALLS SHORTLY AFTER START UP, AND WHEN GOING SLOWLY, OR WHEN COMING UP TO A STOP.

THE LATCH TO THE LIFT IS CONTINUOUSLY POPPING OPEN, SO IT'S KILLING MY BATTERY. IT IS ONLY HAPPENING WHEN IT'S PARKED BUT I HAVEN'T TRIED TO DRIVE WITH IT HAPPENING

THE TRACTION CONTROL ON THIS VEHICLE WILL ENGAGE AT RANDOM WHEN TURNS ARE MADE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER AND IT'S MOMENTUM WILL CEASE. I BELIEVE THIS BEHAVIOR CAUSED AN ACCIDENT I WAS IN WHICH RESULTED IN THE TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS MAKING A DOG LEG TURN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, WITH THE LOST OF MOMENTUM I WAS HIT ON THE RIGHT REAR. THE TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGED THE DAY BEFORE AS WELL. THIS ISSUES IS REPORTED BY OTHER INDIVIDUALS ON VARIOUS WEB BOARDS. IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT THERE WAS NO SERIOUS INJURY.*DT*DT*DT*JB*JB CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*JB*DT*JB*DT*JB*DT*JB

CAR HAS 60000 MILES ON IT. I WENT TO TURN THE CAR ON AND ALL SERVICE LIGHTS POPPED UP (TRANSMISSION SERVICE, CHECK ENGINE AND OIL CHANGE). WENT TO PUT CAR AND DRIVE AND WOULD NOT GO OUT OF PARK. I USED THE SHIFT LOCK RELEASE TO GET OUT OF GEAR AND ONCE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AND ONLY ENGINE WOULD REV. AFTER RESEARCHING, I FOUND MANY OTHER JEEP RENEGADES HAD A COMPUTER ISSUE WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE RESET. DEALERSHIP WONT FIX UNLESS UNDER WARRANTY.

ELECTRICAL ISSUES CONTINUE WITH BLINKERS, BRAKE LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS. REPLACED BATTERY, REPLACED COOLING FAN. STATIONARY, AND WHEN IN MOTION.

DRIVER REAR LIGHT (BACKUP, BLINKER AND BRAKE) LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. WHEN I WAS CHECKING THE BULBS IT APPEARS THAT THE MIDDLE PIN ON THE WIRING HARNESS HAS CAUSED A SHORT THAT BROKE THE PIN AND ALSO MELTED SOME OF THE HARNESS. THE VEHICLE HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OTHER 2016 JEEP RENEGADES THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE IN THE LAST YEAR. WE HAVE HAD INTERMENTANT ISSUES WITH THE LIGHTING SYSTEM FREAKING OUT BUT IT NEVER EFFECTED THE PERFORMANCE AND WOULD RESET ITS SELF AFTER ABOUT 25 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP WE TOOK IT TO SAID THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A SOFTWARE UPDATE WHICH THEY DID. IT SEEMED TO CORRECT THAT ISSUE AS IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE IN THE LAST 20,000 MILES OR SO. BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIGGER ISSUE.

OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE OFF BY 100 DEGREES. EFFECTS OTHER FUNCTIONS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO ON. WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY LESS THAN 2 YEARS AGO FOR SAME THING.

COOLING FAN FAILED AT 59,000 MILES CAUSING THE CAR TO OVERHEAT WHEN RUNNING AC OR AT IDLE, SLOW MOVING SPEEDS.

MY COMPUTER HAD STARTED TO GLITCH WITHIN LESS THAN 100 MILES OF ME BUYING THE CAR I WAS TOLD IT WAS BECAUSE THE OIL WAS LOW NOW I HAVE A SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND WITHIN A DAY MY CAR HAS LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE WITH EVERY LIGHT POWER STEERING HAS GONE AND I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN AN ACCIDENT WORTH ALMOST THE WHOLE CAR -1 GRAND SO IT WAS NOT TOTALED NOR CAN ANYBODY EXPLAIN WHY MY CAR DID THIS AND I GOT THE BLAME FOR IT WHEN I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THIS CAR THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED THIS HAPPENED TO ME ON THE HIGHWAY AND SIDE ROADS I HAVE NO E BREAK AND I CANNOT STEER MY WHEEL NOR DO I KNOW IF THE AIRBAGS ARE EVEN GOING TO WORK BECAUSE I GOT AN A $10,000 ACCIDENT AND THEY DID NOT GO OFF.*DT*JB*DT*JB

WHEN DRIVING CAR, BEEPING OCCURS (AS IF SOMEONE IS RIDING AND NOT BUCKLED) AND PARKING BRAKE AND AIR BAG LIGHTS FLASH ON DASH BOARD. SAW ONLINE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS ISSUE W THEIR RENEGADE AS WELL. DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE $175 JUST TO CHECK IT OUT. PLEASE HELP!

THE CONNECTOR TO THE BRAKE LIGHTS (WHERE THE WIRES MEETS BULBS) MELTED AND HAS CAUSED MY RIGHT REAR LIGHTS TO MALFUNCTION. I WAS TOLD THE WAREHOUSE THE PART WAS ORDERED FROM HAD 8 OF THE PARTS IN STOCK AND THAT IT WASN'T NORMAL FOR THAT MANY TO BE AVAILABLE.

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 3 YEARS THE ENGINE FAN HAS STOPPED WORKING CAUSING FREQUENT OVERHEATING WHILE IDLE. AFTER THE FIRST INSTANCE, THE FAN WAS REPLACED AND SEEMED TO BE OK (FALL 2018) NOW THE VEHICLE IS OVERHEATING AGAIN DUE TO THE FAN NOT TURNING ON. LOCAL MECHANICS CLAIM IT IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE THAT THEY CANNOT FIX.

THE RADIATOR FAN MAKES RATTLING SOUNDS WHILE AC IS IN OPERATION OR VEHICLE IDLES. *TR

THE ENGINE BURNS THROUGH OIL WAY TO FAST AND CREATES UNNECESSARY COST. ALSO IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO SHUT DOWN WHEN I TURN RIGHT SLOWLY. POWER CONSTANTLY FLUCTUATES.

TRANSMISSION #2 FAILED ON MAY 31ST LURCHED FORWARD FELT LIKE SOMEONE SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR AT ALL AS I LOOKED FOR A SAFE PLACE TO PARK IT SO IT COULD BE TOWED. SLAMMED INTO GEAR AS WELL. WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO WAY OF KNOWING WHERE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ONLY THAT IT DID AND WAS GOING TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *TR

THE GUIDE LINES HAVE DISAPPEARED ON THE REVERSE CAMERA.

MY VEHICLE'S CONNECTOR TO THE PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT HAS A BURN MARK ON THE MIDDLE PIN OF THE CONNECTOR. I HAVE FOUND COUNTLESS OTHERS ON FORUMS WITH THE SAME ISSUE, WHERE THE CONNECTOR TO THEIR TAIL LIGHT FRIED, THUS CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHT, BLINKER, AND REVERSE LIGHTS TO BE UNUSABLE WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT CAN NOT BE FIXED BY SIMPLY CHANGING A BULB. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN THE ERROR FIRST OCCURRED. *TR

ALL RIGHT REAR LAMPS FAILED DUE TO WIRING HARDNESS WITH CENTER GROUNDING WIRE BURNT. REAR LAMPS ARE NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. ALSO THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSE A SPARK, ENOUGH IN THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES TO CAUSE A FIRE, AND CONSIDER IT A SAFETY CONCERN. BULBS WHEN OUT WHEN OUT AFTER REPLACING WHEN OUT AGAIN THIS LEAD ME TO INVESTIGATE AND SAW THE BURNT GROUND WIRE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND ASK IF ANY RECALLS AND TOLD ME THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT AND ALSO CHARGE 130 DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE . I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SIMILAR COMPLAINT ON THIS ISSUE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. *TR

ALL RIGHT REAR LAMPS FAILED AT THE SAME TIME, SHOWING FAILURES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AFTER ONLINE INVESTIGATION, I FOUND THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. THERE WERE PICTURES OF THE WIRING HARNESS WITH THE CENTER (GROUNDING) PIN BURNT OFF. I FOUND THE SAME ISSUE WITH MINE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED DURING NORMAL DRIVING WITH NO LIGHTS ON ON AN OPEN COUNTY ROAD, IN GOOD WEATHER. NO SIGNS OF ANY MOISTURE IN THE TAIL LIGHT ENCLOSURE. I WAS ABLE TO SOLDER IN A WIRE TO COMPLETE THE GROUND CIRCUIT AND ALLOW THE LIGHTS TO FUNCTION AGAIN. BUT DUE TO THE FAILURE, I WAS WITHOUT A RIGHT REAR TURN SIGNAL UNTIL I GOT HOME, WHICH IS A SAFETY CONCERN. AND APPARENTLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE IT'S HAPPENED TO.

THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INTERMITTENTLY GO ON AND PHYSICAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING IS FELT. THIS HAPPENS BOTH WHILE AT IDLE STATIONARY AND DRIVING IN TRAFFIC ON BOTH HIGHWAY AND CITY.*DT*JB

I WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENS ON A HIGHWAY OR WHEN I DRIVE IN THE CITY. WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE USUALLY IT HAPPENS WHEN MY VEHICLE IS GOING SLOW FOR EXAMPLE AT A YIELD SIGN OR AT A ROTARY. I WILL THEN PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND MORE TIMES THAN I'D LIKE TO REMEMBER SOMEONE HAS ALMOST HIT ME BECAUSE THEY WERE ANTICIPATING ME PROCEEDING BUT WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND I DON'T GO ANYWHERE EXCEPT I JUST KEEP ROLLING VERY SLOWLY. I'VE EVEN FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED TO AVOID COLLISION AND STILL MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE!! AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS CATCHING OR KICKING IN AND THE JEEP WILL KIND OF JERK AND THEN I WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AGAIN BECAUSE IT WORKS AGAIN! I HAVE A 2016 JEEP RENEGADE.

WHILE DRIVING, THERE IS A CLUNK SOUND WHEN THE ENGINE TRIES TO SWITCH GEARS. ALSO, THE BRAKE LIGHTS, TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS, ETC HAVE A WARNING LIGHT THAT FLASHES SAYING THE LIGHTS ARE OUT EVEN WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE STILL WORKING. I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE HE COOLING FAN IN MAY 2018 DUE TO MY VEHICLE STOPPING, WOULDN'T DRIVE, WOULDN'T START.

THE RADIATOR FAN ASSEMBLY WENT OUT AT 40,000 MILES AND I REPLACED IT AND NOW IT ISN'T WORKING AND BLOWING FUSES.

JEEP'S SKID CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS. IT ACTIVATES IN PERFECTLY DRY WEATHER WITH DRY PAVEMENT, AS I'M ACCELERATING. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO SLOW TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP AT EXACTLY THE TIME IT SHOULD BE ACCELERATING. THE SKID CONTROL LIGHT BLINKS ON THE DASHBOARD TO SHOW THAT IT'S IN USE. THIS IS HAPPENING ON A DAILY BASIS.

THE VEHICLE JERKS AT TAKE OFF AND PERIODICALLY WHEN ACCELERATING. YESTERDAY, WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A RED LIGHT, THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. HAD TO SHIFT TO PARK AND BACK TO DRIVE. CAR HAS 52000 MILES ON IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THERE WAS GRAY SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND INSIDE THE VEHICLE FROM THE VENTS WHILE THE TEMPERATURE GAGE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SMOKE EXTINGUISHED INDEPENDENTLY. IN ADDITION, AFTER COOLANT WAS POURED INTO THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CROSS CHRYSLER JEEP FIAT (1501 GARDINER LN, LOUISVILLE, KY 40218) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR COOLANT FAN ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE 50,000.

MY ENGINE HAS RANDOMLY DIED OUT 4 TIMES WHILE I'M SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT OR STOP SIGN. I'VE READ ONLINE MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE DUE TO BAD FUEL PUMPS ON JEEPS.

SEATBELT CONNECTOR AND SENSOR ISSUES. INTERMITTENTLY SEATBELT, AIRBAG AND PARKING BRAKE SENOR KEEPS GOING OFF AND WILL NOT STOP WHILE DRIVING. I FEEL UNSAFE TO DRIVE MY CAR WHILE ALL THESE SENOR ARE GOING OFF. I FEAR THE SEATBELT, AIR BAG AND PARKING BAKE WILL MALFUNCTION WHILE I'M DRIVING. *TR

DASH BOARD REPORTS PARKING LIGHTS, TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR, BRAKE LIGHTS NOT WORKING. THEY ARE WORKING FINE WHEN CHECKED. APPEARS TO BE IDENTICAL TO RECALL 17V485000 FOR THE 2017 MODEL JEEP RENEGADE

WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN A WEEK. MY WIFE COMMUTES MY DISABLED CHILD TO A STATE SCHOOL EVERY SCHOOL DAY. WHILE ON HER WAY HOME THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION SHUTTERED AND DIED WHILE DRIVING. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND ONTO A ACCESS ROAD. THE VEHICLE THEN WOULD NOT START WITH SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. SHE THEN CALLED ME, WHO WAS AT WORK, AND I LEFT TO HELP CHECK THE CAR. WITH LIMITED TOOLS AT MY DISPOSAL, I CHECKED FOR BATTERY VOLTAGE AND INTAKE RESTRICTION. NO PROBLEMS FOUND. I CHECKED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR FUEL AND HAD 2 LED BARS WITH NO LOW FUEL "DUMMY" LIGHT. CYCLED TO RANGE TILL EMPTY SECTION AND WAS SHOWING 60 MILES TO EMPTY. SO I ASSUMED FUEL WAS NOT THE ISSUE, BUT DIDN'T RULE IT OUT. SINCE SHE HAD ALREADY DRIVEN 60 MILES TO THIS POINT, I ASSUMED IGNITION WAS ALSO NOT A ISSUE. I THEN UNHOOKED THE BATTERY TO RESET ECM/PCM. HOOKED BATTERY BACK UP AND TRIED TO CRANK AGAIN WITH STILL A NO START. I THEN WENT WITH THE EASY ROUTE AND OBTAINED A FUEL CANISTER WITH FUEL AND ADDED 1.5 GALLONS OF FUEL TO THE TANK, WHICH INCREASED FUEL GAUGE TO 3 LED BARS. ONCE ABOVE PREVIOUS 2 LED BARS THE VEHICLE STARTED WITH NO HESITATION. SINCE THIS ISSUE I HAVE LOOKED FOR RECALLS ON PROGRAMMING OR ANY TSB PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE WITH NO AVAIL. I HAVE READ ON FORUMS THIS SAME ISSUE HAPPENING TO OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES. I FIND THAT WITH OUT THESE INDICATORS OR THE RELIABILITY OF THE RANGE TO EMPTY THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO A SAFETY ISSUES DEPENDING ON THE ENVIRONMENT THE VEHICLE STALLS IN.

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN TOWN ON A BUSY STREET, WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND MY VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND STARTED TO SLOW AT THE SAME TIME. I TRIED TO PUSH ON THE GAS PEDAL BUT IT DID NOTHING. I THEN NOTICED ON MY DASH SCREEN IT SAID TO SHIFT INTO PARK TO STOP. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN MY VEHICLE HAD JUST STOPPED. I TRIED RESTARTING MY VEHICLE AFTER TURNING MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND THE ENGINE JUST KEPT TURNING, SO I PRESSED THE STOP BUTTON AS THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. THE BRAKE WAS LOCKED UP AND AND SO DID MY SHIFTER. I THEN HAD TO CALL A TOW SERVICE AND HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY LOCAL JEEP CHRYSLER SHOP. THIS HAPPENED SUNDAY ON MY WAY TO WORK. MONDAY AFTERNOON THE DEALERSHIP CALLED AND SAID IT WAS MY FUEL PUMP. I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE NEW IN AUGUST OF 2016 AND ONLY HAVE 26975 MILES ON IT. I HAD TO PAY THE DEALERSHIP 950.36 TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I SAW THAT THE 2017-2018 MODELS OF MY SAME VEHICLE HAVE A RECALL ON THE FUEL PUMP AND WILL REPLACE THEM FOR FREE. THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE 2016 MODELS AS I HAD THE SAME ISSUE.

AMBIENT OUTSIDE SENSOR IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND CAUSING THE AIR CONDITIONING AND MY HEATER TO NOT WORK PROPERLY. MY OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE READS 131 DEGREES AND ITS 43 DEGREES OUTSIDE. THIS HAPPEN EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT ,THE WHOLE TIME I AM DRIVING IT NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR WHICH IS GOING TO COST 325.00 WHICH I THINK IS RIDICULOUS.

WENT TO MAVIS TIRES FOR A TIRE ROTATION 1/28/20 AFTER LEAVING THE CHRYSLER/JEEP DEALERSHIP FOR TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE TOLD 9 SPEED SEALED NEVER NEEDS ANYTHING . THE GUYS AT MAVIS SAID THAT MY LUG BOLTS WERE SWOLLEN AND THAT THEY COULD NOT DO THE WORK AND THAT I NEEDED TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THEM REPLACED BECAUSE ONLY CHRYSLER / JEEP MAKE THE PART. MY JEEP HAS ONLY 49,800 MILES AND THE MAVIS GUYS TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED LUG REPLACEMENTS BACK IN NOVEMBER 2019 , I HAVE OWNED MANY CARS AND TRUCKS IN THE PAST AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE LUGS BOLTS ON A VEHICLE WITH SUCH LOW MILES ON IT . THEY CHECKED IT BOTH STATIONARY AND IN MOTION TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ON PROPERLY THE GUYS AT MAVIS ALSO TOLD ME WHEN I REQUESTED AN ALIGNMENT THAT THEY TESTED DROVE IT FIRST AND TOLD ME IT DIDN'T NEED ONE BUT I FELT IT ROLL MORE TO THE RIGHT THAT WAS IN 8/2019 SO NOW WITH FOUR NEW TIRES FIRST IN 8/20219 FOR TWO THEN 10/2019 WHICH IS WHY I FELT IT WAS TIME TO ROTATE THE TIRES BUT COULDN'T GET THIS DONE DUE TO THE SWELLED UP LUG BOLTS ON ALL FOUR TIRES

THERMOSTAT FAILURE CODE P0128 APPEARED AND THERMOSTAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AS THIS VEHICLE HAD RECALL ON THE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY, THIS FAILURE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE MALFUNCTION OF THE FAN UNIT.

I LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER MY CAR. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, GOING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, 50 MPH, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I COULDN'T STEER MY CAR, I NEARLY HAD AN ACCIDENT, I STOPPED THE CAR, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT WOULD STEER AGAIN.

JEEP RENEGADE WITH ONLY 40K MILES (4K OUT OF WARRANTY) AND ENGINE COOLANT THERMOSTAT JUST STOPPED WORKING. ENTIRE HOUSING HAS TO BE REPLACED JUST TO FIX THE ONE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS MADE KNOWN VIA SERVICE LIGHT COMING ON WITH "SERVICE ENGINE" MESSAGE APPEARING ON DASH. THE ERROR CODE WAS DECIPHERED AS "P0128: COOLANT THERMOSTAT (COOLANT TEMPERATURE BELOW THERMOSTAT REGULATING TEMPERATURE). IT FIRST APPEARED WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AT 40MPH, AND NOW APPEARS AT ALL TIMES. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A 3.5 YEAR OLD VEHICLE.

MY SUNROOF STOPPED OPENING. WHEN YOU PUSH THE BUTTON TO OPEN IT YOU CAN HEAR THE MOTOR RUN AND SOMETHING MOVING AND TRYING TO OPEN. I'VE USED IT LESS THAN A DOZEN TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW AND IT JUST STOPPED OPENING.

NOTICE A CHANGE OIL LIGHT STARTED POPPING UP ALTHOUGH I DID NOT NEED TO CHANGE OIL ACCORDING TO RECORDS I WAS NOT DUE TO CHANGE OIL UNTIL ANOTHER THREE MONTHS, I ONLY BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AROUND 4900 SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN JULY 2020, THEIR LAST SERVICE WAS DONE AT THE DEALER ON JULY 6 2020 WHICH INCLUDED OIL CHANGE. ITS ON THE SERVICE HISTORY RECORD. I ALSO STARTED NOTICING A BURNING SMELL WHEN I GOT OUT MY VEHICLE SO I DECIDED TO CHECK MY OIL LEVEL AND TO MY SURPRISE I WAS 2 QUARTS LOW AT ONLY 58213 MILES THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. I CALLED AND SCHEDULED TO GET IT LOOKED AT. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, SO WHY NOT A COURTESY CALL TO THE CONSUMER? I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. I CAN UNDERSTAND IF THE VEHICLE ISSUED A WARNING LIGHT THAT STAYS ON AND WON'T GO AWAY THEN I WOULD OF DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS JUST A CHANGE OIL LIGHT AND WENT AWAY SO I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST REMINDING ME AND BEING THAT I WAS GETTING CLOSE TO 58,000 AND AGAIN ONLY BEEN DRIVING IT OVER 4,000 MILES SINCE LAST OIL SERVICE. MY FEAR IS THE DEALER MAY TRY AND HOLD ME LIABLE AND HAVE TO PAY FOR SERVICE FOR THE ISSUE BECAUSE I DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE IN RIGHT AWAY WHEN I SAW THE OIL SERVICE LIGHT FIRST APPEAR.

COOLING FAN WENT OUT AT 42,700 MILES. FAN WOULD MAKE NOISE AND RATTLE ANYTIME THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP, ACCELERATING OR WHEN SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF, FAN WOULD SHAKE THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. ENTIRE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE IS NOW AT 52,884 MILES AND THE FAN IS MAKING NOISE AGAIN. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS COME ON AND TELL ME MY LIGHTS ARE OUT AND THEY ARE NOT. THE RADIO IS ALL JACKED UP CLOCK IS OFF THE NAVIGATION DOESN'T KNOW WHERE I AM OR IF THERE IS A ROAD THERE OR NOT. BEEN ON PHONE WITH UCONNECT SEVERAL TIMES AND TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND NOTHING