2016 Jeep Renegade Complaint Log

I HAVE SEEN A RECALL FOR THE 2017 JEEP RENEGADE WHERE THE ENGINE IS STALLING. THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THE 2016 AND 2015 AS WELL. I HAVE A 2016 AND MINE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT TODAY IT ALMOST GOT ME AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD, KILLED. I WAS TURNING ONTO A ROADWAY AND IT STALLED TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I HAVE TALKED WITH OTHER LOCAL RENEGADE OWNERS THAT ALL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. WHY AREN'T THE OTHER, PREVIOUS YEARS INCLUDED IN ON THE RECALL SINCE WE ALL HAVE THIS ISSUE? I HAVE MADE MY FAMILY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, SO IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME WHILE DRIVING, THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO, LEGALLY. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED, BECAUSE THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY SAFE FIX OVER MY VW BEETLE CONVERTIBLE - I FELT SAFE IN THAT OVER THIS VEHICLE. I AM NOW STUCK WITH A CAR THAT I AM FRIGHTENED TO DRIVE AND WILL MOST LIKELY NEED A REPAIR FOR A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT I WILL GET TO FOOT THE BILL. I HAVE JUST SCHEDULED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WITH A DEALERSHIP, JUST TO BE REIMBURSED WHEN THE RECALL IS ISSUED.

WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO CHARLESTON, SC WHEN WE HEARD A RATTLING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION WHEN WE STOPPED WE NOTICED THE COOLING FAN WAS WOBBLING. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO OUR HOMETOWN A FEW DAYS LATER I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY STATED IT WAS THE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY AND WAS GOING TO COST CLOSE TO $500. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS HAD BEEN A RECENT PROBLEM THEY WERE NOTICING ON A FEW OTHER RENEGADES THEY REPAIRED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I HAVE RESEARCHED FORUMS AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS VERY SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR RENEGADES AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED.

RADIATOR FAN SHROUD IS MISSING THE HEAT SHIELD CAUSING THE FAN TO EVENTUALLY WARP MALFUNCTION AND OR BURST INTO FLAMES. ALL EQUIPMENT IS AS IS FROM FACTORY.

AS I WAS DRIVING MY JEEP MADE A NOISE AND STARTED TO OVERHEAT. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WOULD BE $600 TO REPLACE. I RESEARCHED THIS AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF AFFECTED JEEP OWNERS. THERE IS NO RECALL BUT MY CAR COULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE. IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE BASIC WARRANTY AS WELL. THIS NEEDS INVESTIGATED ASAP!

FAN IS MAKING TERRIBLE NOISES. WILL STOP WORKING AND IS OVER 650 TO REPLACE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS REPORTING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. CONTACT STATED IT FEELS LIKA A LOSS OF POWER, IS HAPPENING ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MOORE CHRYSLER JEEP FIAT (8600 W BELL RD, PEORIA, AZ 85382), BUT THEY STATED THERE IS NO PROBLEM DETECTED AFTER 2 VISITS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,165. *TT*JB

THE ENGINE IDLES TOO FAST. 11/1/17 AND 12/7/17 THE TCM AND PCM WERE REPROGRAMED. NO HELP. 2/13/18 DEALER SAID " THE IDLE SPEED CAN'T BE RESET" 1/15/19 AFTER LEMON LAW THE MANUFACTURER AGREED" WE WILL REPLACE YOUR CAR", " 4/16/20 " WE WILL NOT REPLACE YOUR CAR, BUT WE WILL HONOR YOUR WARRANTY" 5/30/20 "YOUR WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, CHOOSE ANOTHER PLAN" THE DEALER HAS WORKED ON MY CAR 13 TIMES OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD, I NEARLY CRASHED IN APRIL 2018, BECAUSE THE FAST IDLE OVERPOWERED MY BRAKES. I BELIEVE I AM ENTITLED TO A NEW CAR JUST LIKE MINE, PAID IN FULL IN 2017. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO INCLUDE PICTURES *JS

MY PASSENGER SIDE FOG LIGHT KEEPS GOING OUT. I HAVE CHANGED IT 3X IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. I HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED ANY PATTERN OR CAUSE BEHIND THIS. I'M SEEING ON FORUMS THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ACCESS THE BULB THROUGH THE WHEEL WELL, POSSIBLE MOISTURE MAY BE GETTING INTO THE COMPARTMENT CAUSING THE LIGHT TO GET WET AND SHORT. I'VE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANT ME TO PAY A DIAGNOSTIC FEE AND SAY IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS TO ME SOUNDS LIKE A DESIGN FLAW AND I THINK THEY NEED TO FIX IT.

RANDOM TIMES ON DRY ROADS BOTH CITY AND RURAL WHILE SLOWING TO MAKE TURNS OR STARTING FROM STILL TO MAKE TURNS OR SLOWING THE TRYING TO RESUME SPEED THE ESP/TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGES. SHUTS DOWN POWER TO CAR AND CAN NOT ACCELERATE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WITH HIGH SPEED VEHICLES APPROACHING FROM OUT OF VIEW FROM THE SIDE OR REAR THIS HAS NEARLY CAUSED SEVERAL COLLISIONS FOR ME.

JUST LIKE SOOO MANY PEOPLE ONLINE OUT RADIATOR COOLING FAN STARTED WOBBLING AND NOW GRINDING. THERE ARE SO MANY FORUMS, SITES AND VIDEOS THAT SHOW THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. A RECALL IS NOT YET IN EFFECT BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ASAP. COST IS 400-1000 FOR EACH REPAIR. AND DON'T LET THEM TRY TO SAY IT'S AN ISSUE OF DIRT. IT'S USUALLY AROUND 36,000 MILES SO DON'T WAIT TO FIX IT AS THE WARRENTY WILL EXPIRE.

AT 38,000 MILES MY COOLING FAN CAME LOOSE WHILE DRIVING. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER. MY SEATBELT SENSOR AND OTHER SENSOR LIGHTS ARE LIGHTING UP RANDOMLY SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY OR IF THE SENSORS ARE JUST FAULTY. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. ALL OF THIS WHILE DRIVING ALTHOUGH THE SENSORS ARE WHILE STATIONARY TOO.

MY CAR STALLED TWICE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE IN MOTION. IN BOTH INSTANCES I WAS TURNING LEFT AND THEN THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND A NOTIFICATION SIGNALED ON THE DASHBOARD THAT THE CAR MUST BE IN PARK TO SHIFT. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON A BUSY ROAD. I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO OIL IN MY CAR. THE LOW OIL INDICATOR LIGHT NEVER APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD TO WARN ME THAT MY OIL WAS LOW. MY LAST OIL CHANGE WAS 6,000 MILES AGO, PRIOR TO THE ONE I RECEIVED TODAY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT THAT APPEARED. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING MY CAR NOW. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS REPORTED IN ONLINE FORUMS REGARDING THIS ISSUE.

THE FAN THAT COOLS THE ENGINE WAS LOOSE, RATTLING AND COMPLETELY FAILED CAUSING IT TO MAKE MY RADIATOR FLUID OVERHEAT TO 252 DEGREES! COULDN'T DRIVE FOR FEAR OF MY ENGINE OVERHEATING AND HAD TO GET IT TOWED!! IT WAS ONLY AT 37,00 MILES! FROM THIS LINK TO A FORUM IT APPEARS VERY MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AT VERY LOW MILES! HTTP://WWW.JEEPRENEGADEFORUM.COM/FORUM/434-PROBLEMS-ISSUES/68882-RADIATOR-COOLING-FAN-ISSUE-THREAD-6.HTML#/TOPICS/68882?PAGE=5 SEEMS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM! THIS IS JUST ONE PAGE OUT OF MANY PAGES OF THE FORUM. THE ENGINE STARTED OVERHEATING WHEN I WAS IN IDLE, BUT I AM NOT SURE WHEN THE FAN ACTUALLY BROKE. IT HAD MADE A RATTLING SOUND DURING IDLE THE DAY BEFORE IT BROKE.

I FOUND A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN WITH JEEP RENEGADES LIKE MINE. LIKE MANY OWNERS, I BOUGHT A JEEP TO BE SAFE IN THE SNOW. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE. I HAD A MINOR SMOG FAULT (EVAP) AND WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AS SOON AS THE LIGHT IS ON, THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WILL NOT ENGAGE. THIS LEFT ME STRANDED ON A SNOWY DAY WITH NO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE FOR AN IRRELEVANT PROBLEM. THIS IS THE CASE FOR ALL JEEP RENEGADES AND POSSIBLY OTHER FIAT MADE MODELS. IT IS NOT SATISFACTORY. THIS BEHAVIOR OF FOUR WHEEL DRIVE BEING CUT OUT IS, I FOUND, WELL DOCUMENTED ON VARIOUS INTERNET USER GROUPS. I WOULD PREFER IF THEY REPROGRAM MY VEHICLE SO THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE STAYS AVAILABLE NO MATTER WHAT.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC WHEN TURNING AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE. NOTHING HAPPENS, NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. VEHICLE ALSO SUDDENLY DIED TODAY FOR NO REASON AT A STOP LIGHT (VEHICLE STOPPED). IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET IT TO RESTART, BUT EVENTUALLY DID RESTART.

STARTED RUNNING HOT OUT OF THE BLUE. CHECKED FUSES AND THE MAIN FUSE TO THE FAN WAS BLOWN. REPLACED THE FUSE BUT THE FAN STILL IS NOT TURNING ON. VEHICLE IS STILL RUNNING HOT AND PRODUCING SMOKE/STEAM ALONG WITH A BURNING SMELL. THE SYMPTOMS STARTED WHILE WAITING IN STOPPED TRAFFIC BUT SEEMED TO CLEAR UP WHILE MOVING, THEN GOT WORSE WHILE SITTING IDLE WITH AC UNIT ON. I HAVE BEEN READING UP ON IF THERE ARE ISSUES RELATED TO MINE AND THERE SEEM TO BE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE COOLING FAN. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL??

AT ABOUT 41000 MILES WHEN THE COOLING FAN STARTED TO WOBBLE AND STARTED TO SMELL. TOOK IT IN TO GET IT REPAIRED. IT WAS THE COOLING FAN. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, OVER 1000S HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE DUE TO FAULTING BEARINGS IN THE FAN. I URGE TO DEMAND A RECALL ON THIS.

JEEP SAFETY CONCERN 2016 JEEP RENEGADE TRAIL HAWK 4WD MILEAGE: 35.000 OUR VEHICLE DISPLAYED CHECK ENGINE CODE (P0440). TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED A FRONT VACUUM VALVE. THREE DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS BACK ON. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED A PRESSURE SWITCH IN THE GAS TANK WAS THE PROBLEM BUT THE PART HAD TO BE ORDERED. WHILE THIS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON I DISCOVERED THAT WHEN THE ELECTRONIC COMPUTER MODULE (ECM) SEES AN EMISSION CODE THE ECM WILL DISABLE THE VEHICLES 4WD AND THE REMOTE START. THE REMOTE START IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN BUT THE 4WD IS.THERE WAS A SNOW STORM THAT HIT THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND EFFECTED OUR AREA. SINCE MY WIFE USES THIS VEHICLE, FOR SEVERAL DAYS MY WIFE WAS WITHOUT A VEHICLE DURING THIS STORM. THANKFULLY I DISCOVERED THE ISSUE BEFORE THE STORM HIT. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING IF THIS CODE WAS SET WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING IN THE SNOW WITH MY 3-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE IS ADVERTISED AS 4WD' TRAIL RATED' OFF ROAD VEHICLE.I NEVER HAVE HAD ANY 4WD ISSUE WITH ANY OF THESE VEHICLES. IF YOU'RE DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE INCLEMENT IN WEATHER SUCH AS SNOW AND THE ECM SEES AN EMISSION ISSUE, YOU LOSE YOUR 4WD. LOSING YOUR 4WD ON A SNOW-COVERED ROAD CAN BECOME A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. IF YOUR OFF ROAD ON A SLIPPERY TRAIL AND YOU LOSE YOUR 4WD YOU MAY SLIDE INTO A LARGE TREE OR WORSE, SLIDE OFF THE TRAIL. CHRYSLER JEEP NEVER TELLS THE CUSTOMER THIS CAN OCCUR BUT THEY ADVERTISE THE VEHICLE AS A 'TRAIL RATED' OFF ROAD VEHICLE. PEOPLE THAT PURCHASE JEEPS ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT 'TRAIL RATED' STAMP MEANS THIS VEHICLE IS CERTIFIED FOR USE DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER OR FOR RECREATIONAL USE. THE LAST THING A CUSTOMER WANTS TO FIND OUT IS THAT THE VEHICLE THEY PURCHASED WILL LOSE THE 4WD IF THERE IS A ECM CODE SET. LOU FROM NY

2016 JEEP RENEGADE TRAILHAWK HAD TO REPLACE THE THERMOSTAT DO TO CODE P0128 HAD 51,000 MILES SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS BECAUSE IT COST ME

COOLING FAN SHAKES RATTLES AND IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY 51,000 MILES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED COST ME

COOLING FAN SHAKES RATTLES ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY CAR GIVES OFF AN ANTIFREEZE SMELL OR ELECTRICAL SMELL WHEN FAN MALFUNCTIONS.

MY 2016 JEEP RENEGADE TRAILHAWK VEHICLE HAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM IN THE DRIVER SEAT ELECTRICAL WIRING. THE DRIVER SEAT POWER SWITCHES CONTROLLING THE SEAT MOVEMENT HAVE BECOME NON-OPERATIONAL. THE PROBLEM OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND PRESENT A POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUE IS THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, THE DRIVER SEAT WOULD BE LOCK INTO A POSITION LOCKING THE DRIVER IN THE SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS CONDITION WOULD PRESENT A SAFETY HAZARD IN THE EVENT A SPEEDY EVACUATION IS NECESSARY.

UPON MAKING A RIGHT TURN FROM A STOP, THE CAR STALLS OUT. ENGINE IS STILL ON, BUT NO ENGAGEMENT.

RADIATOR FAN IS FAILING AT 20,000 MILES NOT NOT KEEPING THE RADIATOR AND ENGINE COOL. THIS OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AND IDLING. JEEP HAS THIS PART ON BACK ORDER WITH NO ETA. I WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD BE WEEKS BEFORE THE PART ARRIVES. I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT MANY OTHER JEEP RENEGADE OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM, AS WELL AS THE LONG DELAY FOR THE PART TO ARRIVE. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO RECALL THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED. I HAVE A RENTAL CAR THAT I AM PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR WITH NO ASSISTANCE FROM JEEP.

I HAVE A RENEGADE WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE CLUTCH WENT ON IT IN LESS THAN A YEAR AND ONLY 19,000 MILES. THE CLUTCH WAS SO BAD THAT THE FLYWHEEL COULD NOT BE RESURFACED. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL THING. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID I WAS PASSED WARRANTY. I SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CLUTCH AND THEY DENIED IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (ANCIRA EAGLE PASS FORD CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 403I9 ADAMS CIR, EAGLE PASS, TX 78852) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAN FRACTURED. THE PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER UNTIL MARCH 19, 2018. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 33146932. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED TO PROVIDE A LOANER VEHICLE FOR TEN DAYS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

WHILE DRIVING IN CITY, ENGINE TEMP WENT TO OVERHEAT. LOUD NOISE AND SMOKE FROM ENGINE. AFTER INSPECTION ENGINE FAN WOBBLING ON MOUNT AND MOTOR SMOKING. CAR IS 14 MONTHS OLD WITH 15000 MILES

3 WEEKS AGO I HEARD A WOBBLING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD WHILE THE CAR WAS IDLING. IT WAS A DAY LATER I WAS ABLE CATCH WHAT IT WAS MAKING THE NOISE WHICH IS THE COOLING FAN. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP NOT WANTING TO DRIVE IT FOR FEAR OF OVERHEATING. THE ISSUE WAS CONFIRMED THERE AND AFTER TWO FALSE ARRIVAL DATES I SPOKE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THY FINALLY ADMITTED THERE WAS NO DATE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW FAN. I AM NOW PAYING FOR A CAR I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN I WILL GET BACK. MY JOB REQUIRES ME TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES AND THE OLDER CAR I AM USING NOW IS NOT VERY RELIABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF TRAVEL.

THIS CAR IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO KILL SOMEONE. THE ACCELERATOR CHOOSES WHEN TO WORK. MY CAR HAS 35000 MILES ON IT AND WHEN I AM TURNING OR ON THE HIGHWAY OR JUST DRIVING NORMALLY, PRESSING DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR IT HAS A TWO TO THREE SECOND DELAY BEFORE IT WILL ENGAGE. THE DEALERSHIPS WON'T HELP ME AND IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET INTO NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS WITH MY THREE YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR! MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. ALSO AS OF TODAY I AM HAVING TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR FAN FOR THE THIRD TIME. IT HAS BURNED UP TWICE BEFORE! HOW UNFAIR TO BUY A NEW CAR AND HAVE TO HAVE THESE OUTRAGEOUS EXPENSES AND SAFETY ISSUES!!! THIS HAS TO BE FIXED.

WHEN I WOULD GET OUT OF MY VEHICLE WITH IT ON I COULD HEAR A RADDLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF MY JEEP. WHEN I CHECKED IT OUT MY RADIATOR FAN WOULD WOBBLING WHEN IT SPINS. MY JEEP ONLY HAS 31,000 MILES IN IT.

RADIATOR FAN ASSEMBLY RATTLE AND VIBRATION ISSUE. THE DEALER HAS HAD THE CAR FOR TWO MONTHS FOR THIS ISSUE WAITING FOR A FIX FROM JEEP AND HAVE YET TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE AND IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE VERY SAME ISSUE. THE CAR ALSO AT TIMES WILL NOT START WHEN THE START BUTTON IS PUSHED AND THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT IT IS NOT AN ISSUE BUT OTHERS ARE COMPLAINING OF IT AS WELL. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN MARCH OF 2016 AND THE DEALERS HAS HAD THE CAR FOR 3+ PLUS MONTHS DURING THAT TIME.

SUV HAS A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE ACCELERATION WHEN PULLING OUT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC AREAS THAT REQUIRE FAST ACCELERATION. THE CAR ALSO HAS RANDOM ELECTRONIC MESSAGES THAT FLASH ON THE DASH AND THE BLIND SPOT SYSTEM GOES OFF AT VARIOUS UNNECESSARY TIMES. THE ACCELERATION ISSUE IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES WITH NO RESOLVE!!! THIS COULD POSE TO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE IF TRAFFIC IS HEAVY AND WE ARE TRYING TO MERGE INTO LANES OR PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC LANES!!!! HAPPENS WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A DEAD STOP, CAR STARTS IN MOTION AND THEN JUST LOOSES MOMENTUM AND SLOWLY ROLLS FORWARD AND AFTER SECONDS PASS IT WILL START TO REACCELERATE AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 8 TO 10 TIMES OVER THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. THE LAST TIME BEING YESTERDAY NOV 20TH 2017

2016 JEEP RENEGADE SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED ON A CITY STREET. OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD WITH CAR NOT RUNNING. WHEN OPENED HOOD TO INVESTIGATE THE ENTIRE CAR ERUPTED IN FLAMES AND BURNED TO THE GROUND. CAUSING THE CAR BARKED ADJACENT TO ALSO CATCH FIRE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL NEEDED TO BE DEPRESSED FIRMLY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ARRIGO DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM WEST PALM BEACH (6500 OKEECHOBEE BLVD, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33411, (561) 257-5198) AND TEST DRIVEN, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STOPPED RESPONDING TO THE RELEASING OF THE GAS PEDAL. *JS *TR *JS *JS *JS

I HAVE A 2016 JEEP RENEGADE THAT I BOUGHT BRAND NEW. IT HAS 45,000 MILES AND WHEN MY GIRLFRIEND WAS DRIVING TO GET SOME LUNCH FROM WORK AND THE CAR STARTED OVERHEATING. NOW I HAVE REALIZED THE ISSUE IS THAT THE RADIATOR FAN HAS STOPPED WORKING. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A NATION WIDE PROBLEM EFFECTING MANY PEOPLE.

PREMATURE CLUTCH FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS 13400 MILES. UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65MPH, 6TH GEAR) CRUISE CONTROL BECAME DISABLED, AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER SERVICE WARNINGS SUCH AS SERVICE ABS, 4WD, PARKING BRAKE, ECS. VEHICLE LOST MOST FORWARD POWER, BUT WAS STILL ABLE TO SAFELY OPERATE DUE TO THE VEHICLES "LIMP MODE". UNDER "LIMP MODE" VEHICLE STILL OPERATED NORMALY WITH NO INDICATION OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS, AFTER A FEW MILES, ALL WARNING AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS DISAPPEARED AND NORMAL DRIVING RESUMED, HAD FULL ACCELERATION POWER, AND NO ISSUES. PRESUMED IT WAS A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION AND IT CORRECTED IT SELF. CONTINUED TO DRIVE TO DESTINATION, AFTER 30 MILES VEHICLE LOST FORWARD POWER, AND SERVICE AND WARNING INDICATORS RE-APPEARED. WAS UNABLE TO DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH TO PROPERLY STOP VEHICLE AND OR SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN GEAR AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE IT WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY, VEHICLE WOULD BE NEARLY AT A COMPLETE STOP BUT WOULD BUCK AND JOLT, UNTIL I MANUALLY SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. VEHICLE DID REQUIRE A TOW SERVICE AND WOULD NOT START AFTERWARDS. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE CLUTCH WAS SLIPPING OR FAILED DURING DRIVING NOR HAD IT EXPERIENCED ANY ISSUE IN THE PREVIOUS TRIPS, (IE, SMOKE, BURNT SMELL, BUCKING OR JOLTING, RATTLES) ONLY INDICATION I EXPERIENCED WAS THE NO FORWARD POWER, UNABLE TO SHIFT, AND STOP PROPERLY WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. IF THE CLUTCHED FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY WITH NO PRIOR WARNING SIGNS, IT MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT DUE TO POSSIBLE LOCKING OF THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WITH NO WAY TO DISENGAGE, RESULTING IN UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY STOP THE VEHICLE. IT COULD ALSO SEIZE THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, RESULTING IN A SUDDEN UNCONTROLLED STOP.

I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR ABOUT ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THE RADIO LIGHT PANEL INCLUDING THE SERVICE PANEL ON THE VEHICLE THAT TELLS ABOUT THE AIR IN THE TIRES AND ALL THE MAINTENANCE , AS WELL IS STATING THAT IT SEEMS LIKE HE HAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT INSIDE THE DASH SOMEWHERE NOW THE FAN ON THE RADIATOR HAS CAUGHT ON FIRE AND HAS LEFT ME WITHOUT A VEHICLE THIS ISSUE STARTED 10 DAYS AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE IT ONLY HAD 7000 MILES ON IT THEN AND WAS HAVING NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES CAUSING THE RADIO TO MALFUNCTION AND THE PANELING THAT CONTROLS THE SERVICE AND THE MILEAGE AND THE ODOMETER READING'S AS WELL AS THE TIRE PRESSURE THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AS A WHOLE HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONING AS WELL AS THE RADIO AND NOW THE FIRE IN THE VAN AND JEEP HAS DONE NOTHING TO HELP ME THEY'VE IGNORED ME FOR SIX DAYS OF CONSTANT CONTACT LEFT ME STRANDED AND LEFT MY THREE KIDS AND ICE 🚑🚓 WALKING HOME ON THE INTERSTATE 15 MILES TO GET HOME WITH NO RENTAL CAR NO HELP THEY HAVE COSTLY IGNORE MY PHONE CALLS THE DEALERSHIPS HERE WON'T HELP ME FIX IT BECAUSE HE SAID IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY BUT I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE LONG BEFORE THE WARRANTY WAS OUT BUT THEY HAVE IGNORED ME NOR MY COMPLAINTS AND TRY TO ACT LIKE IT'S NOT A PROBLEMWE WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WE WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND IT SEEMED AS IF AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING IN A MOTION FOR ABOUT 5 TO 7 MINUTES THE PROBLEMS WOULD START UP AND IT WOULD LAST THE WHOLE TIME I WAS DRIVING IT

WHEN DRIVING I SLOW TO MAKE A TURN, WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE DURING THE TURN THE ENGINE WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL BEING PRESSED AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FLICKERS ON THE DASHBOARD. HAS HAPPENED AT NUMEROUS SPEEDS WHEN TURNING. I GET STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN WITH TRAFFIC COMING AT ME. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TWICE NOW AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. VEHICLE HAS 7,100 MILES ON IT.

RADIATOR COOLING FAN MAKE NOISE AND STOP WORKING DURING SLOW SPEED CITY DRIVING. ENGINE OVERHEATED. ONLY 6,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. TOOK THE CAR FOR WARRANTY REPAIR. IT'S BEING SITTING AT THE DEALER'S SERVICE AREA FOR 42 DAYS WITH NO EXPECTED REPAIR DATE. AS PER DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER, THE REPLACEMENT PART IS OUT OF STOCK WITH NO ETA FROM MANUFACTURER.

BEEN HAPPENING FOR PAST MONTH FIRST ISSUE HAPPENED IN JAN 2017 CALL STALLING HAVING HARD TIME RESTARTING. BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY CAR STALLS ONCE DONE REVERSING AND PUTTING INTO DRIVE. HAVE DONE IT WITH ROLLING STOP AT STOP SIGN/LIGHT.

WHEN DRIVING MY VEHICLE SEPTEMBER 29 2017. MY 1.3 YEAR OLD RENEGADES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. CALLED TO MAKE APPOINTMENT IMMEDIATELY WITH DEALER. 5 MINUTES LATER THE THE TEMPERATURE SPIKED IN ABOUT 1 SECOND TO AROUND 265 DEGREES. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE GAVE NO INDICATION OF A RISING TEMPERATURE AND LITERALLY SHOT UP. THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN LOCKED UP. PART IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL GET REPAIRED AND DONT KNOW HOW MUCH ENGINE DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED. SEEMS TO BE A NATIONAL ISSUE AS THERE ARE OTHER RENEGADES THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MONTHS FOR THE SAME PARTS AND HAVE BEEN AT DEALERSHIP FOR MONTHS. WISH JEEP WOULD GIVE ME A REFUND AS VEHICLE ONLY GAS 11800 MILES AND POTENTIALLY GAS CATASPROPHIC DAMAGE. SHOULD BE A RECALL AND FAV SHOULD BUY VEHICLE BACK. TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS USELESS AS IT ONLY SHOWS THE LEVEL AT NORMAL AND FROM ONE DEGREE TO THE NEXT SHOT TO MAX. ONCE IT WENT DOWN A FEW DEGREES. DROPPED BACKED DOWN TO NORMAL RANGE EVEN THOUGH WAS STILL IN 260 DEGREE RANGE. FAULTY AND UNRELIABLE. MOST LIKELY FCS WILL SAY ENGINE IS FINE THEN IT WILL BREAK DIE DUE TO WARPED OR CRACKED CYLINDER OR HEAD GASKET. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET IN SEMI STEADY TRAFFIC. GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE

I BOUGHT THIS CAR A YEAR A AGO. IT IS STILL UNDER WARRENTY. THE RADIATOR IS MESSED UP AND CAR IS OVER HEATED. IT SHOWS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. BUT DEALERSHIP IS SAYING IT COULD TAKE THEM MONTHS . WHY DO NOT THEY RECALL ALL THE CARS??

COOLING FAN FAILED 41000 MILES. FAN KEEPS BLOWING FUSES AND WILL NOT SPIN BY HAND. VEHICLE WILL OVER HEAT IF IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.

COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY STOPPED FUNCTIONING AND CAUSED SMOKING AND LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG CHEMICAL OR BURNING SMELL. THIS HAPPENED WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF ROAD AND TURNED CAR OFF. NO LEAKING FLUID NOTED BENEATH VEHICLE. CAR TURNED BACK ON AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEN CAME ON. PART IS BACK ORDERED WITH NO DATE. PER DEALERSHIP, NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. NO LOANER CAR OFFERED.

MY JEEP RENEGADE BEGAN OVER HEATING DUE TO THE RADIATOR FAN FAILURE. MY VEHICLE ISNUNDER WARRANTY AT 20,276 MILES . THE PARTS ARE BACKORDERED FOR MONTHS AND AM NOT BEING OFFERED A LOANER OR GETTING TRUE RESPONSES FROM JEEP ONLY GENERIC WE ARE SORRY FOR YOUR STRUGGLES OF BEING A FAMILY OF 5 WITH DIFFERENT WORK SCHEDULES . CHEERAND BAND ETC. THERE MUST BE A RECALL TO SAVE OTHER OWNERS WITH THIS ISSUE AND ONES THAT WILL ARISE

RADIATOR COOLING FAN FAILURE (SEIZED). PARTS ON BACKORDER LEAD-TIME 2 MONTHS. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. HAD A BURNING SMELL WITH SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. STOPPED TO CHECK THE MOTOR, DISCOVERED THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN WAS NOT RUNNING. PUSHED THE FAN BLADE, IT WAS SEIZED. THE WATER TEMP GOT UP TO 250+, HIGH TEMPERATURE LIGHT CAME ON, STOPPED AND LET IT COOL DOWN ENOUGH TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. COOLED TO 130, DROVE APPROX. 5 MILES TO THE DEALERSHIP AND LEFT IT AT THE NIGHT DROP (SUNDAY 9/17/2017).

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.

I LIVE IN SW HOUSTON AND WORK A 20/10 SCHEDULE IN MIDLAND, TEXAS. MY 2016 JEEP DECIDED TO OVERHEAT BECAUSE OF A FAULTY FAN CONTROL MODULE 550 MILES AWAY FROM HOME IN AN HEB PARKING LOT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON NOT 2 MINUTES EARLIER, FOLLOWED BY THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT. THERE WAS NO TIME FOR ME TO EVEN FIND A MECHANIC AS FROM BEGINNING TO END ALL OCCURRED IN LESS THAN 2 MINUTES IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC. COOLANT CAME BUBBLING UP THE RESERVOIR AND CONVINCED ME I HAD A LEAK. SEE PHOTOS. AFTER THE TOW, I WAS STRANDED BECAUSE THE DEALER COULDN'T PROVIDE A LOANER SO I HAD TO FLY BACK TO HOUSTON, LEAVING MY RENEGADE AT ALL AMERICAN DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP OF MIDLAND. I WAS TOLD THERE IS A NATIONWIDE BACK-ORDER OF 7000 UNITS, AS OF SEPTEMBER 6TH. TURN AROUND TIME IS APPROX 6 WEEKS. I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID MY CAR IS SCHEDULED TO BE FIXED IN NOVEMBER. FOR REFERENCE, TODAY IS THE 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER. IF I HAD A M-F JOB, I WOULD'VE BEEN FIRED BY NOW. THEY ARE SO SLOW TO RESPOND! ALSO, THEY ARE ONLY ABLE TO REIMBURSE ME UP TO $35 A DAY FOR A RENTAL. THE OPTIONS ARE VERY LIMITED AND I NEED A 4X4 FOR WORK. NOT TO MENTION, I HAVE TO PAY USING MY OWN CARD AND SUBMIT A RECEIPT TO GET REIMBURSED, A PROCESS I'M TOLD COULD TAKE BETWEEN 30 TO 60 DAYS. DID I MENTION THAT MY CAR HAD ONLY 32,000 MILES ON AND IS UNDER WARRANTY UNTIL 36,000 OR MAY 2018?

THIS VEHICLES ELECTRIC COOLING FAN HAS WORN OUT WITH LESS THEN 45,000 MILES. AFTER CALLING AROUND TO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND PARTS DEPARTMENTS. INFORMATION OBTAINED IS THERE ARE MORE THEN 2500 BACK ORDERS FOR THIS PART. WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT 3 TO 4 WEEKS BEFORE WE COULD SEE THIS PART BEING DELIVERED TO MAKE REPAIRS. SEEMS TO ME THAT IF YOU HAVE THIS MANY BACK ORDERS THEN MAYBE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE PART.

MULTIPLE ISSUES SINCE I PURCHASED NEW. DEALER CONFIRMED COMPUTER SENDING CODES TO TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. AT TIMES, YOU COULD NOT ACCELERATE OR EXTREMELY LOW GAS MILEAGE. ON AN INTERSTATE GOING UP AND DOWN MOUNTAINS WITH 18-WHEELERS, THIS IS TERRIFYING. ALL LIGHTS SHUTTING OFF RANDOMLY INCLUDING HEADLIGHTS, BRAKES, BLINKERS, DASH, ETC WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE WORST ISSUE IS I HAVE HAD IS THE DOORS LOCKING MY CHILD IN. I PUT HIM IN THE VEHICLE AS NORMAL, WHEN I WENT AROUND TO GET IN, ALL THE DOORS HAD LOCKED AND WOULD NOT OPEN. THE POLICE BUSTED A WINDOW TO GET HIM OUT. AFTER CONFIRMED HE WAS OK, I WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE VEHICLE. THE DASH WAS BLINKING A MESSAGE AND THE LOCKS WERE STILL ACTING UP. AFTER CRANKING, EVERYTHING RETURNED TO NORMAL. *BF UPDATED 9/12/18*JB