2016 Jeep Renegade Fuel System Problems

The contact owns a 2016 Jeep Renegade. The contact stated that while her mother was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle inadvertently lost motive power. The driver was able to pull over to the shoulder of the roadway, where the vehicle failed to restart. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the fuel pump. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,000.

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.

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.

THIS IS REGARDING MY SON'S VEHICLE. ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE FUEL GAUGE HAS SHOWN FUEL IN THE TANK. ONCE IT WAS SHOWING JUST UNDER A QUARTER TANK AND ANOTHER SHOWING JUST UNDER HALF TANK. IN REALITY THE TANK WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. BOTH TIMES HE WAS OBVIOUSLY DRIVING AND THE ENGINE STALLED AND LEFT HIM TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND STRANDED UNTIL HIS FATHER OR WHERE ABLE TO REACH HIM.

VEHICLE IN MOTION ON THE I-90S IN BUFFALO, NY. SUDDEN LOSS OF MECHANICAL POWER TO MY FRONT WHEEL DRIVE 2016 JEEP RENEGADE SPORT (STANDARD TRANSMISSION). THIS OCCURRED ON 6/23 AT 1:30AM FOLLOWING A CONCERT. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE IN DANGER DUE TO A SUDDEN LOSS OF MECHANICAL POWER TO THE CAR AND WERE FORCED TO PULL OVER ON A RESTRICTED HIGHWAY OVERPASS. DEALER, WEST HERR (ORCHARD PARK) QUOTED FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY - MOPAR (68312374AA) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER A VEHICLE ENGINE STALL AT 52092/60,000 (POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY). REPLACEMENT OF PART NOT COVERED VIA POWER-TRAIN AS THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY MERELY CONTRIBUTES TO THE COVERED GAS ENGINE. VERY DISAPPOINTING TO A NEW OWNER THAT HAD BOUGHT USED AND EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT PART REPLACEMENT WHICH SHOULD LAST THE LIFETIME OF THE VEHICLE.

MY JEEP STALLS OUT WHEN I'M TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. THIS HAS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES AND CAUSES A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT!

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.