2015 JEEP RENEGADE Complaints

WHEN IDLING AND SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE RADIATOR COOLING FAN CONSTANTLY WOBBLES AND GRINDS AGAINST THE SHROUD.

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.

THE KEY GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THIS HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN IT IS WARM OUT.

I WAS DRIVING ON A PAVED HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN I FELT A SLIGHT WOBBLLING SENSATION THAT FELT LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY VEERED SHARPLY INTO THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC. I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK IN MY OWN LANE AND THE VEHICLE VEERED SHARPLY BACK TOWARD MY LANE AND STARTED TO GO OFF THE ROAD. THEN THE VEHICLE STARTED VEERING SHARPLY BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BOTH LANES AND I HAD NO CONTROL WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR WHEN IT STARTED VEERING ALL OVER THE ROAD. AT ONE POINT THE VEHICLE WAS TURNING SIDEWAYS AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO ROLL OVER. I WAS APPROACHING A SHARP CURVE AND THE VEHICLE WAS HEADED TOWARDS A POWER POLE AND 3 CONCRETE IRRIGATION BOXES. I KEPT TAPPING THE BRAKES UNTIL THE VEHICLE STOPPED, RUNNING OFF THE ROAD NEAR THE POWER POLE, BUT FORTUNATELY DID NOT MAKE IMPACT WITH THE POWER POLE OR THE CONCRETE IRRIGATION BOXES. WHEN I GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TRAILING ARM WAS HANGING DOWN AND WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE SUNNY, ABOUT 80 DEGREES AND THE PAVEMENT WAS DRY. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED SINCE I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. I HAD JUST MET ANOTHER ONCOMING VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS PRIOR TO THIS; HAD THE TIMING BEEN DIFFERENTLY I WOULD HAVE HIT THEM HEAD-ON WITH NO WAY TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO AVOID THE COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS THEN DRIVEN APPROX. 1 MILE TO MY HOUSE AT 5-10 MPH.

WHEN DRIVING IF YOU HAVE TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY THE RENEGADE WILL ESSENTIALLY IDLE AND HESITATE BEFORE JERKING FORWARD. HAPPENS SPECIFICALLY WHEN HAVING TO CHANGE GEARS. HAS NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT NUMEROUS TIMES.

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, (I HAD SWITCHED THE VEHICLE TO REVERSE AND HAD BEGUN MOVING), MY RENEGADE SWITCHED INTO NEUTRAL AND STOPPED BACKING UP. I TRIED SWITCHING BACK INTO PARK AND INTO REVERSE AGAIN BUT INSTEAD THE VEHICLE REPEATED THE ISSUE BY GOING INTO NEUTRAL INSTEAD OF REVERSE. I HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE PROPERLY.

VEHICLE WAS IN FORWARD MOTION MAKING A LEFT TURN AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL. DASHBOARD ALERT CAME ON THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE TO BE STOPPED BEFORE IT COULD BE SHIFTED. HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE, SHIFT TO PARK, TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON BEFORE IT WOULD SHIFT BACK INTO DRIVE.

HESITATING, ROUGH SHIFTING AND STALLING. WILL HESITATE SO BAD WHEN STARTING FROM A STOPPED POSITION, AND GOING INTO 2ND GEAR (9 GEAR TRANS) THAT I'VE BEEN REAR ENDED, IN TRAFFIC, BECAUSE MY CAR HAS ESSENTIALLY STOPPED. ONLY 41,000 MILES. WORST IS WHEN FULLY STOPPED AND ARE ONLY SLIGHTLY ACCELERATING TO ABOUT 15 MPH. SUCH AS IN TRAFFIC, A PARKING LOT, OR TURNING. HAS STALLED IN MIDDLE OF A INTERSECTION WHILE TURNING. WON'T RESTART FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINS HAS BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES. THEY'VE "FIXED IT" EACH TIME. HAVE FINALLY APPROVED A NEW TRANS