2015 JEEP RENEGADE Complaints

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND DISABLED MY 4WD. ALL IT NEEDED WAS A THERMOSTAT. THEY TOLD ME ANYTIME THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON IT WILL DISABLE THE 4WD. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TURNS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON IT WILL DISABLE THE 4WD. I TRIED GOING THROUGH THE DEALER, JEEP, FIAT, CHRYSLER. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT WOULD DISABLE THE 4WD. I TOLD THEM I BOUGHT A JEEP FOR IT'S 4WD CAPABILITIES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SHOULD ONLY DISABLE 4WD IF IT IS A DRIVE TRAIN PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME IF THE WEATHER WAS BAD I SHOULD STAY HOME. WHAT GOOD IS A 4WD IF YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON IT. JEEP IS RATED OFF-ROAD. I CAN'T FIND ANY HELP IN THIS MATTER. ALL IT NEEDS IS A CHANGE IN THE COMMAND MODULE.

THE ENGINE COOLANT FAN KEEPS BURNING OUT, HAVING MY SECOND FAN REPLACED AT 62,000 MILES.

VEHICLE CUTS POWER WHILE TURNING AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE AT LOW SPEEDS, SUCH AS WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT AND MAKING A LEFT/RIGHT TURN, OR PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY INTO TRAFFIC. SYMPTOMS ARE THAT THE VEHICLE STOPS ACCELERATING, LOSES POWER AND SLOWS TO A STOP FOR 5-10 SECONDS DESPITE HAVING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CONSISTENTLY PUSHED. I HAVE BEEN ALMOST HIT WHEN THIS OCCURS. IT POSSIBLY HAS TO DO WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM TURNING ON INADVERTENTLY, SINCE IT OCCURS USUALLY WITH UNEVEN PAVEMENT. DEALERSHIP STATES THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND HAVE PERFORMED SEVERAL SOFTWARE UPDATES TO NO AVAIL. THIS IS THE FIAT 9 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.

THERE IS A POWER SURGE AT TIMES AND MAJORITY OF TIMES THERE IS A "LULL" OF POWER AT TAKE OFF. UPON DEPARTURE AT A STOP LIGHT, THERE IS HESITATION WHEN GAS IS APPLIED SO YOU HAVE TO HEAVILY APPLY GAS. OTHER TIMES YOU GO TO PARK AND COME TO STOP THEN THE CAR SURGES BEFORE PLACING IN PARK. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO MY DEALER SINCE PURCHASE SEVERAL TIMES SINCE MARCH 2018 WITH NO RESOLVE. THEY STATE NO RECALL AND NOTHING SHOWS UP WHEN TESTING IT. VEHICLE STILL

TRANSMISSION HARD SHIFTING INTO 1ST 2ND AND 3RD THAT CAUSES VECHILE TO SLOW DRASTICALLY THEN LUNGE INTO GEARS.

THIS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN ACTING OUT OF SORTS SINCE ABOUT 6 MONTHS OLD. ITS SHIFTS SLOWLY SOMETIMES, I CAN FELL A VIBRATION IN MY FOOT WHEN IT ON A PEDAL. IT OFTEN STAYS IN GEAR WITHOUT SHIFTING, OFTEN HAS A ROUGH SHIFT. I HAVE ASKED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO LOOK AT IT THEY ALWAYS SAY THEY DETECT NOTHING

CAR WAS SITTING IDLE WITH FAMILY IN IT AND AIR CONDITIONER ON. CAR BEGAN TO SMELL LIKE BURNING RUBBER AND COLD AIR TURNED WARM AND HUMID. RADIATOR FAN FAILED. BLEW 2 FUSES. NEEDS TO BE REPLCED AFTER ONLY 27000 MILES.

THERMOSTAT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND NEED REPLACING AND CAR HAS LESS THAN 54000 MILES ON IT..WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION.

THE VEHICLE SWITCHED GEARS ON ITS OWN, COULDN'T RECOGNIZE WHEN I TRIED TO PUT IT IN PARK OR ANY OTHER GEAR, AND STALLED OUT ON ME. NOW SHOWS THAT THE POWER STEERING NEEDS TO BE SERVICED.

ON 2 OCCASIONS THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT DEACTIVATE. AFTER NUMEROUS RESTARTS AND WAITING THE PARKING BRAKE RELEASED.ON BOTH OCCURRENCES THE PARKING BRAKE LEVER DID NOT RESPOND NOR DID PUTTING IT IN GEAR . THE JEEP RENEGADE IS A MANUAL SHIFT AND BOTH OF THESE OCCURRENCES THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT.