2018 JEEP RENEGADE Complaints

IN APRIL 2020, I WAS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT, MY CAR SLID OFF COUNTRY ROAD, HEADING STRAIGHT DUE TO ICE. I WAS GOING 65 (THE SPEED LIMIT) I HIT A PATCH OF ICE AND WAS TRYING TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I SLIDE INTO THE ON COMING LANE IN FRONT OF A SEMI AND IN A SPLIT SECOND TURNED MY WHEEL TO AVOID COLLISION AND AT FULL IMPACT HIT THE DITCH HEAD ON. MY AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED, I IN TURN SLAMMED MY HEAD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL FROM IMPACT AND I'M STILL SUFFERING FROM CONSTANT HEADACHES AND NECK PAIN.*DT*TR*JB

I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE 3/6/2020 FROM THE I-10 DODGE DEALERSHIP IN INDIO, CA. THE CAR APPEARED TO BE WORKING PERFECTLY: NO FUNNY SMELLS OR NOISES, GOOD ACCELERATION AND BRAKES, NO WARNING LIGHTS ON DASH CONSOLE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. LAST SATURDAY (5/2/2020) I DROVE IT TO MY FRIEND'S MOBILE HOME. I PARKED IN THE CARPORT AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. I WENT INTO THE HOME AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER. SMOKE WAS POURING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I LOOKED IN VAIN FOR A HOSE OR FIRE EXTINGUISHER, THEN CALLED 911. AT THIS POINT FLAMES WERE SHOOTING UP FROM THE ENGINE, SETTING THE CARPORT AND THE SIDE OF THE MOBILE HOME ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED IN THE EIGHT MINUTES FROM WHEN I CALLED 911 TO WHEN THE FIREFIGHTERS PUT OUT THE FIRE. *TR

ENGINE STALLING SAYING SHIFT INTO PARK. I HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE SAYING MY OIL IS DANGEROUSLY LOW. I HAD AN OIL CHANGE WEDNESDAY APRIL 1ST AND HAVE NOTICED NO OIL LEAKS. THIS HAS TO BE THE FUEL PUMP CAUSING THIS.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE MARCH 2020 AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NEW ("A LEFT OVER"). WE THOUGHT IT WAS USED AS A DEMO BY SALES. AS SOON AS I GOT IT THE BRAKES STARTED TO GRIND. THE SALESPERSON TOLD US AFTER SIGNING ALL PAPERWORK THAT SOMETIMES THE EMERGENCY LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. THERE IS SOMETHING WITH THE ROTORS AND IG BURTON IN SYMNRA, DELAWARE ADVISED WITHOUT PROPER REPAIR IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE SEVERAL TIMES. NOW WITHOUT TOUCHING ANY CONTROLS THE MILES CHANGED TO KM AND THE HEATING SYSTEM CHANGED AS WELL. WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD WE NOTED THE BRAKES AND WITH THE MILEAGE I SAW IT AS SOON AS I STARTED IT UP.

THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME IN THREE MONTH MY VEHICLE HAS LOCKED UP, TOLD ME TO SWITCH GEARS AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BECAUSE OF THIS! THE CAR CONTINUES TO DO THIS DESPITE GETTING THE RECOMMENDED OIL CHANGES. MY OIL WAS JUST CHANGED 2,000 MILES AGO. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE AND THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED! HUNDREDS OF RENEGADE OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. DANGEROUS! I HAVE CHILDREN AND THIS CAR IS LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD AND SHUTTING OFF?

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK, DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, SOME "D" LIGHT CAME ON, & THEN ALL THE LIGHTD CAME ON & THEN I RECIEVED A MESSAGE THAT I NEED TO SWITCH MY GEARS & MY TIRE LOCKED UP & MY CAR JUST SHUT DOWN. I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN MY CAR BACK ON. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO PUSH MY START BUTTON, AFTER FINALLY GETTING IT TO TURN BACK ON IT STALLED OUT AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO TURN ON AGAIN THEN I MADE IT HOME. I STARTED READING BLOGS & IT SAID TO CHECK YOUR OIL. I CHECKED IT AND IT WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. I CHANGED MY OIL LAST MONTH AND BARELY HAVE DRIVEN IT. I HAVE A 2018 RENEGADE WITH 24K MILES ON IT. IF MY CAR DID THIS WHEN I JUMPED ON THE HIGHWAY WOULD OF CAUSED A MAJOR CAR ACCIDENT. NO REASON WHY ALL MY OIL SHOULD BE GONE

UPON SLOWING FOR STOP SIGN OR TURN, CAR STALLS AND DIES. "D" STARTS BLINKING AND GET MESSAGE THAT MUST BE STOPPED TO SHIFT. GET STOPPED, SHIFT INTO PARK AND TRY TO START CAR. TAKES SEVERAL TRIES TO GET STARTED. CAR HAS 6500 MILES AND HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 7 TIMES. TOOK TO DEALER, WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO CODES AND THEY CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER THIS WEEK. LATEST INSTANCE OF ISSUE WAS 2/29/20.

WHEN FUELING, THE PUMP CONTINUOUSLY CLICKS OFF. I'VE TRIED MULTIPLE POSITIONS AND MULTIPLE GAS STATIONS. IT DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IN OCT 2018, HAD A SENSOR REPLACED. IT DINT WORK. DUE TO EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK IN UNTIL NOW (2/26/20). THEY REPLACED THE FUEL TANK AND I'M STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM. BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAITING TO HEAR BACK.

BOUGHT MY CAR BRAND NEW, AFTER ONE MONTH IT STARTED SHUTTING OFF RANDOMLY. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. "SHIFT GEAR TO P APPEARED ON MY DASH". I HAD TO TURN ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD TURN ON AGAIN AND OCCUR OVER AND OVER AGAIN. GOT THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME IT WAS COMPLETELY NORMAL AND THAT I SHOULD BE CHECKING MY OIL EVERY TIME I GET GAS. SAID ALL I NEEDED WAS AN OIL CHANGE. DID NOT HAVE ANY CONCERN FOR THE DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE I WAS IN ON THE HIGHWAY.

IN THE EVENT OF MY FRONTAL COLLISION, MY PATELLAR TENDON ON MY RIGHT LEG WAS RUPTURED AFTER MY KNEE IMPACTED THE PLASTIC STEERING COLUMN COVER WHICH HOUSES THE WINDSHEILD WIPER SWITCH, IGNTION SWITCH (PUSH-TO-START), AND TURN SIGNAL MULTIFUNCTION LEVER. MY INJURY REQUIRED SURGERY TO REPAIR MY RUPTURED TENDON. THIS TRIM PIECE DID NOT SHATTER NOR DID IT PROTECT MY KNEE DURING IMPACT WHICH CAUSED MY TRAUMA AND NOW DEBILITATING CONDITION. FOR REFERENCE I AM 5'9 225LBS AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT ON FEBURARY 21, 2020 *LN CONSUMER LIKE TO ADD KNEE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*JN