2015 JEEP RENEGADE Complaints

SECOND INCIDENT/ SEE TRACKING #11084790. BROUGHT CAR TO JIM CLICK TUCSON TO HAVE PANEL ON FRONT OF ROOF CHECKED DUE TO CONCERN AS PANEL SEEMED LOOSE-HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED D/T PART COMING LOOSE AND FLYING OFF PREVIOUSLY WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. INSPECTED BY SERVICE MANAGER WHO DOCUMENTED PANEL APPEARS WARPED AT FRONT DRIVERS EDGE. 'PART IS SECURE.' ON WAY HOME PART FLEW OFF WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT POSTED HIGHWAY SPEED. REPORTED TO JEEP DEALERSHIP AND CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AT JEEP HEADQUARTERS. INCIDENT REPORTED AND GIVEN CASE FILE NUMBER FOR CASE REVIEW. EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER SAFETY OF HAVING THIS PART FLY OFF THE ROOF TWICE NOW. THIS TIME THE PART STAYED ON LESS THAN 1 WEEK AND WE HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE PART STILL SEEMED INSECURE WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP RIGHT AFTER THE REPLACEMENT WAS DONE. WIND NOISE AND RATTLING HAVE BEEN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS ROOF. WAITING TO HAVE PART REPLACED AGAIN. PART #068246339-AA

VEHICLE REFRIGERANT FOR THE AC COOLING SYSTEM IS CONSTANTLY LEAKING. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR SERVICE IN JUNE 2017 AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO LEAK. SERVICE CENTER REFILLED THE REFRIGERANT AND LESS THAN A YEAR LATER I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE WITH NO COLD AIR RUNNING THROUGH THE SYSTEM. THIS MEANS THE REFRIGERANT LEAKED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE TWICE DUE TO NEGLIGENCE. WHENEVER THE AC COMPONENT TRIES TO RUN, WHETHER IT IS PARKED OR MOVING, A LOUD HISSING NOISE IS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN IS VIBRATING ITSELF OFF. THE VEHICLE HAD LOW MILEAGE STILL- UNDER 45,000. LOOKED IT UP AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND APPARENTLY THE PART IS BACK ORDERED FOR MONTHS, WHICH MEANS I AM PAYING FOR A VEHICLE I CANNOT DRIVE. SEEMS LIKE A MANUFACTURER ISSUE TO ME. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT

THIS VEHICLE HAS NO MECHANICAL PARKING BRAKE, WHICH WOULD SEEM TO BE A VIOLATION OF CFR-2010-TITLE 49-VO L5-SEC 393-41. THE ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE IS PRETTY WELL USELESS, AND NECESSARY SINCE THIS VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, AND A TINY (1.4L) ENGINE INCAPABLE OF HOLDING THE CAR ON A STEEP HILL. ERROR MASSAGE ABOUT ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE PROBLEMS KEEP POPPING UP, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX IT DESPITE MANY REPEATED ATTEMPTS. EVEN WHEN WORKING, IT CANNOT BE USED TO TURN THE CAR ON SNOW, ICE., ETC. AS I SAID: USELESS.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY IN AZ THE FRONT PANEL OF THE SLIDINGSKY SUNROOF FLEW OFF THE ROOF. HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH THIS ROOF SINCE PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN NH. HAD BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST TWICE PREVIOUSLY FOR ONGOING RATTLING, INCOMPLETE CLOSURE AND EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE FROM THIS ROOF. EVENTUALLY, THEY SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED THE ROOF UNIT BUT THE ISSUES HAVE CONTINUED ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN THIS LATEST ISSUE OF THE FRONT ROOF PIECE LITERALLY BLOWING OFF THE VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO A DEALERSHIP IN ARIZONA FOR REPAIR AND WE EXPRESSED OUR CONCERN OVER THIS POTENTIALLY BEING A HAZARD TO OTHER DRIVERS ON THE TOAD THAT COULD RESULT IN INJURY TO OTHERS. THE DEALERSHIP EXPRESSED NO OPINION OR CONCERN OTHER THAN THEY WOULD REPLACE THE PIECE THAT CAME OFF THE VEHICLE

A LOUD WOBBLING SOUND WAS NOTICED FROM THE ENGINE BAY OF THE VEHICLE. INVESTIGATION OF THE SOUND REVEALED THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN TO BE VIBRATING VIOLENTLY WHILE ENGAGED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DISCOVERY THE FAN FAILED TO ENGAGE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STEVE LANDERS JEEP LOCATED AT 401 COLONEL GLENN PLAZA LOOP LITTLE ROCK, AR 72210. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS CONFIRMED TO BE THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ORIGINAL MANUFACTURE WARRANTY AT 54,600 MILES. FAN WAS REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP AT MY EXPENSE.

FOR THE FOURTH TIME I TOOK MY CAR TO THE SERVICE AT THE DEALER , AND FOR THE FOURTH TIME THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED RECEIVED A 'SERVICE POWER STEERING' DASHBOARD MESSAGE....AND THE VEHICLE HAS NO POWER STEERING. I HAVE 20,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE. AFTER I LEAVE THE CAR FOR TWO MONTH IN THE DEALER FINALLY THEY CALL ME AND SAID MY CAR WAS REEDY AS TODAY MARCH 2018 BUT CONTINUES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM . I AM OF COURSE CONCERNED THAT MY POWER STEERING COULD FAIL WHILE I AM DRIVING THE VEHICLE COULD CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPEN ONE TIME ALREADY, I'M VERY FRUSTRATE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO THIS POINT. IF SOME COULD HELP ME OR INDICATE WHAT TO DO THANKS. SAME PROBLEM HERE- EXCEPT TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING WHILE ON HIGHWAY. NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES, 7 TOTAL SINCE 2016, 16 DAYS AND COUNTING IN SERVICE BAY AND NOT DRIVEABLE. THIS CAR IS A NIGHTMARE. DEALER SERVICE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO SERVICE

FOR THE FOURTH TIME I TOOK MY CAR TO THE SERVICE AT THE DEALER , AND FOR THE FOURTH TIME THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED RECEIVED A 'SERVICE POWER STEERING' DASHBOARD MESSAGE....AND THE VEHICLE HAS NO POWER STEERING. I HAVE 20,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE. AFTER I LEAVE THE CAR FOR TWO MONTH IN THE DEALER FINALLY THEY CALL ME AND SAID MY CAR WAS REEDY AS TODAY MARCH 2018 BUT CONTINUES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM . I AM OF COURSE CONCERNED THAT MY POWER STEERING COULD FAIL WHILE I AM DRIVING THE VEHICLE COULD CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPEN ONE TIME ALREADY, I'M VERY FRUSTRATE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO THIS POINT. IF SOME COULD HELP ME OR INDICATE WHAT TO DO THANKS. SAME PROBLEM HERE- EXCEPT TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING WHILE ON HIGHWAY. NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES, 7 TOTAL SINCE 2016, 16 DAYS AND COUNTING IN SERVICE BAY AND NOT DRIVEABLE. THIS CAR IS A NIGHTMARE. DEALER SERVICE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO SERVICE

TRANSMISSION SHIFT TO NEUTRAL UNEXPECTEDLY FOR FEW SECONDS OR WHEN IS ON LOW SPEED. IT'S SCARY. SECOND PROBLEM, GPS LOST FREQUENTLY DIRECTION OR REPORT WRONG POSITION. ALSO 911 IS NOT WORKING