2015 JEEP RENEGADE Complaints

WHEN TURNING OR VEERING AT SEMI-LOW RATES OF SPEED (15-35 MPH), TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FLASHES REPEATEDLY AND ALL POWER TO ACCELERATOR IS LOST FOR ABOUT 5-10 SECONDS. THIS HAS REPEATEDLY PUT ME IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. DESPITE TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND FINDING MANY OTHERS HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE, DEALER CLAIMS NOTHING IS WRONG AND SAID PROBLEM WAS FIXED AFTER A REFRESH UPDATE FOR BOTH COMPUTER SYSTEMS. IT IS DEFINITELY NOT FIXED AS IT HAPPENED TODAY AND I WAS ALMOST T-BONED IN AN INTERSECTION. ONLY HAS 23,120 MILES ON IT AND STILL UNDER JEEP WARRANTY. THIS BEGAN A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE.

VEHICLE JERKED HARD AND IMMEDIATELY LOST PROPULSION WHILE DRIVING 73 MPH ON INTERSTATE. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP AT A REST AREA, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CAR SHUT OFF. WOULD RESTART FOR A FEW SECONDS AND DIE AGAIN. WHEN TRYING TO START IT A MESSAGE SHOWED UP SAYING TO STOP THE CAR WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, THE CAR WAS IN PARK AND NOT MOVING. PARKING BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT APPLYING IT, TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET IT TO GO OFF. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE HAD IT TOWED TO CLOSEST JEEP DEALERSHIP. CAR STARTED FOR THEM THE NEXT DAY AND THEY SAID NO CODES SHOWED UP AND THAT THE CAR STOPPED BECAUSE IT WAS LOW ON OIL AND 200 MILES PAST TIME FOR AN OIL CHANGE. SAID THIS WAS A FEATURE OF THE CAR -IF IT WAS LOW ON OIL IT WOULD JUST DIE SO IT COULDN'T BE DAMAGED BY DRIVING IT WITH LOW, OR NO, OIL, AND THAT NO WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON. THEY CHANGED THE OIL, PRONOUNCED IT FIXED AND I GOT IT BACK. 3 DAYS LATER I WAS DRIVING HOME ON A HILLY, WINDY, 2-LANE ROAD, 25 MPH, THE CAR AGAIN LOST PROPULSION, THIS TIME WITHOUT JERKING FIRST. I WAS ABLE TO COAST DOWNHILL TO A WIDE SPOT IN THE ROAD AND STOP. WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND A "SERVICE ENGINE" MESSAGE APPEARED. CALLED MY HUSBAND, WHEN HE GOT THERE WE RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT WAS SHAKING LIKE CRAZY AND SOUNDED LIKE A BUNCH OF HEAVY METAL OBJECTS WERE BEING TUMBLED IN A METAL DRUM. CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE SAME DEALER AS BEFORE. AFTER 2 DAYS THEY CALLED ME AND SAID THAT IT NEEDED AN ENGINE WIRING HARNESS, CAM SHAFT SENSOR, CRANK SHAFT AND SPARK PLUGS, PLUS THE DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. WANTED ME TO PAY FOR THE WORK. CALLED MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY, THEY SAID IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED SINCE IT WAS LESS THAN 40 MILES AWAY, SO IT WAS TOWED THERE. STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP AS TO WHAT THEY THINK THE PROBLEM IS, TODAY IS THE 4TH DAY THEY'VE HAD THE CAR.

TAKATA RECALL THERE ARE MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS OCCURRING WITH THE VEHICLE, ALONG WITH MECHANICAL PROBLEMS AND THE CAR IS USED TO COMMUTE TO WORK AND HOME. THESE ISSUES HAVE NEVER OCCURRED WITH ANY OTHER NEW CAR WE HAVE PURCHASED FROM A LOT. I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THE CAR WITH MY FAMILY UNSURE OF WHAT OTHER PROBLEM MAY OCCUR.

ENGINE COOLING RAN MAKING SCREECHING NOISE AND WOBBLING ON SHAFT. SOUNDS LIKE THE FAN IS CONTACTING SOMETHING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GO IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE TRANSMISSION AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. AFTER A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS SHIFTING GEARS, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT CODE P1D98 WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

ENGINE HESITATES WHEN TRYING TO ACCELLERATE FROM JUST STOPPED TO 30MPH AND GEAR FEELS LIKE IT IS IN A LOWER GEAR THAN IT IS EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN AUTOMATIC. DASHBOARD COMPLETELY FLICKERS ALL AREAS OF OPERATION UNTIL FINALLY SHOWING MPH. WHEN I PURCHASED VEHICLE BRAND NEW, IT HAD TO BE TOWED INTO DEALER NEXT MORNING. DEALER STATED BATTERY WAS DEAD AND NEEDED CHARGED AS WELL AS THERE BEING LITTLE TO NO OIL IN VEHICLE. I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED THIS WITH A NEW VEHICLE BEFORE. ALSO THE MESH FROM THE PASSENGER DOOR IS SEPARATING FROM THE HANDLE AS OF 1 WEEK FROM PURCHASE.

TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR AFTER MAKING A TURN AND RETURNING TO THE GAS PEDAL , DID NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR GOING UP A HILL, SOUDING LIKE IT WENT INTO DOWNHILL ASSIST ON FLAT GROUND, ROLLS BACKWARDS AFTER PARKED OR CLUNKS WHEN GOING INOT REVERSE ALSO SLAMS INTO FIRST AT TIME AFTER TAKE OFF . HEATED SEATS TURN DOEN OR OFF AFTER 25 MIN, HEATING STEARING LIGHT WILL BE ON AND WHEEL IS COLD, RADIO CHAMGES CHHANELLS OR VOLUME WHEN CONTROLS ARENT BEING USED, REMOTE START DOESNT ALWAYS WORK CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPAIR AND STILL NOT FIXED AND HAVE NOT RETURNED MY CALLS TO BRING IT BACK NOW AT 36500 MILES SINCE THEY HAVE NOT CALLED BACK. PROBLEMS STARTED AROUND 6000 MILE MARK

THE DRIVER SEAT BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, BOTH TIMES FOR BROKEN CLASP WHICH HOLDS THE BUCKLE IN PLACED ONCE YOU "CLICK IT". BOTH TIMES OCCURRED PRIOR TO STARTING THE CAR. THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT WAS REPLACED AFTER THE RETRACTOR MECHANISM FAILED, WHICH LEFT THE PASSENGER UNABLE TO TIGHTEN THEIR SEATBELT. THIS OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE REAR CENTER SEATBELT WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY FROM THE FACTORY, HAD TO BE REMOVED AND RE-INSTALLED.

VEHICLE SHIFTS VERY HARD. WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE JUMPS FORWARD AND SIMILARLY JUMPS BACK ON REVERSE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN A PARKING LOT WENT FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND APPLIED A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF GAS, VEHICLE SHOT BACKWARDS CAUSING ME TO SHARPLY TURN THE WHEEL TO AVOID A COLLISION. SIMILARLY, WHEN FIRST PLACING VEHICLE IN DRIVE GOING AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR VEHICLE WILL JUMP FORWARD NOTICABLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THREE WEEKS LATER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO PISCHKE MOTORS OF LA CROSSE (434 4TH ST, LA CROSSE, WI 54601) THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.