2015 JEEP RENEGADE Complaints

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP INTO TRAFFIC THE CAR WILL NOT ALWAYS ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE REVS BUT IT'S LIKE IT'S NOT IN THE CORRECT GEAR. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS AND LET IT REGROUP AND TRY AGAIN. OTHER TIMES IT WILL DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE AND SURGE AHEAD. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR THE 9-SPEED TRANSMISSION HAVE DONE NOTHING TO HELP.

THIS 2015 JEEP RENEGADE BEGAN HAVING A THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER SEEING THAT IT WAS THE COOLING FAN, I TOOK MEASURES TO GET THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO GET IT REPAIRED. BEFORE THAT HAPPENED, THE FAN WENT OUT COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE IS 2 YEARS OLD, HAS 41, 000 MILES ON IT AND IS STILL COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD BY SOUTHPOINT CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP (WHO I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM) THAT THEY CANNOT OBTAIN THE PART, AND THEY REFUSED TO OPEN A CLAIM WITH THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY SO THAT I COULD GET A RENTAL CAR. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY WILL NOT PROVIDE ME WITH A RENTAL CAR BECAUSE THE DEALER WILL NOT START THE CLAIM PROCESS. RIGHT NOW MY JEEP IS AT THE DEALER, WHO WAS HAPPY TO INFORM ME THAT IF I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT AND IT OVERHEATED, MY 100,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY WOULD BE VOID. AFTER CONTACTING FIAT CHRYSLER, I STILL HAVE NOT OBTAINED ANY KIND OF RELIEF. I HAVE A $25,000 CAR THAT IS BASICALLY A BRICK. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT IS WORTHLESS. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY CONTRACT ACTUALLY SUGGESTED USING AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT PARTS, WHICH WOULD VOID MY POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. THE COOLING FAN ISSUE IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2.4 LITER TIGERSHARK ENGINE.SOME OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THEIR CARS CATCHING ON FIRE WHEN THE FAN MELTS. FIAT CHRYSLER KNOWS IT IS A PROBLEM, YET THOUSANDS OF THESE TIGERSHARK EQUIPPED CARS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. IT SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE BUT THEY ARE AVOIDING RESPONSIBILITY.

DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED CLUTCH FAILURE AT 28K MILES. CAR WAS OPERATING COMPLETELY NORMAL AND THE CLUTCH FAILED ON HIGHWAY WHILE THE CAR WAS IN DRIVING IN 5TH GEAR. CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE OR GO IN REVERSE IN ANY GEAR. THIS IS ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. ELECTRIC ISSUES AND A/C ISSUES IN 2016. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP 3 SEPARATE TIMES TO RESOLVE ISSUE.

TWICE NOW MY ENGINE COOLING FAN MOTOR HAS FAILED AND CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. I WAS LUCKY THE FIRST TIME IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THIS TIME MY CAR WAS PARKED IDLING ABOUT 5 MINUTES WITH SLEEPING CHILDREN WHEN THE CAB FILLED WITH SMOKE AND WOKE THE ADULT. WAKE UP CHRYSLER! ..UPDATED 12/11/17 *BF

THE COOLING FAN "BURNED OUT" ON MY 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. ON NOVEMBER 4, 2017, I WAS TRAVELING I10 E BOUND FROM HOUSTON, TX TO RAYNE, LA (3 HR DRIVE) TO ATTEND MY YOUNGER BROTHER'S WEDDING WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR RAN HOT. LUCKILY FOR ME I WAS AT THE EXIT RAMP TO GET TO MY PARENT'S HOUSE WHEN IT HAPPENED. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND I SAW, AND SMELLED SMOKE. I THEN CALLED MY DAD (WHO LITERALLY LIVES A MINUTE OR LESS FROM WHERE I WAS) FOR HIM TO COME AND CHECK OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. HE LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, FLUIDS WERE ALL IN TACT, NOTHING SEEMED OUT OF PLACE, HE BASICALLY COULDN'T SEE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. HE THEN STARTED THE CAR AND WATCHED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND NOTICED THAT IT HADN'T SPIKED UP SO HE DROVE IT OFF THE EXIT AND HOME. THE CAR SAT ALL NIGHT AND WASN'T DRIVEN AGAIN UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN MY DAD DROVE IT TO ADVANCED AUTO. THE EMPLOYEE CONNECTED THE MACHINE TO CHECK FOR ERRORS BUT NOTHING CAME BACK. MY DAD STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN, LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THE FAN WASN'T SPINNING. HE CHECKED THE FUSE FOR THE FAN, NOTICED THE METAL PIECE INSIDE HAD SPLIT, SO WE BOUGHT ANOTHER FUSE. PUT THE FUSE IN, STARTED THE ENGINE AND A SECOND LATER THE FUSE POPPED AND SMOKE APPEARED. I'VE CALLED SEVERAL CDJR PLACES BETWEEN LOUISIANA AND TEXAS AND THEY'RE ALL TELLING ME THAT IT'LL TAKE UP TO 4 MONTHS BEFORE THE PART COMES IN AND GET FIXED BECAUSE IT IS ON BACK ORDER. IT IS FRUSTRATING FOR ME BECAUSE THIS IS MY ONLY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION. OBVIOUSLY THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A RECALL IF THIS MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE SINCE I CAN'T GET IT FIXED WITHIN THE NEXT 4 MONTHS AND I'VE BEEN QUOTED $600+ TO GET IT FIXED.

COOLING FAN IS BAD. HOUSING COMES LOOSE AND FAN HITS OTHER PARTS ON THE VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO OVERHEAT AND SMOKE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NO RECALL! HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PART HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR MONTHS! NOW VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY.

TWICE IN TWO WEEKS, WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF. THE FIRST TIME IS HAPPENED WAS ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2017 AND THE NEXT TIME WAS THIS MORNING NOVEMBER 9TH. THE FIRST TIME HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, AND THE OTHER HAPPENED WITH THE FOOT ON THE GAS TRYING TO MERGE ONTO I-90 FROM THE OGDEN ON RAMP. THE RADIO AND INTERIOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO WORK, BUT THE ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF. TURNING THE KEY WON'T JUST TURN ON THE CAR AGAIN. YOU HAVE TO HOLD IT IN THE ON POSITION A FEW TIMES FOR IT TO FINALLY TURN ON.

THE COOLING FAN HAS COME LOOSE AND APPEARS TO BE NEAR FAILURE, WHICH HAS PREVENTED ME FROM OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD WITH 27,000 MILES AND APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL; THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IN A VEHICLE THIS NEW!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE SUDDENLY INCREASED TO HIGH. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLING FAN WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND ALLOW IT TO COOL OFF AND THE SMOKE TO DISSIPATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE PUTNAM CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE DEALER (3 CALIFORNIA DR, BURLINGAME, CA 94010; 650-558-5612) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FAN FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NORMANDIN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM FIAT (900 CAPITOL EXPRESSWAY AUTO MALL, SAN JOSE, CA 95136; 408-266-9500) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FIRST DIAGNOSIS RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 32481073. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE REPAIR PART WAS ON BACKORDER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,474.