2016 JEEP RENEGADE Complaints

I LIVE IN SW HOUSTON AND WORK A 20/10 SCHEDULE IN MIDLAND, TEXAS. MY 2016 JEEP DECIDED TO OVERHEAT BECAUSE OF A FAULTY FAN CONTROL MODULE 550 MILES AWAY FROM HOME IN AN HEB PARKING LOT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON NOT 2 MINUTES EARLIER, FOLLOWED BY THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT. THERE WAS NO TIME FOR ME TO EVEN FIND A MECHANIC AS FROM BEGINNING TO END ALL OCCURRED IN LESS THAN 2 MINUTES IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC. COOLANT CAME BUBBLING UP THE RESERVOIR AND CONVINCED ME I HAD A LEAK. SEE PHOTOS. AFTER THE TOW, I WAS STRANDED BECAUSE THE DEALER COULDN'T PROVIDE A LOANER SO I HAD TO FLY BACK TO HOUSTON, LEAVING MY RENEGADE AT ALL AMERICAN DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP OF MIDLAND. I WAS TOLD THERE IS A NATIONWIDE BACK-ORDER OF 7000 UNITS, AS OF SEPTEMBER 6TH. TURN AROUND TIME IS APPROX 6 WEEKS. I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID MY CAR IS SCHEDULED TO BE FIXED IN NOVEMBER. FOR REFERENCE, TODAY IS THE 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER. IF I HAD A M-F JOB, I WOULD'VE BEEN FIRED BY NOW. THEY ARE SO SLOW TO RESPOND! ALSO, THEY ARE ONLY ABLE TO REIMBURSE ME UP TO $35 A DAY FOR A RENTAL. THE OPTIONS ARE VERY LIMITED AND I NEED A 4X4 FOR WORK. NOT TO MENTION, I HAVE TO PAY USING MY OWN CARD AND SUBMIT A RECEIPT TO GET REIMBURSED, A PROCESS I'M TOLD COULD TAKE BETWEEN 30 TO 60 DAYS. DID I MENTION THAT MY CAR HAD ONLY 32,000 MILES ON AND IS UNDER WARRANTY UNTIL 36,000 OR MAY 2018?

THIS VEHICLES ELECTRIC COOLING FAN HAS WORN OUT WITH LESS THEN 45,000 MILES. AFTER CALLING AROUND TO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND PARTS DEPARTMENTS. INFORMATION OBTAINED IS THERE ARE MORE THEN 2500 BACK ORDERS FOR THIS PART. WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT 3 TO 4 WEEKS BEFORE WE COULD SEE THIS PART BEING DELIVERED TO MAKE REPAIRS. SEEMS TO ME THAT IF YOU HAVE THIS MANY BACK ORDERS THEN MAYBE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE PART.

THE WINDSHIELDS ARE MADE WITH POOR QUALITY GLASS.WHEN YOU GET A CHIP IT SPREADS BEYOND REPAIR IN A DAY.I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN NOV.OF 2016,IN JAN 2017 HAD THE WINDSHIELDS REPLACED.GOT ANOTHER ROCK CHIP LAST MONTH AND THE WINDSHIELD HAS TO BE REPLACED.I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR 10 MONTHS AND WILL BE ON MY 3RD WINDSHIELD.I HAVE OWNED VEHICLES 32 YRS AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE WINDSHIELDS THIS MUCH.ROCK CHIPS DON'T NORMALLY SPREAD QUICKLY LIKE THEY DO ON THE RENEGADES.I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME BUT RENEGADE OWNERS ALL OVER THE U.S.ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM.SOMEONE IS GONNA HAVE TO DIE FOR JEEP TO REALIZE THIS PROBLEM.NO CAR SHOULD NEED 3 WINDSHIELDS IN 10 MONTHS.

POSTING THIS INCIDENT DUE TO SEEING SO MANY OTHER SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THE RENEGADE WINDSHIELD. I LEASED THE RENEGADE UNDER A GREAT DEAL OF PRESSURE IN JULY 2016. NOW I AM SEEING WHY. IT IS A DANGEROUS PIECE OF JUNK. ISSUE: I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE DURING WEEK TWO WITH A FRIEND THAT WAS A WITNESS. WE WERE ON A DRY, CLEAR ROAD WITH TWO OTHER CARS, SOMETHING FLEW UP AND DINGED THE WINDSHIELD AND THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED. HAD TO MAKE CLAIM TO GET IT REPAIRED. COMPANY DID A PATCH, BUT THE STAR CRACK IS STILL IN THE LOWER PART OF MY VISION. SINCE THIS IS A LEASE I LIKELY WILL NEED TO HAVE THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD REPLACED. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY CLAIMS OR TICKETS IN WELL OVER THIRTY YEARS. I HAVE HAD JEEPS AND OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES MY ENTIRE LIFE AND NEVER HAVE I HAD A WINDSHIELD CRACK WITH LESS THAN 300 MILES ON IT. WITH THE OTHER ENGINE ISSUES AND STALLING ISSUES THIS VEHICLE IS A DEATH TRAP. GOING TO TAPE A NOTE TO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE THAT THE "THIS RENEGADE STALLS AND TURNS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE DON'T HIT ME." (REPORTED IN OTHER INCIDENT REPORTS.)

1. TRUNK LID DOES NOT STAY LATCHED. SOME SERIES OF OPENING AND CLOSING DIFFERENT DOORS TYPICALLY RECTIFIES ISSUE. MULTIPLE WITNESSES. INTERMITTENT. NO PATTERN. 2. VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN MAKING TIGHT TURNS INTO TRAFFIC (HEAVY CONSTRUCTION AT MY COMPLEX'S ONLY ENTRANCE/EXIT). VEHICLE ALSO 'TURNS OFF' DESPITE IT BEING IN 'DRIVE' AND MOVING--I RECEIVE A MESSAGE STATING TO PUT FOOT ON BRAKE AND PUSH BUTTON TO START VEHICLE DESPITE IT BEING IN DRIVE AND MOVING. THIS MEANS I HAVE TO STOP THE CAR IN ANGRY TRAFFIC, PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, MOVE SHIFT TO PARK AND THEN RESTART A VEHICLE THAT WAS ALREADY RUNNING. AT LEAST THREE SOFTWARE UPDATES HAVE BEEN SUPPOSEDLY INSTALLED ALONG WITH A MODULE ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE LAST INCIDENT, FOUR HORNS BLARED AT ME AND ONE VEHICLE HIT MY BACK DRIVER QUARTER PANEL/BUMPER. NO ONE STOPPED. THEY JUST DROVE AROUND ME. I DID NOT FILE A POLICE REPORT. I CALLED THE DEALER (AGAIN) AND HAD TO DRIVE QUITE A DISTANCE (AGAIN) FOR THEM TO LOOK IT OVER, (AGAIN). NOTE: I NO LONGER LIVE NEAR THAT DEALERSHIP. THE RENEGADE SCARES ME-- TERRIFIES ME AT TIMES. I AM NO LONGER GETTING RESPONSES FROM CHRYSLER REGARDING THE TICKET NUMBER. NO ONE WILL DRIVE IN MY VEHICLE WITH ME. THE 'STALLING' ISSUE IS PRIMARILY ON INTERMITTENT RIGHT TURNS. SINCE THE LAST SOFTWARE UPDATE, TURNING LEFT IS NOW BECOMING AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THIS LAST TIME I TOOK IT IN, THE SERVICE MAN TOUCHED UP THE RED PAINT FROM MY BEING HIT, BUT DID NOTHING ABOUT THE SCRATCHES. SO I AM GOING TO HAVE TO FILE A CLAIM BECAUSE OF A FAULTY VEHICLE HAVING 'COMPUTER ERRORS.' ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE MANAGER THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ISSUE CODES, YET THEY KEEP PUTTING SOFTWARE UPDATES. VEHICLE OFTEN FEELS LIKE THE BRAKE IS PARTIALLY SET OR RUNNING IN A LOW GEAR. SOMETIMES I MUST PUT MY FOOT LITERALLY TO THE FLOOR TO GET UP TO SPEED. ISSUES STARTED THE FIRST WEEK I GOT IT

WHILE DRIVING MY 2016 JEEP RENEGADE TRAILHAWK ON A CITY STREET IT BEGAN ACCELERATING RAPIDLY ON ITS OWN. I BEGAN ENGAGING THE BRAKES TO TRY TO SLOW THE VEHICLE INITIALLY AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO THE POINT OF REDLINE. I ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL BUT THE COMMAND CENTER KEPT OVERRIDING MY INPUT; I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO JAM THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL BY SLAMMING THE PALM OF MY HAND INTO THE SHIFTER DRIVING FORCING THE NEUTRAL SHIFT. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULD OF THE ROAD WHERE THE CAR CONTINUED RUNNING AT REDLINE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WHILE I ATTEMPTED TO STOMP ON THE ACCELERATOR HOPING TO GET THE VEHICLE TO DISENGAGE. DUE TO THE ELECTRONIC CONTROLS YOU CANNOT TURN THE CAR OFF WHILE IN NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE RUNNING AT SUCH HIGH RPMS. AFTER ROUGHLY 10 ATTEMPTS AT STOMPING ON THE ACCELERATOR HOPING TO GET THE VEHICLE TO RESPOND IT DROPPED TO A STANDARD IDLE. ONLY BEING A SHORT DISTANCE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT I LIMPED THE CAR BACK HOME. DURING THAT TIME THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING, THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON, THE TEMP SENSOR SPIKED TO MAX TEMP, THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE A/C BEGAN TO BLOW HOT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. UPON SAFELY PULLING IN MY DRIVEWAY IT SMELLED OF A HOT BURNING RUBBER/OIL SMELL AND THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF FLUID LEAKING FROM THE CAR THAT APPEARED TO BE THE SYNTHETIC OIL.

JEEP HAS A BACKORDER ON THEIR COOLING FANS. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE OUR JEEP RENEGADE FOR 3 MONTHS BECAUSE THERE IS A BACKORDER OF 1400 COOLING FANS JUST IN MY AREA. SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK INTO THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG. FAN MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHILE RUNNING. AFRAID TO DRIVE IT, FEAR OF SOMETHING CATCHING ON FIRE.

FIRST COOLING FAN MODULE BURNED OUT AT 15K MILES OCT 2016, ONLY DETECTED BY ELECTRICAL SMOKE POURING FROM FAN MOTOR. NO DUMMY LIGHT. CURRENTLY IN SHOP FOR SECOND COOLING FAN MODULE AT 38K MILES. BOTH HAPPENED WITH NO WARNING WHILE IDLING.

RADIATOR FAN MOTOR BURNED OUT. CAUSE THE ENGINE TO OVER HEAT, CREATED SMOKE CONDITION AND FAILURE OF ALL SYSTEMS. CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. PARTS ARE BACK ORDERED. INTERNET COMMENTS INDICATE THIS HAS BECOME A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE

TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT RANDOMLY GOES ON IN VARYING ROAD AND DRIVING CONDITIONS THAT DO NOT WARRANT IT. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO SLIP AND THERE IS LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR (GAS, STEERING) FOR 5 TO 10 SECONDS IN THIS MODE WHICH POSES HUGE DANGER TO THE DRIVER. IN LATEST INCIDENT LIGHT DIDN'T GO OUT AND HAD TO RESTART CAR IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. CAR IS AT DEALER FOR THIRD TIME. OPENED CLAIM WITH MANUFACTURER ON 8/15/17. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ISSUE BUT WE HAVE FOUND A NUMBER OF FORUMS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THIS HAPPENS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, TURNING, GOING STRAIGHT, ETC. FIRST REPAIR WAS NOV 2106. SAID FOUND NOTHING BUT RELOADED SOFTWARE. FEB 17 A NUMBER OF DASH BOARD LIGHTS WE'RE GOING ON AGAIN AND LATEST INCIDENTS FOR WHICH WE WENT TO DEALER TODAY AFFECTS TRACTION CONTROL MORE FREQUENTLY THEN PREVIOUS INCIDENTS.