2018 JEEP RENEGADE Complaints

I PURCHASED AND HAVE DRIVEN A NEW 2018 JEEP RENEGADE 2.4 AUTO SINCE DECEMBER 2018. I WAS DRIVING THE OTHER DAY AND TURNED INTO TRAFFIC WHEN UNEXPECTEDLY THE LOW OIL LIGHT CAME ON IN MY VEHICLE AND IT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN! TOTAL POWER LOSS. I WAS ALMOST DEMOLISHED BY A FULLY LOADED LOG TRUCK. I PARKED THE CAR AND CHECKED THE OIL PER THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL PROCEDURE. IT WAS OVER 2 QTS. LOW IN 5,000 MILES OF DRIVING. I HAVE TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE JEEP DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO PROVIDE ME WITH ANY REPAIR DOCUMENTS AFTER INSPECTION. THEY TOLD ME THE PROBLEM IS WELL KNOWN BUT FCA IS DOING NOTHING TO REMEDY IT AND THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT GOING TO DO ANY FURTHER EVALUATION INTO THE PROBLEM.THIS WAS NOT DISCLOSED TO ME IN ANY WAY BEFORE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NOR IS IT MENTIONED OR INCLUDED AT ALL IN THE OWNERS/ MAINTENANCE MANUAL. IN ADDITION I HAD TO PAY $85.00 FOR AN OIL CHANGE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN NECESSARY. THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I NOW HAVE TO PARK MY NEARLY NEW VEHICLE BECAUSE I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE THIS CAR IN TRAFFIC. THEY ARE STILL SELLING THESE THINGS! PLEASE MAKE THEM STOP, THEY ARE DANGEROUS VEHICLES TO DRIVE.*DT*JB

MY RENEGADE TRAILHAWK CONTINUES TO STALL WHILE DRIVING/TURNING. IN THE PAST TWO DAYS IT HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. EACH TIME MY SON WAS IN DANGER OF BEING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE GOING AT A FAST SPEED (35/40 MPH). THESE STALLS OCCURRED ON BUSY STREETS (HOLME AVENUE - 19136; KNIGHTS ROAD - PHILADELPHIA, PA (GOING TO JEFFERSON TORRESDALE HOSPITAL TO WORK) AND FRANKFORD AVENUE AND GRANT AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA) WHEN IT STALLED. THE "CHECK OIL" LIGHT CAME ON ONCE. I CHECKED THE OIL AND IT WAS EMPTY. I JUST HAD THE CAR INSPECTED ON MARCH 28, 2019 - INCLUDING AN OIL CHANGE. HOW CAN A CAR THAT HAS A LITTLE OVER 3,000 MILES ON IT HAVE THIS HAPPEN. THIS JUST STARTED AND PUTS MY FAMILY IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS ALSO HAPPENED THE WEEK AFTER I GOT THE VEHICLE - CALLED THE DEALER (REEDMAN TOLL) AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NO REPORTS OF IT HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE SO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

ALARM COMES ON SAYING FCW SENSOR BLOCKED BUT COMES ON AT RANDOM.TIMES SENSOR IS NOT BLOCKED COMES ON WHILE DRIVING CAUSING SYSTEM NOT TO FUNCTION, OTHER TIMES WHEN WORKING AUTO BRAKING WILL ACTIVATE WHILE NO OBSTRUCTION IS PRESENT

MY VEHICLE'S BACKUP CAMERA DOES NOT WORK. WHEN I TRIED TO BACK UP AND TURNED THE SHIFT INTO REAR, THE MONITOR USUALLY TURNS ON AUTOMATICALLY BUT ONCE IT DIDN'T AND STAYED ALL IN BLACK SCREEN. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE ELECTRIC CONNECTION WAS LOOSE. IT WAS BACK ON. BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN LATER SO I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO THE SAME DEALER AGAIN AND THEY SAY THE MONITOR WORKS AND THEY DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM. NEXT DAY IT TURNED ALL BLACK AGAIN. IT KEEPS HAPPENING. SOMETIMES IT WORKS. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.

THE JEEP STALLS WHILE DRIVING. A COUPLE TIMES IT HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY GOING AROUND 70 MPH. MOST RECENTLY IT HAPPENED ON A SMALLER ROAD GOING ABOUT 40 MPH. IT JUST SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY. WHEN YOU TRY TO CRANK IT AFTERWARDS IT STUTTERS BUT EVENTUALLY CRANKS THEN A FEW MINUTES AFTER DRIVING IT SHUTS OFF AGAIN.

WHEN DRIVING AT LONG PERIODS OF TIME AT HIGHER RPM'S (2500-3000), ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ON AN INCLINE, TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO SHIFT HARD, NOT GO INTO GEAR PROPERLY, OR JUST SIMPLY GO INTO NEUTRAL, AND SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN RAPIDLY. WHEN TRAVELING ON THE DECLINE, THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER. VEHICLE HAS 4800 MILES ON IT. SPOKE TO DEALER, AND SERVICE TECH INFORMED ME IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME HE'S HEARD THIS COMPLAINT.

ENINGE BETWEEN 2 OIL CHANGES HAS USED 9 QUARTS OF OIL, HAS A HIGH CONSUMPTION OF OIL. HAS 9300 MILES, THIS SECOND TIME I'VE NOTICED THE ENGINE COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL WAS 4000 MILES AFTER OIL CHANGE.

VEHICLE STALLED ON A HILL WITHOUT WARNING. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT HAD 1 QUART OF OIL AT 979 MILES. AT 700 MILES WHEN CHECKED IT WAS IN NORMAL RANGE

I HAD PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2018 JEEP RENEGADE TRAILHAWK AND BEFORE IT HAD EVEN REACHED THE APPROPRIATE MILEAGE TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR ITS FIRST STANDARD SERVICE, I HAD DISCOVERED THE ENGINE WAS BURNING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL. THE VECHILE HAS STALLED ON ME BEFORE WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AND WHILST DRIVING ON BUSY HIGHWAYS. I HAVE MADE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND MADE ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THE ISSUE CORRECTED (OIL CONSUMPTION TEST, REPLACING THE PCV VALVE) AND YET THE ISSUE STILL EXISTS. JEEP STAFF MEMBERS THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP ALONG WITH MEMBERS FROM JEEP HEADQUARTERS KEEP ATTEMPTING TO INFORM ME "IT'S NORMAL, JUST KEEP PUTTING OIL IN IT.." I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS RESPONSE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. IT IS NOT ONLY HAZARDOUS TO MYSELF AS THE DRIVER, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC WHEN THE CAR DOES STALL.

JEEP STOPPED ACCELERATING ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 75 ON CRUISE CONTROL; WE WERE IN THE PASSING LINE WITH SEMI TRUCKS BEHIND US SO WE HAS NOTHING CHOICE BUT TO PULL OVER TO THE LEFT SHOULDER UNTIL WE COULD SAFELY MOVE THE CAR TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. CAR CONTINUED TO RUN, BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. CAR WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, DIAGNOSTIC DID NOT SHOW ANY ISSUES; I WAS TOLD THAT IT HAPPENED BECAUSE IT WAS HOT AND BECAUSE I DROVE IT MORE THAN 5 HOURS. JEEP IS STUCK 12 HRS FROM WHERE I LIVE AND THERE ARE NO PARTS AVAILABLE. MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP REFUSE TO GIVE ME A LOANER CAR.