2015 JEEP RENEGADE Complaints

WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, SMOKE BEGAN TO COME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER AS SOON AS CAME TO A PARKING LOT. THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN HAD MELTED AND WAS SMOKING. THE VEHICLE HAS 40,813 MILES ON IT, AND THIS IS COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE ISSUE IS THAT THERE ARE NO REPLACEMENT PARTS AVAILABLE FROM THE MANUFACTURE. THE DEALER HAS ANOTHER ONE JUST LIKE MINE THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR OVER A MONTH FOR THE SAME ISSUE.

THE RADIATOR FAN IS MESSING UP. MOVING AROUND IN THE ENGINE AND NOT WORKING MOST OF THE TIME. THE TEMPS IN THE ENGINE ARE GOING HIGHER THAN THEY SHOULD BEUCASE THE FAN IS FAILING.

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT BUT RUNNING. THE AC STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR. I TURNED THE AC OFF AND BACK ON AND THE COLD AIR WASN'T WORKING. I THEN SMELLED A BURNING SMELL. THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS STARTING TO OVERHEAT. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. TWO DAYS LATER THEY IDENTIFIED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE FAN MODULE AND THAT THE PART WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND IT MIGHT BE A WEEK, MONTH(S) BEFORE THE PART CAME IN. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING A LOT WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE. THE FOLKS THAT SPOKE WITH ME HAVE BE FRIENDLY BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IF THE JEEP RENEGADES ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. IT'S NOT SAFE AND REALLY INCONVENIENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR A SINGLE VEHICLE FAMILY.

THE FAN ASSEMBLY (68360299AA) IN THE FRONT OF MY ENGINE STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS CAUSES A CHAIN REACTION THAT KILLED MY RESISTOR (68247207AA) AND RELAY (4727370AA). WITHOUT THESE PARTS OPERATING, MY ENGINE QUICKLY OVERHEATS. AFTER TAKING MY RENEGADE TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAN ASSEMBLY IS ON BACK ORDER UNTIL DECEMBER 2017 AND THEY DO NOT HAVE AN ETA.

AT JUST UNDER 48K MILES, RADIATOR FAN GAVE OUT. UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS ON A CITY STREET, THE AC BEGAN TO BLOW OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AIR AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. TROUBLESHOOTING THE FOLLOWING DAY REVEALED THAT THE FAN WAS NO LONGER WORKING AND ENGINE RISKED OVERHEATING. SEEMS TO BE A CONTINUOUSLY REOCCURRING ISSUE SINCE THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER FOR 4 MONTHS FOR THE 2.4L 9-SPEED RENEGADE.

WHILE STUCK IN TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY MOVING LESS THAN 10MPH, WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSMISSION WILL MAKE A LOAD BANG AND THE CAR WILL JOLT LIKE IT WAS REAR ENDED. THIS HAS HAPPEN WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF GETTING THE CAR AND HAS HAPPEN OFF AND ON SINCE. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT HAVE YET TO GET A RESPONSE BACK. I'M AFRAID IT WILL DAMAGE MY TRANSMISSION OR GEARBOX.

THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN IS DEFECTIVE. THE MOTOR IS BURNT OUT. WHILE DRIVING THE FAN STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE AND I BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE FROM THE VENT. THE COOLING FAN WILL NO LONGER TURN ON TO COOL THE ENGINE RISKING THE ENGINE OVERHEATING AND DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THE TROUBLE CODE IS P0481. CHRYSLER HAS STATED THE COOLING FAN IS ON BACK ORDER. THIS HAS BECOME AN ISSUE FOR RENEGADE OWNERS. YOU CAN SIMPLY TYPE IN 'RADIATOR COOLING FAN' IN THE RENEGADE FORUMS AND YOU WILL SEE THAT MANY OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE AND MULTIPLE DEALERS HAVE STATED THE FANS ARE ON BACK ORDER. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU.

I WAS DRIVING MY JEEP RENEGADE WHEN IT STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD CLANKY NOISE. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE IT TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP SINCE I WAS VERY NEAR ONE AND IMMEDIATELY A SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID TO TURN CAR OFF BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO OVER HEAT. I WAS TOLD IT IS THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN THAT IS BAD. THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THE VEHICLE WILL BE ABLE TO FIXED SINCE THE PART IS SEVERELY BACKORDERED SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM OCCURRING WITH SIMILAR JEEP VEHICLES. I ASKED IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL. I READ MANY COMPLAINTS IN JEEP FORUMS AND BLOGS OF PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEM AND CARS ACTUALLY OVERHEATING AND ALMOST CATCHING ON FIRE. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN. MY CAR IS SITTING AT THE DEALER WITH AN UNKNOWN TIMELINE TO GET FIXED AND COMING OUT OF POCKET FOR A RENTAL. UNACCEPTABLE TO BE PUT IN THIS KIND OF RISK IF IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. RECALL NEEDS TO BE INITIATED.

AT RIVER OAKS CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH-JEEP: 7/6/2016 - (1) RED LIGHTS "ON" IN UPPER CONSOLE THAT DIALS 911 AND EMERGENCY ROAD SERVICES. (2) RADIO DISPLAY INDICATES RADIO NEEDS SERVICE; RADIO REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP. AT NORTHWEST CHRYSLER - JEEP - DODGE - RAM: 4/24/2017 - ALL LIGHTS FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM LUNCH. BACK UP LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS - ALL LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING AND I DROVE IMMEDIATELY TO CLOSEST JEEP DEALER, NEAR WORK. THE LIGHTS WERE BACK ON AFTER 5 MINUTES OR SO, AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. NO WORK WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. 7/14/2016 - (1) RED LIGHT STILL ON AND DEALER NEVER FIXED; STILL AN ISSUE AS OF 8/14/2017. (2) AFTER NEW RADIO INSTALLED, APPS WERE MISSING; BACK UP CAMERA NOT WORKING; BLUETOOTH NOT WORKING; RADIO CANNOT ACCESS WI-FI. NEW 8/14/2017 (WILL TAKE TO HELFMAN DEALERSHIP TODAY, WHERE I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON 5/5/2015): ON OR ABOUT 8/1/2017; LARGE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I STARTED THE CAR (I SAY LARGE BECAUSE IT WAS IN PART OF CONSOLE THAT SHOWS SPEED, MILES TRAVELED AND OTHER CUSTOMIZABLE SCREENS) INDICATING THAT IT NEEDED SOME TYPE SERVICE RIGHT AWAY, BUT IT DISAPPEARED WITHIN 5-10 SECONDS. WILL ALSO TRY TO GET DEALER TO EXPLORE RED LIGHTS IN UPPER CONSOLE THAT ARE STILL PRESENT AND OCCURRING AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR. THEY APPEAR AND STAY AFTER I TURN THE CAR OFF AND LET IT REST ONLY A FEW MINUTES. RED LIGHTS ARE NOT PRESENT IF CAR SITS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES OR OVERNIGHT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND A BURNING ODOR WAS DETECTED IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BRENNAN DODGE (1371 NORTH SERVICE RD E, RUSTON, LA 71270 (318) 497-4203) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLING FAN MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN AND THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER. THE DEALER FURTHER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS REPLACING 600 COOLING FAN MODULES WEEKLY NATIONWIDE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA, STATING THAT NHTSA WOULD HAVE TO ISSUE A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 10/17/17*LJ UPDATED 10/4/18*JB