2015 JEEP RENEGADE Complaints

VIOLENT RUMBLING NOISE AND VIBRATION WHEN LETTING OFF THE GAS BETWEEN 30 AND 20 MPH. CAN BE MADE TO GO AWAY WHEN IN MANUAL MODE OR WHEN TRACTION CONTROL IS TURNED OFF. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE DRIVE THE CAR. CAR AND DRIVER WRITEUP: HTTP://BLOG.CARANDDRIVER.COM/JEEP-RENEGADE-HELD-FOR-SOFTWARE-PROBLEMS-MAY-OR-MAY-NOT-BE-RELATED-TO-9-SPEED-AUTO/ MY OWN BLOG POST: HTTP://WWW.JEEPRENEGADEFORUM.COM/FORUM/434-PROBLEMS-ISSUES/29097-VIBRATION-RUMBLING-WHEN-SLOWING.HTML

ON OCTOBER 2, 2015 I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET NEAR MY HOME. AS I CAME TO A STOPLIGHT THE ENGINE CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR MESSAGES ON THE DASHBOARD, THE ENGINE SIMPLY CUT OFF. I TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND RECEIVED THE MESSAGE 'SHIFT TO PARK, THEN TO DRIVE.' AT THIS POINT I WAS A HAZARD IN THE ROAD THAT OTHER VEHICLES HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY MILE TO A SPOT WHERE I COULD TURN AROUND. AS I TURNED ONTO A SIDE STREET THE ENGINE AGAIN CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE STREET TO A SAFE PARKING SPOT. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINS I WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND DRIVE IT MILE TO MY HOME WHERE I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT MY VEHICLE FOR NEARLY A WEEK, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY STATED TO ME THAT THEY ATTACHED THE CHRYSLER COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND NO ERRORS REGISTERED AND THAT THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THEY DROVE IT FOR 10 MILES AND COULD NOT GET THE ISSUE TO REPEAT, SO THEY TOLD ME TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUE DRIVING IT. ON OCT 9 THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE TURNING, BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT SHUT OFF AND AGAIN DISPLAYED NO WARNING LIGHTS. ON OCT 15 THE ENGINE AGAIN CUT OFF, BUT THIS TIME ON AN INCLINE AND ALMOST ROLLED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. MY SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THE RENEGADE ARE AS FOLLOWS:1) NONE OF THE ENGINE SENSING SYSTEMS REGISTERED THE LOW OIL, 2) IF THE LOW OIL LEVEL TRIGGERED THE ENGINE SAFETY CUTOFF WHY WAS THIS NOT REGISTERED IN THE VEHICLE'S FAULT LOG, AND 3) AFTER THE ENGINE SAFETY CUTOFF WAS TRIGGERED AND THERE WERE NO ERROR OR CHECK ENGINE MESSAGES OF ANY KIND. THEY COULD FIND NO RECORD OF ANY PROBLEMS.

PURCHASED 2015 JEEP RENEGADE AND HAVE 531 MILES ON IT CURRENTLY. THE SERVICE 4WHEEL DRIVE HAS FLASHED THREE TIMES IN NORMAL CITY DRIIVING WHILE THE AUTOMATIC 4X4 IS ENGAGED. THE JEEP HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIR SINCE 8 OCT 15. THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD THE VEHICLE FOR ONE WEEK AND AFTER REPLACING THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE MODULE IS STILL UNSURE WHAT IS CAUSING THE SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT TO COME ON. ACCORDING TO OWNER FORUM THIS IS NOT A ONE OFF IN THAT THIS ISSUE IS AFFECTING MANY VEHICLES IN THIS SERIES. AS LINKED HTTP://WWW.JEEPRENEGADEFORUM.COM/FORUM/434-PROBLEMS-ISSUES/13737-SERVICE-4WD.HTML

OUR JEEP RENEGADE'S 6.5AN INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM MAY HAVE CORRUPTED SOFTWARE OR A ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE (JUNE 2 ,2015) THE YELP FEATURE WILL NOT LOAD AND IS NOT AVAILABLE TO UTILIZE AS ADVERTISED. MY U-CONNECT ACCOUNT WAS LISTED AS PENDING INSTEAD OF TRIAL/ACTIVATED. AFTER NUMEROUS TRIPS AND CALLS TO U-CONNECT WITH MULTIPLE TROUBLE TICKETS AND OPENED STAR CASE THE RADIO WAS REPLACED ON 8/26/2015 BUT IT IS NOW WORSE THAN BEFORE,.APPS DO NOT WORK, GETTING SEVER ERROR AND SUBSCRIPTION ERRORS. I NOW HAVE ANOTHER OPEN TROUBLE TICKET AND U-CONNECT DOESNT SEEM TO HAVE AN ANSWER. I HAVE BEEN PUTTING UP WITH THIS FOR 3 MONTHS NOW AND 5-6 TRIPS TO THE DEALER, A REPLACEMENT RADIO AND A REQUESTED BUYBACK. I HAVE AN OPEN CUSTOMER CARE CASE. THIS WASNT THE ONLY ELECTRICAL PROBLEM HAD 4 ATTEMPTS TO REPLACE A BAD KEY FOB, FINALLY AFTER ORDERING 2 NEW KEY FOB , IS WAS FIXED.

MY TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN SLIPPING IN THE LOWER GEARS, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN I TURNED CORNERS. FINALLY THE CAR GOT STUCK IN 5TH GEAR, AND BARELY GOES WHEN I HIT THE GAS. BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I AM TAKING IT IN.

I HAVE HAD TWO INCIDENTS OF MY JEEP RENEGADE(9 SPEED AUTOMATIC) STALLING ON ME WHEN STOPPED AND IN DRIVE AND WHEN IN PARK. THE ENGINE WOULD SHUTTER INTERMITTENTLY. I NOTICE THAT WHEN IN PARK THE TACHOMETER WOULD REV UP WITHOUT THE GAS PEDAL BEING PRESSED DOWN. I WOULD HAVE TO PUT CAR IN PARK AT STOPS OR RED LIGHTS TO RESTART CAR AND PUT BACK INTO DRIVE TO GET GOING. EVEN THEN THE CAR WOULD LAG TRYING TO GET BACK UP TO SPEED. IT WOULD SHUTTER WHEN DRIVING AT LOW MPH. THIS IS HORRIBLE AND I AM AFRAID I WILL GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. MY DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT WHEN I HAD THE PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME( AFTER I DROVE RIGHT OF THE LOT). SO HERE IT IS A MONTH AND HALF LATER AND THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED BUT WORSE THAN BEFORE. I AM TAKING THE CAR BACK TO SERVICE AGAIN. HOWEVER, I AM GOING TO ASK FOR THEM TO TOW JEEP BECAUSE THIS CAR IS UNPREDICTABLE RIGHT NOW TO BE DRIVEN SAFELY!

THIS IS THE SECOND COMPLAINT ABOUT THE 2015 JEEP RENEGADE, AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH 2000 MILES ON IT, NOW THE BRAKE LININGS NEED REPLACED WITH 2,700 MILES ON IT. PLEASE WILL SOMEONE DO AN INVESTIGATION ON THIS VEHICLE.

I STARTED MY VEHICLE AND THEN SHIFTED IT FROM PARK TO DRIVE. ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SYSTEMS WENT DEAD. I SHIFTED BACK TO PARK AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN. IT DID NOT START AND TURNING THE KEY RESULTED IN ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS LIGHTING UP. THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED AND DID NOT RELEASE. THE POWER DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS DID NOT WORK BUT AFTER THE KEY WAS TURNED THE HEADLIGHTS DID FLASH IF THE LOCK OR UNLOCK BUTTONS ON THE KEY FOB WERE PUSHED. ALSO THE STEERING WHEEL DID NOT TURN WITH THE KEY IN PLACE AND THE KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER HAD TO RESORT TO USING A POWER PACK ON THE BATTERY TERMINALS TO GET POWER TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SO HE COULD RESTORE THE STEERING AND RELEASE THE PARKING BRAKE. AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT REPAIRED THE CAR THEY FOUND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONAL AND THE BATTERY FULLY CHARGED. THE SERVICE RECIEPT STATES THE DTCM HAD AN ACTIVE CODE C2502-64 AND THEY FLASHED DTCM WITH LATEST FLASH NUMBER AND CLEARED CODES.

PURCHASED THE CAR ON 7/28/15 THINKING THAT THIS WOULD BE ONE SOLID RELIABLE VEHICLE. DAY 3 AFTER 130 MILES, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ON ITS OWN, THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WENT BACK TO A TWO WHEEL DRIVE. ALTHOUGH VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP OR JOLT IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY BUT COULD FEEL THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. TOOK IT TO DEALER, STILL SITTING THERE, APPARENTLY NEEDS A WHOLE TRANSMISSION COMPONENT REPLACEMENT AND SOME HARNESS REPLACED. SUPER UNRELIABLE CAR! NOT SURE IF IT WILL DO SAME THING AGAIN. GLAD IT DIDN'T STOP IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY! JEEP NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEBODY DIES! NOT SURE WHY SAFETY OFFICIALS ARE NOT TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY YET EVEN AFTER SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON A BRAND NEW MODEL CAR!

JUST PURCHASED A NEW 2015 JEEP RENEGADE ONE MONTH AGO, AND MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IT TO WORK ONE MORNING AND THE VEHICLE LOST TOTAL POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT MOVE, HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS 2000 MILES ON IT. UPDATED 09/15/15*LJ *CN