Jeep Renegade
Owners filed 2,213 complaints across 9 model years of the Jeep Renegade. The 2017 drew the most (567).
Which Jeep Renegade years should you avoid?
Going by 2,213 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Jeep Renegade years to avoid are 2017 and 2015.
- 2017567 complaints, 2.2× a typical Renegade year, most often about the engine.
- 2015512 complaints, 2.0× a typical Renegade year, most often about the engine.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2022 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Jeep Renegade model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20 | 2 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2022 | 27 | 2 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2021 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2020 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 10 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2019 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 9 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2018 | 444 | 2 | 8 | 16 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2017Avoid | 567 | 3 | 5 | 23 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2016 | 431 | 2 | 10 | 9 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2015Avoid | 512 | 4 | 8 | 8 | Power Train | Above average |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.