2015 Jeep Renegade complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. AFTER THE GEAR SHIFT WAS SWITCHED INTO THE DRIVE POSITION, THE VEHICLE REVERSED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED TO GO INTO DRIVE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000.

I HAVE HAD A "SERVICE IN 30 DAYS, I'M NOW ON 6 DAYS" AND I HAVE BEEN TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS TO HAVE THE SERVICE MESSAGE REMOVED FROM WHEN I START THE JEEP BUT THE MESSAGE NEVER GOES AWAY, I HAVE HAD THE SERVICE DONE TWICE NOW TO GET THE MESSAGE TO GO AWAY BUT IT NEVER DOES, THE DATE JUST GOES DOWN AND I HAVE NO WAY TO REMOVE THE MESSAGE, AND APPARENTLY DEALERS CAN'T EITHER, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I HIT DAY 1 OR BEYOND? WHEN WILL I KNOW MY VEHICLE NEEDS SERVICE NEXT IF THE LIGHT NEVER TURN OFF TO BEGIN WITH ON A NEW VEHICLE?

ON OCCASION WHEN MAKING EITHER A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FLASHES AND THE ENGINE LOSES POWER. ALL ACCELERATION TO THE VEHICLE STOPS AND WILL NOT RESUME UNTIL YOU RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL. THE ISSUE STARTED IN MARCH OF 2016 AND CONTINUES TILL THIS DATE, 7/27/16

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKES TURNED ON VOLUNTARILY WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS OFF. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHEN THE IGNITION KEY WAS TURNED TO POWER ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,600.

TIRES INSTALLED ARE NOT SPECIFIC FOR ON/OFF ROAD DRIVING. ACCORDING TO TIRE MANUFACTURER, GOODYEAR SR-A 215/65/R17 ARE HIGHWAY TIRES AND NOT FOR OFF ROADING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND LACK OF ACCELERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 29,936.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, A LOUD SQUEALING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL. IN ADDITION, IT TOOK MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500.

AT 1040 MILES WHILE GOING UP A 7% GRADE IN 100+ DEGREE TEMPERATURES. THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED AND IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER THEN BEGAN 'LUNGING'. DISPLAY SHOWED "PLACE VEHICLE IN PARK PRIOR TO SELECTING A GEAR". AFTER WAITING SEVERAL MINUTES RESTARTED VEHICLE BUT AS SOON AS IT NEEDED TO SHIFT IT WOULD DO THE SAME STALL OUT. THIS EXACT BEHAVIOR ALSO OCCURRED ON THE SAME SECTION (WITHIN 2 MI) OF HIGHWAY AT THE FOLLOWING ODOMETER READINGS: 4811, 5202, 28928, 29580 AND 29623. COMMON RPM'S ARE AROUND 3500 BUT VARIES SOMEWHAT EACH TIME AND USUALLY BETWEEN 50-65 MPH. THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN IN FULL AUTOMATIC MODE AND IS UNRESPONSIVE IF ATTEMPTING TO SWITCH TO MANUAL MODE ONCE IT STARTS. CRUISE CONTROL WAS ONLY USED THE FIRST TIME. I QUIT USING IT AFTER THAT IN CASE THERE WAS ANY RELATION TO THE SHIFT SELECTIONS. THE GAP IN THE MILEAGES INDICATE THE ALMOST ALMOST 3 MONTHS THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD THE VEHICLE AND THE TIME THAT I DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM- COLD MONTHS ONLY. MANY OF THE OCCURRENCES ARE WITH DAYS OF EACH OTHER AND OR AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCES EXTREMELY HARD LOW SPEED SHIFTS (FROM A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN). THE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY I DRIVE DAILY IS VERY BUSY AND A MAIN CORRIDOR FROM THE NEIGHBORING CITY TO MY RURAL TOWN. IT IS DANGEROUS TO SUDDENLY DROP "BACK" ON SPEED SO DRAMATICALLY.

2015 JEEP RENEGADE: VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD; LIKE A CANON. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT JUST NEEDED AN UPDATE. PROBLEM STILL NOT FIXED. VEHICLE MAKES A RINGING SOUND LIKE A PHONE WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 65 MILES PER HOUR. VEHICLE RATTLES A LOT ESPECIALLY IN THE SPEAKER AREAS AND ALSO THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT AREA. WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM FIGURE OUT THE RATTLES THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND IT. THE SEATS DO NOT HEAT UP WELL. WHEN IT IS TURNED ON HIGH, IT FEELS LIKE IT IS ON THE LOW SETTING STILL. WHEN THE STEERING WHEN IS BEING TURNED AT ANY SPEED IT MAKES A CREAKING SOUND.

MY WIFE PURCHASED NEW, 2015 JEEP RENEGADE LATITUDE FROM DON DAVIS CHRYSLER, ARLINGTON, TX ON OR ABOUT 01/23/2016. FRONT WINDSHIELD BEGAN TO CRACK WITH NO IMPACT DAMAGE ABOUT MIDDLE OF MARCH, 2016. I TOOK JEEP TO DON DAVIS. THEY INSPECTED THE CRACK WHICH BEGAN IN THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD AT THE POINT OF THE WINDSHIELD MOUNTED DEFROSTER AND CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS A WARRANTY DEFECT. AT THAT TIME, THEY SENT PHOTOS OF THE BREAK TO JEEP AND ORDERED A REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT COSTS, IF THEY HAD NOT BEEN COVERED BY WARRANTY WOULD BE ABOUT $1,300. SEVERAL WEEKS PASSED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION FROM DON DAVIS. WHEN THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT STILL HAD NOT ARRIVED, I CONTACTED JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE BY TELEPHONE AND EXPLAINED THE ISSUES. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE HAD NO RECORD OF THE PROBLEM, AND TOOK MY VERBAL INFORMATION. I NEXT MET WITH THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER. AFTER SHOWING ME THAT HE HAD NOTIFIED JEEP AND REQUESTED THE REPLACEMENT, HE AGAIN TOOK ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND HAD ME REMAIN WHILE HE CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WAS ORDERED. BY THIS TIME, THE CRACK EXTENDED TO ABOUT THREE INCHES FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE END OF THE WINDSHIELD, A CHANGE OF ABOUT 5" TO 6" ON EITHER SIDE FROM WHEN I FIRST MET WITH THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. CHRYSLER HAD SENT A DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD AS A REPLACEMENT. THE DEALERSHIP RETURNED IT AND AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, WE ARE STILL WITHOUT A NEW WINDSHIELD. I AM GREATL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY ENTRY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A MODULE IN THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE HATCH BACK OPENED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A COMPUTER IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, AFTER THE REPAIR, THE KEY FAILED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT A NEW KEY NEEDED TO BE ORDERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE PART BEING UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000. UPDATED 07/27/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE HATCHBACK FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, AS IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. UPDATED 08/001/10. *JB

ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY.

THE PASSENGER SEAT WILL NOT ALWAYS ACTIVATE THE AIRBAG SENSOR WHEN A PERSON IS SEATED, IT WILL ACTIVATE WHEN A LUNCH BAG IS PLACED ON IT. THE SEAT BELT ALARM ON THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK. THE VEHICLE UNDER NORMAL SPEEDS HAVE BEEN ALERTING THAT THE VEHICLE IS OVERHEATING AND SLOWS DOWN ATTEMPTING TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF CAUSING THE DANGER OF A CRASH TO POSSIBLY HAPPEN. THE DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO REPLICATE ANY OF THE ISSUES DESCRIBED, AND HAS STATED THAT THE PASSENGER MUST GAIN WEIGHT TO ACTIVATE THE SENSOR.

WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A LOUD POP, THE VEHICLE THEN LOST POWER, THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE, THEN THE FIRE CONSUMED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE.

CAR HAS PREVIOUSLY STALLED WHEN ACCELERATING AND HAD CONTINUOUS HARD SHIFTING CAUSING INCREASED PANIC ATTACKS AND ANXIETY TWO MILITARY VETS. ALSO CAR HAS DIFFICULTY BRAKING AND HAS STORED "FAILURE TO BRAKE" CODE. CAR HAS NOW BEEN SEEN 3 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSIONS ISSUES AND TWICE FOR BRAKING ISSUE. CURRENT STORED CODES: C1431 U1001 U010 C2208 C2209 C221B U2003 U2004 U1700 DEALERSHIPS STATES, "COULD NOT DUPLICATE CONCERN"

JEEP HAD 628 MILES ON IT WHEN DRIVING HOME SPEEDOMETER WENT TO 0 HAD NO POWER MANAGE TO PULL OF THE ROAD SMELLED GAS LOOK AROUND AND FOUND GAS LEAKING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE JEEP NEEDED TO HAVE IT TOWED. LEAKED A LOT OF GAS ALL THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER THEY UNLOADED IT. TOLD IT WAS A FUEL FITTING AND NEED SOFTWARE UPDATES. I AM SURE GLAD IT WAS AT NIGHT WITH NO TRAFFIC AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY WHO NO'S WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, A TURKEY ENCOUNTERED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO SHATTER FROM THE INTERIOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,500. UPDATED 06/14/16*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED RANDOMLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,858. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

FORWARD COLLISION WARNING INADVERTENTLY AND RANDOMLY TURNS OFF, AS DOES BACK UP CAMERA AND CAMERA GUIDE LINES. ADDITIONALLY, 911 AND UCONNECT RANDOMLY ARE SHOWING, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION. SEVEN TRIPS TO DEALER HAVE NOT CORRECTED, INCLUDING DEALER CONTACTS WITH MANUFACTURER (WORK ORDERS ON FILE). SHUTTING OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTING SOMETIMES CORRECTS THE VEHICLE'S ISSUES. FIRST STOP WITH DEALER TO CORRECT-11/15/2015 (VEHICLE PURCHASED IN OCTOBER). MOST RECENT STOP WITH DEALER 4/8/2015

DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK. I TRIED LOCKING IT USING BOTH KEY FOBS TO NO AVAIL. I ALSO TRIED PRESSING THE LOCK BUTTON ON THE DOOR ALSO DOES NOT WORK. ALL ALONG I THOUGHT THE LOCKS WERE WORKING BUT APPARENTLY YOU HEAR THE CHIRP AND THE LIGHTS WILL FLASH BUT THE DOORS DO NOT LOCK. NOW I HAVE TO LOCK EVERYTHING MANUALLY. CAR HAS LESS THAN 4000 MILES ON IT PURCHASED BRAND NEW.

WHEN USING "AUTOSTICK" TO DOWNSHIFT THE 9-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THE COMPUTER "UNLOADS" THE DRIVETRAIN AND AT TIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS BEING SHOT OUT OF A CANON. THIS IS WORST AT HIGHER SPEEDS, WHEN TOWING, AND ON DOWNGRADES. IT HAPPENS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 8 TO 7 AND 5 TO 4. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE CAR IS OPERATING "AS DESIGNED" SO THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING. THE OTHER FIX IS A SOFTWARE UPDATE BUT I'VE GOTTEN ALL AVAILABLE AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. JEEP HAS THE SAME ATTITUDE. WHEN USING AUTOSTICK TO DOWNSHIFT FROM 5 TO 4 ON A 9% DOWNGRADE THE CAR SPEEDS UP FROM 45MPH TO 50 MPH DURING THE 2 SECOND SHIFT. THEN, BECAUSE OF OVERLY CONSERVATIVE DOWNSHIFT PROTOCOLS (THE ENGINE HAS A MAX RPM OF 6500 BUT DURING DOWNSHIFTING THE COMPUTER NEVER LETS IT EXCEED 3000 RPM), THE COMPUTER WON'T LET ME DOWNSHIFT THE TRANSMISSION AT ALL, THERE IS NO ENGINE BRAKING AND THE CAR KEEPS GAINING SPEED. AS LONG AS THE BRAKES ARE WORKING THERE IS HELP BUT WITHOUT NORMAL BRAKES THERE IS NO WAY TO SLOW THE CAR. THE COMPUTER KEEPS SAYING NO TO A DOWNSHIFT AND THERE IS NO EMERGENCY BRAKE, ONLY A PARKING BRAKE THAT IS EITHER ALL OFF OR ALL ON/REAR WHEELS LOCKED. LOCKING THE REAR WHEELS AT 70MPH, OR WORSE TURNING THE WHEELS TO MAKE A TURN WITH LOCKED REAR WHEELS RESULTS IN A SPIN AND THEN TRAGEDY. I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE CAR NEW IN OCTOBER OF 2015 AND IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS THE WHOLE TIME. ONE OF THE DEALER MECHANICS TOLD ME THAT THE REASON THIS HAPPENS IS THAT FOR THOSE SHIFTS A SLEEVE ON A S

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO AN EARLIER COMPLAINT (#10826148) ABOUT MY 6-SPEED MANUAL 4X4 2015 RENEGADE LATITUDE (WITH ~6490 MILES ON IT) WHICH WAS REVVING UNCONTROLLABLY, POPPING OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL, DIFFICULT TO GET INTO AND OUT OF GEAR AS WELL AS EXHIBITING POOR FUEL ECONOMY. AT FIRST, THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE ANY OF THE PROBLEMS, BUT I INSISTED THAT THEY KEEP THE CAR AND DRIVE IT FURTHER. THEY DID AND WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THAT WAS NEARLY ONE MONTH AGO. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR 3 WEEKS FOR WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A PROBLEM WITH THE CLUTCH, A PART FOR WHICH (THE THROW-OUT BEARING) WAS ON BACK ORDER. I PICKED UP THE CAR THIS PAST FRIDAY 3/11/16, DROVE IT HOME AND PARKED IT IN MY GARAGE, HAPPY THAT IT WAS FIXED. OR SO I THOUGHT. SATURDAY MORNING, LESS THAN 24 HOURS SINCE BRINGING IT HOME, AS I WAS PREPARING TO GO OUT OF TOWN, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, AND THERE IT SITS, STUCK IN MY GARAGE, TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THING IS, I HAD NOT TRIED OUT THE REVERSE ON IT WHEN I PICKED IT UP OR GOT IT HOME. I HAD A STRAIGHT RUN OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN I PICKED IT UP, DROVE AROUND THE BUILDING AND THEN STRAIGHT TO MY HOME. I'M WONDERING IF THEY HAD NOT DONE SO TOO. NOW THAT IT IS NEARLY 30 DAYS OUT OF COMMISSION, I WILL PROBABLY TRY TO GET THE CAR DECLARED A LEMON AND ASK THE DEALERSHIP TO BUY IT BACK. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BUT I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN IT, EVEN IF THEY WERE TO FIX THE CLUTCH AGAIN. NHTSA, PLEASE LOOK INTO

FORWARD COLLISION WARNING HAS BEEN ACTIVATING RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND WHILE ENTERING/EXITING HIGHWAY RAMPS, SPECIFICALLY WHERE OVERPASSES ARE PRESENT. ALSO, THE FCW LIGHT WOULD COME ON RANDOMLY AT START UP OF THE VEHICLE FORCING ME TO GO TO SETTINGS AND TURNING BACK ON. IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL DEALER THAT THE FCW WAS NOT WORKING AT ALL. THE FCW WOULD NOT BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP DURING DEALER PERFORMED OBSTACLE TEST. SO FAR ALL ATTEMPS TO REPAIR BY THE DEALER HAVE FAILED.

MY NEW RENEGADE STARTED HESITATING WHEN ACCELERATING AND WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. YOU COULD TELL IT WAS STUCK IN GEARS TOO LONG BEFORE SHIFTING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES. FIRST TIME THEY UPDATED THE COMPUTER EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID THEY DID NOT NOTICE ANY ISSUES DURING THEIR TEST DRIVE. SECOND TIME THE TECH SAID HE FELT IT AND FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH A MODULE UPDATE. IT DID RIDE GREAT AFTER THAT-BUT LASTED FOR ONLY ONE DAY. TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK FOR THE THIRD TIME AND THEY DID NOTHING-SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE WHOLE TIME I AM THINKING MAYBE I AM IMAGING THE ISSUE,ONLY TO SPEAK TO ANOTHER CUSTOMER IN THE WAITING ROOM ABOUT HER ONGOING ISSUES IN HER 2012 CHEROKEE-SAME TRANSMISSION AS IN THE RENEGADE. NOW, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS DIM AND COME BACK ON AND THE FRONT WIPERS COME ON WHEN YOU TURN THE BACK WIPERS ON. THE VEHICLE HAS 2070 MILES ON IT. AFTER READING THE OTHER COMPLAINTS (CAR STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS) I AM CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING IT. THE SERVICE MAN SAID I COULD BRING IT BACK-WHICH I AM GOING TO TOMORROW. BUT IF THEY INSIST THEY DON'T FEEL IT I AM NOT SURE WHAT MY RECOURSE IS. DO I HAVE TO WAIT TILL I CRASH DUE TO A SYSTEM DEFECT>

ON FEBRUARY 15, 2015 WITH 8260 MILES THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE COMPUTER AND IT HAD BEEN REPROGRAMMED. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2015 THE SAME ERROR OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER. I WAS INFORMED THE NEXT DAY THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED.

JEEP RENEGADE PURCHASED NEW 2015, STRONG ALCOHOL ODOR AFTER USING WINDSHIELD WASHERS. TOOK TO DEALER THEY ALSO SMELLED ALCOHOL AFTER USING WASHERS. THEY STATE THAT IT IS A PROBLEM THAT RENEGADES HAVE AND DON'T HAVE A FIX FOR IT. IT CAN BE VERY STRONG AND IWINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID CAN BE HARMFUL TO RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

I PURCHASED MY 2015 RENEGADE LATITUDE 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE LAST FALL AND FOUND THAT FROM THE BEGINNING AT TIMES I HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING IT INTO GEAR. I'VE BEEN DRIVING MANUAL TRANSMISSION CARS (ALL SEDANS UNTIL THIS) FOR NEARLY 35 + YEARS SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO SHIFT ETC. I KNEW AND EXPECTED THAT THERE'D BE A LEARNING CURVE AS EVERY VEHICLE IS DIFFERENT. BUT BY NOW IT SHOULD BE RESOLVED. INSTEAD, IT HAS WORSENED. I HAVE MANEUVERED AROUND THE MINOR PROBLEMS -THOSE AT LOWER SPEEDS-HAVING TO DOWNSHIFT A FEW TIMES WHEN I NEEDED TO UPSHIFT (I RELY ON SOUND AND THE RPMS AS MY GUIDE). THE CAR NOW HAS 6200 MILES ON IT (A MIX OF BACK ROAD DRIVING WITH SUBURBAN STREETS AND SOME HIGHWAY) AND IT IS NOW REVVING UNCONTROLLABLY AT TIMES, THROWING ME OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL, ACTING AS IF ON ICE WHEN THERE IS NONE, SURGING FORWARD WHEN I HAVEN'T ACCELERATED. AND THE ADVERTISED 31/27 MPG HAS NOT HAPPENED. I AM NOW DOWN TO 23 MPG. I WILL BE DROPPING IT OFF TOMORROW FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THIS REVVING PROBLEM AND THE LOW MPG. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR, WHICH I LOVE VERY MUCH, ASIDE FROM THE PROBLEMS BTW. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE I SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS LISTED ON SITES ABOUT JUST THIS THING AND IT IS A REMINDER OF THE OUT OF CONTROL ACCELERATION PROBLEMS OF CARS IN YEARS PAST (LIKE WITH AUDI). PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT TO DO BESIDES TAKING IT INTO THE SHOP. I SEE BELOW THAT YOU ASK WHEN THIS HAPPENED: AS I SAID, FROM THE BEGINNING-I NOTICED THAT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE HESITATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS COMPUTER SOFTWARE BEING DEVELOPED TO RECTIFY THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

ON SEPTEMBER 24TH I WAS DRIVING AND THE FLOOR MAT GOT PUSHED FORWARD AND WRAPPED AROUND THE EXPOSED STEERING COLUMN. I HAD TO STOP THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY STREET TO GET OUT AND MANUALLY PULL THE FLOOR MAT OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE CAR EVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEN, JANUARY 15TH I WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE IMPERIAL DUNES AREA ON THE WAY TO CALIFORNIA AND THE HARD PLASTIC STRIP THAT COVERS THE ROOF RACK HARDWARE (I DO NOT HAVE A ROOF RACK SO JEEP PUT A STRIP IN THERE TO COVER THE HARDWARE) BROKE IN HALF AND FLEW OFF MY VEHICLE WHILE GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR INTO THE TRAFFIC BEHIND ME.

ENTIRE CAPLESS GAS TANK HOUSING BROKE OFF AND STAYED ATTACHED TO THE GAS NOZZLE AT THE PUMP. ALSO, CONTINUED SQUEALING BRAKES WITH NO FIX. NEEDED SOFTWARE UPDATE AT 125 MILES.

AT AROUND 980 MILES, THE CAR STARTED LOOSING POWER AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS JERKING A LOT. THEN I CAME TO A CONDITION WHERE I CANNOT CONTROL THE SPEED ANYMORE. I HAD TO STOP MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF HWY-15 AT NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED ON 1/16 AND SAME PROBLEM RECURRED AFTER THE FIRST FIX ATTEMPT. THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE. I CANNOT IMAGINE DRIVING THIS CAR AGAIN. JUST AFTER 2 WEEKS, AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 10 MILES, THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE PREVALENT. IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATE. I AM GOING FOR A LEMON LAW THIS TIME....

JUST PURCHASED A JEEP RENEGADE. MUCH TO OUR SURPRISE THE CAR DOES NOT COME WITH A SPARE TIRE EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A SPOT FOR IT IN THE REAR. I BELIEVE IT TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE IF A PERSON HAS A FLAT IN A AREA THAT IS NOT WELL TRAVELED AND HAS NO CELL SERVICE THIS COULD BE A LIFE OR DEATH MATTER. IF THE TEMPS ARE FREEZING OR EXTREMELY HOT AND YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE ON THE RIM TILL YOU GOT HELP OR CRASH. WHICHEVER ACCURSE FIRST. IF YOU HAD TO WALK IN EXTREME COLD FOR A LONG DISTANCE YOU COULD GET HYPOTHERMIA OR WORSE. IN EXTREME HEAT YOU COULD DEHYDRATE BEFORE YOU GET HELP. THE LIST GOES ON THERE IS NO GOOD POINTS TO NOT HAVING A SPARE TIRE.

I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE APPROX MAY 2015 DROVE 7600 WITH VIRTUALLY NO PROBLEMS. ALL OF A SUDDEN BEGAN HAVING SHIFTING ISSUES WITH A BAD HESITATION BETWEEN GEARS TO THE POINT WHERE I DIDN'T THINK THE VEHICLE WOULD MOVE THEN IT DID. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP & THEY DID AN UPDATE ON THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE. THAT MADE IT BETTER FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME. MY CAR STARTED DOING IT AGAIN BUT WAS A LOT WORSE. CAR HAD 14000 MILES ON IT & IT WAS JERKING INTO GEAR. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & THEY VERIFIED THE ROUGH SHIFTING SAID THEY WERE TOLD BY CHRYSLER TO DO A RELEARN PROCEDURE ON TRANSMISSION & THAT SOMETIMES WILL CORRECT THE ISSUE. THE TRANSMISSION ISN'T JERKING INTO GEAR AT THE MOMENT BUT YOU CAN STILL FEEL IT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THINK THIS PROBLEM REALLY NEEDS TO BE RESEARCHED.

THE 2015 JEEP RENEGADE HAS HAD ABOUT 800 MILES WHEN THE PROBLEM APPEARED. I WAS DRIVING ON A FREEWAY AT 70 MPH. ALL THE SUDDEN, THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN I PUSH THE PEDAL AS I INTENDED. SO I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY AND STARTED DRIVING LOCAL AT LOWER SPEED, AND THE CAR WAS ACTING EVEN MORE WEIRD. THE CAR WAS JERKING AND CAME TO STOP. THE ENGINE WAS ON BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. LUCKILY, IT WAS AT NIGHT TIME AND IN RESIDENTIAL AREA, THERE WERE ONLY FEW CARS AROUND SO THEY COULD DRIVE AROUND. I CHANGED THE AUTOMATIC MODE, 'D', TO THE SEMI-MANUAL MODE. THE FREQUENCY OF THE JERKING REDUCED BUT THE CAR CAME TO A STOP AGAIN WHILE I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 6 MILES TO DROP THE CAR AT A REPAIR SHOP AT A MFG AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS PROPERTY DAMAGE AND BODILY HARM. I WAS LUCKY THAT THERE WERE MANY CARS AROUND AT THE TIME AND THE CAR DID NOT STALL ON THE FREEWAY. I AM NOT AN EXPERT, BUT THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE RELATED TO THE POWER TRAIN (AND SPEED CONTROL POSSIBLY.) I HOPE I AM THE ONLY PERSON WITH THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM MUST BE ASSESSED AND APPROPRIATE ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT A REPAIR SHOP AND WILL BE ASSESSED, HOPEFULLY TOMORROW.

SETTING FOR AUTOMATIC TURN-ON OF ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT "HOLD" IN THE UCONNECT (RADIO) SETTINGS AS SET BY THE CONSUMER. THE SETTING REGARDING THE PARKING BRAKE TURNS ON BY ITSELF, MEANING THE PARKING BRAKE CAN COME ON BY ITSELF WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SWITCHED OFF. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY SETTINGS INCLUDING CORNERING LIGHTS WHICH CHANGES AT THE COMPUTER'S WHIM. THIS SAME UCONNECT SYSTEM CAUSES THE MEASUREMENT OF MILES PER HOUR TO CHANGE TO KILOMETERS PER HOUR RANDOMLY, AND TIRE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT TO CHANGE FROM PSI TO BARS. THE AMOUNT OF TIME HEADLIGHTS REMAIN-ON AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN ALSO RANDOMLY CHANGES. THE RADIO/UCONNECT/"BRAIN" OF THE CAR HAS ALREADY HAD THE ONE UPDATE POSTED BY FCA INSTALLED TO PREVENT HACKING WHICH IS THE ONLY UPDATE FCA HAS AVAILABLE. THESE SETTINGS SEEM TO CHANGE RANDOMLY, OBSERVED MAINLY WHEN STARTING THE CAR, BUT THE DASHBOARD "UNITS OF MEASUREMENT" HAVE CHANGED ONCE WHILE IN MOTION.

2 WEEKS AFTER BUYING MY BRAND NEW RENEGADE, IT COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON THE FREEWAY & I HAD TO COAST OVER 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER. NOT ONLY DID MY JEEP LEAVE ME STRANDED, I COULD HAVE BEEN RAN OVER AT 80 MILES AN HOUR. JUST BEFORE SHUTTING DOWN, MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS AND BEGAN TO LOSE SPEED EVEN THOUGH THE RPMS WERE HITTING THE RED MARKS. IT WAS SERVICED, AND GIVEN 2 SOFTWARE UPDATES. A WEEK LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. YOU CAN PUSH THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, BUT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE, INSTEAD IT DIES, HOWEVER THE RPM'S GO UP AS HIGH AS THEY CAN GO BUT MY CAR WON'T SHIFT GEARS. NOW IT IS IN THE SHOP (FOR OVER A WEEK), SUPPOSEDLY GETTING A NEW FUEL PUMP, WHICH I DO NOT THINK IS THE ULTIMATE PROBLEM. I HAVE READ ABOUT THE 9 SPEED AUTOMATIC PROBLEMS AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT KEEPS HAPPENING. AFTER PUTTING ME IN DANGER TWICE, I FEEL CERTAIN AS SOON AS I GET MY NEW FUEL PUMP AND DRIVE HOME, THIS WILL BREAK DOWN AGAIN. I HAVE HAD THE JEEP ONE MONTH, BRAND NEW.

"TAKATA RECALL" AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE FROM A PARKING SPOT AT THE VA, I SMELLED GAS, AND IT STALLED. AFTER STARTING SEVERAL MORE TIME, AND ONLY ABLE TO MAKE IT APPROXIMATELY SEVERAL FEET EACH TIME. THE VEHICLE FINALLY DIED, LEAVING A TRAIL OF GAS, AND A HUGE PUDDLE UNDERNEATH. IT WAS THE FUEL RETURN LINE WHERE THE PLASTIC CONNECTS TO METAL. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,800.

POWER DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING 9-17-15. WENT TO DEALER 9-22-15, THEY SAID THAT KEY FOB WAS BAD, NEW ONE ON ORDER. TURN ON FRONT WIPERS THE BACK WIPER WILL TURN ON SOMETIMES, WITH THE BACK WIPER SWITCH OFF. THE CAR SAT IDLE FOR 8 DAYS, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. I TRIED TO START COULD'NT GET KEY OUT OF IGNITION. HAD TO JUMP BATTERY 3 TIMES WITH BATTERY PACK TO GET CAR STARTED. WHEN BATTERY WENT DEAD THE CAR COMPUTER RESET AND MY POWER DOOR LOCKS NOW WORK WITH KEY FOB. WAITING TO SEE HOW LONG CAR WILL RUN, CAN'T TRUST IT.

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 EN

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

ON 7-23-2014, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BACK UP, THE JEEP WOULD NOT MOVE AND NO LESS THAN 5 WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. MULTIPLE MESSAGES:SERVICE HILL START ASSIST, SERVICE ENGINE, SERVICE ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE, SERVICE TRANSMISSION. SHIFTED TO PARK, HUGE CLUNK, SHIFTED BACK TO REVERSE, HUGE CLUNK, THEN WAS ABLE TO BACK UP. SHIFTED TO DRIVE, WOULDN'T MOVE. REPEATED PROCESS, CLUNKING TRANSMISSION, THEN MOVED FORWARD. DROVE HOME SLOWLY THEN HAD TOWED TO DEALER. SEE ONLINE THAT THE 9 SPEED 948TE AUTO TRANSMISSION IS A PROBLEM. WHY ISN'T ANYONE LOOKING AT THIS?? DEALER HAS JEEP AND HAS DONE 7 SOFTWARE UPDATES AND AREN'T SURE IF IT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. I PAID $28,000 AND DON'T KNOW IF THE &#@% THING IS GOING TO DO THIS EVERY TIME I LEAVE THE DRIVEWAY. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. I UNDERSTAND THE 2013 FORWARD CHEROKEE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND NO ONE IS HELPING THESE OWNERS EITHER.