10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
3 / 4
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
25,145 miles

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problem #49

May 312019

Renegade

  • 22,000 miles
The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Renegade. While driving at unknown speeds, all the warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. In addition, the vehicle failed to shut off. The vehicle was towed to kendall Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram (13355 sw 137th ave, miami, fl 33186), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 22,000.

- Miami, FL, USA

problem #48

Sep 032019

Renegade

  • 75,000 miles
The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Renegade. The contact was unable to start the vehicle. The vehicle was jumpstarted, but once the cables were removed, the engine would run for a minute and shut off. In addition, the power steering, brake, air bag, and ebd warning indicators illuminated. An independent mechanic came to the contact's residence, but was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact changed the battery, but the failure recurred. The contact called mike smith Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram (located at 1945 I-10, beaumont, tx 77701, (409) 840-3560) and informed them of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 75,000.

- Beaumont, TX, USA

problem #47

Sep 072019

Renegade

  • 85,000 miles
Engine cooling fan was replaced at 50 thousand miles, codes show that that is malfunctioning the transmission threw codes dead battery. It locks up and doesn't want to start even after replacing the battery.their was two different sensors that threw a code. I've gotten a message to service the airbags.on everything I have told you the car was sitting still. Except on the transmission, when it goes from 3rd gear to passing gear it shifts really hard. And it feels like it's going to stall out. I maintain regular oil changes.average of 1 per month. It's been well taken care of. At 50 thousand miles it started having a lot of little things go wrong. I feel like I bought a lemon and no one is willing to admit it.

- Lubbock, TX, USA

problem #46

Feb 152019

Renegade

  • miles
The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Renegade. On several occasions, while attempting to start the vehicle, the push to start button was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to start. Additionally, on several occasions and while driving various speeds, a warning indicator illuminated suggested that the gear shift lever be shifted to the park position before shifting into a drive gear. The vehicle was taken to coughlin marysville Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram (located at 15777 watkins rd, marysville, oh 43040, (937) 246-5386) where it was diagnosed that the failure may be due to the type of fuel and that the vehicle was two quarts low on engine oil. The dealer also stated that the fuel suction door was misaligned. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failures recurred. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was unknown.

- Circleville, OH, USA

problem #45

Jun 272019

Renegade

  • 31,685 miles
I have had to take in my vehicle to our dealership twice within 2 months on the same issue. The car has been sputtering at idle and also when accelerating. When the car is traveling in between 25-30mph the transmission gets a hard kick, it almost feels as if you are getting hit from behind. They have replaced the throttle body, ignition coil, spark plug wires, and spark plugs. The vehicle is under 32,000 miles and is mostly driven in town, I feel it is unsafe to drive out of town because it shakes violently when traveling at 65mph or higher.

- Odessa, TX, USA

problem #44

Apr 112019

Renegade

  • miles
Changing gears is sometime not very smooth. The car seem to jerk or jump in to gear. It does not do this all the time just occassionally.

- Huntsville, AL, USA

problem #43

Jan 192018

Renegade

  • 80 miles
First breakdown check engine light and air bags light came on then the engine locked up and I could not switch gears and could not accelerate. Second break down emergency break locked up and would not release and check engine light and check airbags came on again. Third breakdown emergency break locked up and would not release again and the check engine light and air bags light came on again and could not switch gears. Fourth breakdown would not start had to be towed turns out battery needed to be replaced. Fifth breakdown engine stalled had to pull over and restart the car. Sixth breakdown remote start the car did not start up and then would not start manually. Seventh breakdown engine stalled again had to be towed would not start backup. 8th breakdown Jeep was shifting really hard took to delaership now has to have transmission replaced. This car is a year and a half old and has had all these problems I just found out that Jeep that are 2017 and 2018 have recalls this vehicle has the electrical problem and the boby is falling apart. All of this has affected the gas mileage. All these break down were city streets and highway.

- Statesboro, GA, USA

problem #42

May 292019

Renegade

  • 53,200 miles
Vehicle in motion, pull out of parking lot at low speed malfunction indicators lights indicated loss of turn signals and brake lights, stopped at gas station to check lights refueled upon starting vehicle no malfunctions were indicated.

- Winterset, IA, USA

problem #41

May 172019

Renegade

  • 54,248 miles
The check engine light continues to come on as the right parking light, plate light, and right fog light continues to go out even after being replaced with a new bulb.

- Sullivan, ME, USA

problem #40

May 102019

Renegade

  • 36,500 miles
Purchased 4/20/2017 the problems began with the ac going out at 10000miles. The dealership didn't want to fix it told us to drive with the windows down. After arguing about our warranty we got a loaner. Next they replaced the wiring harness 2 times. Again, did not want to provide loaner had to complain for them to honor warranty agreement. Then transmission skips and radio frequency hub was replaced twice while in the shop for 4 months from Dec 14 2018 till around March 17 2019. Steering module replaced due to the steering wheel in the center getting completely hot. Complained about the transmission skipping still. Check engine light always comes on. Automatic start faulty. Will attach all repair invoices. Most recent! 5/6/2019, a Monday the car was scheduled due to a recall on the fuel pump and the automatic start would not work. Along with that when the car started the screen would flash warning signs: Emergency break system, airbag system warning. The service department claimed to not have a loaner. However, Friday 5/10/2019 I had not received a call back and on my way to take my daughter to school. The emergency breaks locked up while driving 70 mph down fm 1289 heading to port O'connor, Texas from port lavaca, Texas. I went straight to the dealership and demanded a loaner. The vehicle is clearly a lemon! however larry taylor, a service technician, told us "I value my life I would not drive this vehicle". paul perez service department manager said "I wouldn't put my family in that vehicle." Then they demanded we bring the loaner back 5/17/2019 to pick up our vehicle. The vehicle according to them had a short circuit, this is the second time mind you, and made the emergency breaks engage and the seat belts malfunction. Also, the airbags malfunctioned flashing warning as the breaks locked up. I could only select 3 options but seat belts needs to be checked.

- Port Lavaca, TX, USA

problem #39

Oct 122017

Renegade

  • 20,000 miles
Radio power/adjust on own. Multiple/random. Headlights cut out driving in the dark. Both sides effected. Fog lights stay on. Possible link to turning steering wheel, with or without use of turn signal-effect on both headlights simultaneously. Turn signals not working intermittently (neither for lane change or turning, left or right.-multiple occurrences). Tail lights- while backing into driveway one night I realized I had no lights in the back including reverse lights (only acknowledged this problem once by the reflection of my car in my husbands) all lighting issues occurred with lights turned to auto and vehicle in motion. Emergency brake self engaged while in motion. After switching gears and before hitting gas and other times while driving at lower speeds. A message along the lines of-vehicle not on, shift to park and press run/stop button-has shown but only after turning off the vehicle does it show that the parking brake has engaged-multiple occurrences. Passenger seatbelt sensor illuminates at random, nothing on seat (concerned for malfunction in the event of an accident) -have to press the stop/start button several times for the car to turn on (no response in the form of sounds or lights with each attempt prior to the one that starts the vehicle.-remote start:vehicle turns on > try to enter vehicle moments later--car will turn off with touch of handles or press to unlock button-"remote start disabled" -lift gate closed and audibly latched>lights flash, latch releases, door opens itself-may happen 1 or 30 times.check engine: Thermostat replaced, key fob loses connection: Warning "fob has left vehicle" while actually in cup holder, engages parking brake-only way to get rid of message/disengage brake is to power off/on. Can drive with no keys in part of transmission repaired, radio replaced 2 times, transmission sticks/slams multiple other issues.

- Kenosha, WI, USA

problem #38

Apr 222019

Renegade

  • miles
My car begin sputtering, stalling when I pressed on the gas as if it was not getting enough gas, my indicator lights on the panel of the car would just start to go crazy causing the seatbelt sign to begin to ding and ding and ding, even though I had my seat belt on. I took the car to be looked at and was told that there is a recall on the vehicle that I should look up. I did and there were three recalls involving my vehicle, two of which related directly to the problems I was having. I contacted Chrysler who said my VIN number was not included in the recall. I asked how that is possible when exactly what I am experiencing is exactly what they listed. She told me to take the car back to the dealership have them check it out and if they determined that this was the problem then they would not to call and tell them that. I immediately contacted the dealer and spoke with service who explained why should they have to contact Chrysler when it's not their problem. I said sir, I am only following instructions. He then went on to explain to me that well they could look at the car but it would cost me $230 to do a diagnostic. I asked why I would have to for that and he said "he has to pay his people". I made an appoint and took the car. When they called they worded everything in a manner that would remove me from the recall, however they then put "fuel injection" at the bottom. I inquired about this and was told that I am supposed to get my fuel injection cleaned 2 per year. I informed them I never heard of such a thing. He also told me it would close to $500 to get my seatbelf fixed "that is not even broken" and never did anything about the indicator lights. I was told that they needed to put my car "back together" which I also did not understand because I thought a diagnostic did not require that. Now my engine light is also on and nobody will return my calls.

- Oak Park, MI, USA

problem #37

Apr 082019

Renegade

  • 38,000 miles
When I started my vehicle multiple warning lights came on showing that one daytime running light was out, right blinker light out, and the the license plate light. I shut the vehichle.off and restarted it. All warning lights remained. I then proceeded to drive to work. The rear license plate light warning continued to flash on and off as I drove.(this was very distracting) before I arrived to my destination all warning lights went off. All of my light were working upon my arrival. The next time I started the vehicle there were no warning lights and all went back to normal. I have no.idea why these warning lights were on or if the will return. Note: Vehicle was started using remote start before putting in run mode. Warning lights did not come on until I put the vehicle in run mode. There is an open recall for this issue, but my VIN number is not included

- Cumberlnd Cty, TN, USA

problem #36

Mar 302019

Renegade

  • 52,000 miles
Malfunction lights on the instrument panel illuminate when there is no malfunction. While driving in heavy traffic, the instrument panel displayed a warning message indicating the left and right turn signals both front and rear, both brake lights, daytime running lights, and headlights were not operating. After pulling over, with the message still displayed, it was seen that every light was actually working properly. The same has happened regarding other warning messages in the vehicle where the problem did not actually exist. This problem has been identified as a recall with other of this same model of vehicle, but not with this specific VIN

- Beaufort, SC, USA

problem #35

Mar 272019

Renegade

  • 15,000 miles
August 24th, 2018, trip to Colorado, driving on highway, went to exit and the car stalled all the warning lights came on, took to dealership, they didn't know what happened, codes reset. Milage 15000 March 27, 2019, turned on car, the radio didn't work and the mileage was flashing, turned the car off and let sit for a minute or two, turned back on, the radio still didn't work and the mileage was flashing. Radio came back on eventually. Drove home and the car was sluggish and not shifting like usual...so mad to to dealership and told them to not give it back to me until fixed. Mileage 29800 this car was brand new when I purchased it February 2018. This should not be happening especially since you guys have been sued for the exact same things in 2015....is it going to take another class action suit to get you to pay attention"??"

- Bedford, TX, USA

problem #34

Mar 192019

Renegade

  • 18,055 miles
Was driving this evening, and got about 2 blocks from my house. After stopping at a stop sign, and then continuing through, halfway through the intersection, all service lights came on (service electronic parking brake, service ESC, service engine, service transmission), and then it said to shift into park while I lost power and had to coast to the curb. When I got to the curb, the lights next to the shifter (prnd) were flashing until I put it in park. I shut the car off, and when it came back on, only the service engine light remained. I phoned Jeep, and they were going to have it towed to a dealership, but none were open, so I have to wait until the morning, and had to leave my car on the street, because if I went more than 10 feet, the power would go out again and would lose acceleration. There have been issues with transmission jamming into gear when slowing to a stop at a red light, and then accelerating when it turns green, and randomly idling rough. The engine code is U0001. If I had been on the freeway when it lost power, I would not have had time to get over to the shoulder and could have been badly hurt or killed if I got hit by another car.

- Sunnyvale, CA, USA

problem #33

Mar 142018

Renegade

  • 64,000 miles
Getting false warnings on instrument panel such as lights being that are still working, service electric park brake, sometime the service the electric park just intermittently comes on and goes off now it just stays on and parking break is functioning properly

- Ocala, FL, USA

problem #32

Mar 022019

Renegade

  • miles
I purchased this car new 0 miles since the first month, this automobile has had service after service, the first two months lighter wouldn't work, next month dealership had car for over a week would not start at all= new electrical panel, a few months later seat belts wont lock on back seat, next, hood wont open, then, needed new latch, now the car is 16 months old now hesitates to drive, who can go thought this with a car that is financed thought Chrysler.I'm at the point I may just let them have it, im tired of the foolishness.

- Pahrump, NV, USA

problem #31

Feb 222019

Renegade

  • 52,800 miles
When vehicle is stationary idle engine jerks. When vehicle is moving and accelerating the jerking is persistent.

- Waverly, OH, USA

problem #30

Feb 192019

Renegade

  • 20,800 miles
The trunk pop open if you have anything to close to it. After starting the car then driving the car will stall in the middle of the road. You have to put the car in park. And give it a few mins. Then try to restart the car. Then you can go. If you hit the radio buttons to fast it will turn the volume all the way up and will be stuck there till you turn off the car and reset the radio.

- Little Egg Harbor, NJ, USA

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