10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
6 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
4 / 0
Average Mileage:
19,976 miles

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problem #7

Jan 282018

Renegade

  • 1,585 miles
I was slowly pulling into a parking space. My foot was lightly on the brake, inching forward. I pressed down on the brake to stop, and the car suddenly accelerated, causing the Jeep to jump over the double barrier retaining wall. I nose dived into the ground on the other side of the wall, approximately 3 lower then parking lot.

- Long Beach, MS, USA

problem #6

Jan 022018

Renegade

  • 25,000 miles
Cooling fan breaks and car overheats and smokes. This is a known issue for Jeep Renegade

- Deltona, FL, USA

problem #5

Oct 132017

Renegade

  • 10,200 miles
Car will not start. Push button key start. Lights on steering column light up, radio goes on car doesn't start. After multiple attempts of shutting car off and on the car delays and then kicks over. Nothing we'd up when it happened when on the E at dealer.dealer replace a component in the push button key start. Had car back for 5 days. Happened again X 2. dealer took car and again could not get to simulate.

- Au Sable Forks, NY, USA

problem #4

Oct 172017

Renegade

  • 3,385 miles
On Oct 10,2017 at 12:30pm my Jeep Renegade trailhawk 2017 4X4. At 60 mph with cruise on three was jolt, felt like a my vechile was it in the rear. Te parking brake light and traction lights illuminated on the dash.

- Woodbridge, VA, USA

problem #3

Jul 222017

Renegade

  • 1,730 miles
The first initial occurrence happened Jun 12th 2017 while driving on the highway, the Jeep Renegade began accelerating and decelerating. It then began to jerk uncontrollable and the vehicle itself would turn off on its own. Several icons came on the vehicle's dashboard one being a light bolt symbol and the other indicating that the vehicle was overheating. The vehicle was towed to an authorized Chrysler dealership and I was told that the issue had been completely resolved. On July 22, 2017 the Jeep Renegade for the second time while driving on a very busy highway began to have the same issue and turned off and lost its complete power. I had to maneuver the vehicle to the side of the road. The vehicle would not engage no matter the attempts I would try to turn on the Renegade. I waited for awhile until the towing company came to load up the vehicle, during this time the towing man could not get the vehicle to turn on and engage no matter how many attempts he made. On both incidents my family was in the vehicle with me and on both incidents the vehicle turned off on its own traveling at speed limits above 50mph. I have been in continuous contact with the manufacture Jeep, the local dealership perkins motor in Colorado springs, Colorado. I am currently an active duty in the army and have been having continuous trouble with the Jeep. I dropped off the Jeep Renegade at the local Chrysler approved dealership on July 22, 2017 and still to this date August 19, 2017, the dealership still cannot find the root of the issue. I fear that if I were to receive the vehicle back upon the repairs for the second time for the same vehicle problem from Jun 12, 2017 that the vehicle can cause harm to either some other road pedestrian, to my family, or to myself the operator of the vehicle. To this day the dealership still cannot find the root of the problem with the vehicle.

- Colorado Springs, CO, USA

problem #2

Aug 042017

Renegade

  • 1,000 miles
On at least six different occasions while making a slow speed left turn (under 15 mph) and once while making a left U-turn (at approx. 5 mph), my 2017 Jeep Renegade experiences a loss of power and the ABS warning light flashes. There is no acceleration while stepping on the gas pedal. This condition lasts approximately 3 - 5 seconds. On one occasion, the vehicle behind me nearly rear-ended me as my vehicle slowed. The dealer has explained that the vehicle is experiencing a condition that exceeds a parameter set by the software. There have been no codes "set" by these occurrences. They are a bit unnerving and a safety concern. This concern began when the Jeep had approximately 1000 miles on the odometer. I now have 6700 and the last occurrence was August 4, 2017.

- Schofield, WI, USA

problem #1

Jul 292017

Renegade

  • 150 miles
The fcw plus system does not work properly or maybe not at all. This is supposedly a warning system with sensitivity settings incorporating break and visual/audible warnings. They are supposed to initiate well in advance of a critical circumstance. Apparently we are not the only ones being affected by this defective system. Chrysler's response is that the system works because diagnostics indicate that it is working and not to physically test the system as you could crash the car. There is no progression of warnings, no advanced pulsing of breaks. Seems to only work as a last minute break default but I am not even sure it does that.

- Cape Canaveral, FL, USA