2015 Jeep Renegade

VIN # [XXX]. BOUGHT BRAND NEW 2015 JEEP RENEGADE LATITUDE 2WD. BROUGHT JEEP INTO JEEP DEALER IN POWAY, CA., DUE TO EMPTY RADIATOR RESERVOIR & CLUTCH SMOKING ISSUES. JEEP IN POWAY, CA TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS FINE. BROUGHT JEEP IN FOR THE SECOND TIME AT THE JEEP DEALER IN POWAY, CA DUE TO EMPTY COOLANT RESERVOIR AGAIN & JEEP REPLACE RESERVOIR. BROUGHT JEEP IN A 3RD. TIME IN POWAY, CA & JEEP DEALER REPLACED FREEZE PLUG & WATER PUMP. BROUGHT JEEP INTO POWAY, CA JEEP DEALER A 4TH. TIME & DEALER REPLACED LONG BLOCK & CLUTCH. ALL OF THIS WAS WITHIN 23,000 MILES. TOLD JEEP POWAY, CA. ON 9/4/17 THAT THE CLUTCH STILL HAS A SMOKING ISSUE & THEY TOLD ME IT WAS DRIVER ERROR EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMITTED TO ME THE CLUTCH USED ON THE RENEGADE IS NOT THAT GREAT OF QUALITY! THE CLUTCH SMOKING IS A SAFETY ISSUE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND STARTED TO SMELL BURN RUBBER. THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE SHOP. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE RADIATOR FAN ASSEMBLY SEIZED UP AND WILL NOT ROTATE ANY LONGER. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH RENEGADES AND THE PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. NO ETA WAS GIVEN FOR WHEN THERE WOULD BE PARTS AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IDLING, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE MADE IT HOME THE VEHICLE THERMOSTAT INCLINED, THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED, AND UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE RADIATOR FAN HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (CHAPMAN LAS VEGAS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM, 3175 E SAHARA AVE, LAS VEGAS, NV, 89104) WHERE IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE UNDER CASE NUMBER: 32348701 AND STATED THAT THEY WERE AWAITING ON THE DEALER INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY WOULD DO AND THEN THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT HIM BACK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 47,000.

THE FAN ASSEMBLY (68360299AA) IN THE FRONT OF MY ENGINE STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS CAUSES A CHAIN REACTION THAT KILLED MY RESISTOR (68247207AA) AND RELAY (4727370AA). WITHOUT THESE PARTS OPERATING, MY ENGINE QUICKLY OVERHEATS. AFTER TAKING MY RENEGADE TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAN ASSEMBLY IS ON BACK ORDER UNTIL DECEMBER 2017 AND THEY DO NOT HAVE AN ETA.

AT JUST UNDER 48K MILES, RADIATOR FAN GAVE OUT. UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS ON A CITY STREET, THE AC BEGAN TO BLOW OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AIR AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. TROUBLESHOOTING THE FOLLOWING DAY REVEALED THAT THE FAN WAS NO LONGER WORKING AND ENGINE RISKED OVERHEATING. SEEMS TO BE A CONTINUOUSLY REOCCURRING ISSUE SINCE THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER FOR 4 MONTHS FOR THE 2.4L 9-SPEED RENEGADE.

I WAS DRIVING MY JEEP RENEGADE WHEN IT STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD CLANKY NOISE. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE IT TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP SINCE I WAS VERY NEAR ONE AND IMMEDIATELY A SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID TO TURN CAR OFF BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO OVER HEAT. I WAS TOLD IT IS THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN THAT IS BAD. THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THE VEHICLE WILL BE ABLE TO FIXED SINCE THE PART IS SEVERELY BACKORDERED SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM OCCURRING WITH SIMILAR JEEP VEHICLES. I ASKED IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL. I READ MANY COMPLAINTS IN JEEP FORUMS AND BLOGS OF PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEM AND CARS ACTUALLY OVERHEATING AND ALMOST CATCHING ON FIRE. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN. MY CAR IS SITTING AT THE DEALER WITH AN UNKNOWN TIMELINE TO GET FIXED AND COMING OUT OF POCKET FOR A RENTAL. UNACCEPTABLE TO BE PUT IN THIS KIND OF RISK IF IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. RECALL NEEDS TO BE INITIATED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND A BURNING ODOR WAS DETECTED IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BRENNAN DODGE (1371 NORTH SERVICE RD E, RUSTON, LA 71270 (318) 497-4203) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLING FAN MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN AND THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER. THE DEALER FURTHER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS REPLACING 600 COOLING FAN MODULES WEEKLY NATIONWIDE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA, STATING THAT NHTSA WOULD HAVE TO ISSUE A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 10/17/17*LJ UPDATED 10/4/18*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE COVERT JEEP CHRYSLER AND DODGE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR AND COOLING FAN FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE FOR THE DURATION OF THE MONTH UNTIL THE REPAIR BECAME AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,914.