2015 Jeep Renegade

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM A JEEP DEALER. AFTER A FEW MONTHS IT DROVE JUST FINE UNTIL WE NOTICED AN ODD BEHAVIOR THAT BEGAN TO GET FREQUENT AS MORE MILES ADDED ON. WE HAD THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE SAME DEALER VERIFY ISSUES RELATED TO POWERTRAIN PERFORMANCE: ROUGHT & HARSH SHIFTING, SHUTTERING WHEN IN 3-4 OR 4-5 GEAR, SLOW OR HEAVY SLUGGISH ACCELERATION FROM STOP, HIGH ENGINE REVING UP TO 3,4 THOUSAND RPM WITH DELAYED SHIFTING TO NEXT GEAR WHEN TRAVELING UPHILL OR HIGH ALTITUDE EXPRESSWAY, SLAMMING INTO GEARS WHEN UP OR DOWN SHIFTING, JERKY & HARSH THUMP WHEN STOPPING FROM GEARS 1-2 & WHEN ACCELERATING FROM GEARS 1-2, 3-4-5, AND ROUGHT IDLE WHEN DRIVE IS ENGAGED. ALL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT DURING THE PAST 60 MONTHS WITH ONLY 'COMPUTER UPDATES' FOR TRANSMISSION OFFERED AS A SOLUTION AND NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE OFFERED TO PERMANTLY REMEDY THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THESE ARE 'NORMAL CHARATERISTICS' OF MY CAR. WE STAND FIRM THAT THE CAR DIDN'T PRESENT THESE ISSUES WHEN NEW OR WE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THE PURCHASE. RECENTLY, AS OF JUNE OUR VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WITH A COMPLAINT OF A RUMBLE, WHINNING, AND VIBRATIONS COMING FROM THE DRIVE TRAIN WHEN DRIVING FROM 30-40 MILES AND RESTARTS AT APROX. 60 MPH.WE HAVE BEEN TOLD AGAIN THAT AN UPDATE TO THE POWERTRAIN WOULD BE PERFORMED AND SOME BEARRINGS WOULD BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE MANAGER DON'T RETURN MY CALLS OR ANSWER THE 3 MESSAGES LEFT WITH HIS ASSOCIATES TO MY TAG NUMBER AND ISSUES. THE ONLY RESPONCE WE GET IS THAT THEY ARE WAITING FOR PARTS. I ASKED IF WE WOULD GET A WARRANTY EXTENSION? THE RESPONCE WAS 'NON THAT WE KNOW OF' BY THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. MY FACTORY WARRANTY EXPIRES TODAY AND MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP UNREPAIRED WITH NO POWERTRAIN SOLUTION. CONCERNED THAT WARRANTY EXPIRE AND POWERTRAIN ISSUES CONTINUE WITH NO AVAIL.

THE 2015 JEEP RENEGADE HAS TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE THE LURKING ISSUES. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT AN COMPLETE STOP AND YOU HIT THE GAS TO GO THROUGH AN INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE LURKS AND HESITATES BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WILL ENGAGE. THIS ISSUES HAD CREATED OTHER DRIVES SLAMMING ON THEIR BREAKS TO AVOID HITTING MY JEEP . THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED 03/19.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 3PM WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON THE AIR AND THE TEMPERATURE NEVER ADJUSTED. MY COOLANT INDICATOR TURNED FULLY RED. MY CAR STARTED SMOKING AND I PULLED OVER AND POPPED THE HOOD TO SEE MY ANTIFREEZE BOILING OUT OF THE RESERVOIR. I KEPT THE HOOD UP AND WAITED FOR IT TO COOL DOWN. THE NEXT MORNING, I DROVE TO MY SITTER'S WHERE I COMPLETED MY TRIP AND THE CAR STARTED SMOKING AGAIN. NOW IT'S AT THE SHOP.

MY CAR SHIFTS VERY BADLY WHEN I'M TRYING TO DRIVE FROM A STOPLIGHT OR A COMPLETE STOP. I START TO GO WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN IT SUDDENLY STOPS AND THEN PICKS RIGHT BACK UP. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP LAST WEEK AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS FINE...I ALSO TRY TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC COMING FROM A PARKING LOT AND HAD ALMOST BEEN HIT BECAUSE OF THIS SHIFTING ISSUE TWICE SO FAR BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND NORMALLY WAIT TO MAKE SURE NO CARS ARE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO ME AS I TRY AND ENTER TRAFFIC. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND RECALLED FOR THE TRANSMISSIONS FOR ALL THE 2015 MODELS. *TR

VEHICLE LOSES PERMANENT POWER TO COMPUTER THAT POWERS TRANSMISSION AND KNOCKED OUT COMPUTER AND THE TRANSMISSION FROM SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO PARK AND PARK TO DRIVE RENDERING THE CAR TOTALLY DISABLED WITHOUT DEALERSHIP INTERVENTION DO TO BAD CONNECTION ON THE NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL. THIS LEFT THE CAR UNMOVABLE FROM TRAVEL LANE TO SIDE OF THE ROAD IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WITHOUT A TOW TRUCK BEING SUMMONED. AT TIME OF INCIDENT VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT TO NEUTRAL FOR REMOVAL FROM HIGHWAY TO SAFETY AND PLACED EVERYONE IN DANGER OF HIGH SPEED COLLISION FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME THAT VEHICLE REMAINED LOCKED DOWN IN HIGH CAPACITY, HIGH SPEED LANE OF TRAVEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO MOVE FROM THE PARK POSITION. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER EFIRD CHRYSLER LOCATED AT 1711 WEST LUCAS ST, FLORENCE, SC 29501, WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

I BOUGHT MY 2015 JEEP RENEGADE BRAND NEW IN SEPTEMBER 2015 AND BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS RIGHT AWAY. THERE'S A POWER ISSUE WHERE THE CAR WILL JUST SHUT OFF AND LOSE POWER AND THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. I HAVE HAD IT JUMPED SEVERAL TIMES JUST TO GET IT MOVING AGAIN. TOOK THE CAR TO SEVERAL AUTO ZONES TO TEST OUT THE BATTERY JUST TO SEE IF I WOULD GET A DIFFERENT RESPONSE BUT EACH CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BATTERY. IT EITHER COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF OR STOPS PICKING UP SPEED IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY HOUSTON TRAFFIC. YOU CAN FEEL WHEN IT SWITCH GEARS SOMETIMES, IT MAKES THIS HARD AND LOUD POPPING NOISE WHEN IT'S TRYING TO SWITCH GEARS. IT'S ALWAYS DONE THAT. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS IF I'M AT A SLOWER DRIVING SPEED, LIKE TURNING AT A LIGHT, AND THEN ACCELERATE TO PICK UP SPEED, IT EITHER MAKES THAT LOUD POPPING SOUND, OR STRUGGLES TO PICK UP SPEED AND EVENTUALLY STALLS AND/OR LOSE POWER. IT'S REAL SCARY. I'VE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT IT AND HAVE HAD IT CHECKED OUT MANY TIMES BUT NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT. I HAVE BEEN MONITORING THE RECALLS AND HAVE BEEN SEEING NUMEROUS CASES FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE I'M HAVING BUT SOMEHOW MY VIN ISN'T ASSOCIATED WITH ANY RECALLS.