2015 Jeep Renegade

ON 2 OCCASIONS THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT DEACTIVATE. AFTER NUMEROUS RESTARTS AND WAITING THE PARKING BRAKE RELEASED.ON BOTH OCCURRENCES THE PARKING BRAKE LEVER DID NOT RESPOND NOR DID PUTTING IT IN GEAR . THE JEEP RENEGADE IS A MANUAL SHIFT AND BOTH OF THESE OCCURRENCES THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT.

DRIVER SIDE POWER SEAT BLOWS FUSES AND IT GETS STUCK IN ODD POSITIONS, IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN DRIVING AND PARKED. THIS IS MY MOTHER IN LAW'S APPOINTMENT CAR AND ME AND MY WIFE HAVE THE NEED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HER APPOINTMENTS AS ONE TIME SHE TOOK IT BY HERSELF AND BEING DISABLED SHE ALWAYS BACKS THE SEAT TO GET IN AND OUT EASIER, WELL THE SEAT GOT STUCK AND SHE HAD TO DRIVE IT HOME LIKE THAT BARELY REACHING THE PEDALS AS NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE TO DRIVE IT FOR HER AND WE WERE 30 HOURS AWAY IN ANOTHER STATE. WE MOVED AND HAVE BEEN ARGUING WITH THE FACTORY AND 2 DEALERSHIPS EVER SINCE. ALSO THE BRAKES ARE ALWAYS SQUEALING AND BARELY STOPS THE CAR WHEN HOT, THEY LOOK WORN OUT AND GLAZED, DEALER SAID THIS IS NORMAL FOR THE CAR.

IN MY DRIVEWAY. I LOVE BEHIND MY MOM AND WHEN I STOP TO TALK WITH WHILE SHE IS IN THE YARD AND LEAVE MY CAR RUNNING WHEN I GO TO TAKE OFF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE COMES ON AND STOPS ME. GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND STOP AT STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHTS OR JUST STUCK IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WHEN I GO TO TAKE OFF THE TRANSMISSION EITHER JERKS REAL HARD OR MAKES THE CAR FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. COOLING FAN HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED WHEN THE VEHICLE WASN'T 2 YRS OLD.

BRAKES, PADS AND ROTORS WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AT 57K OIL CHANGE/TIRE ROTATION, MULTIPOINT INSPECTION AT JEEP DEALERSHIP. AT 63K RIGHT FRONT BRAKE PAD, SHOE & ROTOR COMPLETELY WORN, ROTOR DAMAGED, ALL BEYOND USE, AND REQUIRE IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT. LEFT FRONT BRAKE PAD, AND SHOE ARE NOT WORN, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE FROM THE OTHER WHEEL, NEED REPLACED. SCREECHING SOUND WHEN LETTING OFF THE BRAKE CONTINUES AFTER BOTH SETS OF FRONT BRAKE PADS, SHOES, & ROTORS ARE REPLACED. FAN ASSEMBLY IS LOSE AND HITTING OTHER COMPONENTS, UNFIXABLE. FAN HAS TO BE REPLACED. . VEHICLE TOP AND INTERIOR BEGAN CREAKING AT 50-60K MILES AS IF UNEVENLY SUPPORTED BY SHOCKS/CV JOINTS/SOMETHING WITHIN THE BRAKE/AXLE/STRUT/SHINE/CV/BALL JOINTS. POPPING NOISE COMES FROM EXTERIOR FRONT WHEN STARTING OUT. LETTING OF THE BRAKES FROM AFTER A STOP OR AFTER BEING PARKED MAKES A GRINDING NOISE AS IF CREAKING UNDER PRESSURE. ALSO ENGINE LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ON, THERMOSTAT ERROR BUT NOT CONSISTENT OR ABLE TO BE RECTIFIED BY DEALERSHIP. CABIN TEMPERATURE, ENGINE TEMPERATURE, AND THERMOSTAT FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. ISSUE REMAINS U RESOLVED. HARSH BRAKING IS A SECURITY CONCERN.

THIS VEHICLE HAS NO MECHANICAL PARKING BRAKE, WHICH WOULD SEEM TO BE A VIOLATION OF CFR-2010-TITLE 49-VO L5-SEC 393-41. THE ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE IS PRETTY WELL USELESS, AND NECESSARY SINCE THIS VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, AND A TINY (1.4L) ENGINE INCAPABLE OF HOLDING THE CAR ON A STEEP HILL. ERROR MASSAGE ABOUT ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE PROBLEMS KEEP POPPING UP, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX IT DESPITE MANY REPEATED ATTEMPTS. EVEN WHEN WORKING, IT CANNOT BE USED TO TURN THE CAR ON SNOW, ICE., ETC. AS I SAID: USELESS.

ONGOING ISSUE, BUT TODAY I GOT IN MY JEEP AND ONCE AGAIN MY VEHICLE IS SHOWING THE TRANSMISSION AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, WHEN I ATTEMPT TO PUT IT IN GEAR IT GOES OUT OF GEAR AND INTO NEUTRAL.. ON TOP OF THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WHERE THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WILL COME ON WHILE I'M DRIVING. MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO TURN/ MAINTAIN VEHICLE CONTROL. I EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE CAR 'JUMPING HARD INTO GEAR' AS MY HUSBAND PUTS IT; ALONG WITH IT TAKING OFF REALLY FAST, IT'S ALSO BEEN SOUNDING REALLY LOUD AND SHAKING WHEN IT REACHES SPEEDS UPWARDS OF 65 AND REFUSING TO CHANGE GEARS FROM TIME TO TIME... HOWEVER WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A NUMBER OF INSTANCES WHERE THE JEEP HAS CHANGED ITS OWN GEARS STARTING ONLY A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING CAUSING IT TO MOVE INTO THE PORCH AND CAUSE SOME COSMETIC DAMAGE, THIS WAS OUR FIRST RECORDING OF THE ISSUE. WE TOOK IT IN AND THEY 'UPDATED THE CPU' AND IT WORKED OK FOR A FEW WEEKS BUT HAS CONTINUALLY RETURNED TO HAVING THESE FAULTS AND HAS ONLY BEGAN TO WORSEN.. SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD TO REGULARLY GO IN FOR 'UPDATES' REGARDING THE SAME ISSUES AND MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES SUCH AS POWER LOCKS/POWER WINDOWS NOT RESPONDING AND THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING.. JUST LAST YEAR, LITERALLY 1 YEAR AND 1 DAY AGO WHILE GETTING ON THE INTERSTATE THE CAR BEGAN TO START ITS 'DEATH WOBBLE' AND DRIVERS REAR AXEL SNAPPED, CAUSING THE FRONT TO FOLLOW.. MY KIDS WERE IN THE CAR WITH ME AND WHILE WAITING 2 MONTHS TO HAVE FIXED AND PAYING THE DEDUCTIBLE FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS JEEPS FAULT, HERE WE ARE AGAIN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS.. I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL INSTANCES OF OTHERS EXPERIENCING THESE ISSUES AND NOT ONLY FEAR FOR MY CHILDREN'S LIFE'S, BUT ALSO FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS ON THE ROAD. CAN WE FIX THESE ISSUES, OR AT LEAST SUPPLY ME WITH A VIABLE VEHICLE??

ONE PROBLEM I DEALT WITH WAS A CRACK ON MY FRONT WINDSHIELD FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, DEALERSHIP SHIP HAD ME BACK AND FORTH WITH THIS ! IT DOESN'T SHOW THAT SOMETHING HIT IT , THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THE RADIO TURN OFF WITH OUT ME ABLE TO TURN IT BACK ON WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING OFF AFTER THAT . MEANING I COULDN'T TELL THE SPEED I WAS GOING AS I WAS DRIVING , GAS LEVEL , ANYTHING ELSE . AFTER IT TURN BACK ON THE EMERGENCY BREAK GOES OFF AND I'M ON THE FREEWAY AND ALMOST COST A SEROUS CRASH. THE LAST THIS THAT HAPPEN ON SATURDAY 6/17/2017 WAS THE SAME THING WITH THE RADIO GOING OFF AND AC NOT WORKING AT ALL AND OVER HEATING. TURN OFF MY CAR AND IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR. SECOND TIME I SEEN IT OVER HEAT AND LOW ON THE RADIATOR. I HAVE COMPLAIN MANY TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP SHIP ABOUT ELECTRONIC PROBLEMS AND THE EMERGENCY BREAK SETTING OFF WHEN I'M ON THE FREEWAY . THE FRONT WINDSHIELD I COMPLAIN SINCE I GOT MY CAR . ALL THEY DID WAS HAVE ME BACK AND FORTH WITH IT . ALSO THE BACK SET SEATBELT SIT BELTS SOMETIMES LOCK WHERE YOU CAN'T PUT IT ON OR IT'S STUCK .

BRAKES: BRAKES MAKING NOISE WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION SINCE PURCHASE; SEVERE ROTOR WEAR AND MALFUNCTION SIX MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE; ROTORS DEEPLY GOUGED AND GLAZED BLUE 12 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE; BRAKE FUNCTION IN SERIOUS DECLINE; TWO THIRD PARTY MECHANICS CONFIRMED; JEEP DENIES THERE IS A PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO ADDRESS. TRANSMISSION: (ALL ISSUES WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION - BOTH WHILE DRIVING FORWARD AND IN REVERSE) AUDIBLE THUDS, CLUNKS, "BICYCLE CHAIN" NOISE, DELAY 10-30 SECONDS WHEN CHANGING GEARS, GEARS SLIPPING WHILE IN MOTION (WITH INDICATOR LIGHT), ACCELERATION (DUE TO DOWN SHIFTING) AFTER BRAKING (IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC) BUT I'M NOT STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL; WHEN STARTING FROM A FULL STOP (AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT) I PUSH ON THE GAS PEDAL BUT THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE, THEN LURCHES FORWARD AND CLUNKS); BACKING UP IN REVERSE, WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO DRIVE AND TRYING TO MOVE, THE CAR TAKES UP TO 30 SECONDS TO RECOGNIZE THIS BUT STILL CLUNKS AND LURCHES FORWARD ELECTRICAL: SEVERAL INDICATOR LIGHTS (SUCH AS THE ICY CONDITIONS INDICATOR) WORKED IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS BUT NO LONGER WORK; REMOTE ENTRY ACCESS IS INTERMITTENT AT BEST (I HAVE TO BE PRACTICALLY TOUCHING THE CAR WITH MY REMOTE TO UNLOCK IT); SOMETIMES THE CAR DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS REMOTE ENTRY AT ALL; THE ABILITY TO ADJUST THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT (SEAT RECLINE, SEAT POSITION) HAS FAILED AT TIMES (MOST RECENTLY I WAS ON A FERRY BOAT AND HAD PUT THE SEAT BACK TO NAP (CAR WAS OFF/PARKED) AND THE SEAT WOULD NOT GO BACK UP INTO A REGULAR DRIVING POSTION - HAD TO RESTART THE CAR ON/OFF SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE ABILITY WAS RESTORED); TWICE IN DECEMBER 2016 THE ENTIRE DASH COMPUTER GAVE ME A WARNING THAT THERE WAS A SYSTEM ISSUE (WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY) AND IT SHUT DOWN AND REBOOTED WHILE I WAS DRIVING; WHEN STARTING THE CAR EVERY SINGLE LIGHTING DASH WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND FLASHES OVER AND OVER (5 MINS)