2015 Jeep Renegade

I HAVE HAD A "SERVICE IN 30 DAYS, I'M NOW ON 6 DAYS" AND I HAVE BEEN TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS TO HAVE THE SERVICE MESSAGE REMOVED FROM WHEN I START THE JEEP BUT THE MESSAGE NEVER GOES AWAY, I HAVE HAD THE SERVICE DONE TWICE NOW TO GET THE MESSAGE TO GO AWAY BUT IT NEVER DOES, THE DATE JUST GOES DOWN AND I HAVE NO WAY TO REMOVE THE MESSAGE, AND APPARENTLY DEALERS CAN'T EITHER, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I HIT DAY 1 OR BEYOND? WHEN WILL I KNOW MY VEHICLE NEEDS SERVICE NEXT IF THE LIGHT NEVER TURN OFF TO BEGIN WITH ON A NEW VEHICLE?

AT 1040 MILES WHILE GOING UP A 7% GRADE IN 100+ DEGREE TEMPERATURES. THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED AND IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER THEN BEGAN 'LUNGING'. DISPLAY SHOWED "PLACE VEHICLE IN PARK PRIOR TO SELECTING A GEAR". AFTER WAITING SEVERAL MINUTES RESTARTED VEHICLE BUT AS SOON AS IT NEEDED TO SHIFT IT WOULD DO THE SAME STALL OUT. THIS EXACT BEHAVIOR ALSO OCCURRED ON THE SAME SECTION (WITHIN 2 MI) OF HIGHWAY AT THE FOLLOWING ODOMETER READINGS: 4811, 5202, 28928, 29580 AND 29623. COMMON RPM'S ARE AROUND 3500 BUT VARIES SOMEWHAT EACH TIME AND USUALLY BETWEEN 50-65 MPH. THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN IN FULL AUTOMATIC MODE AND IS UNRESPONSIVE IF ATTEMPTING TO SWITCH TO MANUAL MODE ONCE IT STARTS. CRUISE CONTROL WAS ONLY USED THE FIRST TIME. I QUIT USING IT AFTER THAT IN CASE THERE WAS ANY RELATION TO THE SHIFT SELECTIONS. THE GAP IN THE MILEAGES INDICATE THE ALMOST ALMOST 3 MONTHS THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD THE VEHICLE AND THE TIME THAT I DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM- COLD MONTHS ONLY. MANY OF THE OCCURRENCES ARE WITH DAYS OF EACH OTHER AND OR AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCES EXTREMELY HARD LOW SPEED SHIFTS (FROM A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN). THE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY I DRIVE DAILY IS VERY BUSY AND A MAIN CORRIDOR FROM THE NEIGHBORING CITY TO MY RURAL TOWN. IT IS DANGEROUS TO SUDDENLY DROP "BACK" ON SPEED SO DRAMATICALLY.

2015 JEEP RENEGADE: VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD; LIKE A CANON. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT JUST NEEDED AN UPDATE. PROBLEM STILL NOT FIXED. VEHICLE MAKES A RINGING SOUND LIKE A PHONE WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 65 MILES PER HOUR. VEHICLE RATTLES A LOT ESPECIALLY IN THE SPEAKER AREAS AND ALSO THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT AREA. WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM FIGURE OUT THE RATTLES THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND IT. THE SEATS DO NOT HEAT UP WELL. WHEN IT IS TURNED ON HIGH, IT FEELS LIKE IT IS ON THE LOW SETTING STILL. WHEN THE STEERING WHEN IS BEING TURNED AT ANY SPEED IT MAKES A CREAKING SOUND.

MY WIFE PURCHASED NEW, 2015 JEEP RENEGADE LATITUDE FROM DON DAVIS CHRYSLER, ARLINGTON, TX ON OR ABOUT 01/23/2016. FRONT WINDSHIELD BEGAN TO CRACK WITH NO IMPACT DAMAGE ABOUT MIDDLE OF MARCH, 2016. I TOOK JEEP TO DON DAVIS. THEY INSPECTED THE CRACK WHICH BEGAN IN THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD AT THE POINT OF THE WINDSHIELD MOUNTED DEFROSTER AND CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS A WARRANTY DEFECT. AT THAT TIME, THEY SENT PHOTOS OF THE BREAK TO JEEP AND ORDERED A REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT COSTS, IF THEY HAD NOT BEEN COVERED BY WARRANTY WOULD BE ABOUT $1,300. SEVERAL WEEKS PASSED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION FROM DON DAVIS. WHEN THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT STILL HAD NOT ARRIVED, I CONTACTED JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE BY TELEPHONE AND EXPLAINED THE ISSUES. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE HAD NO RECORD OF THE PROBLEM, AND TOOK MY VERBAL INFORMATION. I NEXT MET WITH THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER. AFTER SHOWING ME THAT HE HAD NOTIFIED JEEP AND REQUESTED THE REPLACEMENT, HE AGAIN TOOK ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND HAD ME REMAIN WHILE HE CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WAS ORDERED. BY THIS TIME, THE CRACK EXTENDED TO ABOUT THREE INCHES FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE END OF THE WINDSHIELD, A CHANGE OF ABOUT 5" TO 6" ON EITHER SIDE FROM WHEN I FIRST MET WITH THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. CHRYSLER HAD SENT A DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD AS A REPLACEMENT. THE DEALERSHIP RETURNED IT AND AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, WE ARE STILL WITHOUT A NEW WINDSHIELD. I AM GREATLY CONCERNED THAT MY WIFE OR I MAY BE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE OUR SEVEN YEAR OLD GRANDSON, WHOM WE ARE RAISING, RIDING WITH US AND THE WINDSHIELD CRACKS AS RESULT OF DEBRIS OR SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WILL NO LONGER RETAIN SUPPORT WITH SUCH A LONG, 42" HORIZONTAL CRACK. OTHER OWNERS HAVE MADE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET.

DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK. I TRIED LOCKING IT USING BOTH KEY FOBS TO NO AVAIL. I ALSO TRIED PRESSING THE LOCK BUTTON ON THE DOOR ALSO DOES NOT WORK. ALL ALONG I THOUGHT THE LOCKS WERE WORKING BUT APPARENTLY YOU HEAR THE CHIRP AND THE LIGHTS WILL FLASH BUT THE DOORS DO NOT LOCK. NOW I HAVE TO LOCK EVERYTHING MANUALLY. CAR HAS LESS THAN 4000 MILES ON IT PURCHASED BRAND NEW.

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO AN EARLIER COMPLAINT (#10826148) ABOUT MY 6-SPEED MANUAL 4X4 2015 RENEGADE LATITUDE (WITH ~6490 MILES ON IT) WHICH WAS REVVING UNCONTROLLABLY, POPPING OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL, DIFFICULT TO GET INTO AND OUT OF GEAR AS WELL AS EXHIBITING POOR FUEL ECONOMY. AT FIRST, THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE ANY OF THE PROBLEMS, BUT I INSISTED THAT THEY KEEP THE CAR AND DRIVE IT FURTHER. THEY DID AND WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THAT WAS NEARLY ONE MONTH AGO. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR 3 WEEKS FOR WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A PROBLEM WITH THE CLUTCH, A PART FOR WHICH (THE THROW-OUT BEARING) WAS ON BACK ORDER. I PICKED UP THE CAR THIS PAST FRIDAY 3/11/16, DROVE IT HOME AND PARKED IT IN MY GARAGE, HAPPY THAT IT WAS FIXED. OR SO I THOUGHT. SATURDAY MORNING, LESS THAN 24 HOURS SINCE BRINGING IT HOME, AS I WAS PREPARING TO GO OUT OF TOWN, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, AND THERE IT SITS, STUCK IN MY GARAGE, TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THING IS, I HAD NOT TRIED OUT THE REVERSE ON IT WHEN I PICKED IT UP OR GOT IT HOME. I HAD A STRAIGHT RUN OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN I PICKED IT UP, DROVE AROUND THE BUILDING AND THEN STRAIGHT TO MY HOME. I'M WONDERING IF THEY HAD NOT DONE SO TOO. NOW THAT IT IS NEARLY 30 DAYS OUT OF COMMISSION, I WILL PROBABLY TRY TO GET THE CAR DECLARED A LEMON AND ASK THE DEALERSHIP TO BUY IT BACK. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BUT I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN IT, EVEN IF THEY WERE TO FIX THE CLUTCH AGAIN. NHTSA, PLEASE LOOK INTO OUR CARS-I HAVE READ THE COMPLAINTS AND IT SEEMS THAT SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG WITH IT!

FORWARD COLLISION WARNING HAS BEEN ACTIVATING RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND WHILE ENTERING/EXITING HIGHWAY RAMPS, SPECIFICALLY WHERE OVERPASSES ARE PRESENT. ALSO, THE FCW LIGHT WOULD COME ON RANDOMLY AT START UP OF THE VEHICLE FORCING ME TO GO TO SETTINGS AND TURNING BACK ON. IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL DEALER THAT THE FCW WAS NOT WORKING AT ALL. THE FCW WOULD NOT BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP DURING DEALER PERFORMED OBSTACLE TEST. SO FAR ALL ATTEMPS TO REPAIR BY THE DEALER HAVE FAILED.