2016 Jeep Renegade

RADIATOR COOLING FAN MAKE NOISE AND STOP WORKING DURING SLOW SPEED CITY DRIVING. ENGINE OVERHEATED. ONLY 6,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. TOOK THE CAR FOR WARRANTY REPAIR. IT'S BEING SITTING AT THE DEALER'S SERVICE AREA FOR 42 DAYS WITH NO EXPECTED REPAIR DATE. AS PER DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER, THE REPLACEMENT PART IS OUT OF STOCK WITH NO ETA FROM MANUFACTURER.

SUV HAS A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE ACCELERATION WHEN PULLING OUT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC AREAS THAT REQUIRE FAST ACCELERATION. THE CAR ALSO HAS RANDOM ELECTRONIC MESSAGES THAT FLASH ON THE DASH AND THE BLIND SPOT SYSTEM GOES OFF AT VARIOUS UNNECESSARY TIMES. THE ACCELERATION ISSUE IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES WITH NO RESOLVE!!! THIS COULD POSE TO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE IF TRAFFIC IS HEAVY AND WE ARE TRYING TO MERGE INTO LANES OR PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC LANES!!!! HAPPENS WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A DEAD STOP, CAR STARTS IN MOTION AND THEN JUST LOOSES MOMENTUM AND SLOWLY ROLLS FORWARD AND AFTER SECONDS PASS IT WILL START TO REACCELERATE AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 8 TO 10 TIMES OVER THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. THE LAST TIME BEING YESTERDAY NOV 20TH 2017

INITIALLY VEHICLE HAD A BURNING SMELL WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE AUXILIARY COOLANT PUMP. AFTER CHANGING THE COOLANT PUMP IN MARCH VEHICLE PRODUCED FALSE OVERHEAT CONDITIONS FOUR TIMES AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SHUT DOWN EACH TIME, WHILE DRIVING. TWO OF THE TIMES WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE OTHER TWO WHILE DRIVING THROUGH LOCAL STREETS. DEALER THEN CHANGED THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED SO THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE ISSUE HAS BEEN CORRECTED. AS A SECONDARY ISSUE THE VEHICLE THEN HAD GRINDING NOISE IN FRONT END WHICH OCCURRED IN JUNE AND IS STILL OCCURRING. INITIALLY THEY CHANGED THE RIGHT FRONT UPPER MOUNT BEARING. THEY HAVE REPLACED THAT PART ONCE AGAIN AS WELL AS THE RIGHT FRONT HUB BEARING AND SPINDLE, CONTROL ARM, AND THE UPPER STRUT MOUNT BOOT, NONE OF WHICH HAVE CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THIS ONCE AGAIN CANNOT BE DUPLICATED ON A LIFT AND THEY ARE HAVING ISSUES DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM. AS OF THIS WRITING VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP OVER 30 DAYS AND THEY ARE STILL UNABLE TO REPAIR.

I HAVE A 2016 JEEP RENEGADE THAT I BOUGHT BRAND NEW. IT HAS 45,000 MILES AND WHEN MY GIRLFRIEND WAS DRIVING TO GET SOME LUNCH FROM WORK AND THE CAR STARTED OVERHEATING. NOW I HAVE REALIZED THE ISSUE IS THAT THE RADIATOR FAN HAS STOPPED WORKING. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A NATION WIDE PROBLEM EFFECTING MANY PEOPLE.

PREMATURE CLUTCH FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS 13400 MILES. UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65MPH, 6TH GEAR) CRUISE CONTROL BECAME DISABLED, AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER SERVICE WARNINGS SUCH AS SERVICE ABS, 4WD, PARKING BRAKE, ECS. VEHICLE LOST MOST FORWARD POWER, BUT WAS STILL ABLE TO SAFELY OPERATE DUE TO THE VEHICLES "LIMP MODE". UNDER "LIMP MODE" VEHICLE STILL OPERATED NORMALY WITH NO INDICATION OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS, AFTER A FEW MILES, ALL WARNING AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS DISAPPEARED AND NORMAL DRIVING RESUMED, HAD FULL ACCELERATION POWER, AND NO ISSUES. PRESUMED IT WAS A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION AND IT CORRECTED IT SELF. CONTINUED TO DRIVE TO DESTINATION, AFTER 30 MILES VEHICLE LOST FORWARD POWER, AND SERVICE AND WARNING INDICATORS RE-APPEARED. WAS UNABLE TO DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH TO PROPERLY STOP VEHICLE AND OR SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN GEAR AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE IT WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY, VEHICLE WOULD BE NEARLY AT A COMPLETE STOP BUT WOULD BUCK AND JOLT, UNTIL I MANUALLY SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. VEHICLE DID REQUIRE A TOW SERVICE AND WOULD NOT START AFTERWARDS. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE CLUTCH WAS SLIPPING OR FAILED DURING DRIVING NOR HAD IT EXPERIENCED ANY ISSUE IN THE PREVIOUS TRIPS, (IE, SMOKE, BURNT SMELL, BUCKING OR JOLTING, RATTLES) ONLY INDICATION I EXPERIENCED WAS THE NO FORWARD POWER, UNABLE TO SHIFT, AND STOP PROPERLY WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. IF THE CLUTCHED FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY WITH NO PRIOR WARNING SIGNS, IT MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT DUE TO POSSIBLE LOCKING OF THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WITH NO WAY TO DISENGAGE, RESULTING IN UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY STOP THE VEHICLE. IT COULD ALSO SEIZE THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, RESULTING IN A SUDDEN UNCONTROLLED STOP.

WHEN DRIVING I SLOW TO MAKE A TURN, WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE DURING THE TURN THE ENGINE WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL BEING PRESSED AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FLICKERS ON THE DASHBOARD. HAS HAPPENED AT NUMEROUS SPEEDS WHEN TURNING. I GET STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN WITH TRAFFIC COMING AT ME. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TWICE NOW AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. VEHICLE HAS 7,100 MILES ON IT.

MULTIPLE ISSUES SINCE I PURCHASED NEW. DEALER CONFIRMED COMPUTER SENDING CODES TO TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. AT TIMES, YOU COULD NOT ACCELERATE OR EXTREMELY LOW GAS MILEAGE. ON AN INTERSTATE GOING UP AND DOWN MOUNTAINS WITH 18-WHEELERS, THIS IS TERRIFYING. ALL LIGHTS SHUTTING OFF RANDOMLY INCLUDING HEADLIGHTS, BRAKES, BLINKERS, DASH, ETC WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE WORST ISSUE IS I HAVE HAD IS THE DOORS LOCKING MY CHILD IN. I PUT HIM IN THE VEHICLE AS NORMAL, WHEN I WENT AROUND TO GET IN, ALL THE DOORS HAD LOCKED AND WOULD NOT OPEN. THE POLICE BUSTED A WINDOW TO GET HIM OUT. AFTER CONFIRMED HE WAS OK, I WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE VEHICLE. THE DASH WAS BLINKING A MESSAGE AND THE LOCKS WERE STILL ACTING UP. AFTER CRANKING, EVERYTHING RETURNED TO NORMAL. *BF UPDATED 9/12/18*JB

THE BRAKES SQUEAL CONSTANTLY. WE NOTICED IT SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE BUT ASSUMED IT WAS FROM BEING A NEW VEHICLE. AFTER OWNING THE VEHICLE FOR A YEAR, WE TOOK IT IN TO HAVE THE BRAKES AND ROTERS REPLACED. WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF PADDING REMAINING. THE SQUEALING OCCURS WHENEVER YOUR FOOT IS ON THE BREAK, REGARDLESS IF YOU ARE STILL OR SLOWING.