2017 Jeep Renegade

THE TRUNK POP OPEN IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO CLOSE TO IT. AFTER STARTING THE CAR THEN DRIVING THE CAR WILL STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. YOU HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK. AND GIVE IT A FEW MINS. THEN TRY TO RESTART THE CAR. THEN YOU CAN GO. IF YOU HIT THE RADIO BUTTONS TO FAST IT WILL TURN THE VOLUME ALL THE WAY UP AND WILL BE STUCK THERE TILL YOU TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESET THE RADIO.

2017 JEEP RENEGADE WITH 42,000 MILES HAS FAULTY IGNITION COILS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MISFIRE, AND STALL WHILE DRIVING. AFTER OUR JEEP RENEGADE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND MISFIRING, I STARTED RESEARCHING POSSIBLE ISSUES. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INDICATED A PROBLEM, WHICH DISABLED THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE IN THE VEHICLE DURING A SNOWSTORM HERE. UPON PULLING THE CEL CODE, WE FOUND A MISFIRE IN CYLINDER 2 AND REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS AS THIS IS A TYPICAL SOLUTION TO MINOR IGNITION ISSUES. UPON REPLACEMENT, I NOTICED ONE PLUG WAS BADLY FOULED AND CORRODED WITH ANOTHER HAVING SLIGHT FOULING. AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE SPARK PLUGS, THE VEHICLE ACTED OK FOR ABOUT AN HOUR THEN STARTED MISFIRING AGAIN. WE SWAPPED THE 2 AND 4 COIL WITH EACH OTHER RESULTING IN THE MISFIRE MOVING TO CYLINDER 4. THIS LEXUS TO REPLACE THE IGNITION COILS SOLVING THE ISSUE. THIS VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT, AND UPON FURTHER RESEARCH WE ARE FINDING THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE RENEGADE IGNITION COILS FAILING PREMATURELY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MISFIRE AND STALL. THIS IS A POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING ISSUE BECAUSE IF THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING COULD VERY LIKELY CAUSE ACCIDENTS. ADDITIONALLY THE FAILURE OF THE 4WD WITH ACEL PUTS THE DRIVER AT FURTHER RISK OF BEING STUCK OR CAUSING A WRECK WHEN THE VEHICLE DOES NOT PERFORM AS EXPECTED.

SEATBELT RECEIVER IS DEFECTIVE. PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AT DEALERSHIP. REPLACEMENT PART HAS BEEN ORDERED MULTIPLE TIMES. DEALERSHIP WAS SENT WRONG PART IN THE CORRECT BOX; REPLACEMENT PART ORDERED. DEALERSHIP WAS SENT DEFECTIVE PART; REPLACEMENT PART ORDERED. PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. THE SEATBELT CANNOT BE PUT INTO THE BUCKLE AS SOMETHING IN THE RECEIVER IS BLOCKING ACCESS.

IN MOTION UPON DECEL/ACCEL AT A STOP SIGN AND THEN TO PROCEED, THE ENGINE DIES. YOU HAVE TO PUT CAR IN PARK AND RE-CRANK, THEN TRY TO PROCEED. NO LOW OIL INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON FOR ANY WARNING THAT MY ENGINE WAS LOW ON OIL OR THAT MY ENGINE WOULD DO AN AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN TO SAVE THE ENGINE. I WAS 2000 MILES OVER MY RECOMMENDED OIL CHANGE (I OWN THIS MISTAKE) AND WAS TOLD THE OIL WAS FOUND TO LOW AND THAT THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE WAS MADE TO SHUT DOWN TO SAVE IT FROM BURNING UP. HOWEVER, NO WARNINGS, NO INDICATOR LIGHTS, JUST A SHUTOFF OF THE POWER TO VEHICLE UPON SLOWING TO STOP AND/OR RE-ACCELERATE. TROUBLE TO THINK I WOULD GET IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW MY OIL WAS TOO LOW AND SHOULD BE LOOKED AT. SO, MAJOR DEAL.... I HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS THE TYPE OF 2.4 LT ENGINE THAT WAS USING IN THIS PARTICULAR JEEP MODEL. I GET THAT, BUT NO INDICATOR LIGHT IS TROUBLESOME. TOOK IT ON MONDAY THE 11TH TO JEEP DEALER IN CARTERSVILLE, GA.

THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY. THE VEHICLE ENGINE STOPS AND THE CAR HAS TO BE GUIDED OFF THE STREET IF SAFE. AT LEAST ONCE THE VEHICLE STOPPED WHILE DRIVING AND HAD TO BE SHUT OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES, TWICE BEFORE THE RECALL. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DIAGNOSED A "SOFTWARE" PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN SINCE FINDING OUT ABOUT THE RECALL AFTER THE ORIGINAL "FIX". THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP CURRENTLY BUT THERE IS NO RECALL PART YET FOR THIS PROBLEM.

ALL MAINTENANCE DONE TO VEHICLE AT RECOMMENDED/REQUIRED TIMEFRAMES. AFTER MY 2ND OIL CHANGE WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STALLED WITH NO INDICATORS ON DASH ON A MAIN ROAD WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 45MPH, CAR DID NOT RE-START UNTIL 2ND OR 3RD ATTEMPT. THIS WAS THE 1ST TIME THIS HAD HAPPENED. ABOUT 1 WEEK LATER WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL TURNING ONTO A FLAT ROAD THE CAR STALLED AGAIN STARTING BACK UP ON THE FIRST TRY. WHILE DRIVING THE SAME DAY THE CAR STALLED 2 MORE TIMES. AT NO POINT WERE ANY INDICATORS LIT SHOWING ANY PROBLEM. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A JEEP DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM, AFTER EXPLAINING THE TIME IT STALLED GOING DOWN HILL HE CHECKED THE OIL AND FOUND IT EMPTY. THE MANUAL STATES CHANGING THE OIL WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT IS LIT, ONCE A YEAR OR 10,000 MILES. I HAVE HAD THE OIL CHANGED BY PROFESSIONALS IN OUR BEFORE 5,000 MILES. AT THE TIME I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND DISCOVERED IT HAD NO OIL I WAS STILL UNDER THE 5,000 MILE RANGE TO HAVE THE OIL REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT THE OIL HAD PROBABLY BURNED UP AND CHANGED THE OIL AND FILTER. MONTHS LATER WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO A MAIN ROAD THE VEHICLE AGAIN STALKED WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH, THANKFULLY THE CAR STARTED ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT AS A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS COMING UP BEHIND ME. I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE JEEP DEALER AND WAS INFORMED IT WOULD BE A FEW HOURS ADD I HAD NOT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT. AFTER EXPLAINING MY ISSUE THE TECHNICIAN CHECKED MY OIL FINDING IT EMPTY, ABOUT 4,000 MILES SINCE LAST OIL CHANGE, AND STATED HE WOULD TOP IT OFF FOR FREE TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS. HE STATED THIS WAS A RECENTLY DISCOVERED ISSUE BUT NOTHING YET WAS BEING DONE TO FIX THE ISSUE. I SEE A RECALL HAS BEEN PUT OUT AND CHECKED MY VIN WHICH CAME BACK AS NOT RECALLED BUT I BELIEVE MY CAR MAY HAVE THE RECALL OR SOMETHING ELSE POSSIBLY WRONG.