2018 Jeep Renegade

CAR POWERS OFF WHEN DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES THIS WEEK. IT SHUTS OFF SO YOU CAN'T GIVE IT ANY GAS AND SAYS ON THE SCREEN 'PLACE VEHICLE IN P AND HIT THE START BUTTON' THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES THIS MORNING AND THE DEALER SAID IT MIGHT BE OIL CONSUMPTION AND I'M NOW DOING A TEST FOR THAT WHICH THEY SAID THEY MIGHT HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE.

THE VEHICLE BURNS OIL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING. WE HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICES REGULARLY, BUT IT BURNS SO MUCH OIL WE'RE HAVING ISSUES BEFORE IT'S DUE FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. MY SON WAS ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY FROM HOME WHEN HIS VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT AT TIMES IT WOULD SPUTTER DURING ACCELERATION. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND CURRENTLY IT HAS 29,000 MILES. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED UNDER WARRANTY TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY KEPT IT FOR OVER A WEEK BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT. I INQUIRED ABOUT GETTING A LOANER VEHICLE SINCE WE WERE DOWN A VEHICLE AND THE DEALER SAID ALL THEIR LOANERS WERE OUT AND THEY WILL ONLY ALLOW US TO HAVE THE LOANER FOR 5 DAYS TOTAL. SO, THEY SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT US WHEN THEY HAD A LOANER AVAILABLE. WE NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THEM, SO MY HUSBAND CALLED THEM BACK 8 DAYS LATER TO INQUIRE ABOUT A LOANER AGAIN, AND AT THAT TIME THEY SAID THE VEHICLE WAS READY; ALL IT NEEDED WAS OIL. SO, WHEN WE WENT TO PICK-UP THE VEHICLE THEY'RE CHARGING US $189 AND THIS VEHICLE IS STILL ON WARRANTY. THE WARRANTY ON THE JEEP IS FRAUDULENT AND THE DEALERSHIPS ARE DEVIOUS.

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR IN JULY. IN DECEMBER IT BEGAN STALLING AT ODD TIMES AND NOT WANTING TO RESTART. WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS THE OIL CHANGE INDICATOR CAME ON. I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AND FIGURED I WOULD SCHEDULE IT AS SOON AS I COULD AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. THE VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING SHORTLY AFTER THE OIL CHANGE INDICATOR HAPPENED. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE I DID NOT LET THE VEHICLE WARM UP LONG ENOUGH AND IT WAS VERY COLD OUTSIDE. NOPE. I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE GAS STATION AND THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE INTERSECTION AND REFUSED TO RESTART. I WAS ALMOST STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES. IT TOOK 5 MINUTES TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS MAKING NOISES LIKE THE ENGINE DID NOT WANT TO TURN OVER AND CATCH. I FINALLY GOT IT OUT OF THE ROAD AND INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE GAS STATION. IT SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTED RELUCTANTLY. I FILLED IT UP WITH GAS AND IT TOOK SEVERAL TRIES TO GET IT TO RESTART. A WEEK LATER I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK AND IT STALLED ON ME LEAVING THE PARKING LOT, I HAD LITERALLY DRIVEN 500 FEET. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, THE VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE RED "POWER REDUCED" LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON THE DASH. IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 25 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO A PARKING LOT A LITTLE WAYS UP THE ROAD AND LET IT SIT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. IT RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS, THE REDUCE POWER LIGHT WAS GONE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON, AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT AT A NORMAL SPEED THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. I STARTED IT AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING. NO ISSUES, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON. AS OF THIS WRITING, I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 6 MONTHS AND IT HAS 8100 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT IT NEW OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR. IF THE REPORTS I KEEP SEEING ON HERE ARE ACCURATE, I WILL BE TRADING IT IN FOR SOMETHING ELSE ASAP.

HAD AN OIL CHANGE AROUND 2 MONTHS BEFORE THE ISSUE OCCURED. WHEN PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY THE JEEP STOPPED AND SHUT OFF. UPON INSPECTION I WAS LOW ON OIL. AFTER ADDING 3 QUARTS OF OIL I FOUND WHERE OTHER PEOPLE ONLINE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES WITH SPECIFICALLY THE 2018 JEEP RENEGADE 2.4 LITER MOTOR CONSUMING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF OIL. OTHERS HAD THEY'RE RENEGADES STOP WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY BUT LUCKY I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN MY DRIVEWAY. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN OIL CHANGE ON TIME AND THROUGH JEEP AS WELL. I ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY PASSED AND EMISSIONS TEST WHILE THE MOTOR BURNS THAT MUCH OIL.

TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK, MY 2018 JEEP RENEGADE WITH AROUND 17,500 MILES HAS STALLED AFTER MODERATELY HARD BRAKING. IN BOTH CASES THE VEHICLE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME RESTARTING. IN THE LAST CASE, THE STALLING OCCURRED DURING BUSY RUSH HOUR CITY TRAFFIC AND WE SAT FOR ABOUT MINUTE WITH TRAFFIC PASSING US WHILE WE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. MY GIRLFRIEND, A NEW DRIVER, WAS DRIVING DURING THIS INSTANCE AND I AM CONCERNED FOR OUR SAFETY NOW. *DT*JB

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION ON A DRIVEWAY THE CAR STALLED AND THE ONBOARD DISPLAY READ "SHIFT INTO GEAR". A FULL LOSS OF POWER TO THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION OCCURRED. CAR HAD TO BE RESTARTED TO RESUME DRIVING OF THE VEHICLE. THE RESTART WAS VERY ROUGH, AS IF IT NEEDED GAS. STALL COULD HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURY IF IT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME IT HAS OCCURRED. OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL HAVE A RECALL FOR A FAULTY FUEL PUMP AND/OR POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE BUT MINE DOESN'T.