2018 Jeep Renegade

THE CAR SMELLS HORRIBLE LIKE GAS INSIDE WHEN I START IT TO HEAT UP. STARTED SHAKING, ENGINE IS MAKING A LOUD SOUND THAT IT DIDN'T BEFORE. I GOT THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER UPDATED ON MARCH 30, 2021. NOW TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE GETS TO CLOSE TO 200 DEGREES AND THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO NEED TO FLUSH BECAUSE OF THE MODEL. AND I GOT THE RECALL COMPUTER UPDATE ON JANUARY 30. 2021 ALSO FOR THE OIL ISSUE. I'M AM SO UNHAPPY WITH THIS VEHICLE. ALL THESE PROBLEMS HAPPEN AFTER MY WARRANTY RAN OUT.

THE JEEP SOMETIMES STALLS WHEN COMING TO A STOP. IT'LL SAY THAT THE CAR NEEDS TO BE PLACED IN PARK, YOU ATTEMPT TO START IT, THE JEEP STRUGGLES TO START. EVENTUALLY IT WILL START. THE JEEP ALSO MAKES A HARD JOLT SOMETIMES IN HIGHER SPEEDS. IT HAS BEEN NOTICED TO DO THIS WHEN THE JEEP IS ACCELERATING TO CRUISING SPEED. SOMETIMES IT IS NOTICED WHEN DE ACCELERATING.

PURCHASED VEHICLE JULY 2019. TODAY I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AND THE D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. I WAS ON A HWY RD WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC. IT TOOK A COUPLE TRIES AND THE CAR FINALLY STARTED BACK UP. I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE VEHICLE I HAVE HAS A MOTOR THAT HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH OIL ISSUES AND JEEP NOT FIXING IT, THEY'RE JUST TELLING THE CONSUMER TO JUST KEEP PUTTING OIL IN IT. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE CONSIDERING HOW MUCH I PAY A MONTH. THESE MOTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. I PUT MY VIN NUMBER IN AND IT SAYS NO RECALLS. THERE NEEDS TO BE ONE ASAP. NOW THAT M SCARED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE.

A COUPLE OF TIMES MY JEEP RENEGADE 2018 STALLED WHEN I WAS DRIVING, SAID SOMETHING ABOUT LOW OIL PRESSURE WHEN I ALREADY DID AN OIL CHANGE, ALSO SAID ON THE DASH THAT THE GEAR SHIFT WASN'T WORKING AND SLOW DOWN AND STOP, I COULDN'T IMAGINE IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A BAD ACCIDENT. I SAFELY PARKED, TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND STARTED BACK UP. TOOK IT LAST YEAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THAT WAS A SAFETY THING AND THIS YEAR OCTOBER 30TH 2020, I TOOK IT TO CHECK WHY IT KEPT SAYING LOW OIL PRESSURE WHEN THE OIL IS NEW AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF WAS LEAKING. THEY SAID WASN'T LEAKING, THAT IT WAS BURNING OIL. THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING THAT THE OIL IS NEW AND LESS THAN A MONTH IT SAYS LOW OIL PRESSURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS AT STAND STILL, WHEN THE IGNITION FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT STATED BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL (ETC) WARNING LIGHT WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED SHE NOTICED THE VEHICLE HAD NO OIL BUT THERE WAS NOT LEAK. THE CONTACT STATED SHE ADDED OIL AND CHANGED THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LOCAL DEALER AUTONATION CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM SPRING LOCATED AT 21027 I-45, SPRING, TX 77388, (281) 715-6927 AND WAS BEING SERVICED AT THE MOMENT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED REPAIRED AS OF YET. UPON INVESTIGATION THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V524000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), HOWEVER THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 76,000.

A FEW WEEKS AFTER I FIRST BOUGHT MY NEW CAR (JUNE 2018) AFTER STARTING IT, THE RADIO WOULD SOMETIMES NOT COME ON OR THE VOLUME CONTROL KNOB WOULD NOT WORK. THEN RECENTLY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO (APRIL 2020) THE 12V CIGARETTE LIGHTER IN MY CAR STOPPED WORKING (CAR IN PARK, JUST STARTED). TURNED CAR OFF, AND THEN IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. IT SEEMED LIKE ALL POWER WAS LOST TO THE CAR. NO LIGHTS WOULD COME ON INSIDE EITHER. IT JUST WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING AT ALL WHEN TRYING TO START IT. THE 15 FUSE WAS REPLACED IN THE DASH BOX, AND IT THEN STARTED FINE AGAIN. THAT LASTED FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. THEN A FEW WEEKS AGO NOW (8/8/20) MY CAR WOULDN'T START IN THE DRIVEWAY. AGAIN, NO POWER TO IT, NO LIGHTS OR ANYTHING. THE SAME FUSE WAS BLOWN, SO IT WAS REPLACED AGAIN. MY CAR STILL WOULDN'T START. I JUMPED IT OFF WITH JUMPER CABLES, IT STARTED FINE. I WAS DRIVING FOR LESS THAN 20 MINUTES (8/12/20), SOMEONE MOTIONED ME TO PULL OVER BECAUSE THEY SMELLED MY CAR BATTERY. LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, AND MY BATTERY WAS LEAKING. I THEN HAD TO DRIVE MY CAR ANOTHER 5-10 MINUTES TO GET IT HOME. MADE IT HOME, AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START AGAIN. I HAD THE BATTERY REPLACED WITH A BRAND NEW ONE (8/17/20), AND MY CAR STARTED FINE AGAIN. AS I MENTIONED, THAT WAS 2 WEEKS AGO. NOW TODAY (9/2/20), I STARTED MY CAR, DROVE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, THEN IT JUST QUIT ACCELERATING AND WOULDN'T GO OVER 20MPH. I PULLED OVER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE FIRST TIME, TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND AGAIN IT NOW WON'T START BACK UP AT ALL. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS DO STILL COME ON, BUT WHEN I HIT 'LOCK' ON MY KEY FOB, THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAILLIGHTS FLASH WEIRDLY ON AND OFF MANY TIMES IN A ROW. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW AND HAVE ONLY HAD CONSTANT ELECTRICAL AND STARTING PROBLEMS SINCE THE BEGINNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED, VIBRATED AND STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ATLANTA WEST CHRYSLER DODGE LOCATED AT 1251 THORNTON RD, LITHIA SPRINGS, GA 30122, WHERE THE MECHANIC FLASHED THE PCM AND TCM DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILURES HOWEVER, THE FAILURES RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.