2018 Jeep Renegade

WHEN DRIVING DOWNHILL 55 MPH AT AN APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE OF 5500FT ON HWY 80 WEST IN WYOMING, MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST ALL POWER, ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND DASHBOARD MESSAGE SAID SHIFT TO PARK. VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL. I PROCEEDED TO PARK THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE HWY AND SHIFTED TO PARK. I WAITED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO. I DECIDED TO TURN THE ENGINE ON, WHICH IT DID, SHIFTED TO DRIVE, AND DROVE TO THE NEAREST HWY EXIT. I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE ISSUE, BUT IT SEEMS, BASE ON OTHER OWNERS REPORT'S THAT THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN THE ENGINE FUEL PUMP AND/OR VOLTAGE REGULATOR WHICH IT MAKES SENSE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND RECALL THE ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES.

ENGINE CONSUMES OIL. THERE IS ZERO REASON FOR A 2018 MODEL VEHICLE TO CONSUME ENGINE OIL. DEALERSHIP HAS TALKED WITH ME ABOUT THIS AT EVERY OIL CHANGE AND TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT THIS ENGINE IS DESIGNED TO CONSUME OIL. BULL CRAP!!! RECALL THIS AND FIX THE PROBLEM FCA. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND COMPLAINTS.

DRIVING WITH MY CHILD IN THE VEHICLE AND THE CAR ENGINE CUTOFF. LUCKILY I WAS NOT IN TRAFFIC AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE STOPPED. MESSAGE IN DASH WAS SOMETHING ABOUT NEEDING TO SHIFT TO PARK. PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK, ENGINE RESTARTED AND SPUTTERED FOR A MOMENT, THEN CONTINUED AS NORMAL. ONLY HAPPENED ONCE. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS LIKELY DUE TO LOW OIL LEVEL (APPROXIMATELY 2500 MILES SINCE OIL CHANGE).

2018 RENEGADE WITH 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION 54,000 MILES ON IT. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT SHIFT, REVVING HIGH RPMS, BAD SMELL OF BURNING CLUTCH. HAD TO HAVE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH. DROVE FINE ON THURSDAY WHEN I HAD IT AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A OIL CHANGE, DRIVE FINE FRIDAY TO PUT NEW TIRES ON IT. DID NOT DRIVE IT SATURDAY, DROVE IT SUNDAY AT 11:30 AT NIGHT AND THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED. I HAD NO WARNING OF ANY CLUTCH ISSUES PREVIOUSLY. *TR

VEHICLE SHUT OFF TWICE WHILE IN MOTION WITH NO WARNING. CHANGED OIL AT 12000 MILES. AT 14,500 MILES THE VEHICLE FLASHED A LOW OIL PRESSURE SIGN AND SHUT OFF WHILE MOVING ON A 45MPH ROAD. IT THEN STRUGGLED TO RESTART. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO OIL. I AM NOW DOING AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST PER THE DEALERSHIP'S INSTRUCTIONS AND THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED ON THE 3RD TEST (16000 MILEAGE) AFTER 1500 MILES THAT THE VEHICLE BURNED A QUART OF OIL SO FAR. WE ARE CONTINUING THE TESTS. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WARN OF LOW OIL OR GIVE WARNING WHEN IT IS SHUTTING OFF. IT WILL COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION, LEAVING THE DRIVER TO ATTEMPT TO COAST TO A SAFE AREA. THE DASH WILL THEN READ 'PLACE GEAR IN P AND PRESS BUTTON TO TURN ON' THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE - THE FIRST TIME THAT REQUIRED THE OIL CHANGE AT 12000 IN NOVEMBER 4, 2019 AND THE SECOND AT 14,500 ON DECEMBER 31, 2019. IN SUMMARY, THE VEHICLE BURNED THROUGH 5 QUARTS OF OIL IN A LITTLE OVER 2000 MILES AND SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING, AND IS BEGINNING THE PROCESS AGAIN WHILE BEING MONITORED UNDER THE DEALERSHIP.

I WAS MAKING A RIGHT ONTO A ROAD AND I LOST ALL POWER TO THE DRIVE TRAIN AND HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN RIGHT TURN INTO A SUBDIVISION THAT WAS TO MY IMMEDIATE RIGHT. I COULD STILL STEER; WHICH WAS HOW I PULLED MYSELF OFF THE ROAD INTO THE SUBDIVISION IMMEDIATELY AFTER MAKING THE TURN ONTO THE ROAD. I CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL WHEN I CAME TO A STOP INSIDE THE SUBDIVISION. IT READ THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL ON THE DIPSTICK. I WAS ON MY WAY TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGE DONE. THE CAR WAS DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE AT THE TIME. I WAS TAKING IT IN FOR THE OIL CHANGE 100 MILES BEFORE THE DUE DATE. A WEEK EARLIER AND THE DAY BEFORE THE CAR DISPLAYED A LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR ON THE DISPLAY. THOSE WERE THE FIRST TIMES IN MY LIFE I'VE SEEN THAT MESSAGE. I CONTACTED THE PARTS DEPARTMENT OF THE TRONCALLI JEEP DODGE DEALERSHIP I HAD BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM LATER THAT DAY. I ASKED WHY THE ENGINE STOPPED AND THE MAN I SPOKE TO SAID PROBABLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH HOW THE ENGINE WAS MADE. IN WHICH THE ENGINE COULD STALL IF THE OIL LEVEL IS HALF A QUART OVER OR UNDER THE MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM LEVEL. THAT WAS THE 1ST INSTANCE OF MY VEHICLE STALLING.

WHILE LETTING OFF THE GAS TO SLOW DOWN TO EITHER A STOP OR AROUND A CURVE; THE CAR IDLES ALL THE WAY DOWN AND DIES, THE DASHBOARD FLASHES A MESSAGE SAYING 'VEHICLE MUST BE IN PARK TO SWITCH GEARS'. WHEN I PLACE THE VEHICLE IN PARK IT THEN TELLS ME TO PUSH THE BRAKE AND THE START BUTTON; WHEN I DO THE CAR 'WHINES' AND ACTS LIKE IT'S HAVING A HARD TIME STARTING BACK UP; WHEN IT DOES FINALLY TURN OVER IT IDLES HIGH UNTIL I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR MAKING IT JUMP.