general problems of the 2015 Jeep Renegade - part 2

Sun visors will not stay up on both sides.

My car delays to shift. You can feel this going from reverse to drive or simply trying to pick up speed on roads with high speed limits. Or from pressing brake to pressing gas. (not stepping on gas hard) it has jolted many times making it feel as though someone hit the back of the car. This has been an on going issue. But will use the date when my car turned off by itself. My car turned completely off by itself while I was driving.

My vehicle will stop going down the road and tell you to shift to park. Then will not crank for several mins after this. This has been happening for several months. Took the vehicle into service department and was told they updated the transmission module and here we are several months later with the same issue. This is dangerous and someone could be killed.

Radiator fan is melting from the heat of the engine. This issue is widespread and there are tons of videos on the internet and complaints? the replacement has a heat shield. Sad I have to pay to have it installed.

My check engine light came on and disabled my 4wd. All it needed was a thermostat. They told me anytime the service engine light comes on it will disable the 4wd. It doesn't matter what turns the check engine light on it will disable the 4wd. I tried going through the dealer, Jeep, fiat, Chrysler. They told me there was a safety issue and it would disable the 4wd. I told them I bought a Jeep for it's 4wd capabilities. The check engine light should only disable 4wd if it is a drive train problem. They told me if the weather was bad I should stay home. What good is a 4wd if you can't depend on it. Jeep is rated off-road. I can't find any help in this matter. All it needs is a change in the command module.

Indicator light for right turn signal out, left turn signal out, daytime running lights out, brake light out and parking lights out cycled while the car was in motion. All lights are working properly. Turned car off and back on again, all lights disappeared. Researched that other Renegades have had this issue, but only 2017 models were recalled.

Several instances of key not releasing from ignition. This is safety issue because you cant leave your car parked in public without risk. Supposedly an issue mentioned by previous owners of this vehicle.

The fan to the engine seems loose and is making noise.

43,xxx miles and my cooling fan has failed.

Radiator cooling fan making noise, getting stuck. My car stalled and lost power causing to decelerate.

Transmission may not be working correctly the date is a rough estimate but it has been doing something weird like jumping when you put it into reverse and then drive so another person toliyme it may be transmission recall on it so I'm just checking.

The emergency key blade falls out of the key fob. I thought it was my fault for over use but when it happened with my second key fob that I pulled the blade from only once fell out and was lost after one month of use. Very poop design. The first time I found the blade in my pocket, the next time it fell out I wasn't so lucky. Now I have two fobs with no keys.

Among other issues, the engine cuts out while driving. This has happened five times to me, and all appear to occur while making turns at low-moderate speed (<30mph); this is the only consistent factor when the engine cuts out (does not appear to be affected by weather or drive/run time). The first time occurred around 30k miles - the engine lost power while making a right turn on local streets. Vehicle's display flashed a number of warning lights before indicating "vehicle not in shift to park. " electrical system appeared fully functional. I was able to drift to the side of the road and restarted my car after multiple attempts. The service engine light and electronic throttle control warning remained. The next restart removed the etc warning. The service engine light was removed after 4 restarts (with regular driving). I brought the car to the dealership, where they updated a module and I had to pay to clean the etc sensor (it was allegedly "sticky" and triggering a false warning). Recently, within the last week, the engine has cut out on me 4 times. The first two instances were back-to-back (one on exiting a roundabout), followed by a right-hand turn @ approx. 37200 miles. In both instances I was in the far-right lane and able to drift to safety. The engine stuttered upon trying to push-to-start but I was able to restart the engine after few attempts. The next morning, "oil low" flickered and "traction control off" lit until engine restart. Oil was/is not low. At 37400 miles, the engine died while making a left-hand turn on a 5-lane street at night. At 37450 miles, the engine died in the morning while making a right-hand turn on a main road. All of these instances occurred without any warning (other than "vehicle not in shift to park" after engine cut out) and without loss of electrical systems. I do not feel safe driving this vehicle.

Check engine error p0481, cooling system not working, thermostat temp increase when idle.

The radiator fan is causing the vehicle to overheat. It is breaking due to not having a heat shield on it and it is causing the vehicle to overheat. Jeep fixes the problems in the late 2016 models by putting in a metal fan and took out the plastic fan. Fear of Renegade catching fire. Vehicle overheats in the parking lot.

While driving the vehicle on a highway in az the front panel of the slidingsky sunroof flew off the roof. Have been issues with this roof since purchased brand new in nh. Had brought it to the dealership at least twice previously for ongoing rattling, incomplete closure and excessive wind noise from this roof. Eventually, they supposedly replaced the roof unit but the issues have continued ultimately resulting in this latest issue of the front roof piece literally blowing off the vehicle. It has been brought into a dealership in arizona for repair and we expressed our concern over this potentially being a hazard to other drivers on the toad that could result in injury to others. The dealership expressed no opinion or concern other than they would replace the piece that came off the vehicle.

Vehicle shifts very hard. When shifting into drive jumps forward and similarly jumps back on reverse. Vehicle was stationary in a parking lot went from park to reverse and applied a slight amount of gas, vehicle shot backwards causing me to sharply turn the wheel to avoid a collision. Similarly, when first placing vehicle in drive going around 15 miles an hour vehicle will jump forward noticably.

Radiator fan makes rattling sound while stationary and while driving. Very loud and causes car to overheat when ran for any extended period of time.

The Jeep has been taken to an authorized dealer 3 time for the same problem. The Renegade when reaching speeds of approximately 30 miles per hour produces the same sound as running over rumble strips. The sound can get very loud making it difficult to hear what is going on in the surroundings (horn, siren, etc). The authorized Jeep service station has been unable to locate the problem but acknowledges they can hear the sound. This issue has been reported on several Jeep Renegade forums, stating the warrantied differential was required to be replaced, they deemed this �not necessarily the problem�. Fca has been informed of this issue and seems to think it poses no safety concern. This is a 9 speed auto transmission.

Takata recall there are multiple electrical problems occurring with the vehicle, along with mechanical problems and the car is used to commute to work and home. These issues have never occurred with any other new car we have purchased from a lot. I feel unsafe driving the car with my family unsure of what other problem may occur.

The cooling fan has come loose and appears to be near failure, which has prevented me from operating the vehicle. The vehicle is only two years old with 27,000 miles and appears to be a widespread issue with this model; this should not be happening in a vehicle this new!.

On October 12th the car started making an odd noise driving in the city (never off road). I didn't drive it again until October 14th and it was making the noise again. We were trying to drive to the dealership but the car started smoking near the engine compartment and we drive it to my mechanic. He said the fan had stopped working. We called the arrigo dealership in fort pierce who said I need a fan assembly unit and needed to pay $263 upfront. The part is on backorder and should take 1-2 months but may be longer. Once it is delivered it would cost $260 for labor. Since my car has 49,000 miles on it and the warranty ended at 36,000 the repair isn't covered and no loaner car will be provided. Also, do not drive the car to prevent engine damage. What? so my mechanic called around to find the part elsewhere. He spoke to schumacher Jeep and the service department said it is a know issue and asked my mechanic if he would like to be put on the waiting list. When he asked how long the waiting list is, the gentleman replied there are approx 4700 parts request before us and there is no eta at this time it could be 1-4 months. This is utterly ridiculous. When I search the net, there are soooooooo many similar issues and Jeep is saying this is not a recall. . Read more...

When I'm driving my vehicle will not speed up. I press on the gas and it keeps going at the same speed. When I brake it pulls, like if I was repeatedly pressing and letting go of the brakes. The wheels have worn out twice, having had new cars before and driving the same roads and distance I know this is not normal. I have fixed my breaks once wich is unusual for how new this car is and now my breaks are making squeaking noise.

Radiator fan shorts out causing a possible fire risk. Mechanical burning smell filled the car .

While accelerating to pull out of a full stop at a stop sign intersection I pressed the gas but the car didn't move. It felt like it was almost in neutral or had stalled completely. After double checking the car was in drive and checking my dashboard for errors, I put the car in park, and then shifted back to drive and it began moving finely with the gas pedal. The event was scary however because for that moment as I was pressing the gas pedal while the car was in drive, the car wouldn't move at all. This could have been dangerous had I been on a busier road. The car had been turned on and running for 2 minutes prior to this event occurring. I was pulling out of a grocery store parking lot.

Horn works intermittently. Took it into dealer and they replicated the problem and performed a software update. Worked fine for a week or two, but intermittent inoperable horn issues began again. Safety issue when it's needed to alert pedestrians or vehicle that don't see you. On two separate occasions, I barely avoided a cars that apparently didn't see me when they cut in front of me. Once was at slow speed in the city and the other was at high speed on the interstate. An inoperable horn is a safety issue. I have to schedule another appointment to hopefully find the problem.

The accident avoidance system will show up on the dash screen as temporarily disabled while driving down the street.

Recently had my apartment broken into and one of the things stolen was my 2015 Jeep Renegade keyless entry/start key fob. Since this person knows where I live I needed to have my fob reset and the stolen one deleted from the memory. Turns out for the Jeep Renegade only the existing fobs can not be removed from the memory unless they have the physical fob. Now I have to fear that my car can be stolen and broken into at any time as I am unable to move anytime soon. Jeep is aware of this problem and states there is simply nothing they can do about it and it has been fixed in newer models. I have gotten zero suggestions as to how to proceed so my car is not stolen or damaged by the creep who has my fob. The computer in the car cannot be completely reset to make a whole new set of fobs since the VIN on the Renegade does not allow for total reset of keyless system.

Was going approximate 25-30 mph switched lanes and the traffic stop I pressed the brakes and here was a grinding felling and hit the back of another car and did substantial damage to the front end of my Jeep and the airbags did not go off.

I have owned this vehicle for a year and have less than 5k miles on it. Today I was making a normal right hand turn (not sharp or anything) and as I was turning the Jeep lost all power and the traction control light came on the dash.

I have had a "service in 30 days, I'm now on 6 days" and I have been to 2 different dealers to have the service message removed from when I start the Jeep but the message never goes away, I have had the service done twice now to get the message to go away but it never does, the date just goes down and I have no way to remove the message, and apparently dealers can't either, what happens when I hit day 1 or beyond? when will I know my vehicle needs service next if the light never turn off to begin with on a new vehicle?.

The transmission is causing safety issues. When accelerating after a very slow crawl or stop, the engine shuts off. No warning lights, no sounds or any indication that its about to shut off. This happens sporadically. Also, when accelerating after a very slow crawl or stop, the vehicle lags and jolts forward. Feels like someone has hit you from behind. No warning lights, no sounds or any indication this is about to happen. This also happens sporadically. There were a few near-accidents due to the vehicle shutting off or lunging in intersections. It has happened on city streets and freeways. It was taken into the dealership to survey. It died in their parking lot twice. They claimed it was the oil, the battery, electronics, or that it was driven awkwardly, etc. They have held the vehicle for over 30days, did software fixes, changed the oil, changed the battery. I also went through the Chrysler dispute resolution. Which was unfavorable to myself due to dealership claiming nothing was wrong. Dealership did not notate true experiences with the vehicle to Chrysler. Vehicle still stalled and lunged thereafter. I refused to drive it due to safety reasons and had dealership buy it back at bluebook value so that I could purchase a safe reliable vehicle. There is a class action suit regarding the transmission. I did not claim into the class action suit because at the time, I was in the process of the dispute resolution.

After vehicle is at operating temp. Vehicle stopped at light, turning left and accelatering away, the traction control light comes on and vehicle loses power like it wants to halt vehicle for 5-10 seconds. I was able to pull over bit, release acceleration pedal, and reapplied to regain full function and acceleration. Happens either turning right or left on dry pavement. Renegade has been to the dealership five times. Service manager road tested vehicle and verified concern. Dealership had a tech advisor state that they are aware of the problem, it is inherent with Renegades. Fca currently has no know application to correct this unsafe condition. Have had vehicle to dealership April, 2016,July, 2016, October 2016, February 2017 and March 2017.

Engine hesitates when trying to accellerate from just stopped to 30mph and gear feels like it is in a lower gear than it is even though it is an automatic. Dashboard completely flickers all areas of operation until finally showing mph. When I purchased vehicle brand new, it had to be towed into dealer next morning. Dealer stated battery was dead and needed charged as well as there being little to no oil in vehicle. I have never encountered this with a new vehicle before. Also the mesh from the passenger door is separating from the handle as of 1 week from purchase.

2015 Jeep Renegade: vehicle shifts hard; like a canon. Took vehicle in to dealer and they said it just needed an update. Problem still not fixed. Vehicle makes a ringing sound like a phone when at highway speeds of 65 miles per hour. Vehicle rattles a lot especially in the speaker areas and also the driver side seatbelt area. When I took it in to the dealer to have them figure out the rattles they said that they could not find it. The seats do not heat up well. When it is turned on high, it feels like it is on the low setting still. When the steering when is being turned at any speed it makes a creaking sound.