general problems of the 2018 Jeep Renegade - part 1

Uconnect screen is out. Started glitching but now it is completely black yet the touch part of it is responsive?? now if only I could remember exactly where everything is located and in what order. . Haha. Not. Also I have no backup camera view, not being able to see what temp my ac/heat is at or which mode it is on. What time is it even? how do I turn on the passenger heated seat for my daughter in the mornings and evenings when the temperature outside is below zero? how do I know where my next turn is when I am driving to a destination with my children and this is the first time I have ever seen, much less been on this road? it sucks!! and my android auto is no longer an option. . . Music?? the safety I could put myself and others in by having to look at and use my phone to change songs, artists, podcasts, make a call or change a gps route. . . Not cool! also the "fog light" running light on my passenger side does not work at times despite having changed the bulb, wiring, even though the fog light works just fine? and I have often felt like my transmission was slipping when accelerating from stop signs or at other times and that is insane considering the vehicle had less that 50k miles at the time. I want to love my Jeep like I once did yet all this has me questioning whether I would even ever purchase another Jeep. I also feel like my front end is loose and there is a wobbling and have had the mechanic check several times. It doesn't sound safe or feel safe. Yet what is truly most important is that I want and need my current Jeep to last me but all these issues kinda scare me to be honest. I want my screen back!!! I want my light to work at all times! I need my transmission to be wonderful!! I don't even have 95k on my Jeep yet!!! I am praying that submitting this report will help out in some ways.

I was driving in traffic and it was bumper to bumper. I had to keep going into first, move a little then stop for several miles. Coming out of the [xxx], heading up the hill, I started to smell burning, the clutch then pinned to the floor and I was stuck in first gear, and the vehicle shut off, not overheating warning, nothing. I was able to start the vehicle after a few moments and then got it t the shoulder, had it towed and I was told the clutch pressure plate was fractured and a whole new transmission would need installed if the flywheel isn't damaged. It wont be serviced until March 28th or 29th and then I will know if a $2500 dollar fix turns into a $5000. 00 dollar fix. 54 thousand miles on this and it drove fine in traffic like this before and had no issues with it shifting or anything until this day. They say there is a recall on the Renegade specifically nhtsa20v-124 involving Renegades with 6 speed manual transmissions. I couldn't get any help from Chrysler, the recall information center but this information is out on the web. Next is lemon law attorney. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

My Jeep has stalled while driving 3 times. It has been happening about once each year. The center console no long works. The screen just turned off one day and has never turned back on. Now it will not start. At first the dash turned on with all lights, would not start would not turn off break locked. Then the dash started flashing and the slowly diming until it no longer work. Then the rpm and mph startes going up and down then the car died off. There is a recall for Jeep Renegade that seems to reflect what it happening but the VIN search states no recalls. I now only now don't have a car that I'm still paying on but someone could have been hurt. When this initially started I did check for recalls, and as I just did again. I can't get it anywhere to be looked at.

After purchasing a new battery due to multiple issues with a drained battery, when trying to jump the new battery the Jeep would not take a jump. The lights came on and indicated multiple issues and the steering wheel became immovable. The Jeep will not start and each time if left hooked up will drain fully charged battery.

Unknown running lights and blinkers. Continually replace bulbs and either burn out black or just stop working. Possible wiring /electrical issues? dashboard computer works at random. Ongoing for about a year. Last 3 months the dashboard lightning bolt light flashes along with the service engine light. It will lose power to move forward while in motion and at times loses steering power as well. Speed doesn't seem to matter. Can be going 65 mph or 25 mph and happens at random. Usually flashing bolt light disappears after vehicle is turned off and restarted but service engine light remains on for a few days but then disappears after that. Vehicle has been brought in to be repaired and diagnosed several times at different locations but since the warning lights on the dash disappear, the scan device doesn't detect an issue. Ongoing malfunction is potentially dangerous and very frightening despite how fast the vehicle is moving. Not sure how to move forward with resolution when nobody seems to find what is wrong with it? money continually spent on trying to diagnose without resolution is frustrating and not knowing details puts others at risk as well. No active recalls and have not found or any prior recalls that would explain. Light issues are inconvenient but mentioned in the chance they are a component of the source of bigger issues that may include electrical , powertrain, etc. . . . *dashboard warning lights along with loss of driving power has happened on multiple different occasions. In additional details below I will record most current episode.

I bough this car in February with no knowledge of the prior lawsuit on these cars randomly stalling. The past month- my car has stalled multiple times, in the middle of the road and I lose all control. It is such a safety hazard because people will literally almost hit me. I have to hurry up and turn on the flashers and pull over and restart and try again. There is no warnings for this and once it stalls- the steering wheel locks as well! I thought it was bad gas but after doing all kinds of research , there was 2 previous recalls on this car for the same issue! if it was fixed, why is it still doing this? now I’m in a contract for this car and can’t afford to take a hit to my credit but it literally scares me to drive it! check engine light initially came on but since has disappeared. I have recorded my car doing this and honestly have just let it sit because I cannot afford a mechanical bill right now.

Fuel gage no longer accurately displays fuel level after a sudden loss of power of vehicle, and transmission lags when shifting gears.

Engine stalled (lost power) while driving on the interstate during rush hour traffic. I had to pull into emergency lane. This happened 3 times within an hour or so. We almost wrecked the car. Very scary and dangerous situation. I checked and there are no recalls with my VIN number. I’m not sure what to do now.

The turbocharger went out at 75k. Had it replaced just after the #2 cylinder went bad. Vehicle is unable to get to highway speeds and is very slow to accelerate. It is not due for an oil change for another 5k miles.

When it is raining, the vehicle shuts down and service warning lights come on. The service engine, service transmission, service hill assist, service parking break lights come on. The vehicle will start, but won't go into drive and no fuel flows into the engine to give enough power to move. After about 30 minutes, the vehicle might run, but it will shift very hard and the transmission won't fully engage. After 45 minutes, all the warning lights go off, except for the check engine light, and the car is driveable. This only happens in the rain or after a car wash.

2018 Jeep Renegade stalling, turning off while driving!!! 4wd service message, can’t turn steering wheel, car stalls and shuts down where it pleases.

While driving car will lose power and low oil pressure message appears. Car dies and then shift gear vehicle must be stopped message appears. Then press break petal to start vehicle. When I press the start button it takes a second to get power and start again.

Every 2 days I'm adding a cord of oil to my engine. It started off. I would have to add a quart or two in between my oil changes and this thing is running unbelievably bad. Everything's failing on it now. It's leaking oil out of somewhere from the block. The manifolds leaking has been since day one and a thing runs so hot. It's unreal, it doesn't accelerate and then it tries to accelerate by itself. It bucks it decelerates and jumps gears.

Since I’ve owned the car. When we go above 70 on highways with cruise control and a/c on the car will randomly turn off and the speedometer will say I am going 0 miles an hour. This has happened 5 times, everytime we go on vacation. And everytime the dealership states they can not mimic the symptoms. So it never gets fixed. Read about a power trans chip that’s faulty. Should be my vehicle included in that problem.

This has occurred 3 times in last 10 days. While making a right turn at about 15 miles per hour the d light starts flashing, a dash message flashes that the car must be in park to shift gears, and the car stalls to roll to complete stop with 100-150 feet. It takes a moment to get the car started up again. This is scary as someone turning the corner behind me could slam into me. Luckily this was after rush hour and traffic was light. Called dealership and they have no record of this recall. 48,000 miles on 2018 Jeep Renegade.

The contact owns a 2018 Jeep Renegade. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed with a ground failure in the transmission. The dealer cleaned the throttle bottle and fuel injection system, removed the connector, and repositioned the seal to allow proper connection. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 18v524000 (electrical system) however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000.

Started from Feb 2022 till April 2022 I had 3 time lights came up and car stopped on the road while I was driving. The first time was low oil pressure came on, and second and third time were both about engine service light on. So it happened once a month with about 1000 mileage driving. I was almost hit by the car behind of me coz the car stopped suddenly while I was driving. This really caused my concern about my safety. Dealer couldn't help me more about it except keep monitoring the oil consumption. They told me the car with 2. 4l v4 engine has this issue. I found out the same issue also happened to the other Jeep consumers and they have been involved in law suit. I need to file this complaint so could get someone's attention on this, Chrysler need to fix this engine design issue ASAP to save lifes.

I have had 4 incidents now where I made a right hand turn and the car stalled in the middle of the road. Turned the engine off, attempted to restart. The engine would try to fire, but would take several tries, then would start roughly. Then would run fine.

Vehicle randomly shuts off/stalls while driving. Has happened on the highway at highway speeds, trying to pass another vehicle or simply while barely accelerating to merge. First few times transmission warning light came on, then change oil light came on. Last few times, engine just simply shuts off, speedometer slowly declines and there is no power. Pull over to shoulder, then message says vehicle must be in park before shifting to another gear, then says push brake pedal & push start. This happened several times while out of state, on vacation. Took it to the nearest dealership after having to spend extra money on a hotel room for 2 nights that I did not plan for, because this happened the evening before a holiday so I had to wait the extra day for the dealership to open. They found a code on the transmission, and also the fluid was a quart low. They cleared the code, filled the fluid, and I also had them change the oil as a precaution. Left the dealership, drove approximately 150 miles, and vehicle shut down on interstate again, 3 more times. Had to spend another night in a hotel, the closest dealership said couldn't look at vehicle until following week, so I drove back to the previous dealership where they couldn't find anything or couldn't duplicate the issue. Next day they found debris in pan so said Chrysler said to change transmission. Had to leave vehicle in colorado, got rental to return home. Picked up vehicle 10 days later, driving home, vehicle did same thing again, 3 times. Drove remaining way home slowly, with breaks every 50-75 miles so issue wouldn't keep happening, vehicle is currently at local dealership and they (once again) cannot duplicate issue or find anything wrong. This is obviously an issue, I've seen several complaints about the stalling/shutting down. This is dangerous, as it happens on the interstate and could cause serious injury or death. Fiat/Chrysler does not seem to be concerned about that.

2018 jeel renagade 4wd stalls while driving. Feels like loss of fuel pressure around 60 mph. No speed control while deceleration. When stopped the vehicle requires to shift to park and turn off. Sometimes will automatically try to restart the engine several times. Dangerous because I was driving on a busy highway with no acceleration or deceleration.

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.

~the contact stated battery and unknown electrical warning light was illuminated. The contact stated she noticed the vehicle had not 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. Dp.

Erratic shifts at cruising speed, and constant hard shifts when shifting up thru the gears. Fuid level is good, and no signs of leakage, vehicle currently has 40,143 miles, with hard shifting starting at 32,500 miles.

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.

Car has stalled several times at high speeds on the freeway. Transmission is over heating.

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.

While driving my vehicle is shutting off. It has shut off on the highway and in the city. Almost causing crashes. I would literally just be driving and the engine will shut off. I had to get towed today.

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.

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 25 mph, the vehicle lost power. A red icon illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep dealer (615-206-4869, located at 1290 nashville pike, gallatin, TN 37066) where it was diagnosed that the vehicle was almost out of oil. The vehicle was kept at the dealer's for about a week and no other failure was diagnosed. However, the technician performed an oil the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that it was listed in the handbook, that the vehicle would burn more oil. The contact stated that she did not feel that the issue was resolved. The failure mileage was approximately 34,000. Fe.

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.

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.