2016 Jeep RENEGADE problems and owner complaints

MY CAR "SERVICE ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS A MESSAGE ON THE DASHBOARD WITH THE WORDS "SAFETY ASSIST" AND "SECURITY". I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER. AFTER 2 DAYS IN THE SHOP, THEY SAID IT WAS (AS POSTED ON THE PAPERWORK RELEASED TO ME) "CYLINDER 3 MISFIRE AND COLD START ROUGH START. FOUND CYLINDER 3 PLUG FOULED OUT POSS FROM MOVING VEHICLE ALL WINTER WITHOUT EVER DRIVING VEHICLE. REPLACED #3 SPARK PLUG, SWAPPED COIL #3 WITH COIL #2 TO SEE IF MISFIRE MOVES TO CYLINDER #2. THIS WAY IF CONDITION IS NOT RESOLVED, I WILL KNOW…

Owner-reported narrative. 550 miles reported. Look up ODI 10845750 at NHTSA ↗

VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. DRIVER TOOK FOOT OFF THE BRAKE FROM DEAD STOP AND THE RENEGADE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR. THE INSTURMENT PANEL FLASHED AND FLICKERED VARIOUS TROUBLE INDICATIONS AND THEN STOPPED WITH THE MESSAGE TO SERVICE THE ELECTRIC EMERGENCY BRAKE.

Owner-reported narrative. 2,092 miles reported. Look up ODI 10861448 at NHTSA ↗

STARTING AROUND 5,000 MILES THE CAR BECAME UNRELIABLE AND HAD SAFETY ISSUES. THE CAR WOULD RANDOMLY DISPLAY WARNING MESSAGES. WHILE TURNING ONTO A MAIN ROAD, THE CAR SHUT OFF BUT TURNED BACK ON RIGHT AWAY. CAR HAD ACCELERATION ISSUES, MERGING INTO HIGHWAY, SEMIS WOULD HONK AND ALMOST HIT ME. TOOK UP TO 1 MIN TO REACH 70MPH. PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED WHILE DRIVING. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE AND TRYING TO REVERSE, IT WOULD DISPLAY A WARNING TO PLACE VEHICLE IN PARK BEFORE SHIFTING GEARS AND WOULD NOT REVERSE UNTIL I PLACED IN PARK AND TURNED THE CAR …

Owner-reported narrative. 9,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10927807 at NHTSA ↗

AT LESS THAN 1000 MILES ON MY 2016 JEEP RENEGADE TRAILHAWK APPEARED TO HAVE HAD AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WHERE WHEN STARTED ALERTS FOR ALL LIGHTS ARE BEING SEEN (BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE, HEADLIGHT FAILURE, TURN SIGNAL FAILURE, FOG LIGHT FAILURE, ETC.) HOWEVER ALL LIGHTS APPEAR TO WORK. THE ONLY ANOMOLY THAT I SAW WAS THAT WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS WERE ENGAGED THEY BLINKED FASTER THAN NORMAL. IN OLDER VEHICLES THIS WAS A SIGN OF AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES, THE ALERTS CLEAR. I HAVE HAD THE ISSUE OCC…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10938436 at NHTSA ↗

2016 JEEP RENEGADE TRACTION CONTROL - WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN THE VEHICLE'S TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING ON AND OFF AND THERE WAS LOSS OF POWER/ACCELERATION. ONCE THE LIGHT WENT OFF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 OR 4 TIMES, WHILE TURNING OR DRIVING ON A SLIGHT HILL. THE LOSS OF POWER IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS WHEN TURNING, YOU ARE CROSSING TRAFFIC. THE DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE DRY, SMOOTH ROAD.

Owner-reported narrative. 1,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10894907 at NHTSA ↗

BRAND NEW TWO WEEK OLD 2016 JEEP RENEGADE WITH 400 MILES. TWICE TODAY WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A STOP MAKING A LEFT TURN COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT LIT UP. STREET WAS A PAVED ASPHALT CITY ROAD. ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS OF NO POWER UNTIL POWER RETURNED. IT WAS 65 DEGREES AND SUNNY. NOT WET OR GRAVEL. NO WHEEL SLIPPAGE. WITHIN AN HOUR I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND IMMEDIATELY SAW SEVERAL COMPLAINTS SAME ISSUE. I CALLED JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND ASKED IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE OR RESOLUTIO…

Owner-reported narrative. 420 miles reported. Look up ODI 10915362 at NHTSA ↗

I HAD THE CAR FOR LESS THAN 3 WEEKS, BRAND NEW, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ALL TESTS WERE PERFORMED AND THE FINAL SOLUTION AFTER ONE FULL WEEK OF TESTING IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS 700 MILES ON IT. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED DRIVING A BRAND NEW CAR WITH MY KIDS IN IT THAT REPLACING A TRANSMISSION IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP.

Owner-reported narrative. 700 miles reported. Look up ODI 10862303 at NHTSA ↗

WE PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2016 JEEP RENEGADE LATITUDE ON JUNE 11, 2016. ON JULY 1, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES THE CAR BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. ON JULY 1, THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED VIA THE PUSH-START IGNITION AND RAN UNTIL THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE POWERED ON, AT WHICH POINT THE CAR SHOOK VIOLENTLY, SEVERAL DASH INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON (ENGINE, PARKING BREAK, ETC.) AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO IDLE HEAVILY AND SHUTTER UNTIL THE ENGINE KILLED. UPON RESTARTING, ONLY THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS SHOWING, SO MY HUSBAND BEGAN TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. APPR…

Owner-reported narrative. 400 miles reported. Look up ODI 10885535 at NHTSA ↗

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP RENEGADE. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AFTER FILLING UP THE FUEL TANK, THE CHECK ENGINE AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL SOUND AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WOULD NOT RELEASE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3,000 MILES AND TO CHECK THE DIP STICK EVER…

Owner-reported narrative. 5,870 miles reported. Look up ODI 10927375 at NHTSA ↗

JEEP SAFETY CONCERN 2016 JEEP RENEGADE TRAIL HAWK 4WD MILEAGE: 35.000 OUR VEHICLE DISPLAYED CHECK ENGINE CODE (P0440). TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED A FRONT VACUUM VALVE. THREE DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS BACK ON. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED A PRESSURE SWITCH IN THE GAS TANK WAS THE PROBLEM BUT THE PART HAD TO BE ORDERED. WHILE THIS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON I DISCOVERED THAT WHEN THE ELECTRONIC COMPUTER MODULE (ECM) SEES AN EMISSION CODE THE ECM WILL DISABLE THE VEHICLES 4WD AND T…

Owner-reported narrative. 35,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 11076445 at NHTSA ↗