2015 Jeep Renegade Power Train

ON MY WAY TO WORK GOT TO THE END OF ONE OF THE STREETS AT A STOP SIGN AND THE CAR STALLED NO WARNING LIGHTS OF ANY KIND SHOWED ON DASH , ONLY THING IT SAID WAS PLACE IN PARK THEN SELECT A GEAR . GET IN MY CAR AFTER I FINISH WORK STOP AT THE EXIT OF PARKING LOT AND STALLS AGAIN , DRIVE TO END OF ROAD TO STOP SIGN AND STALLS AGAIN DRIVE 100YARDS TO FIRST STOP LIGHT AND STALLS YET AGAIN ....NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY RENEGADE TILL NOW AND OF COURSE AM PASSED THE 36000 MILE WARRANTY...NEXT PAGE WON'T ALLOW ME TO ENTER NUMBERS MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED 0...MILES ON VEHICLE AT TIME 39198

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/04/17*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. AFTER THE GEAR SHIFT WAS SWITCHED INTO THE DRIVE POSITION, THE VEHICLE REVERSED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED TO GO INTO DRIVE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000.

VEHICLE LOST-POWER/STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE TRYING TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC FROM A PARKING LOT; THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHILE THE BRAKE WAS SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED; WHEN REMOVING THE FOOT FROM THE BRAKE TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE STALLED. TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, BUT SOON REALIZED VEHICLE WILL ONLY ALLOW STARTING OF ENGINE WHILE IN PARK. NOTIFIED DEALERSHIP THAT ONLINE ARTICLES INDICATED A RECALL SOON FOR THE ISSUE, BUT THEY INDICATED THERE WERE NO VEHICLE ERROR CODES, THEY COULD NOT REPEAT THE ISSUE AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THERE IS A RECALL, SO THEY DID NOTHING.

SERVICE 4X4 LIGHT HAD COME ON, INTERMITTENTLY FOR OVER A MONTH AND IS NOW STAYING ON. I HAVE NOT USED THE 4X4 SYSTEM IN OVER 6 MONTHS. NO REASON FOR IT TO NEED SERVICED IF IT HASN'T BEEN USED.

MY TRANSMISSION HAS ME FEELING SO UNSAFE. AFTER PUTTING MY VEHICLE IN D, WHEN I ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR MAKES NO ATTEMPT AT MOVING AND THEN SUDDENLY JERKS FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS WHEN LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY, MOVING PAST A STOP SIGN AND IN TRAFFIC. OBVIOUSLY THE LATTER ARE ESPECIALLY FRIGHTENING. JEEP DEALERSHIP SAID IT COULD BE SOFTWARE, BUT AFTER AN UPDATE, THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO WORSEN, RATHER THAN IMPROVE. IT IS NOW TO THE POINT I FEEL COMPLETELY UNSAFE IN MY VEHICLE. IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED, BUT I'M SHOCKED; ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING HOW MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ARE OUT THERE. I DESPERATELY WANT MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED (NOT "FIXED") BEFORE MY WARRANTY IS UP. EITHER THAT, OR A NEW VEHICLE!

WHEN USING "AUTOSTICK" TO DOWNSHIFT THE 9-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THE COMPUTER "UNLOADS" THE DRIVETRAIN AND AT TIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS BEING SHOT OUT OF A CANON. THIS IS WORST AT HIGHER SPEEDS, WHEN TOWING, AND ON DOWNGRADES. IT HAPPENS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 8 TO 7 AND 5 TO 4. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE CAR IS OPERATING "AS DESIGNED" SO THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING. THE OTHER FIX IS A SOFTWARE UPDATE BUT I'VE GOTTEN ALL AVAILABLE AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. JEEP HAS THE SAME ATTITUDE. WHEN USING AUTOSTICK TO DOWNSHIFT FROM 5 TO 4 ON A 9% DOWNGRADE THE CAR SPEEDS UP FROM 45MPH TO 50 MPH DURING THE 2 SECOND SHIFT. THEN, BECAUSE OF OVERLY CONSERVATIVE DOWNSHIFT PROTOCOLS (THE ENGINE HAS A MAX RPM OF 6500 BUT DURING DOWNSHIFTING THE COMPUTER NEVER LETS IT EXCEED 3000 RPM), THE COMPUTER WON'T LET ME DOWNSHIFT THE TRANSMISSION AT ALL, THERE IS NO ENGINE BRAKING AND THE CAR KEEPS GAINING SPEED. AS LONG AS THE BRAKES ARE WORKING THERE IS HELP BUT WITHOUT NORMAL BRAKES THERE IS NO WAY TO SLOW THE CAR. THE COMPUTER KEEPS SAYING NO TO A DOWNSHIFT AND THERE IS NO EMERGENCY BRAKE, ONLY A PARKING BRAKE THAT IS EITHER ALL OFF OR ALL ON/REAR WHEELS LOCKED. LOCKING THE REAR WHEELS AT 70MPH, OR WORSE TURNING THE WHEELS TO MAKE A TURN WITH LOCKED REAR WHEELS RESULTS IN A SPIN AND THEN TRAGEDY. I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE CAR NEW IN OCTOBER OF 2015 AND IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS THE WHOLE TIME. ONE OF THE DEALER MECHANICS TOLD ME THAT THE REASON THIS HAPPENS IS THAT FOR THOSE SHIFTS A SLEEVE ON A SPLINED SHAFT HAS TO SLIDE SO ALL PRESSURE HAS TO BE REMOVE FROM THE SLEEVE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A BAD DESIGN FOR THE SAKE OF FUEL MILEAGE WITHOUT DUE CONSIDERATION FOR SAFETY.

ON FEBRUARY 15, 2015 WITH 8260 MILES THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE COMPUTER AND IT HAD BEEN REPROGRAMMED. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2015 THE SAME ERROR OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER. I WAS INFORMED THE NEXT DAY THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED.

AT AROUND 980 MILES, THE CAR STARTED LOOSING POWER AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS JERKING A LOT. THEN I CAME TO A CONDITION WHERE I CANNOT CONTROL THE SPEED ANYMORE. I HAD TO STOP MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF HWY-15 AT NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED ON 1/16 AND SAME PROBLEM RECURRED AFTER THE FIRST FIX ATTEMPT. THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE. I CANNOT IMAGINE DRIVING THIS CAR AGAIN. JUST AFTER 2 WEEKS, AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 10 MILES, THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE PREVALENT. IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATE. I AM GOING FOR A LEMON LAW THIS TIME....

I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE APPROX MAY 2015 DROVE 7600 WITH VIRTUALLY NO PROBLEMS. ALL OF A SUDDEN BEGAN HAVING SHIFTING ISSUES WITH A BAD HESITATION BETWEEN GEARS TO THE POINT WHERE I DIDN'T THINK THE VEHICLE WOULD MOVE THEN IT DID. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP & THEY DID AN UPDATE ON THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE. THAT MADE IT BETTER FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME. MY CAR STARTED DOING IT AGAIN BUT WAS A LOT WORSE. CAR HAD 14000 MILES ON IT & IT WAS JERKING INTO GEAR. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & THEY VERIFIED THE ROUGH SHIFTING SAID THEY WERE TOLD BY CHRYSLER TO DO A RELEARN PROCEDURE ON TRANSMISSION & THAT SOMETIMES WILL CORRECT THE ISSUE. THE TRANSMISSION ISN'T JERKING INTO GEAR AT THE MOMENT BUT YOU CAN STILL FEEL IT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THINK THIS PROBLEM REALLY NEEDS TO BE RESEARCHED.

MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH JUST BOUGHT 2015 JEEPS WITH THEIR 9-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THESE CARS ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THESE VEHICLES IN SNOW. THE VEHICLE WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN ACCELERATE EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE BRAKING TO COME TO A STOP OR ARE SLOWLY IDLING FORWARD. IT IS VERY SCARY AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT. IT IS ALL RELATED TO THE 9-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. JEEP KNOWS IT IS AN ISSUE (HAVING RECALLED VEHICLES TO DO NUMEROUS FLASHES), BUT IT IS NOT RESOLVING THE PROBLEM. I DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO DIE AS THEY DID WITH TOYOTA BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT FINALLY STEPS IN. PLEASE TAKE THIS UP WITH JEEP AND FORCE THEM TO MAKE THIS RIGHT. *TR

JUST PURCHASED A NEW 2015 JEEP RENEGADE ONE MONTH AGO, AND MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IT TO WORK ONE MORNING AND THE VEHICLE LOST TOTAL POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT MOVE, HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS 2000 MILES ON IT. UPDATED 09/15/15*LJ *CN

ON 7-23-2014, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BACK UP, THE JEEP WOULD NOT MOVE AND NO LESS THAN 5 WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. MULTIPLE MESSAGES:SERVICE HILL START ASSIST, SERVICE ENGINE, SERVICE ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE, SERVICE TRANSMISSION. SHIFTED TO PARK, HUGE CLUNK, SHIFTED BACK TO REVERSE, HUGE CLUNK, THEN WAS ABLE TO BACK UP. SHIFTED TO DRIVE, WOULDN'T MOVE. REPEATED PROCESS, CLUNKING TRANSMISSION, THEN MOVED FORWARD. DROVE HOME SLOWLY THEN HAD TOWED TO DEALER. SEE ONLINE THAT THE 9 SPEED 948TE AUTO TRANSMISSION IS A PROBLEM. WHY ISN'T ANYONE LOOKING AT THIS?? DEALER HAS JEEP AND HAS DONE 7 SOFTWARE UPDATES AND AREN'T SURE IF IT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. I PAID $28,000 AND DON'T KNOW IF THE &#@% THING IS GOING TO DO THIS EVERY TIME I LEAVE THE DRIVEWAY. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. I UNDERSTAND THE 2013 FORWARD CHEROKEE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND NO ONE IS HELPING THESE OWNERS EITHER.

NOTE: CASE FILE WITH CHRYLSER.COM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED - :CASE #: 27105715 1ST INCIDENT: VEHICLE WAS BACKING UP - VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING BACKWARDS MILEAGE ON VEHICLE APPRX 1000MI 2ND INCIDENT. : BATTERY WAS DEAD - BATTERY WAS CHARGED, THEN VEHICLE WOULD NOT BACK UP OUT OF THE GARAGE. 3RD INCIDENT - VEHICLE WOULD NOT BACK UP OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN A SHOPPING LOT PARKING LOT.

HESITATION SHIFTING BETWEEN MULTIPLE GEARS. LUNGED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING AT A COMPLETE STOP. MADE MANUFACTURER AWARE OF ISSUE.

MY 6 WEEK OLD JEEP RENEGADE WON'T START. I INSERTED MY KEY INTO THE IGNITION, I TURNED AND BRIEFLY THE ELECTRICITY WENT ON BUT THE ENGINE DIDN'T TURN. THEN I WENT TO TRY AGAIN AND EVERYTHING LOCKED UP. THE KEY WAS STUCK, THE GEAR SHIFT WAS LOCKED AND WOULDN'T MOVE, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN ON. FINALLY GOT THE KEY OUT BUT WHEN YOU PUT IT BACK IN, YOU CANNOT TURN THE KEY. NOTHING WORKS, IT IS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE LOCK CYLINDER MAY BE BROKEN. VERY PISSED OFF.