2015 Jeep Renegade UNKNOWN OR OTHER

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 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.

CHECK ENGINE ERROR P0481, COOLING SYSTEM NOT WORKING, THERMOSTAT TEMP INCREASE WHEN IDLE

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.

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.

RADIATOR FAN SHORTS OUT CAUSING A POSSIBLE FIRE RISK. MECHANICAL BURNING SMELL FILLED THE CAR .

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 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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

MY WIFE PURCHASED NEW, 2015 JEEP RENEGADE LATITUDE FROM DON DAVIS CHRYSLER, ARLINGTON, TX ON OR ABOUT 01/23/2016. FRONT WINDSHIELD BEGAN TO CRACK WITH NO IMPACT DAMAGE ABOUT MIDDLE OF MARCH, 2016. I TOOK JEEP TO DON DAVIS. THEY INSPECTED THE CRACK WHICH BEGAN IN THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD AT THE POINT OF THE WINDSHIELD MOUNTED DEFROSTER AND CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS A WARRANTY DEFECT. AT THAT TIME, THEY SENT PHOTOS OF THE BREAK TO JEEP AND ORDERED A REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT COSTS, IF THEY HAD NOT BEEN COVERED BY WARRANTY WOULD BE ABOUT $1,300. SEVERAL WEEKS PASSED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION FROM DON DAVIS. WHEN THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT STILL HAD NOT ARRIVED, I CONTACTED JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE BY TELEPHONE AND EXPLAINED THE ISSUES. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE HAD NO RECORD OF THE PROBLEM, AND TOOK MY VERBAL INFORMATION. I NEXT MET WITH THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER. AFTER SHOWING ME THAT HE HAD NOTIFIED JEEP AND REQUESTED THE REPLACEMENT, HE AGAIN TOOK ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND HAD ME REMAIN WHILE HE CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WAS ORDERED. BY THIS TIME, THE CRACK EXTENDED TO ABOUT THREE INCHES FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE END OF THE WINDSHIELD, A CHANGE OF ABOUT 5" TO 6" ON EITHER SIDE FROM WHEN I FIRST MET WITH THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. CHRYSLER HAD SENT A DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD AS A REPLACEMENT. THE DEALERSHIP RETURNED IT AND AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, WE ARE STILL WITHOUT A NEW WINDSHIELD. I AM GREATLY CONCERNED THAT MY WIFE OR I MAY BE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE OUR SEVEN YEAR OLD GRANDSON, WHOM WE ARE RAISING, RIDING WITH US AND THE WINDSHIELD CRACKS AS RESULT OF DEBRIS OR SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WILL NO LONGER RETAIN SUPPORT WITH SUCH A LONG, 42" HORIZONTAL CRACK. OTHER OWNERS HAVE MADE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET.

DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK. I TRIED LOCKING IT USING BOTH KEY FOBS TO NO AVAIL. I ALSO TRIED PRESSING THE LOCK BUTTON ON THE DOOR ALSO DOES NOT WORK. ALL ALONG I THOUGHT THE LOCKS WERE WORKING BUT APPARENTLY YOU HEAR THE CHIRP AND THE LIGHTS WILL FLASH BUT THE DOORS DO NOT LOCK. NOW I HAVE TO LOCK EVERYTHING MANUALLY. CAR HAS LESS THAN 4000 MILES ON IT PURCHASED BRAND NEW.

JEEP RENEGADE PURCHASED NEW 2015, STRONG ALCOHOL ODOR AFTER USING WINDSHIELD WASHERS. TOOK TO DEALER THEY ALSO SMELLED ALCOHOL AFTER USING WASHERS. THEY STATE THAT IT IS A PROBLEM THAT RENEGADES HAVE AND DON'T HAVE A FIX FOR IT. IT CAN BE VERY STRONG AND IWINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID CAN BE HARMFUL TO RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

PURCHASED 2015 JEEP RENEGADE AND HAVE 531 MILES ON IT CURRENTLY. THE SERVICE 4WHEEL DRIVE HAS FLASHED THREE TIMES IN NORMAL CITY DRIIVING WHILE THE AUTOMATIC 4X4 IS ENGAGED. THE JEEP HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIR SINCE 8 OCT 15. THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD THE VEHICLE FOR ONE WEEK AND AFTER REPLACING THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE MODULE IS STILL UNSURE WHAT IS CAUSING THE SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT TO COME ON. ACCORDING TO OWNER FORUM THIS IS NOT A ONE OFF IN THAT THIS ISSUE IS AFFECTING MANY VEHICLES IN THIS SERIES. AS LINKED HTTP://WWW.JEEPRENEGADEFORUM.COM/FORUM/434-PROBLEMS-ISSUES/13737-SERVICE-4WD.HTML