2016 Jeep Renegade Engine

MY ENGINE HAS RANDOMLY DIED OUT 4 TIMES WHILE I'M SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT OR STOP SIGN. I'VE READ ONLINE MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE DUE TO BAD FUEL PUMPS ON JEEPS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THERE WAS GRAY SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND INSIDE THE VEHICLE FROM THE VENTS WHILE THE TEMPERATURE GAGE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SMOKE EXTINGUISHED INDEPENDENTLY. IN ADDITION, AFTER COOLANT WAS POURED INTO THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CROSS CHRYSLER JEEP FIAT (1501 GARDINER LN, LOUISVILLE, KY 40218) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR COOLANT FAN ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE 50,000.

I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR FOR A WHILE NOW. IT MAKES A SOUND, WHICH FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAVE SAID SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN FAN, WHEN I AM STOPPED OR IDLING. IT IS A CLICKING AND WHIRRING SOUND THAT I CAN HEAR FROM OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF THE CAR. I HAVE SEEN VIDEOS WHICH DESCRIBE AN ISSUE WITH THE 2015/2016 JEEP RENEGADE ENGINE COOLING FAN, WHICH SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT I AM DEALING WITH. I HAVE ALSO HEARD THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS OF THIS VEHICLE. I AM NOT SURE THIS IS THE EXACT ISSUE, BUT I AM AFRAID IT MIGHT DEVELOP INTO THE SMOKING AND OVERHEATING THAT OTHER OWNERS OF THIS CAR HAVE EXPERIENCED.

FAULTY THERMOSTAT CAUSING HEATING/ COOLING PROBLEMS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 16000 MILES. A ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC REVEALED A FAULTY THERMOSTAT AT 16000 MILES WHICH IS PREMATURE.

THERMOSTAT FAILURE CODE P0128 APPEARED AND THERMOSTAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AS THIS VEHICLE HAD RECALL ON THE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY, THIS FAILURE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE MALFUNCTION OF THE FAN UNIT.

JEEP RENEGADE WITH ONLY 40K MILES (4K OUT OF WARRANTY) AND ENGINE COOLANT THERMOSTAT JUST STOPPED WORKING. ENTIRE HOUSING HAS TO BE REPLACED JUST TO FIX THE ONE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS MADE KNOWN VIA SERVICE LIGHT COMING ON WITH "SERVICE ENGINE" MESSAGE APPEARING ON DASH. THE ERROR CODE WAS DECIPHERED AS "P0128: COOLANT THERMOSTAT (COOLANT TEMPERATURE BELOW THERMOSTAT REGULATING TEMPERATURE). IT FIRST APPEARED WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AT 40MPH, AND NOW APPEARS AT ALL TIMES. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A 3.5 YEAR OLD VEHICLE.

MY CAR WAS MAKING A NOISE WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE LIKE FRICTION. NOTICED A SMELL COMING FROM AC VENTS. TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO CERTIFIED JEEP DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD ABOUT RECALL ON ENGINE COOLING FAN ON MY YEAR AND MAKE OF VEHICLE BUT MY VIN WASNT LISTED EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. 700$ FOR FAN REPLACEMENT WHEN MOPAR CLEARLY ACKNOWLEDGES ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE IT WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FUEL STATION WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED OIL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO ADD OIL TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BARBERA AUTOLAND (7810 E ROOSEVELT BLVD, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19152, (215) 333-3700) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER BLEW HOT AIR. THE CONTACT'S SON ATTEMPTED TO LOOSEN SOMETHING IN THE RADIATOR AND THE ENGINE OVERHEATED, THE COOLANT BUBBLED UP, AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ON JUNE 17, 2019. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. *BF CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR WITH THE AIR ON, I STOPPED, HAPPENED TO LOOK AT THE GAUGES AND NOTICED THE RED BAR SHOWING MY CAR WAS OVER HEATED. I TURNED CAR OFF, LIFTED THE HOOD, LET CAR SIT FOR A WHILE, THEN SON LOOSENED THE RESERVOIR CAP WATER IN RESERVOIR WAS BOILING. I LET CAR SIT FOR AWHILE, COULD DRIVE IT BUT HAD TO LEAVE AIR OFF. I HAVE IT FIXED.*JB

THE ENGINE FAN HAS DECIDED TO STOP WORKING AT ONLY 44K MILES!? THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEIR RENEGADE AT EVEN FEWER MILES THAN THIS. I HAD TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE MY 3 YEAR OLD CAR WAS OVERHEATING DUE TO A BAD OR POS ENGINE FAN? WHAT IF I WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND WITH KIDS IN THE CAR? THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY WON'T COVER IT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY REPORTS OF IT YET.... .... CHECK THE FORUMS ONLINE!!

WHILE DRIVING AT 36120 MILES I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL INSIDE MY PASSENGER CABIN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER I NOTICED THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO ITS HOTTEST READING AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER PULLING OVER AND TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF I OPENED THE HOOD TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND NOTICED THAT ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE APPEARED TO BE EXTRAORDINARILY HOT, THE ELECTRIC FAN WAS NOT OPERATING. I THEN WENT INTO MY HOUSE AND DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT IT QUITE POSSIBLY WAS A DEFECTIVE ELECTRIC ENGINE FAN THAT WAS PRONE TO FAILING DUE TO NO PROPER HEAT SHIELD. THIS HAD BEEN NOTED BY MANY OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE. I MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE BROUGHT TO MY JEEP DEALER WHO THEN CONFIRM THAT THIS WAS INDEED THE CASE.

RADIATOR COOLING FAN MALFUNCTIONED

DRIVING MY VEHICLE TODAY AND IT DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN APPLYING THE GAS. THIS HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES IN THE PAST BUT AS A RESULT, I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED TODAY. I HAVE 40,800 MILES. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES IN THE PAST BUT THIS WAS A TIME THAT THE DELAY IN ACCELERATION LASTED AT LEAST 8 SECONDS. WHEN THIS OCCURS IT IS ALWAYS DURING ACCELERATION FROM A STOP EXCEPT ONCE WHEN I DECELERATING TO A STOP, THE ENGINE STARTED TO STALL UNTIL I REVVED THE ENGINE.

MY RADIATOR FAN IS MAKING A NOISE AND I DON'T BELIEVE IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY WHICH IS CAUSING MY JEEP TO RUN HOT. MY ENGINE SMELLS LIKE BURNED RUBBER UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE NOISE OCCURS WHEN MY VEHICLE IS IDLE.

COOLING FAN QUIT WORKING. 50 AMP FUSE BLOWS. VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY. HAD TO KEEP HEAT ON TO KEEP COOLENT TEMPERATURE DOWN.

THE COOLING FAN FAILED AND BLEW THE FUSE. THE LOSS OF COOLING ALSO CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT WHILE ON THE FREEWAY.

JULY 2018 FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED: I WAS IN TRAFFIC FLOWING ALONG ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH AND IT SLOWED TO A CRAWL...STOP AND GO AT 5-10MPH FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. ROAD DRY, SUNNY, ABOUT 92 DEGREES F. I HAD THE AC ON AND THE RADIO FULL BLAST. I WAS PULLING FORWARD TO CRAWL ALONG AND IT STALLED. CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE MESSAGE CENTER SAYS IT'S NOT RUNNING AND HIT THE BRAKE AND THE IGNITION BUTTON SO I DID, AND IT STARTED AND I MOVED OUT. HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT 5 MIN. LATER. THIS TIME IT DIDN'T JUST START AND I HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK FOR A MOMENT BEFORE IT WOULD START. LUCKY FOR ME WE WERE GOING SLOW ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE WORKED AROUND ME. THE THIRD TIME I WAS MOVING ALONG FASTER AT ABOUT 20MPH AS THE CONGESTION WAS FREEING UP...IT STALLED AGAIN. IT WAS SCARY, NOTHING WORKS AND I HAD TO GLIDE OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. DANGEROUS. SCARY. I KNOW THE 2017 JEEP HAD A RECALL FOR STALLING DUE TO A BFP. DOES MY 2016 HAVE THIS ISSUE ALSO? I AM NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND REPORTED IT.TODAY IT HAPPENED FOR A SECOND TIME AUG. 2019 VEHICLE HAD BEEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING CONSTANTLY AROUND 10-20 MPH FOR ABOUT 30 MILES AS ELEVATION WAS GAINED, VERY HOT TEMPS IN 90'S.AC ON. ALL LOSS OF POWER, NO WARNING LIGHTS, VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. UPON RESTART CAR IS PARKED FOR ABOUT HOUR. NEXT ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING, 30-60 MPH, WHILE LOSING ELEVATION, WHENEVER THE GAS WAS DEPRESSED IT HESITATED AND BEGAN TO STALL. HAD TO KEEP THE AC OFF, WHENEVER IT WAS ON IT HESITATED MORE. FINALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 60-65 MPH IF YOU LET OFF GAS AND THEN BEGAN TO ACCELERATE IT WOULD HESITATE AGAIN AND AGAIN. WHEN VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP IT WOULD ALSO HESITATE IN IDLE DRIVE. IT ALMOST STALLED DOZENS AND DOZENS OF TIMES.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN DRIVING, WHEN CHECKED IT STATED IT WAS THERMOSTAT IS NOT WORKING ON A 2016 CAR

RADIATOR FAN FAILED AT 53,000 MILES RESULTING IN THE ENGINE OVERHEATING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AS PER MANUFACTURER REQUIREMENTS.

DRIVING DOWN A LONG WINDING HILL WHEN ACCELERATION AND BRAKES WENT OUT. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE OR DURING. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD BURNED THROUGH 4 QUARTS OF OIL AND THAT I NEEDED TO TAKE IT BACK TO DO AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. THERE IS NO WAY I'M GETTING BACK INTO A VEHICLE THAT HAS NO BRAKES DURING SAFE MODE AND HAS NO WARNING THAT ANYTHING IS WRONG. JEEP NEEDS TO GET THESE OFF OF THE ROAD BEFORE IT KILLS SOMEONE

I TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP ON 5/2/19 AFTER THE COOLING FAN MADE A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE WHEN IT WAS IDLING WITH A/C ON. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE & SENT ME ON MY WAY. ON 6/22/19 WHILE RETURNING FROM MY LUNCH BREAK ( JEEP HAD BEEN IDLING WITH A/C ON IN A DRIVE THROUGH & FAN BEGAN MAKING A RATTLING NOISE - FAN TURNING ON/OFF IN CYCLES) SMOKE STARTED POURING FROM UNDER HOOD, ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF IMMEDIATELY & WHEN I RESTARTED IT THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD THE JEEP TOWED FROM MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT TO THE DEALERSHIP ( I'M A NURSE, AND MISSED A DAY OF WORK DUE TO THIS! ). PICKING MY JEEP UP FROM DEALERSHIP TODAY TO THE TUNE OF $484.52 TO REPLACE COOLING FAN. I SEE THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE, AND THAT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WAS FILED ON 2/11/19 DUE TO NUMEROUS CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. I'M THANKFUL THAT THIS HAPPENED AT 7PM RATHER THAN AT MIDNIGHT WHILE DRIVING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY...... AT THE END OF THE DAY MY VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. APPARENTLY DEFECTIVE COOLING FAN IS SOMETHING JEEP HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR YEARS & I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL.

THE ENGINE ON MY 2016 RENEGADE WITH ONLY 32000 MILES ON IT BEGAN MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND WHILE IDLING. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, I DETERMINED IT WAS MOST LIKELY THE RADIATOR FAN THAT HAD EITHER COME LOOSE OR WAS BENT. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL DUE TO THE MULTIPLE ONLINE COMPLAINTS. OF COURSE IT HAPPENS RIGHT PAST THE ORIGINAL WARRANT EXPIRATION SO THAT IT IS NOT COVERED. THE COST TO FIX THIS WAS $620 AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE MY WHOLE FAN ASSEMBLY.

THE CAR STALLS FREQUENTLY WITH NO WARNING AT SPEED AND ALSO WHEN EXECUTING A STOP. IT USES A HUGE AMOUNT OF OIL, 5 QTS BETWEEN CHANGES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS CAR STALLS IF THE OIL LEVEL IS LOW. THIS MEANS THEY RECOGNIZE AN ISSUE AND HAVE DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. HOW WOULD I KNOW THIS, AND HOW LOW DOES THE OIL HAVE TO BE TO STALL? THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND IF IT IS 'NORMAL' WHY HAVE THEY NOT TOLD ALL RENEGADE OWNERS? I WILL NEVER FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR BECAUSE IF IT STALLS ON THE FREEWAY AT 60 MPH I WILL MOST CERTAINLY HAVE A CRASH.

THE BEARING ON THE FAN IS GOING OUT. I HAVE 42,000 MILES AND OF COURSE IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE READ MORE THAN 100 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL? THIS IS THE 3RD CHRYSLER I'VE PURCHASED BRAND NEW AND NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE WITH THE OTHER 2. IF MORE THAN HALF OF THE VEHICLES ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THEN IT IS TIME FOR A RECALL ON THE PART. I DON'T HAVE $500-$600 TO FIX THIS. SO I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT I STILL OWE ON THAT WILL SIT FOR MONTHS. THANK YOU CHRYSLER.

SITTING IN EVENT TRAFFIC CAR SITTING STILL AND SMELLED BURNING FROM AIR VENTS, THE PANEL INSTRUMENT WAS READING CAR OVERHEATING. ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND GET CAR UP TO SPEED THE CAR STOPPED OVERHEATING BUT COULD NOT LET CAR IDLE/SIT STILL OR CAR WILL OVERHEAT. CAR HAS 48K MILES PURCHASED NEW, TOLD DEALERSHIP THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING AND SERVICE TECH STATED THIS WAS THE 3RD TO 4TH ONE THIS WEEK THEY HAVE WORKED ON WITH SAME PROBLEM. NOW LOOKING AT CLOSE TO $600 TO REPLACE COOLING FAN. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE FOR RECALL WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE FOUND ONLINE WITH THIS MODEL WITH THE SAME ISSUE OF COOLING FAN PROBLEMS