2016 Jeep Renegade UNKNOWN OR OTHER

RADIATOR FAN SHROUD IS MISSING THE HEAT SHIELD CAUSING THE FAN TO EVENTUALLY WARP MALFUNCTION AND OR BURST INTO FLAMES. ALL EQUIPMENT IS AS IS FROM FACTORY.

2016 JEEP RENEGADE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY. CAUSE OF FIRE IS UNKNOWN. FIRST SAW SMOKE WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH. FIRE WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE DASH AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER. THE FIRE QUICKLY SPREAD, BASICALLY BURNING EVERYTHING INSIDE THE VEHICLE.

WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO CHARLESTON, SC WHEN WE HEARD A RATTLING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION WHEN WE STOPPED WE NOTICED THE COOLING FAN WAS WOBBLING. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO OUR HOMETOWN A FEW DAYS LATER I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY STATED IT WAS THE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY AND WAS GOING TO COST CLOSE TO $500. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS HAD BEEN A RECENT PROBLEM THEY WERE NOTICING ON A FEW OTHER RENEGADES THEY REPAIRED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I HAVE RESEARCHED FORUMS AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS VERY SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR RENEGADES AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED.

THE FAN THAT COOLS THE ENGINE WAS LOOSE, RATTLING AND COMPLETELY FAILED CAUSING IT TO MAKE MY RADIATOR FLUID OVERHEAT TO 252 DEGREES! COULDN'T DRIVE FOR FEAR OF MY ENGINE OVERHEATING AND HAD TO GET IT TOWED!! IT WAS ONLY AT 37,00 MILES! FROM THIS LINK TO A FORUM IT APPEARS VERY MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AT VERY LOW MILES! HTTP://WWW.JEEPRENEGADEFORUM.COM/FORUM/434-PROBLEMS-ISSUES/68882-RADIATOR-COOLING-FAN-ISSUE-THREAD-6.HTML#/TOPICS/68882?PAGE=5 SEEMS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM! THIS IS JUST ONE PAGE OUT OF MANY PAGES OF THE FORUM. THE ENGINE STARTED OVERHEATING WHEN I WAS IN IDLE, BUT I AM NOT SURE WHEN THE FAN ACTUALLY BROKE. IT HAD MADE A RATTLING SOUND DURING IDLE THE DAY BEFORE IT BROKE.

RADIATOR FAN ASSEMBLY RATTLE AND VIBRATION ISSUE. THE DEALER HAS HAD THE CAR FOR TWO MONTHS FOR THIS ISSUE WAITING FOR A FIX FROM JEEP AND HAVE YET TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE AND IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE VERY SAME ISSUE. THE CAR ALSO AT TIMES WILL NOT START WHEN THE START BUTTON IS PUSHED AND THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT IT IS NOT AN ISSUE BUT OTHERS ARE COMPLAINING OF IT AS WELL. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN MARCH OF 2016 AND THE DEALERS HAS HAD THE CAR FOR 3+ PLUS MONTHS DURING THAT TIME.

RADIATOR COOLING FAN MADE HORRIBLE NOISE AND STARTED SMOKING. FAN MOTOR WILL NO LONGER COME ON AND JEEP OVERHEATS

2016 JEEP RENEGADE SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED ON A CITY STREET. OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD WITH CAR NOT RUNNING. WHEN OPENED HOOD TO INVESTIGATE THE ENTIRE CAR ERUPTED IN FLAMES AND BURNED TO THE GROUND. CAUSING THE CAR BARKED ADJACENT TO ALSO CATCH FIRE

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, I WAS STATIONARY ON A COTY STREET WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC, WAITING AT THE LIGHT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED, I LET OFF THE BRAKE AND AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, THE RENEGADE STALLED WITH NO WARNING, NO WARNING LIGHTS. UNDER 16,000 MILES AND NOT DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE FOR AROUND 500 MILES. I HAD TO PUT ON MY FLASHERS, PRESS THE STOP BUTTON AND THEN RESTARTED BY APPLYING MY FOOT TO THE BRAKE AND PUSHING THE START BUTTON. THE DEALER CHECKED THE WIRING HARNESS (PER MY REQUEST AS OTHERS HAVE POSTED HAVING THIS ISSUE AND STATED THE WIRING HARNESS WAS THE PROBLEM). THEY STATED THEY CHECKED EVERYTHING AND FOUND NOTHING OTHER THAN THE RENEGADE TO BE A QUART LOW ON OIL AND THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE STALL/ SHUT DOWN. THEY STATED THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH SOME JEEP CHEROKEES AS WELL. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL, TO HAVE A VEHICLE STALL WITH NO WARNING, NO WARNING LIGHTS WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I FEEL IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE STALLS AND IS HIT BY ANOTHER DRIVER BECAUSE OF THIS, CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH.

TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT RANDOMLY GOES ON IN VARYING ROAD AND DRIVING CONDITIONS THAT DO NOT WARRANT IT. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO SLIP AND THERE IS LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR (GAS, STEERING) FOR 5 TO 10 SECONDS IN THIS MODE WHICH POSES HUGE DANGER TO THE DRIVER. IN LATEST INCIDENT LIGHT DIDN'T GO OUT AND HAD TO RESTART CAR IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. CAR IS AT DEALER FOR THIRD TIME. OPENED CLAIM WITH MANUFACTURER ON 8/15/17. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ISSUE BUT WE HAVE FOUND A NUMBER OF FORUMS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THIS HAPPENS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, TURNING, GOING STRAIGHT, ETC. FIRST REPAIR WAS NOV 2106. SAID FOUND NOTHING BUT RELOADED SOFTWARE. FEB 17 A NUMBER OF DASH BOARD LIGHTS WE'RE GOING ON AGAIN AND LATEST INCIDENTS FOR WHICH WE WENT TO DEALER TODAY AFFECTS TRACTION CONTROL MORE FREQUENTLY THEN PREVIOUS INCIDENTS.

ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING AND MY JEEP STALLED OUT ON ME. IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. IT HAPPENED A FEW MORE TIMES WITHIN A 2 WEEK PERIOD AND THEN AS I WAS TURNING THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT FLASHED ON FOR A SPLIT SECOND. I TOOK MY JEEP IN TO GET AN OIL CHANGE (BROUGHT IT IN UNDER REQUESTED MILEAGE) AND TOLD DEALERSHIP OF THE STALLING AND LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE JEEP AT ALL AND I TOLD THEM THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY DID THE LAST OIL CHANGE I BROUGHT IT IN UNDER THE REQUESTED MILEAGE FOR THIS OIL CHANGE. THEY TOLD ME TO COME AT 4000 MILES INSTEAD. AT APPROXIMATELY 4000 AFTER GETTING OIL CHANGE MY CAR AGAIN STALLED OUT AS I WAS DRIVING. MY HUSBAND CHECKED THE OIL AND AGAIN IT WAS "BONE DRY" THE JEEP IS BURNING OIL EXCESSIVELY. HAVE TO DO OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WITH DEALERSHIP. THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHTS THAT COME ON TO STATE THAT OIL IS LOW. HAVE TO CHECK OIL LEVEL WEEKLY TO MAKE SURE THERE'S OIL IN CAR. IF THE OIL GETS TOO LOW THE JEEP STALLS OUT UNEXPECTEDLU WHILE IN MOTION. DOES NOT START BACK UP FOR AT LEAST 3 MINUTES. I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 8 YEAR OLD AND 2 YEAR OLD AND THE IT STALLED OUT UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE IN MOTION. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED ON A SIDE ROAD BUT IT HAS HAPPENED 3 OTHER TIMES. ONE TIME WAS GETTING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. A NEW CAR SHOULD NOT BE CONSUMING OIL TO THE POINT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CHECKED WEEKLY.

THE MYSKY MOON ROOF HAS NO SAFETY STOP WHEN RETRACTING OR CLOSING THE WINDOW! MY WIFE WAS CLOSING THE PASSAGER SEAT MY SKY AND HER FINGER GOT SMASHED IN THE ROOF.I SAW IT HAPPENING AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO STOP IT FROM GOING AFTER HITTING THE BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES.THE DESIGN REQUIRED IT TO COMPLETELY CLOSE BEFORE IT WILL OPEN. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN IN THE EVENT A CHILD IS PLAYING THERE WAS NO SAFETY STOP OR A RETRACTABLE SAFETY SENSOR.MY WIFE'S FINGERS MAY BE BROKEN I WILL BE TAKING HER TO THE DOCTOR TODAY.