2017 Jeep Renegade Electrical System
Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.
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MALFUNCTION LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATE WHEN THERE IS NO MALFUNCTION. WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYED A WARNING MESSAGE INDICATING THE LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS BOTH FRONT AND REAR, BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS, DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS, AND HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT OPERATING. AFTER PULLING OVER, WITH THE MESSAGE STILL DISPLAYED, IT WAS SEEN THAT EVERY LIGHT WAS ACTUALLY WORKING PROPERLY. THE SAME HAS HAPPENED REGARDING OTHER WARNING MESSAGES IN THE VEHICLE WHERE THE PROBLEM DID NOT ACTUALLY EXIST. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A RECALL WITH OTHER OF THIS SAME MODEL OF VEHICLE, BUT NOT WITH THIS SPECIFIC VIN
INCORRECT SOFTWARE COMBINATION/FMVSS 101 IF THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMPS ILLUMINATE AT INCORRECT TIMES, THE DRIVER MAY BE UNAWARE WHEN A TRUE MALFUNCTION OCCURS, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. THE DISPLAY IS SHOWING THAT DRL LIGHTS, LEFT TURN SIGNAL, RIGHT TURN SIGNAL, AND BRAKE LIGHTS ARE OUT BUT THEY ARE NOT OUT, THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL OUT ON THE 2017 JEEP RENEGADE BUT THEIR IS NOT ONE FOR MY VIN NUMBER BUT THE SAME PROBLEM EXIST IN MY JEEP. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V485000
I WAS SITTING IN MY JEEP PARKED IDLING WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO PICK ME UP , WHEN MY RIDE SHOW UP TURNED OFF JEEP AND LEFT. TWENTY MINUTES LATER THE POLICE CALLED AND TOLD ME THE JEEP WAS ON FIRE AND I NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE VEHICLE.
RADIO NOT WORKING IN MY HEW JEEP 2016 AND MY 2017 BOTH OF THEM THEY GO IN AND OUT WHAT DO I DO .
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The 2017 Jeep Renegade has 29 Electrical System complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.