2017 Jeep Renegade Power Train

Cracked oil pump housing/balance shaft module (BSM). The checking engine light came on, and the system requested an oil change after only 3k from the last oil change. I brought it to the mechanic, and the oil was refilled, and the checking engine light turned off. The vehicle keeps asking for an oil change. I opened the hood, and oil was splashed all over, leaving oil stains on the inside of the hood, hoses and surrounding surfaces.

The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Renegade. The contact stated while driving 35-36 MPH, the vehicle made an abnormally loud whining sound. The vehicle was taken to the dealer however, the failure could not be duplicated. The contact stated that the failure recurred while driving. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, where an unknown software update was performed; however, the failure recurred while driving 49 MPH. The contact stated that the engine revved significantly as if the transmission was shifting to a higher gear. The vehicle was taken to another dealer, Tyson Motor (1 SW Frontage Rd, Shorewood, IL 60404), where it was test-driven, but the failure could not be duplicated. The contact stated that the failure persisted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 27,500.

As I was driving on the freeway my car suddenly started to act and feel different. I had the ability to exit the freeway immediately and thankfully made it to a parking lot where my engine eventually died. I had the vehicle towed to my mechanic where he determined the rocker arm (attached to the mutli air actuator) on cylinder 4 broke and caused the engine to malfunction. Had I been unable to exit the freeway I would have been a road hazard and in an unsafe situation. My mechanic replaced the multi air actuator and the cam shaft. He also confirmed that he has seen this exact issue in other chrysler vehicles, specifically jeeps.

The Renegade makes a loud noise coming from the rear of the vehicle at about 35 mph and begins to dissipate at around 45 mph when the car is in Drive. If I move the drive selector to manual shifting, the noise goes away for the most part. If I turn OFF the traction control, the noise disappears completely. I'm not real excited about turning off the traction control system as this could enhance the dangers of driving with reduced traction control. This happens without fail.

The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Renegade. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power with the transmission warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission shift solenoid was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was opened. The manufacturer informed the contact that the VIN was included in Manufacturer Campaign Number: W84 (Power Train Software Update) and advised the contact to take the vehicle to a dealer for a diagnostic test. The failure mileage was 46,339.

Vehicle transmission jolts when going through gears

The transmission has gone out twice on this vehicle in less than 46000 miles. The second incident almost caused a car accident due to major stalling during highway driving as the transmission started to fail.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH ON CITY ROADS, THE TRANSMISSION WILL FREQUENTLY SHIFT VERY HARD STARTLING DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. I FEAR IT WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE CAR AND POTENTIALLY DISTRACT THE DRIVER AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

THE VEHICLE STALLS/JERKS... WHEN I'M DRIVING MY VEHICLE HESITATES AND SHIFTS WHILE TAKING OFF FROM 26 MPH. STALLS EXTREMELY HARD TO SHIFT GEARS. IT SCARES ME THAT IT'S GOING TO TURN OFF OR I MIGHT HIT SOMEONE OR CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I CAN'T CONTROL VEHICLE WHEN IT STALLS. THIS HAPPENS MOST OF THE TIME AND I HAVEN'T HAD THE VEHICLE NOT EVEN FOR A YEAR. *TR

AUTO TRANS, PERIODICALLY ON SAME TRIP, COASTING DOWN SPEED, CLICKING NOISE @28MPH MOSTLY BUT OTHER SPEEDS DOES IT TOO. HAD TO DEALER YESTERDAY, REPROGRAMMED MODULE TRANSMISSION CONTROL (TCM) AND DRIVE TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (DTCM) STARTED AROUND 17000 MILES (CURRENT MILEAGE 19,500). TOOK SHORT DRIVE TODAY, AND 1 CLICK AT 25MPH WHILE STOPPING AT STOP SIGN. BACK TO WORK TOMORROW AND I WILL START NOTING THE CLICKS.

TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER TWICE, FIRST THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY NEW TIRES. THIS TIME THEY TOLD ME IT A REAR DRIVE AXLE MODULE CHRYSLER KNOW ABOUT IT AND TRYING TO FIND A FIX.I HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS NOISE PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR, WITH THEM LOOKING AT ME LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.THE NOISE GETS LOUDER AND LOUDER THE FASTER I GO. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO ON THE FREEWAY WITHOUT SOUNDING LIKE MY TIRES ARE GOING TO FALL OFF. I HAD TO REPLACE MY TIRES BECAUSE THE REAR ONES WORE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TREAD ON BOTH REAR TIRES COULD THIS BE BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM?

AFTER ABOUT ONE & 1/2 YRS FROM BUYING JEEP...BRAND NEW, IT STARTED SHIFTING GEARS REALLY HARD. THIS SEEMS TO OCCUR AT 29-32 MPH, IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND THE JEEP WILL JERK VERY HARD.

WHILE IN MOTION, THE TRANSMISSION CLUNKS RANDOMLY INTO A GEAR OR, AND SOMETIMES MISS SHIFTS. WHEN IN SPORT MODE, TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT WHETHER SHIFTED UP OR DOWN LEAVING THE CAR AT SPEED DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP RENEGADE. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, IT SHOOK AND THE ENGINE SEEMED TO REV ON ITS OWN. AFTER SOME TIME, THE VEHICLE ADJUSTED ITSELF AND OPERATED NORMALLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED PERIODICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JIM BROWNE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM TAMPA BAY (10909 N FLORIDA AVE, TAMPA, FL 33612, (813) 280-5069), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

WE BOUGHT A 2017 JEEP RENEGADE IN SEPTEMBER 2017. OUR RENEGADE HAS A VERY HARD SHIFT PROBLEM AND MAKES A LOUD CLUNK SOUND AROUND THE 25-30MPH RANGE...IT HITS SO HARD THAT IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE HIT YOU IN THE BACK OF THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. WE HAD OUR CAR SERVICED 3 TIMES AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS PROBLEM AND IT STILL CONTINUES. WHEN WE WENT BACK FOR THE 3RD TIME ON MAY 24TH, THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD US THAT IT WASN'T THROWING ANY CODES SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIX IT. HE ALSO INFORMED US THAT THIS WAS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE RENEGADES AND ALL THEY COULD DO WAS TO FLASH A SOFTWARE UPDATE EVEN THOUGH HE KNOWS IT WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. ANOTHER TECH SAID "IS YOUR CAR STILL UNDER WARRANTY?" WE SAID YES, IT ONLY HAS 32,000 MILES ON IT. HE SAID TO THE OTHER TECH, WE SHOULD JUST PUT A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION IN THE THING. THE OTHER TECH SAID, IF WE DO THAT, IT WILL JUST BE PUTTING THE SAME KIND OF TRANSMISSION BACK IN IT (9 SPEED TRANSMISSION) WHICH WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WE WERE TOLD THAT MOST PEOPLE JUST WANT TO TRY TO TRADE THE CAR IN FOR SOMETHING ELSE. THE SERVICE TECH ADVISED US TO TALK WITH A SALES PERSON. SO WHILE TALKING WITH THE SALES PERSON, SHE TRIED TO GET US INTO A CERTIFIED USED CAR. WE BOUGHT A NEW CAR FOR A REASON, TO NOT END UP WITH SOME ELSE'S PROBLEMS WITH A USED CAR. THEN WE ASK TO SPEAK TO THE MANAGER. HE TOLD US THAT ANY CAR HE PUT US IN WOULD JUST HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION AND POSSIBLY THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE MANAGER ACTUALLY TOLD US THAT WE WOULD JUST BE BETTER OFF TRADING IT IN AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. WE WENT TO THE SUBARU DEALERSHIP TO SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT TRADING IT IN AND THEY ONLY WANTED TO OFFER US A TRADE IN VALUE OF $10,000 WHEN WE STILL OWE $15,000. IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM FAIR THAT NO ONE AT THE JEEP DEALERSHIP IS WILLING TO HELP ITS CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY CLEARLY KNOW THEY HAVE SOLD MANY CUSTOMERS FAULTY VEHICLES.

I PURCHASED MY 2017 JEEP RENEGADE BRAND NEW AT THE END OF JANUARY 2018. I WAS TOLD TO BRING MY CAR IN AT 5000 MILES FOR AN OIL CHANGE. RIGHT BEFORE MY OIL CHANGE WAS DUE, WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT, I MADE A TURN AND SAW A LOW ENGINE PRESSURE LIGHT AND THEN MY ENGINE TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING. MY HUSBAND & I MET WITH THE JEEP DEALER AND THE SHOP MANAGER SAID THE ENGINE WAS JUST "BREAKING IN" AND USED UP THE OIL. THIS WASN'T SOMETHING WE HAD HEARD OF BEFORE. THEY DID AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AND AFTER ALL THAT WAS DONE, THEY SAID IT WAS FINE AND IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. I'VE TAKEN MY CAR IN LIKE CLOCK-WORK TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED. THIS WEEK, WITH STILL 300 MILES TO GO UNTIL MY NEXT OIL CHANGE, MY LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL ON A BUSY MAIN ROAD. THE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME AGAIN "THIS CAR JUST USES OIL". THEY CONFIRMED I WAS 2.5 QUARTS LOW. WE HAVE 2 RENEGADES IN THE FAMILY, MY DAUGHTER'S 2015 RENEGADE THAT WE BOUGHT IN 2017 WITH ONLY 2500 MILES ON IT DOESN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I AM NOW GETTING A SECOND OIL CONSUMPTION TEST RUN. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SCARY. I SEE THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2017 JEEP RENEGADES FOR A CRACKED OIL PUMP ISSUE. MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT YET IT HAS THE SAME SYMPTOMS. I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW CAR SO THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE "USED CAR" ISSUES. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND I'M GETTING NERVOUS MY CAR WILL JUST TURN OFF AND I WILL BE IN AN ACCIDENT THE NEXT TIME AS I'VE BEEN LUCKY SO FAR.

JERKING/LUNGING OF CAR DURING ACCELERATION UP HILL OR GOING DOWN HILL OR SOMETIMES TAKING OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP

AT APPROXIMATELY 31,500 MILES TRANSMISSION IS MAKING A LOUD CLUNK SOUND AND JARS THE VEHICLE. SO LOUD AND HARD IT STARTLES THE PASSENGERS. I BELIEVE IT IS HAPPENING BETWEEN 20-30 MPH AND WHEN I REMOVE ACCELERATOR AND BEGIN TO COAST. IT SEEMS TO BE WHEN I COAST DOWNHILL. NO WARNING LIGHTS DISPLAY ON THE DASH. SEEMS TO ONLY HAPPEN AT LOW SPEEDS. POSSIBLY HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES BEFORE TAKING TO DEALERSHIP THE FIRST TIME. TOOK VEHICLE TO PURCHASING DEALERSHIP MARCH 2019. PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING THE SAME DAY I PICKED UP. HAS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES IN 2 DAYS. RESCHEDULED WITH PURCHASING DEALERSHIP 2ND ATTEMPT TO REPAIR. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER - PURCHASED APRIL 2017. ONE DRIVER. ISSUE IS NEW AND STARTED AT APPROX 31,500 MILES IN MARCH 2019.

MY RENEGADE HAS REPEATEDLY STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING. UNFORTUNATELY THIS LAST TIME RESULTED IN A MINOR ACCIDENT. THE JEEP HAS LESS 16K MILES ON IT. I HAVE NOTIFIED FCA BUT UNTIL IT IS RESOLVED I HAVE NO VEHICLE.*DT CONSUMER STATED HE HAD A VEHICLE CONTROL ISSUE WHILE MAKING A TURN ENGINE STALLED AND HIT A GUARDRAIL. VEHICLE HAD STALLED TWICE PREVIOUSLY AND 8 DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. CONSUMER STATED MANUFACTURE AND DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 35 MPH. WHEN THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT WITH NORMANDIN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM FIAT (900 CAPITOL EXPRESSWAY AUTO MALL, SAN JOSE, CA 95136, (408) 266-9500). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,602.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT SHIFTED GEARS AND THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED. SHORTLY AFTER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND "SHIFT TO DESIRED GEAR" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE TOWED TO ONTARIO CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE (1202 AUTO CENTER DR, ONTARIO, CA 91761, (909) 906-7097) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SAME DEALER IN THE PAST, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,355.

NEW JEEP RENEGADE WITH 1,600 MILES LOST POWER, JERKED AND STALLED GOING UP A MOUNTAIN FROM ALAMOGORDO, NM TO CLOUDCROFT, NM. DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES. UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO OUR DESTINATION. NO ERROR CODES APPEARED. WE WERE ABLE TO TURN AROUND AND DRIVE TO JACK KEY DEALERSHIP IN ALAMOGORDO, NM, WHERE THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT SO THEY RESET THE COMPUTER. AFTER MORE THAN AN HOUR, WE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE BACK UP THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED , BUT WE DIDN'T GET AS FAR THE SECOND TIME. WE WERE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AND DECIDED TO DRIVE HOME BACK TO EL PASO. TOOK IT TO SUNLAND PARK JEEP THE NEXT DAY. THEY CALLED YESTERDAY AND SAID THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, NO ERROR CODES APPEAR. THEY WERE TOLD BY CORPORATE JEEP TO ADD TWO UPDATES TO THE SOFTWARE. THEY DROVE IT ON TRANSMOUNTAIN RD. WHICH IT HAS ALWAYS DRIVEN VERY WELL ON BEFORE, SINCE IT IS NOT AS STEEP AS THE MOUNTAIN WE HAD TROUBLE ON. WE WILL BE PICKING UP THE JEEP TODAY BUT ARE VERY WORRIED SINCE WE FEEL IT IS DANGEROUS TO STALL IN TRAFFIC. WE BOUGHT THIS JEEP BRAND NEW WITH 12 MILES ON IT FOR OUR TEENAGE DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY AND WE ARE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE HAVING HER DRIVE IT. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!!!!!!!

TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING UP HILL ABOUT 80MILES NORTH BOUND ON I-15 TO LAS VEGAS. THE ENGINE CHECK LIT UP AND SHOWED TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND TO BRING IN FOR SERVICE. THE CAR STALLED AND WE WERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. LUCKILY THE CAR STARTED UP AGAIN BUT WOULD EVENTUALLY STALLED AGAIN AS IT TRIED TO CLIMB THE HILL. IT STALLED ABOUT 5 TIMES UNTIL WE COULD EXIT TO A GAS STATION (~5MILES AWAY) TO EXCHANGE FOR ANOTHER RENTAL CAR. THE CAR HAS ABOUT ~10K MILES ON IT. THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS 105 DEGREES.