2018 Jeep Renegade ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
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Just had the engine replaced for the oil consumption done in 2022. They did not replace the motor mounts at that point. But now they are saying those are leaking and my fuel pump has also gone out.
Engine is the big problem. When I drive the engine randomly shuts off without any warning. I’ve been on the freeway when it shuts down and I don’t have enough time to get over to safety. And I fear for my life every time it happens. It’s a safety hazard for others around me as well because my car stops without warning and others are going full speed around me. We have taken it do the dealership, service center, auto shops and no one has an answer or solution for us. We took it to the jeep service center and they didn’t know what was going on. Other than that we haven’t taken it to a manufacturer. There were so symptoms or warnings before this was happening.
The check engine light comes on. The code reads P219A. Which means there's an air to fuel ratio off. It sounds like it's gonna stall.
oil levels keep dropping and need more oil changes then it should. or need to add extra oil in between appts.
2018 Jeep Renegade will randomly stall described in this current recall 18V731000 Though searching my vin number shows no recall. This is a serious safety hazard and needs to be repaired asap
My husband was driving our Jeep today and it just stopped two times without any warning. Once while just going down our driveway (about 1000 feet from our home) and the second times was while he was in town going around a round about intersection. He was able to pull over and the Jeep started right back up but it could have been a lot worse if he would have been in traffic or driving 65+ MPH.
My jeep on 11/11/2021 just turned 60,000 miles the light came on change oil so I started it drove out of the drive way turned around the corner it said you can't shift in drive so I pulled over put it in park put my foot on the brake push the button to start it sound like a hissing sound then it would crank and start I got to the corner to stop and it died out put it in park put my foot on the brake and push the button to start did the same thing making like a hissing sound started to crank after a minute and a half and it seemed to do this in the morning although couple more times during the day. This is a serious problem it can cause an accident I think it's a fuel pump not getting enough fuel.
Car stalls / engine shuts off while driving. Engine will cut off while going over 30 mph. There have been many reports of this happening online on 2016 - 2018 Jeep Renegades.
CAR FREQUENTLY STATES "OIL PRESSURE LOW" DESPITE CONSTANT OIL CHANGES. CAR IDLES WHEN TURNING A CORNER AND COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF. DASHBOARD FLASHES MESSAGES THAT "VEHICLE MUST BE IN PARK", STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND TELLS ME TO "PUSH THE BRAKE AND START BUTTON"... I HAD TO DO THIS THREE TIMES. VERY DANGEROUS! CAR SHUT OFF IN 5 P.M. ORLANDO TRAFFIC! HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN TWO MONTHS.
ENGINE STALLING SAYING SHIFT INTO PARK. I HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE SAYING MY OIL IS DANGEROUSLY LOW. I HAD AN OIL CHANGE WEDNESDAY APRIL 1ST AND HAVE NOTICED NO OIL LEAKS. THIS HAS TO BE THE FUEL PUMP CAUSING THIS.
RENTAL VEHICLE. WHILE ON US 89 NORTH BOUND AFTER PASSING LOGAN VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED/STOPPED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE CLIMBING THRU CACHE VALLEY ON US HIGHWAY 89 EXPOSING US TO A DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT. VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED TO A SAFE PLACE (MILE MARKER 429). THIS ISSUE MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED TO THE VEHICLE PRODUCTION OR JUST ONLY FOR THE ONE IDENTIFIED ABOVE. 11JUL20 UTAH FOREST/PARK PERSON AS WELL AS UTAH STATE PATROL TROOPER HELPED IN OBTAINING ROAD ASSISTANCE.
CAR POWERS OFF WHEN DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES THIS WEEK. IT SHUTS OFF SO YOU CAN'T GIVE IT ANY GAS AND SAYS ON THE SCREEN 'PLACE VEHICLE IN P AND HIT THE START BUTTON' THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES THIS MORNING AND THE DEALER SAID IT MIGHT BE OIL CONSUMPTION AND I'M NOW DOING A TEST FOR THAT WHICH THEY SAID THEY MIGHT HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE.
VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR IN JULY. IN DECEMBER IT BEGAN STALLING AT ODD TIMES AND NOT WANTING TO RESTART. WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS THE OIL CHANGE INDICATOR CAME ON. I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AND FIGURED I WOULD SCHEDULE IT AS SOON AS I COULD AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. THE VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING SHORTLY AFTER THE OIL CHANGE INDICATOR HAPPENED. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE I DID NOT LET THE VEHICLE WARM UP LONG ENOUGH AND IT WAS VERY COLD OUTSIDE. NOPE. I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE GAS STATION AND THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE INTERSECTION AND REFUSED TO RESTART. I WAS ALMOST STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES. IT TOOK 5 MINUTES TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS MAKING NOISES LIKE THE ENGINE DID NOT WANT TO TURN OVER AND CATCH. I FINALLY GOT IT OUT OF THE ROAD AND INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE GAS STATION. IT SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTED RELUCTANTLY. I FILLED IT UP WITH GAS AND IT TOOK SEVERAL TRIES TO GET IT TO RESTART. A WEEK LATER I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK AND IT STALLED ON ME LEAVING THE PARKING LOT, I HAD LITERALLY DRIVEN 500 FEET. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, THE VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE RED "POWER REDUCED" LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON THE DASH. IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 25 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO A PARKING LOT A LITTLE WAYS UP THE ROAD AND LET IT SIT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. IT RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS, THE REDUCE POWER LIGHT WAS GONE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON, AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT AT A NORMAL SPEED THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. I STARTED IT AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING. NO ISSUES, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON. AS OF THIS WRITING, I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 6 MONTHS AND IT HAS 8100 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT IT NEW OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR. IF THE REPORTS I KEEP SEEING ON HERE ARE ACCURATE, I WILL BE TRADING IT IN FOR SOMETHING ELSE ASAP.
6 TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK, OUR VEHICLE HAS STARTED SPUTTERING AND STALLING OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. OUR GAS WAS AROUND HALF FULL AND WE WERE NOT GOING UP OR DOWN ANY HILLS. THE MPH RANGE WAS 60-90MPH THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING AND AFTER DRIVING FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES AND SOMETIMES IT TOOK OVER 45 MINUTES BEFORE WE COULD START THE VEHICLE AGAIN. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES, EACH TIME TELLING US THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. WE HAVE CONTACTED FCA GROUP ABOUT THE ISSUE AND SAID THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECALLS AND SAY THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. THEY HAVE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT WE JUST SEEK OUT LEGAL COUNSEL. THERE IS ONLY 19K MILES ON THE CAR AND IT WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW APRIL OF 2019. *TR
MY JEEP RENEGADE MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH A CRACKED OIL PUMP HOUSING/BALANCE SHAFT MODULE (BSM), WHICH HAS CAUSED THE OIL PUMP TO FAIL AND THE ENGINE TO STALL. I'M AFRAID FOR MY FAMILY'S LIFE THAT THE ENGINE STALL AND RISK GETTING INTO A CRASH. THIS ISSUE WAS A PROBLEM FOR JEEP IN 2017 OR 2018. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION TO THE DEALERSHIP IN DEC 2019 AND MAR 2020. I HAPPENED TWO DOES AGO ON MAY 23RD IT COMPLETELY STOP ON MY FIANCEE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS. WE ARE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH OUR LIVES.
CAR STALLED IN TRAFFIC WITH NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CAR WOULD NOT START BACK UP.
MY 2018 JEEP RENEGADE ENGINE DIES SPONTANEOUSLY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. IT STARTS BACK UP RIGHT AWAY BUT WHEN PLACED IN GEAR IT DIES. THE DEALERSHIP WILL LOOK AT IT FOR A 4TH TIME TOMORROW MORNING 08/14/2019 AT 9AM. SO FAR THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THERE IS A RECALL LIST FOR CERTAIN VIN NUMBER JEEP RENEGADE MODELS BUT MY VIN ISN'T ON THE LIST. ENGINE SHOULDN'T DIE OR STALL ON A BRAND NEW VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. FIRST TIME IT DIES WAS 5,031 MILES, THEN 13,541 MILES, THEN 19063 MILES.
VEHICLE STALLED ON A HILL WITHOUT WARNING. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT HAD 1 QUART OF OIL AT 979 MILES. AT 700 MILES WHEN CHECKED IT WAS IN NORMAL RANGE
WHEN OPERATING THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY ON TURNS, THE CAR WILL CUT OUT AND NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THEY ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED DOWN. IT'LL LEAVE A LAG AND THEN SUDDENLY ENGAGE AND TAKE OFF QUICKLY. IT'S LIKE A STUDDER BUT HAS LEFT ME TRYING TO TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC AND SIT IN THE SAME SPOT, PAUSED AND NOT ABLE TO MOVE WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC HEADED FOR ME.
CAR IS EXCESSIVELY BURNING OIL. IT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF GOING DOWN THE ROAD. IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS.
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The 2018 Jeep Renegade has 20 ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.