2016 Jeep Renegade

JUST LIKE SOOO MANY PEOPLE ONLINE OUT RADIATOR COOLING FAN STARTED WOBBLING AND NOW GRINDING. THERE ARE SO MANY FORUMS, SITES AND VIDEOS THAT SHOW THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. A RECALL IS NOT YET IN EFFECT BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ASAP. COST IS 400-1000 FOR EACH REPAIR. AND DON'T LET THEM TRY TO SAY IT'S AN ISSUE OF DIRT. IT'S USUALLY AROUND 36,000 MILES SO DON'T WAIT TO FIX IT AS THE WARRENTY WILL EXPIRE.

RANDOM TIMES ON DRY ROADS BOTH CITY AND RURAL WHILE SLOWING TO MAKE TURNS OR STARTING FROM STILL TO MAKE TURNS OR SLOWING THE TRYING TO RESUME SPEED THE ESP/TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGES. SHUTS DOWN POWER TO CAR AND CAN NOT ACCELERATE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WITH HIGH SPEED VEHICLES APPROACHING FROM OUT OF VIEW FROM THE SIDE OR REAR THIS HAS NEARLY CAUSED SEVERAL COLLISIONS FOR ME.

JEEP SAFETY CONCERN 2016 JEEP RENEGADE TRAIL HAWK 4WD MILEAGE: 35.000 OUR VEHICLE DISPLAYED CHECK ENGINE CODE (P0440). TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED A FRONT VACUUM VALVE. THREE DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS BACK ON. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED A PRESSURE SWITCH IN THE GAS TANK WAS THE PROBLEM BUT THE PART HAD TO BE ORDERED. WHILE THIS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON I DISCOVERED THAT WHEN THE ELECTRONIC COMPUTER MODULE (ECM) SEES AN EMISSION CODE THE ECM WILL DISABLE THE VEHICLES 4WD AND THE REMOTE START. THE REMOTE START IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN BUT THE 4WD IS.THERE WAS A SNOW STORM THAT HIT THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND EFFECTED OUR AREA. SINCE MY WIFE USES THIS VEHICLE, FOR SEVERAL DAYS MY WIFE WAS WITHOUT A VEHICLE DURING THIS STORM. THANKFULLY I DISCOVERED THE ISSUE BEFORE THE STORM HIT. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING IF THIS CODE WAS SET WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING IN THE SNOW WITH MY 3-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE IS ADVERTISED AS 4WD' TRAIL RATED' OFF ROAD VEHICLE.I NEVER HAVE HAD ANY 4WD ISSUE WITH ANY OF THESE VEHICLES. IF YOU'RE DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE INCLEMENT IN WEATHER SUCH AS SNOW AND THE ECM SEES AN EMISSION ISSUE, YOU LOSE YOUR 4WD. LOSING YOUR 4WD ON A SNOW-COVERED ROAD CAN BECOME A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. IF YOUR OFF ROAD ON A SLIPPERY TRAIL AND YOU LOSE YOUR 4WD YOU MAY SLIDE INTO A LARGE TREE OR WORSE, SLIDE OFF THE TRAIL. CHRYSLER JEEP NEVER TELLS THE CUSTOMER THIS CAN OCCUR BUT THEY ADVERTISE THE VEHICLE AS A 'TRAIL RATED' OFF ROAD VEHICLE. PEOPLE THAT PURCHASE JEEPS ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT 'TRAIL RATED' STAMP MEANS THIS VEHICLE IS CERTIFIED FOR USE DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER OR FOR RECREATIONAL USE. THE LAST THING A CUSTOMER WANTS TO FIND OUT IS THAT THE VEHICLE THEY PURCHASED WILL LOSE THE 4WD IF THERE IS A ECM CODE SET. LOU FROM NY

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.

MY CAR STALLED TWICE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE IN MOTION. IN BOTH INSTANCES I WAS TURNING LEFT AND THEN THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND A NOTIFICATION SIGNALED ON THE DASHBOARD THAT THE CAR MUST BE IN PARK TO SHIFT. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON A BUSY ROAD. I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO OIL IN MY CAR. THE LOW OIL INDICATOR LIGHT NEVER APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD TO WARN ME THAT MY OIL WAS LOW. MY LAST OIL CHANGE WAS 6,000 MILES AGO, PRIOR TO THE ONE I RECEIVED TODAY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT THAT APPEARED. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING MY CAR NOW. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS REPORTED IN ONLINE FORUMS REGARDING THIS ISSUE.

STARTED RUNNING HOT OUT OF THE BLUE. CHECKED FUSES AND THE MAIN FUSE TO THE FAN WAS BLOWN. REPLACED THE FUSE BUT THE FAN STILL IS NOT TURNING ON. VEHICLE IS STILL RUNNING HOT AND PRODUCING SMOKE/STEAM ALONG WITH A BURNING SMELL. THE SYMPTOMS STARTED WHILE WAITING IN STOPPED TRAFFIC BUT SEEMED TO CLEAR UP WHILE MOVING, THEN GOT WORSE WHILE SITTING IDLE WITH AC UNIT ON. I HAVE BEEN READING UP ON IF THERE ARE ISSUES RELATED TO MINE AND THERE SEEM TO BE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE COOLING FAN. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL??