2017 Jeep Renegade

STEERING LOCK UP. ON TWO OCCASIONS WE'VE HAD THE STEERING LOCK UP ON OUR 2017 JEEP RENEGADE TRAIL HAWK. FORTUNATELY, ONE HAPPENED AT A STOP SIGN AND THE OTHER OCCURRED WHEN WE DROPPED THE VEHICLE OFF AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED UP, OUR JEEP WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING ILLUMINATION OF MULTIPLE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHTS. THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL (T50 / NHTSA 17V-485) THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE MALFUNCTIONING INDICATOR LIGHTS IN THE 2017 RENEGADE. HOWEVER, IT ONLY APPLIES TO RENEGADES BUILT FROM 9 JUN 2017 THROUGH 18 JUL 2017. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR VEHICLE WAS BUILT OUTSIDE OF THIS WINDOW AND THE SERVICE MANAGER WILL NOT REPROGRAM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER UNLESS IT IS IN THE VIP AS AN OPEN RECALL FOR THIS SPECIFIC RENEGADE. I HAVE CALLED JEEP CUSTOMER CARE TWICE ON THIS ISSUE AND WE STILL HAVE NO RESOLUTION.

ON 4 OCCASIONS NOW SINCE OWNING MY JEEP RENEGADE THE VEHICLE WILL JERK, CHECK ENHINE LIGHT COMES ON, AND THE VEHICLE WILL LOCK IN 3RD GEAR. I TRY TO SWITCH TO MANUAL SHIFT AND WILL NOT SHIFT. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WITH 50 MILES, AND NOW OVER 28,000 MILES WITH REOCCURRING PROBLEMS. ON INSTANCE THE VEHICLE LIGHT WARNING COMES ON INDICATING ALL OF THE LIGHTS ARE OUT IN THE VEHICLE, AND THE LIGHT BUILD INDICATOR WILL REMAIN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND CUT OFF. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER ON THE FIRST INSTANCE, REPLACED THE BSM ON THE SECOND OCCASION, AND SINCE THEN 2 SOFTWARE UPDATES. THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE IN SOME WAY AND FCA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THESE ONGOING ISSUES THAT ARE A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN.

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

BODY CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED AT 5000 MILES. TWO WEEKS AFTER THE BCM REPLACEMENT, THE RADIO SYSTEM FROZE TWICE IN ONE WEEK. TWO WEEKS LATER, OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON THEN WENT OFF IMMEDIATELY AFTER. AT 6100 MILES, CAR STALLED AT AROUND 35MPH, WARNING LIGHTS STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MUST BE STOPPED IN ORDER TO SWITCH GEARS. THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE AND IS AN AUTOMATIC. AFTER THIS WARNING, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE ETC LIGHT. TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, THEN RESTARTED SEVERAL TIMES, WITH THE SAME RESULT. ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER, THEN AFTER ABOUT 15 SECONDS, WOULD TURN ON WITH THE SAME WARNING LIGHTS. WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND DRIVE ABOUT 100 FT, ENGINE SPUTTERING AND LOW POWER, COULD NOT GET ENOUGH SPEED BEFORE STALLING AGAIN. AFTER RESTARTING AGAIN, WARNING LIGHTS DID NOT COME ON AND VEHICLE DROVE ALMOST NORMALLY FOR SEVERAL MILES AT LOW RPM, SOME HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH UPHILL, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SEVERAL UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS WENT AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NAPLETON CLERMONT CHRYSLER/JEEP/DODGE (15859 FL-50, CLERMONT, FL 34711) AND THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK. THE OIL WAS TOPPED OFF AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO RETURN FOR AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. ALSO, IN JULY 2018, THE OIL PRESSURE AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE TRAVELING UPHILL. FURTHERMORE, ON MARCH 24, 2018, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TOTAL POWER CONTROL AND TOTAL CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,800.

MY JEEP HAS ALREADY WENT TO THE SHOP FOR A WEEK BECAUSE IT STALLED 8 TIMES ON THE INTERSTATE IN TRAFFIC WHILE MY FAMILY WAS COMING HOME FROM VACATION. OUR SAFTY IS EXTREMELY JEOPARDIZED BY THIS. THE JEEPS ARE LEMONS AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED BEFORE IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED. IT HAS STARTED IT AGAIN NOW! *DT NO VIN AVAILABLE UPDATED 10/18/18*JB