2017 Jeep Renegade

AS DRIVING OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP I COULD HEAR THE BRAKES SQUEAKING. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS SINCE IT WAS A BRAND NEW CAR, MAYBE THE BRAKES NEED TO BE BROKEN IN. ALTHOUGH, NOW HAVING OVER 20K MILES, THE BRAKE SQUEAK HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME CAUSING MY ROTORS TO BECOME DAMAGED WITH DEEP GROOVES. THE CAR ALSO JERKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD. IT IS EMBARRASSING, ESPECIALLY WHEN PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE, FOR MY BRAND NEW, BARELY A YEAR OLD, CAR TO BE JERKING SO ROUGHLY. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM OR SOMETHING SIMILAR, PLEASE SPEAK UP SO THIS PROBLEM CAN BE RESOLVED. THERE ARE OTHERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT BUT HAVE NOT SPOKEN UP, NOW IS THE TIME. DONT WAIT!

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WINDWARD CHRYSLER (46177 KAHUHIPA ST, KANEOHE, HI) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE DEALER DESCRIBED THE MATTER AS NORMAL DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10.

HOOD OPENS WITHOUT ME OPENING IT. IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES SO FAR. ONE TIME IT HAPPENED ON THE PARKWAY BUT IT HAS THE SAFETY SO IT DOESN'T SWING UP. THE SHIFTING SHIFTED SO HARD IT MADE A CLUCKEN NOISE I THOUGHT THE TRANSMISSION WENT. THAT HAPPENED TWICE. THE CAR ONLY HAS 20,000 MILES AND THE TRANS SOUNDS LIKE IT'S STARTING TO GO. I WAS DRIVING BOTH TIMES.

ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T ENGAGE AND THE JEEP STARTED SHAKING. CAME TO A STOP, SHIFTED TO MANUAL AND IT NEEDED HIGH RPM'S TO GET IT MOVING. IT FINALLY GOT MOVING AND HAD TO USE MANUAL GET IT OFF THE HIGHWAY. WAS AT THE DEALER A FEW MONTHS EARLIER DEALING WITH THE TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING. DEALER SAID IT WAS A SOFTWARE ISSUE. DEALER NOW SAYS IT'S NOT TRANSMISSION BUT ENGINE PROBLEMS. THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE.

I DECIDED TO START THE VEHICLE WITHOUT USING REMOTE START DUE TO EXTREME COLD CLIMATE SO I COULD WARM IT LONGER THAN REMOTE START WILL ALLOW. LET IT RUN FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES AND GO TO DRIVE OFF AND GET UP TO 25-30MPH AND IT STALLED AND MADE AN EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE AND ROUGH VIBRATION THAT MADE IT FEEL LIKE THE WHOLE ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. ALL OF THE LIGHTS LIT UP IN THE DASHBOARD AND I HAD TO STRUGGLE TO STEER IT OFF THE STREET BY COASTING IT. PROCEEDED TO START IT BUT WOULDN'T BUDGE FOR A GOOD 5-10 MIN UNTIL IT FINALLY STARTED BACK UP. IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CONNECTED THE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO IT AND SAID NOTHING WAS SHOWING UP AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. ABOUT A MONTH LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN THE EXACT SAME WAY, TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THIS TIME THEY SAID EVERY POSSIBLE ERROR CODE CAME UP AND WERE BAFFLED. THEY WANTED US TO LEAVE THERE AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 2 WEEKS BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO IT AND DID NOT OFFER A LOANER VEHICLE, WE HAD TO TELL THEM THAT WE NEEDED IT OR A LOANER FOR COMMUTE AND SO WE HAD TO KEEP IT, THEY FINALLY GOT TO IT AND FOUND OUT IT WAS THE ECM MODULE, SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DRIVETRAIN, THEY REPLACED IT AND IT HASN'T OCCURRED AGAIN. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE NOTICED MORE AND MORE THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SHIFTING VERY HARD MAKING POPPING NOISES AND JERKING. WE FINALLY DECIDED THAT SOMETHING WASNT RIGHT AND TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP WITH A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE GONE WRONG WITH THE CAR. WE HAD TO TAKE IT TWICE FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR A TOTAL TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT MID AUGUST, AND I THINK IT WAS CAUSED BY ECM MODULE ISSUE WE HAD TO DEAL WITH FOR A FEW MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN MAKING A NEW CAR PURCHASE BECAUSE OF ALL THE ISSUES WE HAVE HAD WITH IT.

CAR WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET HEADING STRAIGHT WHEN IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. VARIOUS MESSAGES HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED THE MOST PREVIOUS TIMES SAYING "TO SHIFT VEHICLE MUST BE STOPPED" I WASN'T TRYING TO SHIFT? NO CODES EVER BEING SHOWN ARE THE SAME. ALL ISSUES CAUSE THE CAR TO COMPLETELY STOP. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ON THE ROADS OFCOURSE. IT'S ALREADY HAD AN UPDATE TO THE SYSTEM THE DEALERSHIP SAID WAS NEEDED. NOW BACK TO DOING THE SAME THING SO IT'S CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. JUST HIT 20K MILES. ALL OIL CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE ON TIME AS THE JEEP HAS ALL WARRANTIES THE CHYSLER DODGE JEEP DEALERSHIP OFFERED. CAN CONTACT DEALERSHIP FOR MORE DETAIL. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE JANUARY 2018

ON JUNE 11TH, 2 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR WITH JUST UNDER 7000 MILES WE NOTICED THE BATTERY LIGHT ON WHICH DISAPPEARED ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER DRIVING IT. TODAY, JUNE 20TH, WHILE DRIVING ON FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE AT 72MPH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, THERE WAS A BEEPING SOUND AND THE CAR SEEMED TO LOSE POWER VERY BRIEFLY AS IF IT WAS GOING TO TURN OFF. THIS COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY ON AN INTERSTATE. I AM ALSO NOTICING SLUGGISH ACCELERATION AT TIMES.