2017 Jeep Renegade

THE TRUNK POP OPEN IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO CLOSE TO IT. AFTER STARTING THE CAR THEN DRIVING THE CAR WILL STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. YOU HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK. AND GIVE IT A FEW MINS. THEN TRY TO RESTART THE CAR. THEN YOU CAN GO. IF YOU HIT THE RADIO BUTTONS TO FAST IT WILL TURN THE VOLUME ALL THE WAY UP AND WILL BE STUCK THERE TILL YOU TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESET THE RADIO.

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.

DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON NORTH DAKOTA STATE HIGHWAY 9, 2 MILES EAST OF KENSIL NORTH DAKOTA WHEN A LARGE BUCK DEER, ESTIMATED AT 200 LBS., JUMPED INTO THE ROADWAY, SHE HIT THE DEER SQUARE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, ESTIMATED SPEED WAS 52 MILES PER HOUR, FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL.THE VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS. THE QUESTION IS WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SERIOUS INJURIES, THEN WHAT SHE OBTAINED. *DT*JB

TAKATA RECALL..MY 2017 JEEP RENEGADE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN MAY 2018 HAD 18 MILES ON THE ODOMETER...ON JULY 20, 2017, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I HAD JUST COME THRU A WORK ZONE; TRAFFIC HAD BEEN STOP AND GO FOR ABOUT 10 MILES. AS I REACHED THE END OF THE WORK ZONE; THE JEEP STARTED JERKING AS IF THE GEARSHIFT WAS STUCK OR SHIFTING UNCONTROLLABLY, LOST POWER AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY! I HAD NO SHOULDER OR EXIT T STEER TOWARDS. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE VEHICLE CALLED OHP AND ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. AFTER 15 20 MINUTES, I WENT BACK TO TRY START THE JEEP AND IT STARTED! THIS WAS THE 2ND OCCURRENCE. THE FIRST TIME IT DID NOT SHUT OFF. I HAVE KNOW IDEA WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND SCHEDULED IT FOR SERVICE.

MULTIPLE WARNING MESSAGES ILLUMINATE THE DASH, SUCH AS CHECK ENGINE, CHECK BRAKE, AND COUNTLESS OTHERS. ALSO THE CAR LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT START OR WILL ONLY GO IN REVERSE. THIS HAPPENS UPON ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE AND ALSO WHILE ACTIVELY DRIVING IT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP OVER 6 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND MULTIPLE SOFTWARE UPDATES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AND THE TCM HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT THE ISSUE KEEPS OCCURRING. CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND A CORPORATE TECHNICIAN HAS BEEN INVOLVED AND ALSO AN IN FLIGHT RECORDER WAS TEMPORARILY INSTALLED AND IT PROVIDED NUMEROUS ERROR CODES BUT NO ONE IS SEEMS TO BE CAPABLE OF DETERMINING HOW TO FIX THE ISSUE OR WHAT EXACTLY IS CAUSING IT

I WAS TURNING INTO MY PARKING SPACE SLOWLY WITH THE BRAKE SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED. AS I PRESSED FURTHER ON THE BRAKE THE CAR ACCELERATED SUDDENLY. I PRESSED DOWN HARD ON THE BRAKES AND THE CAR DIDN'T SLOW DOWN AND SMACKED THE RETAINING WALL. THE DASHBOARD LIT UP WITH THE PARKING BRAKE (DID NOT PRESS) AND THE CAR WITH THE LIGHTNING BOLTS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT JUST HAPPENED.

WHILE IN MOTION AT THE FREEWAY, LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT FLASHING AT 10,964 MILES RANDOMLY WHEN SPEEDED OVER 50 MPH. DEALERSHIP INSTALLED NEW ENGINE NO START SO CHECKED FOR OIL PRESSURE AND FOUND 25 PSI WHILE CRANKING. REPLACED VVAA ASSEMBLY ENGINE WILL STILL NOT START. FINDING: CRANKSHAFT HAS SEVERE END PLAY AND WAS EATEN AWAY AT THE BLOCK. SUSPECTED: MAIN BEARING TO BE LEFT LOOSE FROM FACTORY. VEHICLE KEPT AT DEALERSHIP SINCE MARCH 7TH UNTIL MAY 3RD 2018.