2018 Jeep Renegade

I WAS MAKING A RIGHT ONTO A ROAD AND I LOST ALL POWER TO THE DRIVE TRAIN AND HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN RIGHT TURN INTO A SUBDIVISION THAT WAS TO MY IMMEDIATE RIGHT. I COULD STILL STEER; WHICH WAS HOW I PULLED MYSELF OFF THE ROAD INTO THE SUBDIVISION IMMEDIATELY AFTER MAKING THE TURN ONTO THE ROAD. I CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL WHEN I CAME TO A STOP INSIDE THE SUBDIVISION. IT READ THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL ON THE DIPSTICK. I WAS ON MY WAY TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGE DONE. THE CAR WAS DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE AT THE TIME. I WAS TAKING IT IN FOR THE OIL CHANGE 100 MILES BEFORE THE DUE DATE. A WEEK EARLIER AND THE DAY BEFORE THE CAR DISPLAYED A LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR ON THE DISPLAY. THOSE WERE THE FIRST TIMES IN MY LIFE I'VE SEEN THAT MESSAGE. I CONTACTED THE PARTS DEPARTMENT OF THE TRONCALLI JEEP DODGE DEALERSHIP I HAD BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM LATER THAT DAY. I ASKED WHY THE ENGINE STOPPED AND THE MAN I SPOKE TO SAID PROBABLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH HOW THE ENGINE WAS MADE. IN WHICH THE ENGINE COULD STALL IF THE OIL LEVEL IS HALF A QUART OVER OR UNDER THE MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM LEVEL. THAT WAS THE 1ST INSTANCE OF MY VEHICLE STALLING.

INCIDENT 1 2/11/20 5PM I HAD LEFT MY OFFICE AFTER WORK AND WAS PULLING INTO A TURN LANE AT AN INTERSECTION ON A CITY STREET; CAR STALLED IN DRIVE. I PUT IT INTO PARK, PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND PUSHED THE START BUTTON; AND IT STARTED. NO ISSUES ON THE 20 MILES HOME. INCIDENT 2 2/13/20 7AM I HAD JUST LEFT MY HOUSE AND HAD TURNED LEFT TO EXIT MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE CARD STALLED IN DRIVE. I PUT IT PARK AND PUSHED THE START BUTTON, NOTHING HAPPENED. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE AND THEN REAPPLIED MY FOOT TO THE BRAKE AND PUSHED THE BUTTON. SOUNDED LIKE THE CARD WAS TRYING TO START. WAITED A FEW MORE SECONDS AND TRIED IT AGAIN, IT STARTED. NO ISSUES ON THE 20 MILES TO WORK.

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.

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.

THE VEHICLE BURNS OIL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING. WE HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICES REGULARLY, BUT IT BURNS SO MUCH OIL WE'RE HAVING ISSUES BEFORE IT'S DUE FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. MY SON WAS ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY FROM HOME WHEN HIS VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT AT TIMES IT WOULD SPUTTER DURING ACCELERATION. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND CURRENTLY IT HAS 29,000 MILES. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED UNDER WARRANTY TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY KEPT IT FOR OVER A WEEK BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT. I INQUIRED ABOUT GETTING A LOANER VEHICLE SINCE WE WERE DOWN A VEHICLE AND THE DEALER SAID ALL THEIR LOANERS WERE OUT AND THEY WILL ONLY ALLOW US TO HAVE THE LOANER FOR 5 DAYS TOTAL. SO, THEY SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT US WHEN THEY HAD A LOANER AVAILABLE. WE NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THEM, SO MY HUSBAND CALLED THEM BACK 8 DAYS LATER TO INQUIRE ABOUT A LOANER AGAIN, AND AT THAT TIME THEY SAID THE VEHICLE WAS READY; ALL IT NEEDED WAS OIL. SO, WHEN WE WENT TO PICK-UP THE VEHICLE THEY'RE CHARGING US $189 AND THIS VEHICLE IS STILL ON WARRANTY. THE WARRANTY ON THE JEEP IS FRAUDULENT AND THE DEALERSHIPS ARE DEVIOUS.

I BOUGHT A 2018 JEEP RENEGADE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A SAFE BLUETOOTH SYSTEM TO TALK WITH MY FAMILY. I HAVE OWNED SINCE NEW AND REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO JEEP. THE BLUETOOTH CUTS OUT AND IS GARBLED WHEN ON THE PHONE. I OWN A 2018 CHRYSLER PACIFICA WITH BLUETOOTH AND IT IS FLAWLESS. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IT WHAT I GET WITH A RENEGADE. I HAVE TO HOLD MY PHONE IN MY HAND WHILE DRIVING. IN MY OPINION UNSAFE.

IT STARTED FOUR(4) MONTHS AFTER I GOT THE CAR BRAND NEW. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, I DECIDED TO TAKE THE BACK ROADS, I COULD NOT USE MY BRAKES. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE ECU HAD TO BE CHANGED. A FEW MONTHS LATER MY RADIO WAS RECALLED AND THAT HAD TO BE CHANGED. I'VE HAD A PROBABLY FOUR(4) MONTH BATTLE WITH THE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS GOING OFF THEN COMING BACK ON OUT OF NOWHERE. THE FIRST TIME THE DTR WENT OUT THE LIGHTBULB WAS CHANGED AND THE METAL ON THE BASE OF THE LIGHTBULB WAS MELTED OFF.( I DO NOT HAVE PICTURES OF IT THE DEALERSHIP TOOK IT WHEN I SHOWED THEM) I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THE SECOND TIME THE LIGHT KEPT GOING ON AND OFF. THEY CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND SAID THE RESISTANCE WAS TOO HIGH AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY. THEREFORE I HAD TO WAIT ON PARTS TO CHANGE THE WIRING AND SOCKETS FOR THE DTRS. IT IS A 2018 JEEP RENEGADE AND I'M VERY TIRED OF HAVING TO TAKE MY, NOT EVEN, TWO(2) YEAR OLD CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET SOMETHING ELECTRICAL FIXED EVERY FEW MONTHS. I'M NOT SURE OF THE DATE IT ALL STARTED SO I APPROXIMATED.

WHILE LETTING OFF THE GAS TO SLOW DOWN TO EITHER A STOP OR AROUND A CURVE; THE CAR IDLES ALL THE WAY DOWN AND DIES, THE DASHBOARD FLASHES A MESSAGE SAYING 'VEHICLE MUST BE IN PARK TO SWITCH GEARS'. WHEN I PLACE THE VEHICLE IN PARK IT THEN TELLS ME TO PUSH THE BRAKE AND THE START BUTTON; WHEN I DO THE CAR 'WHINES' AND ACTS LIKE IT'S HAVING A HARD TIME STARTING BACK UP; WHEN IT DOES FINALLY TURN OVER IT IDLES HIGH UNTIL I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR MAKING IT JUMP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP RENEGADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST MOTIVE POWER. AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE MIRACLE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP DEALER (615-206-4869, LOCATED AT 1290 NASHVILLE PIKE, GALLATIN, TN 37066) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ALMOST OUT OF OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS KEPT AT THE DEALER'S FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND NO OTHER FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED. THE TECHNICIAN PERFORMED AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000.