2018 Jeep Renegade problems
Owners have filed 696 complaints about the 2018 Jeep Renegade with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 27.3% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 19%.
Complaints696
Crashes24
Fires12
Injuries18
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Engine 27.3% · 190
Electrical system 19.0% · 132
Unknown or other 13.4% · 93
Fuel/propulsion system 12.9% · 90
Power train 8.3% · 58
Service brakes 2.4% · 17
Vehicle speed control 2.3% · 16
Steering 1.6% · 11
Severity
Of those complaints, 24 describe a crash, 12 describe a fire and 18 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 6 model years of the Jeep Renegade in this data, 2018 ranks 3rd by complaint volume — 2017 draws the most.
Filing volume has held steady, 186 in the last three years against 171 in the three before.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 16,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The contact's daughter owns a 2018 Jeep Renegade. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power. Additionally, several unknown warning lights were flickering on and off. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed with fuel pump failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. Engine
My Jeep renagade has 2950 miles and had no oil I had to put oil it it to get it to the garage to is what was going on, so they decided to do a change and I have to drive it another 700 miles and take it back to them to see if it's used any oil, I've never before had a new vehicle that ran out of oil or that I had to add oil to before the first change, I very unsatisfied with the way things are being handled Engine · reported at 2,950 miles
Car is burning excessive engine motor oil. Car has stalled several times while driving in congested traffic due directly to low oil. This is a safety concern as well as a defective engine by manufacturer. Problem is pervasive across all Jeep Renegade vehicles. Local dealer is aware of oil issues with engine. Need government intervention to force manufacturer to issue a recall on this know issue. Engine · reported at 18,860 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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