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2021 Jeep Renegade problems

Owners have filed 106 complaints about the 2021 Jeep Renegade with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 24.5% of them — the clear leader, ahead of forward collision avoidance at 10.4%. A further 18.9% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints106
Crashes4
Fires2
Injuries3
Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Electrical system 24.5% · 26
Unknown or other 18.9% · 20
Forward collision avoidance 10.4% · 11
Engine 8.5% · 9
Air bags 6.6% · 7
Power train 5.7% · 6
Lane departure 3.8% · 4
Steering 3.8% · 4
Severity

Of those complaints, 4 describe a crash, 2 describe a fire and 3 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 6 model years of the Jeep Renegade in this data, 2021 draws comparatively few complaints; 2017 is the outlier year.

Filings are rising — 60 in the last three years against 46 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 975 miles.

In owners' own words

The screen for the control panel is going out. I have researched online and at least 100 other people are having the same issue. This screen plays a big part in the safety features available on the vehicle. I believe that Jeep should look further into this issue. If it were one or two vehicles, yes, that's isolated. The fact remains s that is an issue that begins at the factory. Electrical system
The radio screen is not working properly, it has lines going through it and goes blank which renders the navigation system and backup camera useless. The other components to the radio as well as temperature control is useless due to this issue as well. Please recall since many jeep renegade customers experience this same issue and we need this to be recalled. Electrical system
took my car in for oil change and dealership said there was an oil leak somewhere. scheduled that for service. than during the last week i got a airbag disabled/service , disabled park/service warning lights pop up on my dash. auto/start/stop was disabled, check engine light came on for 10 seconds. dealership has scheduled service to look into these Electrical system

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Safety recalls

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Other Jeep Renegade years

2015 796 complaints · 21.4% power train 2016 669 complaints · 25.7% engine 2017 928 complaints · 28.8% engine 2018 696 complaints · 27.3% engine 2019 117 complaints · 22.2% electrical system

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