I have had two incidents of my jeep renegade(9 speed automatic) stalling on me when stopped and in drive and when in park. The engine would shutter intermittently. I notice that when in park the tachometer would rev up without the gas pedal being pressed down. I would have to put car in park at stops or red lights to restart car and put back into drive to get going. Even then the car would lag trying to get back up to speed. It would shutter when driving at low MPH. This is horrible and I am afraid I will get into an accident. My dealership service department could not find anything wrong with it when I had the problem the first time( after I drove right of the lot). So here it is a month and half later and the problem has returned but worse than before. I am taking the car back to service again. However, I am going to ask for them to tow jeep because this car is unpredictable right now to be driven safely!
2015 Jeep Renegade engine complaints
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Purchased the car on 7/28/15 thinking that this would be one solid reliable vehicle. Day 3 after 130 miles, the service engine light came on on its own, the four wheel drive went back to a two wheel drive. Although vehicle didn't stop or jolt in the middle of highway but could feel the sudden loss of power. Took it to dealer, still sitting there, apparently needs a whole transmission component replacement and some harness replaced. Super unreliable car! Not sure if it will do same thing again. Glad it didn't stop in middle of highway! Jeep needs to recall these vehicles before somebody dies! Not sure why safety officials are not taking this seriously yet even after so many complaints on a brand new model car!
Bought renegade sport fwd april 28, 2015. 1. Door locks/key-fob stopped working by june 1st. Took to dealer, said chrysler knew of issue, trying to get a "permanent" fix, but a temp fix was to re-set the computer system; they did and it lasted less than 2 hours. Have to use key to unlock driver door, then reach around and unlock/lock the other 3 doors by hand once inside the car. "luckily", the key-fob still locks/unlocks the rear lift gate. 2. Rear wiper blade turns on randomly when front wipers are on. Only way to stop the rear wiper is to turn off the front wipers, wait a few seconds, then turn them back on. 3. Car sat for 3 days (july 15-17), and battery completely drained/dead. Key stuck in ignition. Called road side assistance, they tried to jump it with a jump-box, jeep wouldn't turn over, so had to jump with the tow truck's battery connected to jumper cables and after several minutes, the electrical gadgets started to work, and several minutes later on the charge, it finally turned over. 4. Car transmission "jerking" when driving slowly out of my driveway (approx. 5 MPH). This has happened several times.
The vehicle has stalled at high speeds, or idled and shook before finally sputtering and engine dying. Various issues at various speeds. Could not restart and had to tow. Engine stalled at full speed three times all while vehicle was brand new, first month of ownership and under 1500 miles.
I was on the highway when suddenly my brand new car stalled and would not shift back into gear. The car became immobilized and had to get towed back to the dealership. They replaced the fuel valve and did not test for transmission or electrical issues. Two days later the same thing happened on the highway. I took it to a different dealership and they did not know what was wrong with it, so they updated the software in the car because two updates were available. I got the car back and it broke down for a third time, again after only 2 days. The car is currently in the shop and chrysler is reluctant to buyback the vehicle. Nobody can figure out what is wrong.
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