Jeep Renegade sudden acceleration problems

Filed Apr 2, 2021 · Seats, Transmission · 105,000 miles · KY

I bought this car in may of 2020. It is absolutely ridiculous that a barely 5 year old car is already shifting hard. And has to go under maintenance for the transmission. It is not just my car, but over 75% of jeep renegade owners is having this issue. It is unsafe. I noticed it when I was rolling to a stop at a stop light and my car jerked forward into oncoming traffic. Luckily no one was coming. It could have been deadllllyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!! Fix the issue. Now I have to stop farther from the light or sign because I know my car is going to lunge forward. A 5 year old car I have to treat like its 20 years old, I will never be buying another jeep anything again. I was an impala owner for years and never had any issues. Even when my impala hit 19 years old and had almost 300,000 miles. A 5 year old car should by no means act like this. Now after dropping 12,000 on this car I have to leave work, loose more money and go to an appointment on the 21st to see if we can get this issue fixed.

Filed Jan 31, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 40,000 miles · GA

Car suddenly accelerates or decelerates in all driving conditions. City and highway driving situations

Filed Apr 23, 2018 · Electrical, Transmission · 16,000 miles · CA · crash

I purchased this car after owning two wrangler's, a cherokee and a patriot. I noticed right away that my transmission would lunge forward when coming to a stop and the transmission would shift harshly when slowing down in traffic then applying the gas to go, the car also hesitates to take off. I have had many scary situations where I was almost rear-ended many times because of the delay, I also came to a stop at a crosswalk and right when I went to stop the car lunged forward and I hit someone walking in the crosswalk, I was lucky the guy was not hurt, I also had a time where there was a couch in front of me on the freeway and I was not able to avoid it because of a hesitation in the engine where at times I am unable to accelerate right away and this could cause me to get hit if I switch lanes to quickly, I ended up slamming on the breaks and sliding into the counch and contacting 911 to explain what happened. This transmission is defective and all the shops do is reset the transmission and do a software update to the transmission and the TCM and the PCM on the car. The cars door locks will also sometimes beep loud and sometimes beep short like something is wrong and a good portion of the time the car will not lock. I also have a weird vibration coming from the right side of the car and the dealer said that they tested it against a cherokee and it's the same but I have a renegade so I have in writing they tested the wrong model car. This car has had so many issues and I really feel unsafe, I have already taken the car in 5 times and they don't really do anything. I will be taking it in to get my AC knob replaced because it has a sharp edge and I keep getting cut. I don't think being told the harsh shifting is normal is right, I feel like I am driving a manual transmission because of the weird shifts this transmission does.

Filed Apr 17, 2018 · Electrical, Transmission · 3,100 miles · IN

The 9-speed transmission causes the vehicle to lunge forward causing the vehicle to be unsafe. I would have rear end a dodge ram truck at a stop light; if my foot was not firmly on the brake. The lunging forward, and hard shifting happens randomly primarily on the downshifting, and when it's cold out. Other issues: when using the washer solvent fluid the vapors come back through the cabin, making the cabin air toxic to breath. The front driver side rotor and brake pad had to be changed; because they were deemed defective due to finding metal debris in the brake pad at about 3,100 miles when I reported the noise at the first oil change. Electrical: randomly the push start will not work, turn signal turning right will not work, and head lights would not automatically come on. This 2017 jeep renegade latitude 2.4l has less than 6,000 miles. The transmission, washer solvent, and brakes started before the first oil change at 3,118 miles; however, the washer solvent was not report until later when I found out it is toxic, and I only used it about 3-times, and turned the air off each time. All deemed unable to duplicate except for one time or normal for the washer solvent issue.

Filed Mar 29, 2018 · Brakes · 12,688 miles · OH

I picked up my renegade from the service center yesterday for major issues with the auto shutting off while driving, blue-tooth, key fob, auto-start, acceleration and tire gauge issues. On the way back to work it felt like the brakes were grinding. As I was approaching a stop sign, the car was going around 15-20 MPH and it lunged forward and stopped very hard and abruptly and the emergency brake then turned on, on its own. I turned it off and cautiously proceeded. Now, whenever I put the car in park, the emergency brake automatically turns on and the car feels rough while driving, like the brakes are partially engaged while I am driving. I have only put less than 10 miles on the jeep since picking it up yesterday. This is a real threat to my safety. This is my second complaint and the fourth major issue. Do I need to die in a crash before someone will listen to me and help? These cars need recalled and taken off the road. *tt

Filed Jan 28, 2018 · 1,585 miles · MS · crash

I was slowly pulling into a parking space. My foot was lightly on the brake, inching forward. I pressed down on the brake to stop, and the car suddenly accelerated, causing the jeep to jump over the double barrier retaining wall. I nose dived into the ground on the other side of the wall, approximately 3 lower then parking lot.

Filed Sep 21, 2017 · Acceleration, Brakes · 4,700 miles · OR · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 jeep renegade. While the vehicle was stopped, the contact believed that the brake pedal was being depressed. The vehicle inadvertently lunged forward and rear ended another vehicle. The contact mentioned that the vehicle inadvertently lunged forward a second time and rear ended the preceding vehicle. The contact was certain that the brake pedal was depressed during the second failure as well. There were no warning indicators illuminated. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. Upon starting the vehicle, the contact noticed that the speedometer changed from MPH to kph. The vehicle was not taken to an independent mechanic or dealer for diagnostic testing. The contact believed that her vehicle was being hacked. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 4,700.

Filed Mar 31, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 3,500 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 jeep renegade. While driving 30 MPH, there was a strong vibration and the vehicle lunged forward without warning. The contact also stated that the vehicle made a grinding noise when shifting gears. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the computer software program needed to be updated for the engine and transmission. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred several other times. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 3,500.

Filed Feb 8, 2017 · Acceleration, Brakes · 1,000 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 jeep renegade. While depressing the brake pedal, a loud squealing noise was present. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on several occasions before the failure was remedied. Also, while driving in reverse, the shifter would erroneously switch to neutral. Eventually, the failure occurred while the vehicle was in drive. The contact indicated that the vehicle would also suddenly surge forward while in the park position. The cause of the failures was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 1,000.

Filed Dec 13, 2016 · Transmission · 630 miles · MO

Incident with new 2016 jeep renegade resulting in an accident. I was slowly pulling in a parking spacewhen the vehicle suddenly accelerated on its own and I was unable to bring the vehicle to a stop before itwent overthe parking curb and hit the side of the restaurant. I contactedjeep roadside assistance on monday morning 11/21/16 to have it towed to capitol city jeep in jefferson city. I explained the acceleration incident.I contacted my insurance company (aaa - policy number a4-150117-1; claim # pa1401055). I contacted national jeep customer assistance that morning, explained the incident, and was assigned a case file number (30543876). That same afternoon, the service technician at the dealership contacted my cell phone and left a message (which I have retained), stating they had installed several flash updates to correct the acceleration. The vehicle damage was $862.my insurance adjuster was told by the dealership that the flashupdates that were installed had nothing to do with acceleration issues. These were two conflicting results entirely.mr. Peyton contacted me next on 11/30/16and said he had been to look at the vehicle (he did not notify me when he was going, as he had said he would). He asked me the date and time of the accident, if there were any injuries (no), any passengers (no), any property damage (4500) and my insurance company (aaa). He also asked me my preferred outcome - and I said to have a full refund since the vehicle only had 630 miles on it and for jeep to cover damage to the vehicle ($862), associatedproperty damage in my subsequent research on the 2015 and 2016 jeep renegade, I found a high volume of complaints with transmission/power train problems, including several sudden acceleration events.this is a very dangerous situation for jeep. Received letter from jeep 12/1216 - no acknowledgment of defective parts.