2018 Jeep Renegade drivetrain & axles problems
58 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2018 Jeep Renegade, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 58 8% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 18,000 miles 35 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When drivetrain & axles problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 18 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 35 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 18,000 miles, and 83% were reported before 60,000 miles.
None of the drivetrain & axles complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
Bought new 2018 jeep renegade. Traveling from panama city florida to a new duty station at ft. Bliss (el paso texas). At around 400 miles on the vehicle odometer, windshield started cracking. At around 1400 miles on vehicle odometer, transmission and engine failed 5 separate times while trying to get to a safe place to pull over. We were traveling west on interstate 10, posted speed limit 80 MPH, approximately 4 foot of shoulder some areas, zero feet where guard rails were.
Gear shifter moves out of gear while in motion causing car to stall and rpms to red line has happened several different times first time at 70 MPH car stalled looked down to see shifter had jumped to the neutral position on 2nd small (less than 2lbs) dog jumped across shifter knocking it to n 3rd 45-50MPH stalled rpms redlined car died no apparent reason but shifter was in n position when recranked also paid $2088.00 for extended service agreement which was denied by seller on 2 separate occasions.
Other problems reported for the 2018 Jeep Renegade
- Engine 193 complaints
- Electrical system 132 complaints
- Fuel system 101 complaints
- Brakes 21 complaints
- Cruise control 16 complaints