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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

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2018 Jeep Renegade Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 18,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 18 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 6 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 18,000 miles
Based on 35 complaints that include mileage. 83% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles18
20k to 40k miles6
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

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.

Reported at 1,400 miles, June 2018

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.

Reported at 1,200 miles, January 2019

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