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Jeep Renegade 2015

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

2.82 per 1,000

1.6 times this nameplate’s own median · from 172 complaints filed in the first three years, of 512 ever. 95% lower bound 2.40.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20152.82172
20161.75147
20172.46258
20182.06206
20190.2118
20200.3323
20210.4424
20220.5119

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 171 complaints

shifts1911%
software159%
updates138%
update138%
feels138%
jerks138%

Engine 161 complaints

fan5333%
cooling3119%
cooling fan2717%
radiator2616%
gears1510%
radiator fan138%

Electrical System 129 complaints

transmission2922%
shift1814%
stuck1814%
software1310%
gears129%
fan119%

When it breaks

44% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 35,000 miles, from 400 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Software security vulnerability

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10704509 · 10717140 · 10721347 · 10730683 · 10730706 · 10731301

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.