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Wanted to love It
Madisyn, 03/04/2020
2018 Jeep Renegade Limited 4dr SUV 4WD (2.4L 4cyl 9A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
I just traded out of my 2018 Renegade Latitude at only 23,000 miles. I absolutely loved everything about that car, except the dependability(or lack there of). At 6,000 miles the body control module failed. I thought maybe it was a fluke in manufacturing, and I gave my Jeep the benefit of the doubt. Then, not long after my radio would stop responding. Sometimes when I would turn the car on it would stop at the initial screen and do nothing else, sometimes it would stay blank, and sometimes it wouldn’t turn off with the car or respond after. As if this wasn’t enough, just 2 weeks ago I got a low oil pressure warning for a couple seconds when I turned at an intersection. I thought maybe when I had the oil changed recently they didn’t put enough in. I considered there could be another failing sensor or a short somewhere too. A week ago I was driving down the road to a four way stop with my 1 year old son in the car when it freaked out. It stalled, the oil light came on, the engine was sputtering terribly, the power steering had gone out, the dash told me to put the car in drive to move, and multiple attempts of trying to turn it off and on again did nothing. 2 nice gentleman pushed my renegade to the side of the road and were shocked that I was experiencing this with a relatively new car. When we checked, the oil was almost nonexistent on the stick. It went to the dealership where they offered to do an oil consumption test that would run the course of 1000 miles. They said my engine could be bad because it had burned through 3 qts (what I put back in) or more within 2500 miles. I have never owned a new car that burned through oil. My father’s 2004 Ford Explorer that I drove for a time never burned oil. I told them I was not comfortable with the car any longer. I wasn’t going to risk stalling on the interstate with my son in the car and risking our safety. I took a small hit trading in, but I wasn’t going to stick around and see what would happen with that renegade. even if they did replace my engine, they would be putting the same 2.4 liter multi-air tigershark engine in. My guess would be in about another 20,000 miles I’d be needing another one, and that time it wouldn’t be warrantied. I bought a Hyundai Tucson instead, and I couldn’t be happier with the service and warranties!
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I love how it handles the road in snow
bouchra wallett, 01/28/2019
updated 02/10/2020
2018 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk 4dr SUV 4WD (2.4L 4cyl 9A)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
remote start is fantastic for the cold weather the only thing this SUV needs is a beep when you get too close when you back out but the camera helps allot .
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Wow, What a surprise
Redfour5, 07/31/2019
updated 01/17/2024
2018 Jeep Renegade Upland Edition 4dr SUV 4WD (2.4L 4cyl 9A)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
Update: OK, I traded the Renegade after almost five years and can now say it was one of the best vehicles I ever had. It has never let me down. Heck I was still on the OEM battery in Montana. I put a set of tires on it and changed the oil and that was it. It is a perfect Montana car. It's a step up from a Subaru in terms of where it will go and how much fun you can have if you know where the Easter Eggs are. I put the seats down in back and it is a wonderful dog car, lots of room and they love it. The 4WD is a step up on the Suby. The "auto" button is right by your right knee so if you got changing pavement with snow then clear easy to push and go. Oh, the main Easter egg is sand mode for you 4wd people. Auto which some of you probably NEVER changed is nothing more than FCA/Stellantis way of maximizing CAFE standards and maxing out mpg's. Find a decent dirt road like the National Forest Roads we have here in MT and put it in sand mode. It will knock you socks off and it becomes a totally different animal with all the power in a narrower band with lots of omph, great downhill engine braking and even some decent drifting in wide corners. And now they are discontinuing it. So, there are some killer deals on it. I'm seeing one at my local dealer for 23K, and they now come loaded with the 8.4 screen blind spot monitoring and other safety stuff and power seats. If you do a search on cheapest vehicles there are like three that pop up. One is a Suby Impreza, the other is you base and basic Toyota and Nissan coupes, all in the low 20's. IF you live in MT, the Renegade should be your go to choice in my opinion. You live in a city, go with one of the others. Oh, it parks and turns on a dome. Great car... Sorry to see it go, both mine and it as a model. Update 1: I put Falken Wildpeaks on picked up an inch of lift and no longer have to worry about my tires. It is still one of the best vehicles I've ever had and it still surprises me at how capable it is. To be honest, if you live in a big city with lots of urban driving, there are likely better choices like a Subaru, but if you have dirt roads, hills and mountains and snow, snow snow, this is still your only real choice imho I got it to take the load off the truck and cut the gas bill in half. Check check. I've owned four Subys and have nothing bad to say about them, but wanted an upgrade in the 4WD living in Montana. Check. Big check. I sit high in it, looking down on Subys and and the rest. It is comfortable and upscale on the interior. I love power heated seats. I also waited till they were desperate to sell and got a 31+K latitude with everything except the sunroof including cold weather 8.4/Nav and full size spare/towing for 21,100. What I didn't expect was how much fun it is. Handling is quick/nimble love the fat steering wheel. Sand mode on Nat Forest roads is awesome. Auto 2wd less so but that is for economy, the commute. And the final vote goes to the dogs who head to the renegade over the truck. Two big 100 lb dogs, heads out the window comfy. I got it for practical reasons and am amazed daily on how much I enjoy it. The truck pulls the trailer and visits the transfer station. The Renegade everywhere else. Update: I continue to enjoy this vehicle a great deal. My only real negative is the headlights and the OEM tires...at least for Montana. I intend to add spots to it for deer and get more aggressive/snow tires. Fortunately, the brakes are fantastic as I specifically noted here a few weeks ago when an elk got in the road after dark down by Gardiner MT. It was close, but I didn't even kick in ABS. Very nice brakes. Snow mode is also very nice...for snow. It apparently cuts out first gear so you don't spin the wheels. It's very careful about torque. The Sand Mode thing I noted has only been reinforced by time. I do note it is very aggressively in the power band and has excellent engine braking coming down dirt roads...at speed. The "NON" Trailhawk 4WD is fantastic...well except for auto 2WD but I think that is intentionally designed for MPG to meet CAFE standards and they don't care what you think. The transmission in other modes is a different beast. Jeep should push it more over ALL other AWD systems. It's base line is a regular AWD system in auto same as the rest. Everything else is 4WD gravy. For example, the move from auto 2WD to auto 4WD is one push of the big round button. This is nice on mountain roads as you will move from shaded slick/snowy to sunlit clean pavement quite often. The button is right there ergonomically easy to get to. We spent four days at Yellowstone and the roads go from melted nothing to two or three inches of snow and everything in between. You will go for a couple of miles up/downhill in snow or slick and I put it in snow and it is great and one push when you hit the sunlit clean road and you are back to AWD auto. I really appreciated the transmission on that trip. I've seen the MPG increase about 1 mpg after 5,000 miles and I avg 23.8 to 24 by the puter as the engine is a bit more loose, not in a bad way. I did hit close to 30 mpg on one 400 mile trip across Montana highways at 80 mph a good part of the time, so that was very nice on the pocketbook. And at 80 mph... The Renegade is saving me $25.00 a week on gas...at least, over the truck. That's a good chunk of my car payment and wear and tear on the truck. As for storage while carrying two 100 lb dogs, well we got a Thule XL "SPORT" cargo box. It is the narrow one but you can still get snow shoes for two, cross country AND snow shoe ski poles, boots, a soft bag and a full size carry-on and coats etc into that. We also got the smallest Rhino Rack ski holders that will hold two sets of cross country skis. The tow package is nice as we also have hitch based storage expansion (cheap at Harbor Freight) or small utility trailer abilities (which I have). I do have to note that these Renegades handle quite nicely and coming from a pick up truck as a daily driver, parking and maneuverability are wonderful. It is quick and precise with that quickness having saved me once from someone coming over into my lane at 80 mph once. The car made the difference there. With the truck we would have hit... So, I have multiple times where I voiced my appreciation while driving this on the spot. So, I do intend to get some spotlighting for night runs, a must here in MT and better tires that will also give me about an inch lift and we will see on other mods. I have been VERY pleasantly surprised with my Renegade. If I had a choice, I'd get the safety add on "light package" that has the rear stop and the blind spot monitor (The others have less value imho) AND the new headlight package. Other than that, this is perfect. Still enjoying. I did get some directable spots and they make a BIG difference pointing just off to the side of the road spotting deer with enough time to do something about it. I aimed the drivers side so it is low and goes to the other side of a two lane road and not in the eyes of oncoming drivers. I just took the dogs on a national forest run to an old fire tower Strawberry Butte and a back road called McClellan Creek road and they loved it. Sand mode is really a bit of an Easter Egg for driving these roads. IF you ever go on a national forest level type "off road" put it in Sand mode. You won't regret it as it is like a completely different car.
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Smooth and sporty
Dianna Clinton, 08/19/2018
2018 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk 4dr SUV 4WD (2.4L 4cyl 9A)
10 of 13 people found this review helpful
I've bought so many new cars in my years and compared to them, the renigade is sweat! Rides nice, looks nice, dashboard is like being in a rockship. Only downfalls is the leg room in the backseat and the lack of power going uphills. I'm looking to trade this in for a newer model. So many friends have said I want one!!!
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Not the Jeep Product of yester Year
Dan, 04/25/2019
updated 04/30/2021
2018 Jeep Renegade Upland Edition 4dr SUV 4WD (2.4L 4cyl 9A)
9 of 12 people found this review helpful
I have owned two wranglers before this. First I like the little Jeep. It is easy to maneuver and parallel park. The brakes are very sensitive and it rides well. I have 22,000 miles on it and have owned it for 1 year. It used to use a quart of oil every two thousand miles which the Dealer claims is within the acceptable amount according to the hand book. It now uses a quart of oil every five thousand miles, so I change the oil then. I have already had to have the center console stack replaced because the climate control, radio system, keep turning themselves off and on, and changing their settings. This has been even to the extreme of it resetting itself to metric readings. The fuel computer keeps freezing up and won't change for weeks no matter whether I am driving in the city or Highway. The interior panels keep popping off and have to be reinstalled. The dealer has replaced the panels with new hardware and they are now staying on. The center console still randomly, rarely will change the climate controls. The fuel computer is now working and shows that my mileage has improved. I have learned to live with all of the little nuisances of the vehicle. The transmission needs to be completely redesigned and the shift points reprogrammed. It makes the car seem under powered and sluggish. The quality on this vehicle could be a lot better from the factory in my opinion. I have owned the two Wranglers and four Ram 1500s. I will never ever by another vehicle product from this company. If I could get a buy back and my whole loan wiped I would gladly drive something else.
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