16V545000
TRAILER HITCHES
Without the proper amount of fasteners, the trailer hitch assembly may separate from the vehicle, and any towed vehicle may no longer be properly connected, increasing the risk of a crash.
2015 JEEP RENEGADE
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 796 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints796
Complaints citing a crash15
Complaints citing a fire13
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
16V529000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
If the vehicle unexpectedly shifts to neutral, there is an increased risk of a crash.
15V508000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:CYBERSECURITY
Exploitation of the software vulnerability may result in unauthorized remote modification and control of certain vehicle systems, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 168POWER TRAIN
- 161ENGINE
- 125ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 97UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 38FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 30SERVICE BRAKES
- 27VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 26ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 JEEP RENEGADEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.