Owner-reported complaints naming the exterior lighting system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2017 Jeep Renegade submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 26 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 26, in the owner's own words
Catalytic Converter. Part was recalled on the same engine but cuts off at 2016, however, my 2017 has the exact same engine and exact same issue as the recall issued to prior years. The problem has been confirmed by a dealership and mechanic. I have had a check engine light on to notify me of this error.
The car keeps shutting off while driving. Had to replace battery twice in the last few months. Also had relays replaced. Problem keeps happening. Something is draining the battery. I read there were problems with this make and model where even when the vehicle is shut off, certain connections remain active and drains. Shutting down with no warning while driving is very unsafe.
The rear driver side tail light, brake light, and turn signal stopped functioning at one time while driving (leaving a parking lot). Warning indicators for all 3 appeared on the dash notice area. Checked all lights and fuses for the 3 lights to ensure nothing was damaged or blown. All were fine. The issue is the center pin for the ground wire connecting the rear lighting housing had melted. This was determined after searching online for assistance to figure out the issue, as the lights and fuses were all in working order. Apparently this is extremely common in the 2017 Jeep Renegade specifically. It is a costly repair, which most people cannot repair themselves, myself included.
The grounding wire in the wiring harness of the driver's side, rear light assembly has melted. According to owner forums on the internet, there aren umerous reports of this being a problem.
Fuel pump has a hard time engaging. Truck will not start after filling gas tank. Also if you hit a bump the radio station in electrical systems go out
Notification on dashboard that driver tail light, blinker, and brake lights were not on and need to be serviced. Took the vehicle to dealership. Bulbs were replaced and still not working. Was quoted that the connector and pigtail would need to be replaced with an estimate of $700. It is safety concern to try and switch lanes without a working indicator. There was a software update issued for the electrical system instrument panel ID 17V485000 that had not been completed. This software indicates a malfunction in the warning system lights. The tail light could have not been working before and the indicator light did not light up. All of the is occurred on November 17 2022
I purchased this vehicle used with 6000-ish miles on it, the front passenger brake system had started making a slight noise, somewhat scraping or dragging. When I brought in the car for a tire change or balance, the issue was brought up to me at BIG O Tires in Aurora CO, that an issue of the brake system has a scraping or wear that usually found in a much older vehicle or one with much more mileage. I cannot at this time give the exact explanation of the issue, but I recently had an issue with the front passenger tire with a slow leak, since the tire was replaced the issue with the scraping noise has returned. 2nd Issue: The headlamps have always had a weak beam, not giving a good illumination of the road area ahead of the vehicle even when the weather is clear. It barely reveals the road ahead of me. When it is raining or snowfall, it is extremely poor. I have considered bringing it in for a change in the headlamps to a higher amp or extreme high reflecting blue lamp color that I am encountering in high illumination from oncoming vehicles. But had feared: cost, and that it would not change anything or make other electrical parts of strain to function.
Left Rear Brake Light, Blinker and reverse light stopped working simultaneously. Bulbs replaced, so not operating. Found multiple complaints online and discovered the ground to the tail light was burnt and the board and pigtail connector had to be replaced.
Shortly after purchasing my vehicle I was informed that one of my lights had “blown out” but upon further inspection the light still works but is very dim due to a black lense. I recently noticed that the other light is starting to turn black also. My mother has a 2017 jeep renegade and one of hers is also having this issue.
My fog light has now caught fire and burned twice. The entire assembly has melted to pieces. This is a safety concern and can result in someone's vehicle burning to the ground and possible injury to someone. This is not ok that my fog lights are catching fire like they are doing that is from the manufacturer. I'm being held responsible for repairs also that's not ok as I'm not at fault for this occurring.
My vehicle has suddenly shown warning lights for brake light out, head light out, both turn signals out, running lights out. Basically saying all my lights suddenly burnt out. There is a recall on 2017 Jeep renegades for the exact problem I’m having but it doesn’t show my vehicle included, it says no unrepaired recalls. They have determined this can cause an accident as the lights are not really out, and so the driver has no idea when the lights actually do go out. This is dangerous
THE CAR DECIDES WHEN IT WANTS TO START AND START. THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF AND LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING AND HAS PUT ME IN MULTIPLE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON WITH THE AIRBAG LIGHT WHEN IT WILL NOT START. WHEN IT FINALLY DECIDES TO START THERE IS NO CEL ON. ALSO, THE BOTTOM FOG LIGHT WENT OUT DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN AND GASKETING.
I WENT TO CHANGE THE FOG LIGHT BULBS BUT BOTH FOG LIGHTS HAVE MELTED THE HOUSING AND TURNED THE LENS BROWN. THE BULBS ARE MELTED TO THE HOUSING PREVENTING THE BULB FROM BEING ABLE TO BE REPLACED. IT NEEDS THE WHOLE FOG LIGHT ASSEMBLY REPLACED.
NOTHING HAPPENED TINKERING WITH THIS SITE TO LEARN IT
WHEN I START THE CAR, THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I CHECKED THE LIGHT IT WAS OUT. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 30000 MILES. AT ABOUT 31000 THE BACKUP LIGHT WARNING LIGHT OUT CAME ON. I WAS UNABLE TO CHECK THE ACCURACY OF THIS. A FEW MONTHS LATER (MOST OF THE TIME THE CAR IS GARAGES AND ONLY GOES ON ROAD TRIPS) THE WARNING LIGHTS STOPPED COMING ON. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR A RECALL, ALL LIGHTS WERE WORKING AND THE WARNING LIGHTS OFF BUT THE DEALERS COMPUTER SHOWED THE DTRL OUT. THE DAY AFTER I TOOK IT HOME, THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE DTRL CAME ON AGAIN AND THE DRIVER SIDE LIGHT WAS OUT AGAIN.
THE FOG LIGHTS ALMOST CAUGHT FIRE. THE FACTORY BULBS STARTED SMOKING AND I HAD TO UNPLUG THEM.
WHEN DRIVING, MY INSTRUMENT PANEL SAYS MY LEFT TAIL LIGHT, LEFT BLINKER AND LEFT BRAKE LIGHTS ARE OUT. THEY DO NOT WORK, SO ALL OF THEM WERE REPLACED AND THEY STILL DO NOT WORK. I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL TO FIX THIS, BUT MY VIN IS NOT ON THE RECALL. CAN MY VIN BE ADDED TO THE RECALL? I AM SO AFRAID OF GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN I AM TRANSPORTING MY GRANDCHILDREN TO SCHOOL. THE WARNING SYMBOL IS ON ALL THE TIME. THE MESSAGES FLASH TILL I GET UP TO 45 MPH AND WON'T DISPLAY THE SPEED DIGITALLY EVEN THOUGH I TRIED TO ADVANCE TO THE SPEED READOUT, IT WON'T STAY ON THE DISPLAY.
FOG LIGHTS APPEARED BROWN AND BURNED BUT BULBS STILL WORK FINE. NO LONGER CLEAR GLASS. *TR
ENGINE BURNS OIL TO THE POINT TO WHERE IT IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE WITHOUT CONSTANTLY ADDING OIL BETWEEN SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE INTERVALS. THE ENGINE FEELS LIKE IT IS GASPING FOR AIR AFTER COMING TO A HALT AND THEN STARTING AGAIN(STOP SIGN, MAKING A LEFT TURN AFTER YIELDING TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, ETC.). ADDITIONALLY, THE FOG LIGHT HOUSING ON BOTH SIDES IS COMPLETED BURNED AND MELTED. THIS LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A WIRING ISSUE CAUSING TOO MUCH POWER TO GO TO THE BULBS OR THE RECOMMENDED BULBS MAY BE TOO HOT. THE ENGINE ISSUE HAS BEEN ONGOING THROUGH ALL 39,000 MILES ON IT. THE FOG LIGHT HOUSING CONCERN WAS JUST DISCOVERED ON 4/15/2020 HOWEVER I'M SURE THE ISSUE WAS PREVALENT BEFORE HAND. MANY FRIENDS OF MINE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED BOTH AFOREMENTIONED CONCERNS. *TR
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON AS THE RIGHT PARKING LIGHT, PLATE LIGHT, AND RIGHT FOG LIGHT CONTINUES TO GO OUT EVEN AFTER BEING REPLACED WITH A NEW BULB.
RADIO POWER/ADJUST ON OWN. MULTIPLE/RANDOM. HEADLIGHTS CUT OUT DRIVING IN THE DARK. BOTH SIDES EFFECTED. FOG LIGHTS STAY ON. POSSIBLE LINK TO TURNING STEERING WHEEL, WITH OR WITHOUT USE OF TURN SIGNAL-EFFECT ON BOTH HEADLIGHTS SIMULTANEOUSLY. TURN SIGNALS NOT WORKING INTERMITTENTLY (NEITHER FOR LANE CHANGE OR TURNING, LEFT OR RIGHT.-MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES). TAIL LIGHTS- WHILE BACKING INTO DRIVEWAY ONE NIGHT I REALIZED I HAD NO LIGHTS IN THE BACK INCLUDING REVERSE LIGHTS (ONLY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS PROBLEM ONCE BY THE REFLECTION OF MY CAR IN MY HUSBANDS) ALL LIGHTING ISSUES OCCURRED WITH LIGHTS TURNED TO AUTO AND VEHICLE IN MOTION. EMERGENCY BRAKE SELF ENGAGED WHILE IN MOTION. AFTER SWITCHING GEARS AND BEFORE HITTING GAS AND OTHER TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS. A MESSAGE ALONG THE LINES OF-VEHICLE NOT ON, SHIFT TO PARK AND PRESS RUN/STOP BUTTON-HAS SHOWN BUT ONLY AFTER TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE DOES IT SHOW THAT THE PARKING BRAKE HAS ENGAGED-MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES. PASSENGER SEATBELT SENSOR ILLUMINATES AT RANDOM, NOTHING ON SEAT (CONCERNED FOR MALFUNCTION IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT) -HAVE TO PRESS THE STOP/START BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE CAR TO TURN ON (NO RESPONSE IN THE FORM OF SOUNDS OR LIGHTS WITH EACH ATTEMPT PRIOR TO THE ONE THAT STARTS THE VEHICLE.-REMOTE START:VEHICLE TURNS ON > TRY TO ENTER VEHICLE MOMENTS LATER--CAR WILL TURN OFF WITH TOUCH OF HANDLES OR PRESS TO UNLOCK BUTTON-"REMOTE START DISABLED" -LIFT GATE CLOSED AND AUDIBLY LATCHED>LIGHTS FLASH, LATCH RELEASES, DOOR OPENS ITSELF-MAY HAPPEN 1 OR 30 TIMES.CHECK ENGINE: THERMOSTAT REPLACED, KEY FOB LOSES CONNECTION: WARNING "FOB HAS LEFT VEHICLE" WHILE ACTUALLY IN CUP HOLDER, ENGAGES PARKING BRAKE-ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF MESSAGE/DISENGAGE BRAKE IS TO POWER OFF/ON. CAN DRIVE WITH NO KEYS IN PART OF TRANSMISSION REPAIRED, RADIO REPLACED 2 TIMES, TRANSMISSION STICKS/SLAMS MULTIPLE OTHER ISSUES.
MY CALL STALL IN HIGHWAY EVERY TIME
RANDOM LIGHTS COME ON SAYING HEADLIGHT/TAIL LIGHTS/TURN SIGNALS ARE OUT, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT. HAS BEEN TO LOCAL BODY SHOP X 3 AND JEEP DEALER WHERE PURCHASED X 2 AND HAD 2 BULBS REPLACED BUT PROBLEM KEEPS RECURRING. HAS OCCURRED UPON STARTING THE CAR OR WHILE DRIVING. BEGAN AFTER A BODY REPAIR FROM A MINOR FENDER BENDER ACCIDENT
AFTER DOING FRONT FENDER REPAIRS AT DEALERSHIP. WARNINGS CAME OUT AND WENT TO DEALERSHIP TO COMPLAIN THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD LIGHTS ARE GOING OUT WHEREAS THE LIGHTS ARE FINE.
DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND MIDDLE CONSOLE TURN ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THEIR OWN.
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