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Jeep Renegade 2017

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

2.46 per 1,000

1.4 times this nameplate’s own median · from 258 complaints filed in the first three years, of 564 ever. 95% lower bound 2.16.

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.

Engine 268 complaints

oil change4015%
pressure3915%
low oil3513%
chrysler3513%
oil pressure2610%
oil changes218%

Electrical System 149 complaints

oil2618%
indicator1812%
motion139%
malfunction139%
software128%
lights are107%

Fuel/Propulsion System 119 complaints

oil2824%
motion1311%
city1110%

When it breaks

53% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 28,500 miles, from 376 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

No NHTSA investigation covers this model year.

That is not a clean bill of health, and not a criticism of the agency: investigations open for many reasons and complaint volume is only one of them.

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:

10983772 · 10995723 · 11003419 · 11005046 · 11005603 · 11010729

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.