FaultScore

Worst years for a Jeep Renegade

Owners have filed 3,491 complaints about the Jeep Renegade with NHTSA across model years 2015 to 2023. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2017 Jeep Renegade

928 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2023 Jeep Renegade

43 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Jeep Renegade year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2023 A 43 0 0 13,000 Electrical System
2022 B 46 1 0 12,000 Electrical System
2021 B 106 4 2 975 Electrical System
2020 C 90 16 2 11,249 Engine & Cooling
2019 C 117 16 0 17,000 Electrical System
2018 D 696 24 12 16,000 Engine & Cooling
2017 F 928 40 11 27,392 Engine & Cooling
2016 D 669 17 12 32,000 Engine & Cooling
2015 D 796 15 13 33,256 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Jeep Renegade

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 870 24.9%

Worst in 2017

Electrical System 618 17.7%

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2017

Brakes 120 3.4%

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2016

Lights 86 2.5%

Worst in 2016

Airbags 84 2.4%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2021

Steering 65 1.9%

Worst in 2017

Seat Belts 65 1.9%

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2018

Exactly what failed on a Jeep Renegade

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 30 30.0%
Warnings 19 19.0%
Automatic Emergency Braking 16 16.0%
FAN 7 7.0%
Camera 5 5.0%
Blind Spot Detection 5 5.0%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 5 5.0%
Tread/Belt 5 5.0%
Rearview System Braking 4 4.0%
Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs 4 4.0%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Jeep Renegade, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 2015 peak 95 Aug 2026

Jeep Renegade problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Jeep Renegade

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.