2018 Jeep Renegade engine problems
194 of the 442 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the 2018 Jeep Renegade name the engine (NHTSA’s “Engine” heading — the engine and its cooling system). Filed under the same heading: 41 manufacturer bulletins. Every figure below is a document in a federal file, linked; none is a failure rate, and none is a verdict on any one car.
What owners filed about the engine
Source: NHTSA complaint database3 of the 194 reports a crash · 2 a fire · 1 injury. Self-reported, unverified.
Filed per year: 2018: 8 · 2019: 48 · 2020: 46 · 2021: 26 · 2022: 14 · 2023: 21 · 2024: 14 · 2025: 10 · 2026: 7
Half of the 119 owners who gave an odometer reading reported the engine problem between 5,000 and 41,000 miles. A median of reports, not the life of a part.
442 complaints in all about the 2018 Jeep Renegade, 7 filed in 2026. The whole picture, every system →
Counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many of these were sold; nothing here is a rate. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so “Engine” means the same area of the vehicle, not one fault.
Across model years: Jeep Renegade engine problems, every year on file →
In owners’ own words
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseFiled with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, about the engine. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed; unverified reports — what was said, not a finding that it was true.
I have had my car for exactly 3 months..... First thing that went wrong was the trunk hydraulic bar broken and fell off after I opened my trunk. And the big issue.. My car randomly shuts off while i'm driving, it started on the turnpike and then continued on the city streets.
I was driving to work on a rural area road, going downhill and was preceding to turn right. I receive a warning that I had low oil pressure and the vehicle stalled. I read others have experienced the vehicle to shutdown completely , but this did not happen to me this time. When you check the oil it is in fact low.
On 2 separate occasions, within about 1 week of each other, the engine stalled while making a right turn. My vehicle only had about 7k miles on it at the time. The 2nd time it happened there was a low oil pressure warning that had come on briefly when I started the engine.
While driving, my Jeep Renegade will just turn off. I have to pull off to the side of the road and put the car in park and try to restart the car a couple of times. This will cause a major accident to someone someday. It just shuts off without warning. It's a 2018 Jeep Renegade with 5k miles! Why would it just shut off?
My Jeep has stalled out while i'm in drive three times within the last 24 hours. Oil is fresh and has full tank of gas
What is on file about the engine
Source: NHTSA recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications41 manufacturer bulletins filed under this heading
- 9100624 Service bulletinJul 8, 2025
- Verify Reman part number availability. Order the "R" part number for all orders:
The 1 newest are listed; every one is on the model year’s page. Quote the document number at a service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.
Trouble codes named on this system
Codes a bulletin or an owner’s complaint about the 2018 Jeep Renegade names on this model year; a code with a record of its own links it.
Other systems with a record on the 2018 Jeep Renegade
Source: the same files- electrical problems 132 complaints
- fuel system problems 99 complaints
- transmission and drivetrain problems 58 complaints
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint database, recalls and manufacturer communicationsAre engine problems common on the 2018 Jeep Renegade?
They are documented: NHTSA holds 194 owner complaints naming the engine on this model year (44% of everything owners filed about it), and 41 manufacturer bulletins are filed under the same heading. Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count, and a count says nothing about how many were sold.
Is there a recall for the engine on the 2018 Jeep Renegade?
No recall campaign is filed under this heading for this model year (there are 2 filed under other headings). A bulletin is not a recall: it carries no federal duty to repair for free.
When do engine problems show up on the 2018 Jeep Renegade?
Owners who gave an odometer reading reported it at a median of 20,000 miles; half of them between 5,000 and 41,000. That is when reports cluster, not the life of a part.
What does NHTSA's "Engine" heading cover?
The engine and its cooling system. Owners choose the heading when they file, so it says which area of the vehicle the complaint is about, not which part failed.