2018 Jeep Renegade transmission and drivetrain problems
58 of the 442 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the 2018 Jeep Renegade name the transmission and drivetrain (NHTSA’s “Power Train” heading — the transmission, transfer case, driveshafts, axles and differentials — NHTSA files them under one heading). Filed under the same heading: 29 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 transmission and drivetrain
Source: NHTSA complaint database0 of the 58 reports a crash · 0 a fire · 0 injuries. Self-reported, unverified.
Filed per year: 2018: 7 · 2019: 10 · 2020: 18 · 2021: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2024: 8 · 2025: 3 · 2026: 1
Half of the 33 owners who gave an odometer reading reported the transmission and drivetrain problem between 5,000 and 42,000 miles. A median of reports, not the life of a part.
442 complaints in all about the 2018 Jeep Renegade, 1 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 “Power Train” means the same area of the vehicle, not one fault.
Across model years: Jeep Renegade transmission and drivetrain problems, every year on file →
In owners’ own words
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseFiled with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, about the transmission and drivetrain. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed; unverified reports — what was said, not a finding that it was true.
The transmission skips gears around 80-90mph. It jerks and the gearbox light comes on. Light only goes on while driving. Check engine light accompanies the transmission light. It does it on the highway
Car has stalled several times at high speeds on the freeway. Transmission is over heating
I bought this car new, this car is currently at 33596miles. Recently had noticed some really hard jerky shifting, so hard it feels like someone had bump into the rear of my car. When I start up the car cold, shift from park to reverse I can hear this harsh grinding, whining noise
While driving my vehicle is shutting off. It has shut off on the highway and in the city. Almost causing crashes. I would literally just be driving and the engine will shut off. I had to get towed today
2018 Renegade with 6 speed manual transmission 54,000 miles on it. Driving on highway and could not shift, revving high rpms, bad smell of burning clutch. Had to have towed to dealership and catastrophic failure of the clutch.
What is on file about the transmission and drivetrain
Source: NHTSA recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications29 manufacturer bulletins filed under this heading
The 0 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
P0016 P0340 P0456 P0740 P1DD2 P2764 U0402
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- engine problems 194 complaints
- electrical problems 132 complaints
- fuel system problems 99 complaints
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint database, recalls and manufacturer communicationsAre transmission and drivetrain problems common on the 2018 Jeep Renegade?
They are documented: NHTSA holds 58 owner complaints naming the transmission and drivetrain on this model year (13% of everything owners filed about it), and 29 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 transmission and drivetrain 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 transmission and drivetrain 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 42,000. That is when reports cluster, not the life of a part.
What does NHTSA's "Power Train" heading cover?
The transmission, transfer case, driveshafts, axles and differentials — NHTSA files them under one heading. Owners choose the heading when they file, so it says which area of the vehicle the complaint is about, not which part failed.