[Clydefrog442]

Hey new here. I have a 2022 renegade that has the 1.3 turbo when driving on interstate at hwy speeds vehicle won’t shift past 7th unless manually done. When put back into drive it down shifts back to 7th gear. Is this common or do I need to take it in for repair?

 

[IronMike3406]

Hey new here. I have a 2022 renegade that has the 1.3 turbo when driving on interstate at hwy speeds vehicle won’t shift past 7th unless manually done. When put back into drive it down shifts back to 7th gear. Is this common or do I need to take it in for repair?

That is normal !!! 8th and 9th are overdrive and you will never see ninth gear unless you are driving on the autobahn in Germany...

 

[SharpAndCunning]

That is normal !!! 8th and 9th are overdrive and you will never see ninth gear unless you are driving on the autobahn in Germany...

It's insane to me that 8th isn't used more. The whole car could have been geared differently and the 2.4 could actually have some oomph, it doesn't. My 2.4 will go into 8th on the highway after 78/80mph, but it comes out rather quick. It never goes into 9th unless you're doing 95+ and let off. Put as soon as you want to maintain speed, it jumps back to 8th or 7th. Silly to have designed a transmission that you can't use 2 gears!

 

[pdc9fb]

I also have a 2022 Limited with the same engine and tranny….. mine does the same thing at highway speed…. I questioned the service people at my dealership and they say this is normal… Like you the only way to make it go in the eighth or nine is to go way faster or manually shift it… Sometimes on the highway if I’m driving on a very flat surface, I will manually shift it into 8th, rarely into 9th as it really bothers the engine down if you do… But even cruising at highway speeds in seventh I’m still knocking down 30 miles to the gallon with four-wheel-drive so I can’t complain…. interestingly, I didn’t test it to see if manually putting it in eighth gear would make a difference on highway mileage and In fact, it makes it slightly worse so seventh gear must be the engines sweet spot

 

[Marek K]

Couple (OK, three) things here...

First, various Renegade models have various final-drive ratios, and that may affect what gear is used for a particular speed.

Second, I'd have to ask what "highway speed" is. My 2021 Trailhawk -- with the 1.3T engine and 948TE 9-speed auto transmission -- will cruise at 80 MPH in 8th gear, turning at about 2,500 RPM. That's pretty relaxed for an engine speed.

Third, according to the Owner's Manual:

I've never seen 9th gear.

That having been said, there have been other members complaining of the same thing...

So why have nine gears? Well, maybe as IronMike3406 indicated...on the Autobahn A9 north toward Nürnberg:

New Jeep Renegade 2021 Limited Acceleration Top Speed Autobahn POV Test Drive - YouTube

The guy hits 200 km/h (almost 125 MPH) at 4:00. Engine is turning at 3,500 RPM. This was a 2.0L diesel; we don't know which gear he's in at the time...