i have a problem with my renegade need help [trouble accelerating]

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kenny34

Discussion Starter · Jun 2, 2015 (Edited by Moderator)

Some time on highway i try to accelerate the RPM keep going up but the car don't seem like speed up. Is like this morning i'm driving 35 mph try to turn left to highway this happen agent after i cut out to highway and accelerate RPM go up but don't speed up.Did anyone have this problem?

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Bmwgsa

· #2 · Jun 2, 2015

Do you have a manual or automatic?
I've had a few times where the auto didn't want to downshift (or didn't do it fast enough for my liking), I just kick it over to the manual shift and bring it down myself...

fmunk

· #3 · Jun 2, 2015

kenny34 said:
Some time on highway i try to accelerate the RPM keep going up but the car don't seem like speed up. Is like this morning i'm driving 35 mph try to turn left to highway this happen agent after i cut out to highway and accelerate RPM go up but don't speed up.Did anyone have this problem?

Take it back to the dealer ASAP. Ain't nothing this forum can physically do to help and being a new car with a factory warranty, it is unwise for anyone to attempt to fix on their own. You paid for a car that includes a warranty, now it's up to the manufacturer to make good on that warranty.

kenny34

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jun 2, 2015

Bmwgsa said:
Do you have a manual or automatic?
I've had a few times where the auto didn't want to downshift (or didn't do it fast enough for my liking), I just kick it over to the manual shift and bring it down myself...

i have a automatic .same thing to me is no fast enough to up shift .

kenny34

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jun 2, 2015

fmunk said:
Take it back to the dealer ASAP. Ain't nothing this forum can physically do to help and being a new car with a factory warranty, it is unwise for anyone to attempt to fix on their own. You paid for a car that includes a warranty, now it's up to the manufacturer to make good on that warranty.

I'm bring it back to dealer this week .now i have another question i got my renegade in NJ but i live in ny do i have to bring it back to nj dealer or i can go to ny dealer ?

yuwan63755

· #6 · Jun 2, 2015

Any Dealer

Just take it to any Chrysler/Jeep dealer for your warranty work. No need to take it to dealer you purchased from. Good luck on your problem and keep us all advised on what the dealership finds.

kenny34

Discussion Starter · #7 · Jun 2, 2015

yuwan63755 said:
Just take it to any Chrysler/Jeep dealer for your warranty work. No need to take it to dealer you purchased from. Good luck on your problem and keep us all advised on what the dealership finds.

Ok thanks! i will keep update see what the dealer say.

fmunk

· #8 · Jun 2, 2015

kenny34 said:
I'm bring it back to dealer this week .now i have another question i got my renegade in NJ but i live in ny do i have to bring it back to nj dealer or i can go to ny dealer ?

You are not obligated to any specific dealer. The dealers represent the manufacturer and the manufacturer is obligated to make things right, within the warranty agreement... a legal binding agreement it entered with you when you bought the vehicle.

kenny34

Discussion Starter · #9 · Jun 2, 2015

fmunk said:
You are not obligated to any specific dealer. The dealers represent the manufacturer and the manufacturer is obligated to make things right, within the warranty agreement... a legal binding agreement it entered with you when you bought the vehicle.

let me call my dealer.

aardvark

· #10 · Jun 2, 2015

kenny34 said:
i have a automatic .same thing to me is no fast enough to up shift .

This has been my experience, especially at higher speeds or on long hills. It just doesn't want to shift although the RPM's aren't crazy high or anything even though it sounds like it's winding out. This has gotten somewhat better over time.

toohappytocare

· #11 · Jun 2, 2015

aardvark said:
This has been my experience, especially at higher speeds or on long hills. It just doesn't want to shift although the RPM's aren't crazy high or anything even though it sounds like it's winding out. This has gotten somewhat better over time.

My 4-cylinder 2.2 automatic Sonoma does this too. Simple hills it downshifts and revs to 3-4k to get enough power. Wuss truck.

bwbike

· #12 · Jun 3, 2015

Kenny,

Are you sure you don't have the shift lever moved to the left? If so, that is autostick mode. That will hold the transmission in one gear until you shift it or until the engine nears redline (or slows too much).

You can tell if it is in autostick because the none of the P-R-N-D lights by the shifter will be on but the - & + lights be the shifter will be ON. Moving the shifter to the - (forward) shifts to a lower gear and the + (rearward) shifts to a higher gear (within reasonable RPM ranges).

kenny34

Discussion Starter · #13 · Jun 3, 2015

bwbike said:
Kenny,

Are you sure you don't have the shift lever moved to the left? If so, that is autostick mode. That will hold the transmission in one gear until you shift it or until the engine nears redline (or slows too much).

You can tell if it is in autostick because the none of the P-R-N-D lights by the shifter will be on but the - & + lights be the shifter will be ON. Moving the shifter to the - (forward) shifts to a lower gear and the + (rearward) shifts to a higher gear (within reasonable RPM ranges).

No the shift is in D plus if i moved to the left my front display will show the number .

JeepCares

· #14 · Jun 3, 2015

Kenny,

Have you had a chance to speak to an FCA dealership about this yet? Please PM me your VIN, contact info, and dealership info so I can look into this further for you.

JPerez

· #15 · Jun 5, 2015

It happens to me on occasion, going to bring it to the dealer and see what they say

NHDon

· #16 · Jun 5, 2015

Happened to me today, then I realized I bumped the shifter over to manual.

Davlex

· #17 · Jun 5, 2015

This is the software problem Renegade is having

It is effecting over 5K vehicles in U.S. Hopefully there will be a fix by end of the month. Read following article. http://masterherald.com/2015-jeep-r...due-to-transmission-issues-reports-say/18431/

kenny34

Discussion Starter · #18 · Jun 5, 2015

Hope jeep will fix it soon cos i love my renegade so much >

kenny34

Discussion Starter · #19 · Jun 5, 2015

JPerez said:
It happens to me on occasion, going to bring it to the dealer and see what they say

keep us update

aardvark

· #20 · Jun 5, 2015

I'm not sure about that article. The official line is that the Renegades were held back because of a technical infrastructure software problem around VIN's and matching them to actual cars, not a software problem with the car itself, although that was the initial report.

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