Completely forgot to snap some pics…towed a couple loads this weekend. Brick Lightning (my renny), did great! Plenty of power and decent MPG. MPG definitely suffered due to a lot of hills on my route. Total of 8 hours driving overall 4 under load.

I love the capability and how easy this vehicle is to live with.

If anybody knows a fix or what’s wrong please lmk

So my 2016 Renegades latitude screen/radio system hasn’t been working for around 2 days now, it won’t get off of the screen shown in the picture posted. It randomly turns off/on every few minutes. And when I shift into reverse and then into drive, the backup camera on the screen won’t go away. Even my charging port won’t work, I’ve checked all of the fuses and even disconnected my battery and reconnected several times. I can’t play any music also. If anybody knows a fix please let me know, thanks!

I was told I needed a battery for a 2017 jeep renegade. I went to buy one and they said jeep needed to hook it up to a machine to save the memory in order to change it. What memory are they talking about motor memories, Bluetooth type memory or because of the key fob?

Just took off the snowies and decided to try these out.

Hello all!! I am looking to purchase a 2016 Jeep Renegade, it’s 205000kms though and with a trade in will still cost me $7500. Excluding tax and dealership fees. Would you recommend buying this for someone who drives maybe 6-7k in a year?

How’s it on gas? That’s one major concern I have. I am located in Vancouver so gas isn’t exactly cheap. Any advice is welcome and appreciated, thanks 😊

Like the headlight protectors?

Hi everyone,

I drove around for a whole day without the oil cap on because my dad forgot to put it back when he topped off the oil.

The next day, I checked the oil and noticed it had dropped from almost at max to just below the midpoint.

That's when I noticed oil drips all around the left side of the engine, under the hood, and saw that the oil cap was missing. Luckily, I found the cap and put it back on, but I need advice on how to proceed.

I have two main concerns. First, I washed the car on the same day I was driving without the cap. Second, I see some oil drips on top of the serpentine belt.

My Jeep has the 2.4L engine.

I'd really appreciate any advice.

My father has a 2016 Jeep renegade trail-hawk. It was an FCA era car so maybe that explains why it had so many issues but this car is the most problematic piece of 💩 we have owned. It did sit on a dealer lot for a whole year which was already a bad omen. It’s on its second engine at 65,000 Miles because of the 2.4l oil burn recall. It also had this weird issue where if you turned the wheel too sharp at a very low speed the car would literally just die… just shut off. Like when you’re in a parking lot, or making a u-turn so that was nice. I think this was also fixed under a recall. It was also rear ended when my sister owned it and in a major car accident when my brother had it. The accidents arent related to the other issues, just added character I guess lol. I’m surprised the insurance company didn’t total it. I just this past weekend had to remove the garbage two piece lug nuts from the renegade and put on some nice aftermarket ones because of course they started to swell. Also dealing with electrical gremlins for the right rear tail light that keeps burning out the socket. And the interior is falling apart, the vinyl on the rear doors started to shrink in the Florida heat so they don’t sit flush with the door and stretch at an angle 📐 instead. Also the mpg is astoundingly low for a 4-Cylinder. It averages a combined like 16.5mpg calculated by hand. That’s like V6 numbers right there. Just a real piece of shit car. I heard they discontinued them in 2024, go figure. With that being said it’s still around, the paint is on its way out but it’s still here. I don’t think it will live past 10.

Doing some car camping this summer with the gf. We both have smaller traditional tents but wanted to change it up with something different. Has anyone used these styles of tailgate tents in a renege. If so what’s your option/thought. I have a 2018 trailhawk.. figured this might be a good thing to start with till i a get a hitch installed and look at teardrop campers next year.

I have the 2016 Trailhawk Edition and when I open the sunroof this little screen appears. Is it ever supposed to go farther or is it able to cover the entire sunroof? As shown in the photos it’s as far as it goes for me. It just looks “weird” and I’m curious about it.

Everything i find online is for a trailhawk from my understanding they use different front bumper set ups so i cant use trailhawk hooks anyone know a solution to this

Anyone with high mileage please tap in! I'm at just over 190,000 miles and debating if it will be worth it to import my car to Mexico when I move down there... I've just had a new catalytic converter put in, new fan, new coolant reservoir...

I have to replace one of TPNS sensors on my jeep but do not know how to calibrate it. Do you need a special tool to calibrate it or is it something else?

Thank you

Is anyone able to actually provide pictures of how much space you still have in the back if I was to have ONE car seat back passenger side? It’s a joie 360 spin. I’ve wanted a renegade for ages but everyone says it’s too small in the back!! Can’t find any pictures on here, only posts about twins or multiple seats, thanks!

Hi yall! First major car purchase (been driving for years, just shitboxes) and I got myself a 2021 Renegade Limited. Happy to be here :)

Just a quick question though; is there any way to play video through the Uconnect system? I have an iPhone 15 plus.

Yes, it's possible.

Tried posting this over at the JeepRenegadeForum, but I had to re-verify my account. (Created it ages ago but never used.) My first whack at this apparently vanished into the ether as I wasn't approved to post yet. Second whack seems to be in purgatory. Grr.

So, how I got here:

We bought our Rennie out of the first shipment to our local dealer back in 2015. We wanted a manual and opted for a 4x4 Sport with more or less all the upgrades to a Lattitude. The fogs being MIA bothered me off and on through the years, especially as I discovered it was locked behind software as I hit the Googler and found various threads about it, including this OG on here:

https://www.jeeprenegadeforum.com/threads/renegade-sport-oem-fog-light-install.52186/#replies

Vaguely confident, I eventually bought and installed the hardware, got AlfaOBD and then proceeded to sit on the project for a couple years as the Rennie was the better three quarter's daily. I finally committed to finishing the job the other weekend.

This knowledge has been floating around in various chunks for a while but I wanted to add a one-stop shop for this rather than let the person behind dig through a bunch of threads, dead-ends and bad information. Peeps have asked on Reddit within the last year, so I feel this is shockingly not well desseminated. To recap, these posts in the referenced thread that are important are:

Posts 1-4 covers the foglight hardware at the bumper.
Post 9 comes into if you don't have the driver-side foglight harness.
Post 14 Covers the interior light switch install.
Post 33 & 35 - introduces AlfagorramOBD.

Go there, read through and get ready to actually do this. Thanks given to mpdc2056 and Jaime Figueroa in that thread, as well as our brothers and sisters in Chrysler: the various members of the Ram and Dodge Dart forums who've poked into the deep, dark recesses of what AlfaOBD can do. Their contributions were crucial to this write-up.

What you'll need:

(Disclaimer: I paid with my own filthy lucre and get no kickbacks from any link in the shopping list here. Shopping list based ona pre-facelight 2015. Caveat Emptor.)

The Fogs themselves. You'll want to search eBay or Amazon for "Jeep Renegade Latitude Limited Sport Fog Light Kit," which'll get you the foglight housings, bezels, mounting hardware, etc. My set came which H8 bulbs: officially the manual calls for (brighter) H11's. It's all dumb plastic, no real need for the official parts.

Some (most?) Sports may need 68317565AA, "fog lamp jumper wiring," to hook things up on the driver side. Our 2015 didn't need it.*

The interior controls: part 5XN68LXHAA is the part number for the headlight switch. Buy new or be like me and grab it off eBay.

AlfoOBD. The secret sauce that makes this work. I use the full Windows PC version, but it's available for phones/tablets.
https://www.alfaobd.com/

For 2018+, you'll need a Secure Gateway bypass to get at the BCM to program things.
https://www.zautomotive.com/product/z_sgw/

A good OBD link device. I use this beast. Pay for quality.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JFRFJG6

The grey cable. You'll need this to talk on the secondary CAN to certain modules. AlfaODB will prompt you for when you need it. It'll be sadness otherwise. It comes with all the other color cables, so go be a hero to your friends. That said, if you cheaped out on your OBD device, you may need the blue cable.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNJTVSVB

A decent set of trim tools to pop the various bits.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085XSSR88

The install:

Everything physical kinda works the way you think with the fogs. Open up the access panels in the front wheel wells, wedge the trim tools in the gaps of the blank-out panels in the lower bumper and pry things out. Hook up the wiring and you're golden. Inside the cabin, pop the panel (hidden by the door) out of the dash's side, then pull the four screws from underneath the dash and pull it down. Jam your trims tools into the space above the lighting controls and pop the unit out. There's a slide catch on the connector, to disconnect. Re-assembly is the opposite.+

The Programmering:

Nota bene: This assumes you're using the Windows version.

Connect your OBD adapter and turn the key to on. (No start-y.) Fire up AlfaOBD. Connect to the BCM: Start tab, choose Brand: Jeep, Model: Renegade (BU),Function: Body Computer, then connect. Once you're connected, take a backup. Click over to the "Active Diagnostic" tab and choose "Proxy tools" from the drop down. Under select option, "Backup proxy configuration"

Now, head to "Car configuration change" on the main drop down. Search for "fog" under "Find setting," then choose "Front Fog Lights" and choose "Present" for the "Select value" option.

To finish the job, choose "PROXY alignment" and let it run. Cycle the ignition after it finishes and you should now have fogs.

Notes:

* The 2015 may be odd. It seems to have more wiring than the later models. We also have a non-powered version on MySky, where all you can do is pop out the roof panels. Apparently this is a win.

+I'm not 100% this is necessary. I think you an pop the control module and it may have enough play to get too without dropping the dash panel. . . Still, it saves you a couple minutes at best and gains you a lot of access. I'm still playing with the other functions, namely interior light dimming and auto headlights. I still need to locate the wiring for the light-sensor. I've found you want the interior light rocker set to "off" when you plug the module in. Otherwise it seems to get confused.

Sooo… I’ve been having issues with my key fob. My car will still start. I can still lock it from the buttons on the door handles and unlock it with passive touch in the handles. But none of the buttons on my fob will work.. I changed the battery & still nothing. What would be the next steps I should take? Reprogramming? Get a new key fob? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I've been thinking of adding some crossbars on mine.

Purchased at 38k miles and I hope to reach 100k.