2021 Jeep Renegade

Typical pattern

19.8% of complaints about the 2021 Jeep Renegade came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2021 vehicle — around the middle of the 159 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 3.3 yr in service. The most-reported system is electrical system (26 complaints), typically at 3.9 yr or about 1,650 miles.

Complaints: 106
Median age at failure: 3.3 yr
Median mileage: 1,650 n=14
Crash / fire / tow: 6.6% of reports
Safety recalls: 2

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

24V918000 2024-12-10

Exterior lighting:back up lights

Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2021-2023 Jeep Renegade vehicles. The incorrect bumper reverse light assembly may have been installed. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."

The incorrect reverse lights may have reduced visibility, and not alert pedestrians and other drivers that the vehicle is backing up, increasing the risk of a crash.

24V510000 2024-07-03

Air bags:frontal

Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2017-2024 Alfa Romeo Giulia, 2018-2025 Alfa Romeo Stelvio, 2019-2023 Fiat 500X, Jeep Renegade, and 2024 Fiat 500E vehicles. A seat belt buckle switch sensor may be improperly connected, preventing the front seat air bag from deploying as intended.

A front seat air bag that does not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury in a crash.

In owners’ own words

Electrical system mileage not reported 9 mo in service

The vehicle in front of me was at least one car length ahead of me as I was driving around 15 mph when the forward collision detection activated my automatic brakes and jerked me forward in the seat, almost causing whiplash. There was no reason for the detector to go off.

Electrical system mileage not reported 1.8 yr in service

We were driving down the road and all of a sudden the key symbol appears on the dashboard with a wif bars on top of it On the dashboard said see settings on how to turn vehicle off. We were able to pull into a service center and the only whey we could shut the vehicle off was by pushing the setting button on the steering wheel

Electrical system mileage not reported 2.1 yr in service

took my car in for oil change and dealership said there was an oil leak somewhere. scheduled that for service. than during the last week i got a airbag disabled/service , disabled park/service warning lights pop up on my dash. auto/start/stop was disabled, check engine light came on for 10 seconds. dealership has scheduled service to look into these

Other mileage not reported 2.2 yr in service

Sunroof spontaneously shattered while driving. No apparent cause (e.g. no reason to suspect a rock or other debris hitting the glass)

Other Renegade model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2021 Jeep Renegade

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Renegade model years

How to read this