2015 Jeep Renegade · symptom sheet
Transmission jerks, lurches or bangs into gear
- 37owner reports
- 34,096median miles
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Jul 2, 2024 · checked Oct 2, 2026
37 of the 62 reports of transmission shudder on the 2015 Renegade describe jerking or hard shifts.
Part of Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard (62 reports)
Tick what matches of 37 reports
Jerking or hard shifts on other Renegade years
No other Renegade model year has enough reports of jerking or hard shifts for a sheet of its own. See every Renegade year.
What this problem usually is
This is the narrower sheet inside transmission shudder for shifts that jerk, lurch or bang. Where the wider sheet also takes in slipping and vibration, these reports are about a shift that arrives too hard: the car lunges forward, or a clunk comes through the floor as it drops into gear.
What got replaced
Few of these reports name the part that was replaced.
Recalls and investigations
One recall on the transmission and drivetrain covers the 2015 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The transmission sensor clusters may have insufficient crimps in the transmission wire harness, and as a result, the transmission may unexpectedly shift to neutral.
All 4 recalls on the 2015 Jeep Renegade, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 14,000 and 55,000 miles, from the 32 reports that gave a mileage.
What owners wrote
“The vehicle on multiple occasions is shifting very hard mostly in between first and second gear, and sometimes third. The vehicle jerks forward like it had been hit from the back. It has also quit moving even though it was still running on a couple of occasions. it feels as if itâs going into neutral and then back into gear.”
Filed Oct 27, 2023
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 37 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
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