NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Jeep Renegade Recalls
The 2016 Jeep Renegade has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 20, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Jeep Renegade. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 431
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Jeep Renegade, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2016 Jeep Renegade
2016 Jeep Renegade complaints by year
NHTSA has received 431 owner complaints about the 2016 Jeep Renegade, the newest on October 13, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (2%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Jeep Renegade, the component group named most often is the engine (40%), followed by the electrical system (28%) and the power train (17%).
None of the 2016 Jeep Renegade's 2 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2016 Jeep Renegade owners gave the mileage (306 complaints), the median was 36,011 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine174
- Electrical System119
- Unknown Or Other76
- Power Train74
- Vehicle Speed Control29
- Exterior Lighting27
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 38 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 55 | |
| 2018 | 54 | |
| 2019 | 115 | |
| 2020 | 54 | |
| 2021 | 31 | |
| 2022 | 23 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 19 | |
| 2025 | 20 | |
| 2026 | 11 |
Complaints about the 2016 Jeep Renegade peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 115. 61% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Jeep Renegade drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Jeep Renegade year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 431 complaints about the 2016 Jeep Renegade are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Renegade by model year
Other 2016 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: October 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted