NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Jeep Renegade Recalls
The 2021 Jeep Renegade has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 10, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 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
- 67
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 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 2021 Jeep Renegade
Exterior lighting: back up lights
- Campaign
- 24V918000
- Reported
- December 10, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,135
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2022–2023 Renegade
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 24V510000
- Reported
- July 3, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 337,128
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020, 2022–2023 Renegade, 2 other models
2021 Jeep Renegade complaints by year
NHTSA has received 67 owner complaints about the 2021 Jeep Renegade, the newest on September 18, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 Jeep Renegade, the component group named most often is the electrical system (39%), followed by the engine (13%) and the forward collision avoidance (13%).
None of the 2021 Jeep Renegade's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System26
- Unknown Or Other20
- Engine9
- Forward Collision Avoidance9
- Air Bags7
- Power Train6
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 20 | |
| 2026 | 13 |
Complaints about the 2021 Jeep Renegade peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 20. 51% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Jeep Renegade drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Jeep Renegade year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2021 one of the three best-measured Jeep Renegade years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 67 complaints about the 2021 Jeep Renegade are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Renegade by model year
Other 2021 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: September 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted