Jeep Renegade vs Ford EcoSport: which is more reliable?
The Ford EcoSport is clearly ahead of the Jeep Renegade on the federal record: 81/100 against 65/100 across every model year we score.
The record, side by side
Jeep Renegade
- 9 model years scored
- 2,196 owner complaints on record
- about 28 complaints per year on the road
- 24 recall campaigns, 13 safety-critical
- best year 2022 (89/100) · worst 2017 (40/100)
Ford EcoSport
- 5 model years scored
- 1,840 owner complaints on record
- about 55 complaints per year on the road
- 12 recall campaigns, 1 safety-critical
- best year 2022 (93/100) · worst 2018 (70/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Renegade against EcoSport
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
What owners actually complain about
Jeep Renegade
- Engine — 847 complaints
- Electrical System — 615 complaints
- Power Train — 421 complaints
Ford EcoSport
- Engine And Engine Cooling — 839 complaints
- Engine — 795 complaints
- Power Train — 217 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the Renegade's complaints concentrate in Engine, the EcoSport's in Engine And Engine Cooling. That difference matters more to a buyer than the score gap, because it says which repair bill you are taking on.
Years to avoid on each
Jeep Renegade — avoid: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.
Ford EcoSport: no model year scores below 45; the strongest are 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Jeep Renegade prices at about $27,900 and a Ford EcoSport at about $23,700 — the Ford EcoSport is roughly $4,200 less, and they return 26.0 against 25.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Jeep Renegade or the Ford EcoSport more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Ford EcoSport scores 81/100 against the Jeep Renegade's 65/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The Ford EcoSport carries about 55 complaints per year on the road against 28 for the Jeep Renegade.
Which Jeep Renegade and Ford EcoSport years should I avoid?
Jeep Renegade: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018. Ford EcoSport: no year scores below 45. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Jeep Renegade and the Ford EcoSport?
The largest complaint group on the Jeep Renegade is Engine (847 complaints); on the Ford EcoSport it is Engine And Engine Cooling (839).
Is the Jeep Renegade or the Ford EcoSport cheaper to own?
A recent used Jeep Renegade prices at about $27,900 and a Ford EcoSport at about $23,700, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.