2017 JEEP COMPASS Complaints

UCONNECT DISPLAY HAS FROZEN ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. TURNING CAR OFF THEN BACK ON ONLY RESOLVED THE SITUATION HALF OF THE TIME, HARD RESTARTS REQUIRED THE OTHER TIMES.

BRAKES HAVE A TERRIBLE GRINDING NOISE WHEN I STOP, I WAS TOLD IT WAS ABS SYSTEM, I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR OR LOANER THAT MADE SUCH A SCAREY NOISE. IT HAS BEEN WORKED 5 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS BRAKE CHANGES, ROTARS, SANDING DOWN ETC. STILL DIES IT

WHEN PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE IT WOULD GO STRAIGHT UNTILL IT KICKED BACK IN GEAR. ON HIGHWAY GEAR SWITCHED ON ITS OWN SLOWED DOWN AND KICKED BACK IN. I COULD OF GOT IN S MAJOR ACCIDENT. I JUST BROUGHT THE CAR ON 01/17/2020

I PURCHASED MY 2017 JEEP COMPASS TRAIL HAWK BRAND NEW, MY PRODUCTION DATE IS APRIL 26, 2017. I HAVE HAD ENDLESS ISSUES W/ THIS VEHICLE, I HAVE OWNED OTHER JEEPS AND NEVER HAD THESE ISSUES. IT STARTED W/ MY RADIO MAKING THIS CRAZY INDESCRIBABLY LOUD SOUND ALONG W/ FREEZING THE SCREEN. TURNING OFF THE RADIO WOULD NOT STOP THE SOUND, NOT EVEN TURNING OFF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WOULD STOP THE SOUND. SERV DEPT COULD NEVER REPLICATE, I BROUGHT IT IN ONE TIME WHEN RADIO WAS ON A NON-EXISTENT PHONE CALL AND ACTING UP. THEY TOOK MY CAR AND TURNED IT OFF, NEXT DAY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE. I DEMANDED THAT THE GIRL WHO TOOK MY CAR IN AND SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON SPEAK WITH THE TECH TO EXPLAIN WHAT SHE SAW. THEY AGREED TO ORDER ME A NEW RADIO. ADDITIONALLY I BEGAN HAVING ISSUES W/ JEEP THROWING ON RANDOM DASH INDICATOR LIGHTS AND NOT STARTING. TCM PIN WAS SPREADING AND CAUSING INDICATORS B BATTERY CONTROLLING STOP/START TESTED BAD. THEY REPLACED. I HAD ALREADY REPLACED MY A BATTERY A DAY OR SO BEFORE. DAMAGE WIRES FOUND AT FUSE BOX (THEY BLAMED ME) I HAVE MADE ZERO MODS TO CAR OR EVEN LIFTED THE HOOD MYSELF. BCM REPLACED. I HAD ISSUE W/ ENGINE CUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING IN ROAD & PULLING EBRAKE BEFORE I'M DUE FOR OIL CHANGE. HAD OIL CONSUMPTION TEST DONE AND THEY SAY IT'S FINE, THIS IS BECAUSE CHRYSLER MAKES UP THE CONSUMPTION STANDARD. SO YOU WILL ALWAYS BE "FINE." THIS IT TO PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING TO COMPRESSION TEST. I GO IN MANY TIMES FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. EVENTUALLY, I DEMAND WITH FCA THAT THEY ALLOW COMPRESSION TEST AND REPLACE MY ENGINE WHEN THEY DISCOVER IT'S DUE TO OIL CONSUMP. TECH REPORTS OIL LOW, SPRK PLUG CYL 3 IS OIL FOULED, COMPRESS. TEST DONE AIR IS FELT FROM OIL FILL, BORE SCOPE OF CYL 3 WALLS ARE SCORED AND HAVE OIL ON THEM. FCA APPROVES NEW ENGINE FOR ME. AFTER NEW ENG. I DRIVE 13 MI ENG IS OVER HEATING. T-STAT CLAMP REPLACED. DO NOT GIVE UP & DOCUMENT WELL!

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY THIS MORNING THE VEHICLE DRIVETRAIN DISENGAGE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE WITH WARNING MESSAGE SHOWING PLACE CAR IN PARK - SELECT MODE - SOMETHING TO THAT AFFECT - THIS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED- FIRST TIME ON FREEWAY- THANK GOODNESS TRAFFIC WAS NEXT TO NONE I THINK THIS IS VERY SERIOUS!!!!!

ENGINE HAS EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO JUST STALL OUT. RECOMMENDED 5000 OIL CHANGES BUT DEALERS WILL SAY 3000 AND TO CHECK OIL EVERY 2 DAYS BECAUSE IT MAY NEED 4-5 QTS BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. THIS STARTED WITHIN 5 MONTHS OF DRIVING IT OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR. DEALER AND CHRYSLER CORP ARE AWARE OF ISSUES BUT NO FIX HAS BEEN DISCOVERED NOT DO THEY CARE. MY DAUGHTER AND HER 2 BABIES WERE ALMOST KILLED WHEN IT JUST STALLED EXITING A MAJOR FREEWAY AND AN 18 WHEELER RIGHT BEHIND HER...CASE MANAGER (3RD CASE SINCE 2017) AT FCA WAS 'OH, SO SCARY'. THIS IS A SERIOUS, DEADLY ISSUE AND DEALERS OMIT THINGS FROM THE SYSTEM, PERFORM THE CONSUMPTION TESTS IMPROPERLY OR DON'T RECORD THEM AT ALL SO THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WILL TOTALLY SHUT DOWN WHILE TURNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE WILL APPLY AND IT TAKES A BIT TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. SOMETIMES LIGHTS ON DASH WILL ALL FLASH ON OR SOMETIMES JUST THE OIL LIGHT (EVEN WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF AN OIL CHANGE).

THE BRAKES ON THE COMPASS ARE VERY SENSITIVE. WHILE DRIVING OR FROM A COLD START, APPLYING THE BRAKES AT SLOW SPEEDS WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO LURCH TO AN ALMOST EMERGENCY STOP. I OWN 4 VEHICLES AND NONE OF THE OTHER CARS HAVE BRAKES AS TOUCHY AS THESE. MY FAMILY REFUSES TO DRIVE THE COMPASS BECAUSE OF THE BRAKE ISSUE. THE DEALER TELLS ME THERE IS NO RECALL OR TSB ON THIS ISSUE.

MY 2019 JEEP COMPASS HAS HAD NUMEROUS SAFETY CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO THE ENGINE AND THE PUSH-TO-START FEATURE. MOST RECENTLY, I HAVE BEEN IN (D) DRIVE, BOTH STATIONARY (I.E AT A RED LIGHT) OR IN MOTION (I.E HIGHWAY, MAIN ROAD, SIDE STREET, ROTARY) AND BOTH ON A CITY STREET AND HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD ALERTS ME TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO THE (P) PARK GEAR. I CAN FEEL THE CAR START TO DECELERATE WHEN IT SEND THIS MESSAGE. FIRST, I SHIFT THE CAR INTO THE DESIRED GEAR (P), THEN BRAKE LOCKS ITSELF SO THAT I AM UNABLE TO USE TO PUSH-TO-START FEATURE AND PLACE THE CAR BACK INTO DRIVE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 4X/MORE. I HAVE HAD MY CAR IN THE SERVICE CENTER AT THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THE ISSUE AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIND THE ACTUAL PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT IS THE ENGINE/PUSH-TO-START FEATURE. IN 2017 I HAD A DEFECTIVE BATTERY AND THE CAR ACTED VERY SIMILAR, SO I AM THINKING IT MAY BE THE BATTERY AGAIN. I FILED A CLAIM/CASE WITH JEEP TODAY. I AM AWAITING PROPER DOCUMENTATION FROM THE SERVICE CENTER IN TERMS OF INVOICES. MY LIFE IS AT RISK DUE TO THIS HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.

I TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 55MPH WHEN A DEER JUMPED ONTO THE ROAD. I HIT THE DEER SMASHING THE FRONT END OF MY 2107 JEEP COMPASS. MOST OF THE DAMAGE IS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT END & DRIVERS SIDE FRONT QUARTER PANEL. MY VEHICLE SHUT DOWN HOWEVER I WAS SURPRISED AFTER HITTING THE DEER THAT MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

I HAD A SAFETY ISSUE WITH MY 2017 JEEP COMPASS THAT I AM CURRENTLY LEASING. THE CAR WOULD STOP AND SHUT DOWN ON ITS OWN WITHOUT WARNING OR ANY LIGHTS TURNING ON. IT HAD TO DO WITH THE PARKING BRAKE AS WELL. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE NORTH HAVEN, CT DEALERSHIP TO GET FIXED, THEY SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIX IT AND HAD TO CONTACT CHRYSLER. CHRYSLER TOLD THEM WHAT TO DO. THE DEALERSHIP DID AS TOLD AND IT RESOLVED THE ISSUE--SOMETHING ABOUT THE BATTERY. WHEN I WAS INFORMED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, I ASKED WHY THERE WAS NO WARNING OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOING OFF ALERTING ME THAT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT. THE PERSON AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID 'WELL ONCE YOU NOTICE THINGS AREN'T WORKING WELL, THEN IT'S PROBABLY A BATTERY ISSUE. BRING IT BACK IN.' HOW IS THIS ACCEPTABLE? THERE IS NO WARNING THAT MY CAR IS GOING TO JUST STOP AS I AM DRIVING. I JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL OTHER THINGS GO WRONG TO DETERMINE IF IT IS MAYBE A BATTERY ISSUE? THAT IS UNHEARD OF. THE DEALERSHIP HAD MY CAR FOR ALMOST A WEEK, DID NOT GIVE ME A LOANER, BUT SAID I COULD RENT A CAR AT A LOW COST. RENT A CAR? I AM NOT GOING TO PAY MONEY FOR A CAR WHEN MINE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. AND WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THIS ISSUE, THE PERSON AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID 'NO, THEY ONLY DO RECALLS WHEN IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.' SO WHEN MY JEEP AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN ON A ROAD WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 55, THAT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE? I AM COMPLETELY UNSATISFIED WITH MY EXPERIENCE RESOLVING THIS ISSUE, AND TO BE HONEST, I CANNOT SAY THAT IT IS RESOLVED BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO WARNING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THE PRODUCT IS NOT SAFE APPARENTLY BECAUSE THERE IS NO INDICATION AS TO WHEN THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND REQUESTED SAFER CAR, THE MANAGER SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING, ACCEPTING THE FACT THAT I DRIVE AN UNSAFE CAR.