2017 JEEP COMPASS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE POWER STEERING, BRAKES, AND ALL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER APPROXIMATELY FOUR ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ATLANTIC DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 2330 US-1, ST, AUGUSTINE, FL 32086, (904) 797-4383) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE MAY BE BAD FUEL IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR ANOTHER DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE OIL WAS BELOW THE MINIMUM OIL LEVEL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED THAT THE OIL BE CHECKED ONCE A WEEK BY THE DEALER. CONSUMER STATED THERE ARE NO WARNINGS OR WARNIGN LIGHTS TO INDICATE THE PROBLEM CLIENT IS CHECKING THE OIL CONSISTENTLY 1 QUART LOW FOR EVERY 2000 MILES.*JB

MY JEEP COMPAS WAS BUILT 8-2016 AND IS MAKING A EXTREMELY LOUD GRINDING NOISE. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO GET LOOKED AT AND THEY ROTATED THE TIRES. THEY STATED THE TIRES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND STATED THAT IT MAYBE THE AXEL OR INTERNALLY BECAUSE EXTERIOR VISUAL INSPECTION EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I CAME HOME AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND IT WAS STILL ROLLING AND I PUT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON AND THAT WAS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE ALSO. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY VEHICLE. I NEED MY VEHICLE TO BE ADDED TO RECALL T-26 AS I AM NOT GOING TO PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS UPFRONT. THE GRINDING NOISE JUST SEEMS TO BE GETTING LOUDER. I DO NOT WANT TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE AND LOOSE CONTROL WHILE DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL OR EVEN JUST DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS.

THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT ON A CITY EXPRESSWAY AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN THE STOP/START SYSTEM FAILED TO RESTART THE ENGINE. IT ENGAGED THE PARKING BRAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART THE CAR. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE CAR WITH TRAFFIC FLYING BY ME I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND DISENGAGE THE PARKING BREAK. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND MY DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THEY ARE WAITING TO RECEIVE A STOP START BATTERY FROM MOPAR. IT HAS BEEN ON BACKORDER FOR A MONTH AND THEY DONT HAVE A DATE WHEN IT WILL BE FIXED. THIS KEEPS HAPPENING AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK AND THEY DO NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE START/STOP SYSTEM MADE TO CONSERVE GAS. THE SYSTEM SHOULD NOT LEAVE YOU STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY ROADS WHERE SOMEONE CAN SLAM INTO THE BACK OF YOU.

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION EVERY OCCURRENCE AND HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY. THE JEEP HAS SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I HAD THE AUTOMATIC OFF TURNED OFF AND WHEN I STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT THE JEEP POWERED DOWN, DASH AND LIGHTS WENT CRAZY, AND MY JEEP WOULD NOT START BACK UP. IT TOOK OVER 5 MINUTES TO GET THE JEEP TO COME BACK ON. THERE IS ALSO A POPPING NOISE AND A VERY HARD SHIFT AT TIMES. WHEN THIS HARD SHIFT OCCURS IT PULLS MY JEEP TO THE RIGHT, I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES THIS YEAR AND THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. THEY THOUGHT CHANGING MY SHOCKS WOULD HELP BUT IT HAS NOT. THERE IS STILL A POPPING SOUND WHEN I HIT A CERTAIN SPEED AND THEN IT IS STILL SHIFTING EXTREMELY HARD RANDOMLY AND JERKS THE WHOLE JEEP WHEN IT HAPPENS. IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK A COUPLE TIMES ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM IN A RIGHT HANDED CURVE AND THIS OCCURS; IT CAUSED ME TO GO OFF ROAD WHEN I TOOK A RIGHT HANDED CURVE AND IT OCCURRED. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE APRIL 2018, AND I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING THING NOW I DO NOT HAVE THE FILES WITH ME TODAY AT WORK, BUT I DO HAVE THEM AT HOME. I CAN UPLOAD THE DOCUMENTATION AT A LATER DATE. UNSURE OF EXACT DATE.

MY 2017 JEEP COMPASS HAS ONLY 14,000 MILES ON IT. I MADE A TURN TODAY AND NOTICED THE LOW OIL INDICATOR CAME ON. I IMMEDIATELY TOLD MY HUSBAND AND HE CHECKED THE OIL AND IT WASN'T EVEN SHOWING UP ON THE DIP STICK. IT CAUSED MY ENGINE TO TURN OFF IN AN INTERSECTION AND I HAD TO HOPE THAT I COULD GET OUT OF THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT GETTING HIT. I MANAGED TO GET IT TURNED BACK ON AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS AUTOMATICALLY ENGAGED WHEN THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. I DISENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND STARTED MY ENGINE AND MADE IT HOME. WE DID ADD 3 QUARTS OF OIL. SO, I RESEARCHED THIS "PROBLEM" ONLINE AND FOUND MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE BURNING OIL LIKE CRAZY. I'M NOT SURE IF MY ENGINE IS DAMAGED OR NOT (DUE TO THE OIL BEING BASICALLY DRY). I AM PLANNING ON TAKING IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. WE ADDED OIL TO GET IT BACK TO THE NORMAL LEVEL, BUT TO ME WE JUST COVERED UP THE PROBLEM. A NEW MOTOR SHOULD NOT BURN THROUGH 4 1/2 QUARTS OF OIL IN 5,000 MILES. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. I FEEL LIKE MY $30,0000.00 VEHICLE IS A LEMON.

TWICE THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED AT A STOP SIGN. THE D ON THE GEAR SHIFT AND THE DASHBOARD FLASH AND IT SAYS PUT THE CAR IN PARK. THEN IT SAYS PRESS THE BRAKE AND PUSH START. AFTER THE CAR RESTARTS AND YOU BEGIN TO DRIVE IT FLASHES LOW OIL PRESSURE. THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED WE WERE DRIVING. THE LOW OIL PRESSURE FLASHED AND IT FELT KIND OF LIKE THE CAR WAS DRAGGING. WE HAD SLOWED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THE CAR STALLED OUT. THE D ON THE GEAR SHIFTER AND THE DASHBOARD FLASHED AND IT SAID PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THEN HOLD BRAKE AND PRESS START. THIS TIME WHEN I PRESSED THE START BUTTON IT SEEMED LIKE IT KEPT TRYING TO START THE CAR. I HAD TO PRESS THE BUTTON AGAIN TO MAKE IT STOP MAKING THAT SOUND.

I AM STILL IN SHOCK AND STILL QUITE SHAKEN UP ON THE MORNING OF TUES., 9/25/2018, WHEN AS USUAL GOT OUT OF MY HOME INTO MY JEEP TO GO TO WORK A FEW MINUTES BEFORE 6 AM. I CAREFULLY AT THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT OF MY COMMUNITY, I WAIT FOR ONGOING TRAFFIC TO BE FAR ENOUGH FOR ME TO DRIVE TOWARDS THE BLVD. AS MY JEEP STARTED TOWARDS PART OF THE BOULEVARD ALL OF SUDDEN, THE ENGINE STOPPED AS I DID NOT PRESS THE BYPASS BUTTON SO THE JEEP WENT INTO SLEEP MODE, WHEN I PRESSED THE BUTTON, IT READ," PUT VEHICLE ON PARKING MODE TO RESTART". MY HEART ALMOST CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH BECAUSE IF THERE WAS TRAFFIC ON MY LEFT I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC THAT WAS HEADING TOWARDS ME FROM THE LEFT, I PLACED THE JEEP IN PARK, I THEN PLACED IT ON DRIVE AND HEADED TO THE DIVIDER OF THE INTERSECTION. IN TEARS, I TURNED BACK HOME AND LEFT THE JEEP IN THE DRIVEWAY. I CALLED GREENWAY IMMEDIATELY TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. I HAVE A COPY OF MY CONVERSATION WITH THE GREENWAY DODGE, CHYRSLER, JEEP AND RAM SERVICE OPERATOR ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018,. A SERVICE APPT WAS SET FOR 9/29/18,AT GREENWAY. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TOLD BY SERVICE TECH THAT THERE WAS NO BYPASS INTERCEPTION TO REMOVE THE FEATURE FROM THE JEEP SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINEWHILE IN A DRIVE MODE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS JEEP & THAT I WOULD NOT GO THROUGH WHAT I WENT THROUGH ON THAT MORNING. I AM ALIVE TO TELL EVERYONE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AND NOT GOT KILLED DUE TO THE SPECIAL FEATURE THIS JEEP HAS TO CONSERVE GAS. THE ENGINE JUST SHUTS DOWN WHILE IN A DRIVE MODE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO BYPASS INTERCEPTION TO REMOVE THE FEATURE FROM THE VEHICLE GOING INTO A PAUSE MODE WHEN WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE, OR WHEN THERE IS TRAFFIC JEEP COMPLETELY STALES WHEN IN DRIVE MODE. I AM THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE AND WISH TO SURRENDER MY JEEP BECAUSE I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT.

AROUND 8:50AM OCTOBER 4TH, 2018 MY WIFE AND BABY WERE AT A CITY STREET RED LIGHT STOPPED AND UPON ACCELERATING THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND THE STEERING-WHEEL LOCKED UP. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES SHE WAS ABLE TO START IT UP AGAIN. WE LIVE IN THE CITY SO THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE AT ANY DIFFERENT LIGHT AT ANY TIME OF DAY. I BROUGHT IT IN FIRST THING THE NEXT MORNING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT LOW OIL CAN CAUSE AIRPOCKETS IN THE ENGINE SHUTTING THE WHOLE VEHICLE OFF. THE JEEP TECH SAID "THIS HAS BEEN SEEN A LOT ON NEWER JEEPS IN THESE MULTI-AIR ENGINES. PEOPLE COME IN FOR THE SAME REASON AND HAVE NO INDICATION OF WHAT CAUSED IT. WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT WE HAD TO DIAGNOSE A LOT AND 99.9% OF THE TIME THAT IS THE CAUSE." MY CAR WAS AT ~11,200 MILES, AND MY OIL CHANGE STICKER SUGGESTED ~11,600 TO GET IT CHANGED AGAIN. I HAD NO OIL LIGHT, LET ALONE WASN'T EVEN CLOSE TO THE CERTIFIED TECH'S OIL CHANGE STICKER THAT IS PLACED ON THE CAR. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE AND NOT ACCEPTABLE. THE TECH SUGGESTED KEEPING A QUART OF OIL IN MY CAR AND CHECKING THE OIL EVERY 1-2K MILES (IN A BRAND NEW VEHICLE!). THE DEALERSHIP GM CALLED ME AND ASKED IF I WANTED TO TRADE IN MY VEHICLE FOR ITS WORTH TO GET ME IN SOMETHING ELSE SINCE I WASN'T SATISFIED, BASICALLY BRUSHING OFF THE MAJOR ISSUE AT HAND. I EXPLAINED I WANT THIS VEHICLE GONE AND REFUNDED COMPLETELY. HE MENTIONED I COULD TRY MY LUCK WITH THE FCA. I PUT IN A COMPLAINT THROUGH JEEP, AND A REP BY THE NAME OF STEVE STANDER CALLED 4 TIMES THROUGHOUT THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND LEFT NO VOICEMAIL. I LOOKED UP HIS # TO VERIFY HE WAS CALLING FROM CHRYSLER. STARTING FROM THE FIRST MISSED CALL I LEFT HIM A VOICEMAIL TELLING HIM THE BEST TIME WAS ANY TIME AFTER 12:30PM PST. THE NEXT 3 ATTEMPTS HE MADE WERE STILL IN THE EARLY MORNING, IGNORING MY VM'S.

I WAS ON HWY GOING SPEED LIMIT AND THE CAR IN FRONT STOPPED REALLY FAST AND I PUT ON MY BRAKES AND THE ENGINE GOT MORE POWER LIKE THE GAS PADDLE WAS STUCK I COULD NOT STOP I HAD TO GO DOWN THE SHOULDER ABOUT A MILE BEFORE THE TRUCK WOULD STOP AND I WAS PUSHING DOWN ON THE BRAKE THE WHOLE TIME

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CLICKING SOUND UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVESHAFT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND A CRASH OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WOULD NOT BE PERFORMED FOR ANOTHER 24-48 HOURS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. MANHATTAN JEEP SERVICE CENTER (LOCATED AT 629 W 54TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10019, (877) 225-8709) WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V301000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,082.