2017 JEEP COMPASS Complaints

ON 1/12/18 MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT START SO I CALLED FOR A TOW TO TAKE TO THE DEALERSHIP AUTO CENTER THEY SAID IT WAS A WIRE THAT WAS BURNT THAT CONNECTS TO THE STEERING. RECEIVED IT A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE NEXT DAY IT WOULD NOT START AFTER 5 HOURS OF WAITING ON A TOW IT STARTED UP AND I DROVE IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN THEY CALLED THE MODULE WAS GOING OUT IT GOT REPLACED AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR BACK. THE NEXT DAY THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN I KEPT PLAYING WITH THE IGNITION BACK AND FORTH TO SEE WOULD IT START NOTHING. AGAIN REQUESTED A TOW NONE CAME. BY THE TIME I WAS LEAVING FOR WORK I TRIED AGAIN IT STARTED I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY KEPT IT FOR A FEW DAYS AND NOTHING WAS COMING UP ON THE MACHINE. I DROVE IT FOR A WEEK OR SO AND ON 2/6/18 THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UP AFTER I HAD JUST GOT OUT OF IT FROM RUNNING ERRANDS AND A FEW OCCASIONS I FELT THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTEN AND WAS HARD TO TURN. THOSE TIMES I WAS PARKED ON PARKED ON THE STREETS BUT ON FEB 6 I PARKED A FEW INCHES BY THE FIRE HYDRANT RAN INTO THE HOUSE TO TAKE THE GROCERIES AND COME OUT TO MOVE THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START. ON ALL OCCASIONS IT WAS NOT ANY LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD AND EVERYTHING WAS WORK EXCEPT THE IGNITION WOULD NOT START. *BF *TR

02/05/2018......BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NOVEMBER 2017. TWICE ALREADY WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THROUGH RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC THE DASH DISPLAY STARTED FLASHING ERRATICALLY AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER, A TOTAL SHUT DOWN. NO RADIO, NO DASH, NO BRAKES, NO STEERING. LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS MOVING EACH TIME. AFTER APPROXIMATELY A CITY BLOCK THE CAR RESTARTS. DEALER TESTED THE CAR AND COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AFTER DRIVING IT 20 MILES WITH A COMPUTER CONNECTED. I FEEL THIS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE THE INEVITABLE HAPPENS. I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND MY WIFE WITH ME MOST OF THE TIME. THEY RECOMMEND DRIVING IT TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I'M NO LONGER COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.

JEEP'S UCONNECT SYSTEM HAS, ON THREE OCCASIONS, NOT RECOGNIZED MY VOICE FOR CALLING AN EXISTING PHONE CONTACT. IN PLACE OF CANCELING, OR ASKING FOR A MANUAL SELECTION ON THE SCREEN, UCONNECT DEFAULTS TO CALLING 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SERVICES. THIS PLACES ME IN AN AWKWARD POSITION, TIES UP ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY SERVICE RESOURCES, AND IS EMBARRASSING. I HAVE EVEN CHANGED THE NAMES IN MY PHONE TO AVOID ANY SORT OF CONFUSION. SINCE SEPTEMBER 2017, THIS HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES.

ISSUE RELATED TO RECALL T70 CONTINUES AFTER UPDATE AND TESTING. DASH WILL PROPERLY DIM IF THE CAR IS TURNED ON AT NIGHT. HOWEVER, IF THE CAR IS ON AND I OPEN MY DOOR, TEMPORARILY TURN ON CABIN LIGHTS, OR DRIVE TEMPORARILY IN BRIGHT ENVIRONMENT (EG. TUNNEL), MY DASH WILL BECOME BRIGHT AND STAY BRIGHT. THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS VIOLATION OF FEDERAL SAFETY REGULATIONS WITH RECALL T70 OR 17V-740

NOZZLE AT FUEL PUMP WAS STUCK INSIDE THE GAS CAP AND TANK. BOTH FUEL STATION STAFF & I ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE NOZZLE FROM THE GAS TANK BUT IT WOULD NOT COME OUT. WE HAD TO USE A PIECE OF METAL TO PRY OUT THE NOZZLE. THERE IS A METAL NOTCH ON THE GAS NOZZLE THAT ONCE INSERTED BECOMES LODGED ON THE INNER LIP OF THE GAS CAP AND YOU CANNOT REMOVE IT. THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE GAS TANK DESIGN AND COULD CAUSE SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY IF THE GAS NOZZLE CONTINUES TO PUMP GAS AND THE TANK IS FULL.

MY CAR IS HAVING THE EXACT ISSUE DESCRIBED BY INVESTIGATION/RECALL 17V740000. HOWEVER, I AM NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. POTENTIALLY THE RECALL IS NOT INCLUDING ALL AFFECTED CARS.

PURCHASED FIRST DEFECTIVE VEHICLE ON 9-29-17, RECEIVED REPLACEMENT ON 10-7-17, DISCOVERED THE DASH LIGHTS WOULD NOT DIM AT NIGHT. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN HOLDING THE CAR WAITING FOR A SOLUTION FROM CHRYSLER EVER SINCE. THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE MODULE ON 11-22-17 BUT ISSUED THE RECALL ON 11-21-17. I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A REPAIR DATE ON A NEW VEHICLE THAT I HAVE OWNED FOR 2 MONTHS AND HAD AT HOME BUT FOR 12 DAYS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20-25 MPH, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ERRONEOUSLY SELF ACTIVATED ABRUPTLY AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES TO STOP OPERATING AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTING REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PUTNAM JEEP/CHRYSLER IN BURLINGAME, CA WHO INDICATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE DUE TO A COMPUTER SOFTWARE UPDATE ISSUE. THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED, BUT THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400.

DASH AND UCONNECT SCREEN WILL NOT PROPERLY DIM IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. MOST NOTABLY, IF YOU TURN ON THE CAR DURING THE DAY AND DRIVE INTO THE NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN ON, BUT THE DASH AND SCREEN WILL NOT DIM. IF YOU TURN ON THE CAR WHILE IT IS DARK OUT, DASH WILL PROPERLY DIM. THERE SEEM TO BE ADDITIONAL SCENARIOS THAT INTERFERE WITH DASH DIMMING, SUCH AS OPENING A DOOR WHILE CAR IS ON AND TURNING ON OVERHEAD LIGHTING. DIFFICULT TO FOCUS ON ROAD AHEAD WHEN BRIGHT DASH AND SCREEN IS GLARING IN YOUR FACE.

OWNERS MANUAL SHOWS REVERSED POLARITY ON BATTERY TERMINALS IN THE JUMP STARTING PROCEDURE SECTION. CHRYSLER HAS A RECALL (T46) OUT FOR THE CORRECTED MANUAL FOR VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH APRIL 28, 2017, MY CAR WAS BUILT ON APRIL 29, 2017 AND HAS THE INCORRECT MANUAL BUT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO PROVIDE A CORRECT ONE, SAYING I'M NOT PART OF THE RECALL.