2007 JEEP COMPASS Complaints

2007 JEEP COMPASS WITH APPROXIMATELY 52,300 MILES NEEDED LEFT AND RIGHT BALL JOINTS AND RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD REPLACED AT A COST OF $510. GIVEN THE FAIRLY LOW MILEAGE AND THE FACT THAT THIS AUTO IS DRIVEN ONLY ON PAVED CITY AND HIGHWAY ROADS THESE REPAIRS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. OTHERS HAVE REPORTED ON THE WEB SIMILAR REPAIRS WITH BALL JOINTS/TIE RODS FOR THIS JEEP MODEL -- JEEP SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS MODEL FOR THIS DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD CLUNKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY DETECTED THAT THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,702. UPDATED 7/12/12 *CN UPDATED 07/18/12

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,309.

I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY THAT MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS FRONT SUSPENSION BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE 49,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THIS DEFECT COULD RESULT IN WHEEL FAILURE. NO FAILURE HAS OCCURRED YET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE COUPLING ARMS, BUSHINGS AND BEARINGS HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

2007 JEEP COMPASS LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE AT 53,654 MILES. COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. TOOK MY JEEP IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND FOUND MY DRIVERS LOWER BALL JOINT VERY CLOSE TO SEPARATING. NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE VERTICAL LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHING WAS SEPARATED FROM THE ARM !! ONLY REASON THERE WAS NOT DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE OR MY LIFE WAS I HAD MY COMPASS SERVICED EARLY FOR THE 60K SERVICE. *TR

THE GAS TANK GAUGE STOPPED FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. IT WILL READ EMPTY WHEN FULL & STARTED TO GO UP DESPITE BEING LOW. HAVE TO USE TRIP MILEAGE TO DETERMINE WHEN TO FILL UP NOT BEST METHOD. BUT GAUGE IS NOT ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME BUT I SEE THIS IS A RELATIVELY COMMON PROBLEM & HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN PULLING TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT SLOWED DOWN TO KEEP CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND WANDER OUT OF THE LANE CAUSING DIFFICULTY TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TWO TIMES WHERE THE FRONT STABILIZER SWAY BAR AND RACK AND PINION WERE REPLACED. ALSO, THE TIE ROD WAS REPLACED TWICE. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED THAT THE SAME PARTS WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED HAD FAILED FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE COMMON ISSUES WITH THE MODEL YEAR VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,693.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE WORN IN THE MIDDLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT BOTH THE FRONT END BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 46,000.