2017 JEEP COMPASS Complaints

ACCORDING TO TECHS AT DODGE DEALERSHIP BOT FRONT ANTI LOCK BRAKE SENSORS ARE BAD. THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY DRIVEN ON PAVED ROADS. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 27203 MILES ON IT. LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON AND GOING OFF FOR A MONTH. IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW 2 SENSORS COULD GO BAD AT THE SAME TIME UNLESS THE SENSORS ARE OF POOR QUALITY. THESE SENSORS ARE ORIGINAL SENSORS. SAFETY EQUIPMENT SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO COST SAVINGS. THIS VEHICLE IS WELL WITHIN THE MILEAGE FOR WARRANTY AND ONLY TWO MONTHS OUT OF TIME WARRANTY. HOW DO 2 SENSORS GO BAD AT ONCE? RESEARCHING THESE PROBLEMS ONLINE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH JEEP.

2ND TIME THIS HAPPENED WITHIN A MONTH. DEALER CHANGED BATTERIES 1ST TIME. COMPUTER SYSTEM RUNS THROUGH A NUMBER OF MESSAGES STATING VARIOUS SETTINGS ARE NOT WORKING. EXAMPLE: ENGINE LIGHT, AIR BAG, OIL, WITH EVERY WARNING LIGHT THERE IS. VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN ON A BUSY ROAD. VERY DANGEROUS. 15 MIN LATER IT STARTED BACK UP LIKE THERE WASNT A PROBLEM. THERE IS EXCESS OIL USE ALSO. CHANGED OIL, A MONTH LATER, ITS A 1/4 LOW. NO DRIPS EITHER. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD.

THE ENGINE RUNS VERY HOT AND IT BURNS OIL LIKE I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THE SERVICE MANAGER KNOWS ABOUT THIS AS WELL AS THE ADVISORS ALL INFORMED ME THAT THIS ENGINE DOES RUN HOT. IT BURNS OIL SO QUICKLY THAT YOU HAVE TO CHECK IT EVERY TIME YOU FILL UP ON GAS. IF YOU DO IT MONTHLY..YOU WILL WIND UP LOW AND WHEN THIS ENGINE IS LOW ON OIL...IT WILL SHUT OFF SOMETIMES WITHOUT NOTICE AND IT HAPPENED TO US IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HWY ON A RAINY DAY. THIS VEHICLE SHUT DOWN ON US 2 TIMES IN LESS THAN A YEAR AND WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING SO HOT...THE DIP STICK IS LITERALLY ALMOST TO HOT TO HANDLE IF YOU STOP TO CHECK THE OIL. IT HAS ALSO CAUSED THE AUXILIARY AS WELL AS THE MAIN BATTERY. I REPLACED THE AUXILIARY BATTERY IN DECEMBER 2019 THEN BOTH BATTERIES IN SEPTEMBER 2019. ALSO ANOTHER REASON FOR THIS VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL SORTS OF BIZARRE NOTICES CAME ON WHEN THE BATTERIES WENT. THE ELECTRONIC EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE ENGAGES WHEN IT RUNS LOW ON OIL AS WELL AS WHEN THE BATTERIES ARE LOW AND/OR DIE. NOT A GOOD THING AS YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THE CENTER SHIFT COUNSEL TO UNLOCK THE GEAR SHIFTER IF YOU NEED TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO PUSH IT IN A SAFER PLACE OR GET IT TOWED. WITH AS HOT AS THIS ENGINE RUNS AND BURNS OIL SO RAPIDLY...MY CONCERN IS THAT IT WILL COMBUST AS WHEN OIL BURNS AT SUCH A FAST RATE IT WILL LEAVE A RESIDUE AND IF THE DIPSTICK GETS THIS HOT...I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW HOT EVERYTHING ELSE IS. AS SOON AS I POPPED THE HOOD...I FELT THAT HEAT. NOT A SAFE VEHICLE. I NOW KNOW WHY IT IS A DUAL AIR PORT AS WELL AS THE (AUTO STOP) THAT STOPS THE ENGINE WHEN IN IDLE...BOTH ARE THERE IN AN ATTEMPT TO HOPEFULLY KEEP THIS ENGINE COOL ENOUGH TO NOT COMBUST. FRIENDS WITH THIS SAME ENGINE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES THAT CAUSED THEIR VEHICLE TO STOP WHILE DRIVING. MY OTHER CONCERN IS THAT IT MAY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION OR GET REARENDED. NOT A SAFE VEHICLE!!!

THE RADIO/NAVIGATION SYSTEM SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF IT'S OWN. FIRST, THE RADIO SCREEN HAS BEEN SLOWLY SEPARATING FROM THE RADIO, WHICH HASN'T AFFECTED THE USE OF THE TOUCH SCREEN USAGE. IT IS ABOUT HALF WAY SEPARATED. ALL OF A SUDDEN WE FIND THE UNIT CHANGING OUR RADIO STATIONS USING OUR PRESETS AND MANUALLY ENTERING IN DIGITS; IT SCROLLS THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING VENT OPTIONS AND STOPS ON ANY ONE OF THEM RANDOMLY; IT HAS SELECTED THE UCONNECT APP TRYING TO LOAD SOME APPLICATION THAT ISN'T LOADED; IT HAS SELECTED TO TURN ON THE HEATED STEERING WHEEL; IT HAS SELECTED TO TURN ON EITHER SEAT'S HEATER AND THEN OFF AGAIN, THEN BOTH, ETC.; IT HAS SELECTED THE NAVIGATION AND ROUTED TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND STARTED THE NAVIGATION ALL ON IT'S OWN; ON ONE DRIVE, WHILE IN MOTION, THIS SUMMER WHEN 100 DEG OUTSIDE, IT HAS TURNED THE HEATER ALL THE WAY UP AND THEN LOCKED THE SCREEN SO WE COULDN'T CHANGE IT BACK. ON THIS ONE, IT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT! MY HAS HAD A STROKE BEFORE AND CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT. WHEN IT WOULDN'T LET HER CHANGE IT BACK TO AIR CONDITIONING SHE NEARLY PASSED OUT TRYING TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WOULDN'T EVEN LET HER USE THE MANUAL KNOBS TO CONTROL THE AIR CONDITIONING. THEY WERE LOCKED. EVEN WHEN TURNING CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON DIDN'T HELP INITIALLY. IT TOOK 3 TIMES UNTIL IT LET HER ADJUST IT. THESE HAPPENINGS ARE RANDOM; SOME HAPPENING MORE THAN OTHERS AND SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. IT HAPPENS AT ANY POINT, IN MOTION OR SITTING STILL; CITY, HIGHWAY, TURNING, STRAIGHT; IT DOESN'T MATTER TO IT. THIS HAPPENS AT LEAST DAILY AND WILL START AND STOP AT RANDOM TIMES. MOST OF THE TIME IT DOESN'T STOP UNTIL YOU CUT THE CAR OFF. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN SO MANY WAYS. I HAVE VIDEOS THAT SHOWS THIS, BUT CAN'T UPLOAD A VIDEO.

MY 2017 JEEP COMPASS HAS BEEN HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH STEERING/PULLING. THE LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT WERE FOUND TO BE EXCESSIVELY LOOSE/WORN AT 43,000 MILES. THE BALL JOINT WAS PREVIOUS REPLACED PRIOR TO 24,000 MILES. THIS PART HAS NOW BEEN RECALLED ON 2018 MODELS BUT NOT 2017. THE NEED FOR TWO SUCH REPLACEMENTS ON A CAR WITH 43,000 MILES IS TERRIFYING AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

2ND TIME I'VE GONE OUTSIDE OF MY HOME TO START MY CAR AND THE CAR DOES NOT START, THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE... THEN I GOOGLE SEARCH IT AND SEE SO MANY COMPLAINTS OF PPLS CAR JUST NOT STARTING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. NOTHING WAS LEFT ON IS MY CAR, JUST LIKE SO MANY OTHER PPL WHO'VE HAD AND REPORTED THIS SAME ISSUE. THIS IS NOT RIGHT JEEP NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!

CAR WON'T START CHANGED THE BATTERY WORKED FOR A DAY THEN HAD A CLICKING NOSE LIKE BATTERY WAS DEAD. CHARGED IT CRANKED UP LASTED A DAY STOPPED AGAIN.

THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES. THE VEHICLE IS OFF FOR MAX OF 3 HOUR PERIOD. UPON STARTING VEHICLE TO DRIVE, IT RUNS IDLE AND ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER. THE COMPUTER SYSTEM RUNS THROUGH A NUMBER OF MESSAGES STATING VARIOUS SETTINGS ARE NOT WORKING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. DRIVER'S SIDE CAN'T CONTROL PASSENGER SIDE FUNCTIONS. CLICKING SOUNDS HEARD FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. FOG LIGHTS REMAIN ON AND BLIND SPOT LIGHTS ON SIDE MIRRORS REMAIN ON. VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN OFF.

REMOTE START BEGAN FAILING THEN WOULDN'T EVEN START WITH KEY. HAD TO REPLACE STARTER DUE TO WHERE STARTER IS LOCATED IT GETS SO HOT IT FRIED THE WIRING. MECHANIC STATED DUE TO WHERE THE STARTER IS LOCATED, I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO REPLACE IT EVERY YEAR OR TWO. VERY POOR DESIGN.

A PEBBLE SMALLER THAN A PEA WENT THROUGH THE GRILL AND PUT A WHOLE IN THE AC /DEFROST COMPRESSOR WHICH ALSO HOUSES THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT COSTING OVER $ 600 TO REPLACE. VERY CHEAP MATERIAL TO BE PUNCTURED BY A TINY PEBBLE AND VERY POOR DESIGN TO LEAVE SUCH A FRAGILE PART UNPROTECTED.