2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4 Complaints

TOOK 2007 JEEP COMPASS IN FOR OIL CHANGE, MENTIONED RATTLING NOISE IN FRONT END. MECHANIC FOUND THAT BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS/BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. JEEP ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND GUESS WHAT WARRANTY EXPIRED! TOTAL REPAIR COSTS ~ 700 DOLLARS. NO RECALL AS OF YET, BUT THERE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING COUNTLESS OTHER COMPASS OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE VERY SAME PROBLEM. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS BALL JOINTS ON PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE BOTH FAILED AT 56,000 MILES. NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD JUST NORMAL EVERY DAY DRIVING. PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *TR

FRONT END WOULD SHAKE WHEN COASTING AT 40 MPH. TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALERS WITH 44,179 MILES AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED TO REPLACE FRT LOWER CONTROL ARMS LEFT OUTER TIE AND RT INNER TIE ROD CAUSE THEY WERE ALL WORN OUT. SO THEY REPLACED THEM ALL. ALL NEW PARTS AND $1034.00. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS ISSUES WITH BRAKES PADS, ROTOR SUSPENSION ,TIE RODS,BALL JOINT, STRUTS, SWAYBAR, SWINGBAR FULL FRONT SUSPENSION AND FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS. IN 1/20/10 I BROUGHT ME JEEP COMPASS IN BECAUSE OF NOISE FOUND OUT THAT I NEED STRUTS FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS OUTER TIE RODS A WHEEL ALIGNMENT IT CAUSE ME OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS NOW 4 MONTHS LATER I HAVE MORE ISSUES WITH THE CAR SO I BRING IT BACK NOW THEY SAID THAT I NEED BALL JOINT SWAYBAR SWING BAR AND BEARINGS AND THE REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS ETC THIS IS GOING TO COST ME 1300 NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT I NEVER HAD A CAR THAT HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS MY CAR HAS ONLY 29000 MILES ITS 3 YEARS OLD WHY DOES IT NEED THIS MUCH WORK EVEN THE MECHANIC SAYS THIS CAR HAS ALOT OF ISSUES WHIT THE FRONT END AND STEERING AND SUSPENSION AND I OWNED OTHER CARS THAT ARE OLD AND HAVE NOT ANY ISSUES WITH THE CAR EXCEPT THE REPLACING BRAKE PADS AND OIL CHANGES THERE HAS TO BE AN ISSUE THAT I THINK SHOULD BE LOOKED AT WHY THESE PARTS ARE FAILING SO SOON THANK YOU. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. STARTED OUT WITH BANGING NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT. I HAVE REPLACED BOTH STRUTS (38000 MILES). NOISE WAS STILL THERE, FOUND OUT THAT I NEEDED A RIGHT FRONT TIE ROD AND LOWER CONTROL ARM (45000 MILES) REPLACED. A FEW MONTHS LATER I AM NOW HEARING SQUEAKING NOISES AND RATTLING. JUST FOUND OUT THAT I NOW HAVE TO HAVE THE LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM REPLACED. LIKE ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE SEEN, THE PROBLEMS THAT I AM HAVING ARE THE EXACT SAME. THIS IS NOT RIGHT!! THE CAR IS UNDER 50,000 MILES (ALL HIGHWAY) AND SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THESE KINDS OF ISSUES. I HAVE NEVER RUN INTO THIS WITH ANY OTHER TYPE OF VEHICLE THAT I HAVE OWNED. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE SOMETHING AWFUL HAPPENS. MY MECHANIC TELLS ME THAT HE SEES ALOT OF THIS WITH THE COMPASS AND PATRIOT MODELS. JEEP USED CHEAPER PARTS TO MAKE THE VEHICLE AFFORDABLE. GREAT, EXCEPT THE CONSUMER WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER JEEP PRODUCT AFTER THIS. I KNOW THAT I WON'T. THEY NEED TO OWN UP TO THIS AND HELP IT'S CUSTOMERS WITH THE REPAIR ISSUES. THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THEM AND THEY ARE ALL IDENTICAL. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE. SEVERE SAFETY ISSUES GOING ON HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE CAN DO BUSINESS LIKE THIS. THANK YOU. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS WITH 41,000 MILES. TOOK IT IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND TO INVESTIGATE CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END. MECHANIC DISCOVERD LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARMS/BALL JOINTS BADLY WORN. COST TO REPAIR...$900. *TR

I WENT TO GET A STATE INSPECTION FOR MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4, IT HAS 48,000 MILES ON IT AND I WAS TOLD THAT BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT, UPON FUTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO GREASE IN THE BALL JOINTS. AFTER SEARCHING FOR REPLACEMENT BALL JOINTS I FOUND MY ONLY OPTION AT THE TIME WAS TO BUY TWO USED CONTROL ARMS FROM A JUNK YARD, THE BALL JOINTS ON THESE CONTROL ARMS WERE ALSO VOID OF GREASE.. AFTER TALKING WITH OTHER OWNERS OF JEEP COMPASS 4X4 I HAVE FOUND THAT ALL 5 OF THE OTHER OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES IN THIS AREA HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE BALL JOINTS, ALL OF THEM WERE ALSO UNDER 5,0000 MILES. THIS IS UNACEPTABLE, BALL JOINTS SHOULD LAST A LOT LONGER THAN THIS AND WOULD IF THEY HAD ADEQUATE GREASE AND GREASE FITTING WHERE GREASE COULD BE ADDED TO THE BALL JOINTS. JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR, THE BOOTS COVERING THE BALL JOINTS WHERE THE GREASE SHOULD BE WERE IN PERFECT CONDITIONSO THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH SOMETHINGS BE TORN OF MISUSED. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR TO MY MECHANIC TO HAVE THE FRONT END CHECKED BECAUSE OF CLUNKING NOISES ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE MECHANIC FOUND THE FRONT LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT/CONTROL ARM IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. I'VE ALREADY REPLACED BOTH OUTER TIE ROD ARMS (AT 75,000 MI). THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT BOTH PROBLEMS ARE A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON ALL JEEP MODELS. THE REPAIR WILL COST $509.00 . AS THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, I WOULD REQUEST THAT NHTSA PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE SUSPENSION PROBLEMS ON JEEP COMPASSES. *TR

MY WIFE'S 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4 LTD WAS TAKEN TO OUR LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP IN EDGEWOOD, MD FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. A MECHANIC ON DUTY NOTIFIED US THAT IN ADDITION TO THE OIL CHANGE, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BALL JOINT (LOWER) REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS "LOOSE". THE MECHANIC DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM AS SOMETHING SERIOUS THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IMMEDIATELY SINCE THE WHEEL COULD FALL OFF IN EXTREME CONDITIONS. LESS EXTREME CONDITIONS WERE DESCRIBED TO US AS LEADING TO A POSSIBLE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THE MECHANIC ALSO MENTIONED TO US THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE JEEP COMPASSES HE HAS WORKED ON. WE TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION TO FIX THE CAR TO KEEP IT DRIVABLE BY HAVING THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE BALL JOINT THE FOLLOWING DAY - SAFETY WAS OUR PRIMARY CONCERN. WE TOOK STEPS TO CONTACT CHRYSLER'S CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO SEE IF THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY WOULD CONSIDER REPLACING SINCE OUR CAR WAS BEYOND WARRANTY (61,000 MILES) - THEY DISMISSED OUR CLAIM AND WOULD NOT REIMBURSE US FOR THE WORK DONE OR THE REPLACEMENT PARTS. HAVING DONE SOME RESEARCH, IT SEEMS MOST JEEP MODELS FROM 2007 THROUGH 2009 HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING BALL JOINT PROBLEMS LEADING TO RECALLS - THE COMPASS IS NOT YET ON THE RECALL LIST. A BALL JOINT FAILING AFTER 2 YEARS OF OWNING THE CAR AND ALL HIGHWAY MILES (NO OFF-ROADING, NO CITY DRIVING, NO BUMPY ROADS, ETC.) JUST SEEMS VERY ABSURD TO US. THIS SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT?S MORE OF AN ISSUE WITH DEFECTIVE PARTS PLACED IN THE COMPASS THAN AN ISSUE OF WEAR AND TEAR. THE CONSEQUENCES OF A FAILURE SUCH AS THIS WHILE MY PREGNANT WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. IF THE MECHANIC ON DUTY IS SEEING THIS PART FAILURE IN MORE THAN ONE COMPASS, IT COULD MEAN A BIGGER PROBLEM EXISTS, PRESENTING A DANGER TO MANY COMPASS OWNERS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS! *TR

MY JEEP COMPASS 2007 WENT IN TO HAVE THE TWO FRONT TIRES REPAIRED. THE REPAIR MAN FOUND THAT MY LOWER BALL JOINTS AND LEFT OUTER TIE ROD WERE "TRASH". THE LEFT SIDE HAD FALLEN APART. I CALLED JEEP TO SPEAK TO THEM IN REGARDS TO THIS AFTER CHECKING IT OUT ONLINE TO FIND THAT MANY JEEP COMPASS OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY THE EQUIPMENT THEY ARE USING OR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING THEM TOGETHER ARE NOT EITHER FAULTY OR NOT WELL DONE. THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. JEEP DID OFFER TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR IN THE "EVENT THAT IT TRULY WAS A DEFECT". THE PROBLEM IS MY JEEP IS NOT A CHRYSLER DEALER AND WHERE IT'S AT AND THE CONDITION IT IS IN, IT WOULD COST ME NEARLY $500 PLUS TO GET TO ONE. WITH THAT JEEP WOULD NOT HELP ME. I AM STUCK PAYING FOR THE REPAIR OF A VEHICLE THAT HAS FAULTY PARTS AND WORKMANSHIP. THIS IS NOT A SINGLE EVENT... AND I ASK THAT YOU FORCE JEEP CHRYSLER TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS DEFECT. I WILL BE GETTING MY CAR REPAIRED RIGHT WHERE IT'S AT, BUT I WILL BE PURSUING JEEP LEGALLY THROUGH THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE, BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU ECT UNTIL THIS MATTER IS RESOLVED. *TR