The manufacturer and dealer were notified of the failure. Excessive oil consumption between oil changes. Car shuts off on road when oil gets too low. Still no resolution to problem. They updated pcm module and few days later jeep shut off so the dealer replaced the pcm module. The vehicle was repaired. I took the car to the dealership that services it for me and they acted as though they had never heard of the issue (which I was certain wasn't true) before finally admitting they had "a couple" of these issues brought in. Multiple attempts would not restart the car. Causes the car to stall and lose steering brakes, and all computer operated systems. This has happened on four separate occasions where I was stranded in the middle of the road amidst traffic, in intersections, and once on a freeway. The check engine light comes on randomly. I came to a red light when it turned green the car would not move. Dealership said it may be an oil module problem that is recurring and it will keep happening! The radio station changes on its own, the thermostat and seat heaters are turning off and on. They want to put a lock on oil filter and demand only they do oil changes or consumer is responsible for new engine. Bought brand new. I've had this car almost 2 years. The contact called the local dealer and made them aware of the failure. The local dealer was not contacted. The car would not start but it would turn on. 4. They do not acknowledge the problem nor do they try to fix it. The problem also seems to be linked to a issue with the engine over consuming oil. I tried to get some insight on why my wiper fluid is not spraying and Johnathan Fiermonti and the Servce/parts manager ,whos name I didnt get,, proceeded to be defensive and RUDE as all get out when asked about it. Checked the oil: was low, told to return soon for oil. I have 2017 Honda civic and have gearbox problem running 92000km only. The vehicle was taken to east carolina dodge jeep ram (3401 s memorial dr, greenville, nc 27834, (888) 848-5262) where it was diagnosed that the stop/start sensor needed to be replaced. This happens while car is driving. Each time when I'm called to pick up the car and am told that the problem has been solved/repaired, I drive a few blocks and the "check engine" light comes on. Note: if it stalls as im driving there is a huge potential for an accident. The power seat assembly had a broken place where it attaches to the actual seat. Noisy/Grinding Brakes. Over the past week, I have had about 10 instances where my new (6 month old - ~5k mile) jeep compass died in the middle of driving. On four occasions the car has stalled and not been able to operate. I will go to get an oil change and there will be nothing left. I had to go outside my vehicle to remote start it in order to go. Driving at night the car stalled out with no warning light or anything just completely shut off turned it back on then did it again and again luckily I was able to get home cause I wasn't very far then the next day took it to the dealership. Definitely a safety concern. Jan 9, 2019. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the oil warning light illuminated. I replied that the value of an engine does not compare to the safety of my family or other motorist. The vehicle was towed to ramsey chrysler jeep dodge ram (1555 nj-17, ramsey, nj 07446, (201) 818-9600), but was not diagnosed or repaired. Remove foot from brake, vehicle starts and begins to move. The failure mileage was 15,000. Without warning, the emergency brake engaged. Their needs to be a recall or fix soon or their will be lawsuits unfortunately when something happens. It slows down my vehicle suddenly. I looked it up in the seems to be a fairly common problem for the jeep compass. Both common and known to happen. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. It's causing ghost touches. My vehicle would not move. Luckily we put our hazards on and turned the car off and back on and was then able to accelerate forward but the warning signs continue to show. The local dealer (tunkhannock automart, 509 joseph hunter hwy, tunkannock, pa) and the manufacturer were notified of the failure. I have owned the car since new. 6/8/2018 and 7/7/2018. The transmission light is still on and the start/stop is illuminated. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. Recently, (11/16/19), while driving the whole car shuts down in the middle of the street and the emergency brakes lock up. Service transmission light comes on while driving and car decelerates which is extremely dangerous at highway speeds. When I accelerate after stopping the engine shuts off shortly after. I was driving to get on a highway just as my car unexpectedly stopped driving, I had no control over the car, and my car just stopped. I have a 2018 jeep compass with a 8. As I was driving my car and was stopped at a red left and when the green light came on my car shut down all of a sudden. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after several attempts. I'm very disappointed, as I have never had any issues with previous jeeps I've owned. It activated the braking system when there were no vehicles in front of me for at least 40 yards and causing a vehicle that was following me to have to break and swerve to miss hitting me. It changes the climate controls as well. 3. When pressing the ignition to restart the vehicle, it struggled to start but was successful. Checked daily because it goes so fast. While driving the jeep shuts off and then all lighys come on that are on the dash board. My car stalls and then stops at red lights or when stopping for a bit of time. In his spare time, Brian enjoys working on pickup trucks, muscle cars, Jeeps and anything related to motorsports. There is no warning that your oil is low, your car will just turn off in the middle of driving it. Very scary and luckily no one was hurt. Also please check out the In this instance the car had to be towed to the dealership. I have young kids and I feel stuck with this lemon. If it does, there is always one door that stays unlocked. While driving various speeds, the parking brake suddenly engaged and caused the vehicle to abruptly stop. I had to use key on outside to finally lock door and manually move button on inside of door to get it to lock. Contacted fca corporate and was told nothing further can be done. After the 3rd day of this happening, I went online to research. We are currently driving through the desert with the heat on because anytime you turn on the ac the engine starts to overheat, and it is not even 80 outside. The car has also shut off while driving slowly (less than 10mph) and acts the same way. I do not feel safe driving in a vehicle that could shut off at anytime without warning. I could have been injured or someone else could have been injured due to the sudden stops. Please help. The vehicle was taken to the southfield chrysler dodge jeep ram (28100 telegraph rd, southfield, mi 48034, (248) 331-9937) where the contact was informed that the air bags wiring harness needed to be replaced at a cost of ,000. Each time, this has happened in intersection (stop light). Chrysler's number for this recall is U87. Ive almost been hit several times going around a round a bout and having it lock up like that because its low on oil - and im going broke buying oil changes all the time this car is horrible, also the radio completely and randomly turns off, display everything - while driving! Very frustrating and not safe at all!! When this happens at night it causes a issue because its like a flashing with the black and other colors it does when the screen goes out. When the car started to slow I tried to pull over, but my power stirring wouldn't work and I was froced to stay in the middle of the road. The failure was experienced several times. 1-9-2020 jeep changes out ignition switch. There was oncoing trafic at this time, so im glad no accident occured. Resolves on its own after several hours. For 2017 2018 2019 Jeep Compass Right Tail Light Brake Lamp Outer Passenger Side . The car stops in the middle of traffic and doesn't restart for about 5 mins causing traffic stops. 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 failure mileage was 35,919. The failure mileage was 8,300. The car is also on its 3rd set of batteries due to battery failure, both batteries had failed leaving us stranded as the batteries fail instantly. 2018 jeep compass is doing the same as the 2019&2020 models, flashing a coolant temp high notice on the dash then vehicle is shutting off while driving incident occurred once at 70mph and again at 35mph. I'm scared it will happen again and next time I might be in a higher traffic situation. The vehicles service engine light, transmission light, electronic parking brake, and service hill holder turned on. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to larry h. Miller southwest hyundai albuquerque (8800 lomas blvd ne, albuquerque, nm 87112, (505) 404-0136) to be diagnosed. Since those incidents, I notice I burn oil fast and spend more money constantly pouring oil into my jeep than I do on my 2005 silverado with over 115,000 miles. Therefore it wasn't accurate. The vehicle would not go into gears engine stalled in the middle of road. Tl* the contact owns a 2018 jeep compass. The failure mileage was approximately 139,000. Making a left turn to enter expressway my vehicle parking brake came on by itself stalled vehicle was able to finish the turn and pulled off to side of road. The car is currently at the dealership in repair and has been for the last month. The driver sustained a back injury. In researching I saw that there was voltage regulator recall; however, we are being told that this does not involve our vin. Picked up 12/4/19. At one point no lights would come on, fog, parking or running lights. Note that this problem is recurring, but the intermittent nature has prevented any real diagnosis by the dealership. Cannot dim. I'm currently experiencing problems with a 2018 jeep compass it seems to be going through a lot of oil and I keep getting an indicator saying on the screen low oil pressure until I put oil in it goes away about 2,000 miles later comes back on again, A year ago the passenger side lower control arm stabilizer link was bad and there was a recall on it so I got it replaced is fine a year later I have to have it replaced again because it's making all kinds of noise. . Service mgr. Dropped car off to dealer who blamed it on "low oil." I was told by the service manager that there are a lot of complaints about the same issue but his hands were tied until chrysler issues a recall. There is no other way to use these functions besides the screen and it is not visible. *as the consumer stated the vehicle was taken to the dealer. I was on a city street both times and in motion.*dt*jb. All other gear shifts are smooth. 27766 5:18 pm jerk feeling as changing gears 11/6/19 611 rd 27792 9:36 pm jerk feeling 11/6/19 hulmeville rd 27807 11:19 pm 11/6 really bad thump/jerk 611 ad as I was passing a vehicle between lanes 11/7 8:45 am started it with the remote starter got in vehicle pushed button car wouldn't start sat in idle for 3 min had to keep pushing to start. The screen is consistently showing bright white lines across the whole thing which is very distracting when driving at night. It happens when going straight, turning, it really has no preference. In addition their was an important safety recall on the passenger airbag module, which is one of the airbags that deployed. The dealership discovered my engine was overly consuming the oil and an entire engine replacement was necessary.*dt*jb. 2022, CarProblemZoo.com All rights reserved. I haven't approached the service dept regarding this because it will be another "issue" that they will not be able to "recreate"therefore wasting my time with no resolutionTrading this POS first chance I get! Left the vehicle. The start/stop system warning indicator light did not cut off and the light stayed illuminated. See In these instances I have had to put my car in park and then power it off and restart it as the quickest fix. They said there was no oil in my vehicle on april 17, 2019. At first, I thought it was because I was stepping on the gas too soon after stopping but that is not the case. Jeep compass 2018 mileage 5188 - on friday, june 21, 2019 I was just leaving my home to go to work at 7:45 am and I was about 1. My car is very well maintained. My touch screen just starting having lines through it and is getting worse only 22,000 miles on my jeep. Luckily I was able to glide off to the shoulder without causing an accident. They told me it was a safety feature for the jeep for the engine to shut off when the oil is low. . The vehicle was able to restart. It would not start. Consumer stated it was around 8,000 miles, it stalled driving on a thruway in new york traffic, parking break engaged and it came to full stop, had to depress brake and restart car. Never received any recall on this vehicle! When I pressed on the gas to go when the light changed is when I discovered that the car was inoperable. The contact stated that the push to start button remained illuminated after the failure occurred. The contact owns a 2018 jeep compass. I was told by the dealership they cannot check for issues with the drivetrain if there are no check engine lights on the instrument panel. I noticed the parking brake had engaged and I could not release it. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power with the check engine warning light illuminated. At approx. Engine shut off without warning while driving on interstate highway. The failure mileage was 16,000. When driving, the vehicle will suddenly stop, check engine, check transmission, service engine soon all light up and the car will not restart. It did but happened again at the next intersection I had to stop at. Took it to the dealer they said nothing was wrong and erased all my error messages after it was scanned. I bought the compass with 136 miles on it. The contact later discovered that the sun roof had exploded. This has happened several times and now they are telling me because of recent events its bad gas. The contact's wife drove to an auto parts store and added two quarts of oil to the engine. When driving down the road if I make a complete stop the autostp engages will not disengage until jeep is in park and turned off and on. Tried to get into dealership on many occasions but was told they had no loner so when the display screen was lost, I rented a car and went for service at danbury dodge. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the check engine warning light illuminated, and the vehicle stalled. I have sent information to corporate. It occurred from one day to another and has not stopped. Is anything being done about this? A lot of vehicle runaways, especially unattended, are due to the parking brake not being applied hard enough. I was told that this is a safety feature for the vehicle when the oil gets low. The brake engages and the engine stops. This only happened once. Outragious oil consumption, car shuts down or slows down significantly while driving, check engine light came on and now reads code p1dd2, ive only had this vehicle for 1. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed and approaching a stop light, the vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was able to be restarted and driven home. Unsubscribe any time. Jeep has decided that their motor is worth more then the life of the people driving them. The dealership wants additional money for tracing the issue but the car is just out from warranty by a few months. Many reports portray Jeeps compact offering, the Compass, as inefficient and underpowered. The vehicle was taken to blake fulenwider dodge (1310 e main st, eastland, tx 76448) where they replaced the front driver's side door latch, but the failure recurred. The car randomly shut down 6 more times before reaching safety. Has been happening for 2 years and no dealership can find out what's wrong. The car has quite a few blind spots, hence the need for a back up camera in order to safely reverse to insure you don't injure a pedestrian or cause an accident. This has happened multiple times, plus replacing 2 batteries a year since having the car. If I keep the start/stop feature disengaged the problem is kept in check until the start/stop re-engages which it does on it's own. We have replaced both batteries and it has not remedied the situation and at this point I am not feeling safe to drive my own vehicle. A police report was filed. The touchscreen laminate on the display is rapidly detaching from the screen. The vehicle began to operate correctly. After 10 minutes I went back to vehicle and pressed the ingnition switch and the vehicle started. This cause a safety issue it's many blind spots in the vehicle and hard to see when going in reverse! First time electrical issues prevented car from shifting out of gear and car will not shut off, I had to pull fuses to get car to shut down. Had independent oil consumption test done at masons automotive and the car is burning 1 quart of oil every 747 miles. Apply light pressure to the shifter. I drove car to dealer where I bought the car. This "safety feature" has put my family's life in imminent danger as this has happened while driving 60mph on the grand central parkway and belt parkway in new york. Around 5000 miles - now this is a lease vehicle - so I took the jeep in explained to the service manager at ray laethem what the vehicle was doing and he checked the oil and there was no oil in the engine - so we started an oil consumption test - nothing after that was recorded correctly - every time I took the jeep back a the 1000 miles the oil was low and they would say come back every 500 miles - til the 3rd time I took it in and the dealership said there was no oil used - and it was a quart low - I did check it before I took it in - it was low a quart low -also took to a different dealership northland jeep , chrysler . Both gadgets sound good on paper but fail all too often in real life. Sergei Lemberg, Esq., is the Connecticut attorney responsible for this advertisement. The manufacturer was not contacted. 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