Nine problems related to body have been reported for the 2009 Jeep Compass. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Tl the contact owns a 2009 Jeep Compass. The contact was informed by ferrario auto team of sayre (102 spring st, sayre, PA 18840, (570) 888-2367) that the vehicle's front cross member bar was corroded and needed to be replaced. The contact was also informed that there was an extended warranty for the part; however, the warranty was expired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
Front subframe rotted out on 2009 with only 90,000 miles. This is a safety issue if driving and brakes, which could cause serious injury and/or death to myself or others. My mechanic said this should not be this rotted for a car of this age. I brought it to mechanic for leaking oil, and when he lifted it he saw rust. The oil pain is now getting replaced for corrosion.
Sub frame rotted out - safety issue.
The front cross member is rusted out totally. Cannot be driven very unsafe.
It has rapidly rusted out (sub frame). I have owned it for a year and a half and it was not that way when I bought it. Is there a recall?.
The front subframe is rotted. This was noticed when getting an oil change.
The contact owns a 2009 Jeep Compass. The contact stated that while stationary, the cross member of the vehicle was rusted severely. The vehicle was diagnosed as needing the cross member replaced. It was unknown where the vehicle was taken to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the faikure. The failure mileage was approximately 101,000.
2008 Jeep limited 4 x 4. When cleaning the garage, I noticed the head from a very large bolt on the floor. Upon crawling under the car, I noticed that a bolt had rotted off where the rear frame right side by the shock tower attaches to the body. I have had noises coming from the area and was told that the shocks needed to be replaced. With this bolt missing there is some chance there is excess bounce between the upper shock tower and the frame. My local body shop told me the only way to fix this would be to drop the entire rear axle and get the broken bolt out to replace. Very expensive. There is no way a bolt like this should rot off, unless the bolts were bad to start with. If this happens to a few more I could hit a bump and have the body fall off the frame while driving.
Our Jeep has a rotted subframe which poses a safety risk. We have the lifetime maxcare warranty with Chrysler, however, they denied our claim and advised us to contact Jeep, but Jeep indicated they could do nothing. $3000 repair!!!! we have replaced bearings over 6 times in this vehicle too. Jeep indicated their was a "bulletin", not recall, issued on extending the frame warranty for 10 years. (note: this bulletin applies to vehicles built on or after August 26, 2005 (mdh 0826xx) and on or before July 23, 2007 (mdh 0723xx). I find it odd that this "bulletin" was issued in the salt belt region (where we live) and reading forums and complaints, it starting to happen to 2008 and 2009 Jeep Compass. '.
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