general problems of the 2011 Jeep Compass

The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Compass. The contact stated while driving 30 mph after refueling, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was restarted and worked as designed; however, the failure recurred while driving after refueling. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact called the local dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 64,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Compass. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, he heard an abnormal sound coming from the engine. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine subframe was damaged. The local dealer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.

Wife was driving her Jeep when she started to veer to the left. Went to turn to steering to get straight when it wasn't responding a lot of slack in the steering. Called a tow truck when the tow truck lifted noticed the cradle/sub frame was broken. She was on a country road when it happened. If this was on a highway or interstate there would have been major collision resulting in death. There was no warning when it broke it just broke. After doing some research into why it would break the air conditioning hose to the water to drain was running on the sub frame which rusted and eventually break, the break shifted the engine about a foot and dropped about 10 inches since she didn't hit anything or no property damage there was no police involved. I have reached out to Chrysler with the issue with no response. My family was in danger due to a poor design that could of been avoided and what I read she wasn't the only one.

The contact's son owns a 2011 Jeep Compass. The contact stated while his son was exiting the parking lot and driving at 15-25 mph, the vehicle inadvertently stalled and the steering wheel locked. The contact did not know whether there were warning lights illuminated. The contact's son was able to veer to the side of the road. The contact stated his son was able to restart the vehicle and drove to his destination. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The contact stated the failure reoccurred while driving. The contact's son was able to restart the vehicle and drove to the dealer. The dealer diagnosed that the roll over bent valve in the fuel tank was not closing properly leaking fuel into the evap system causing the vehicle to stall and lock the steering wheel. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA for assistance. A case was opened. The approximate failure mileage was 105,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Jeep Compass. The contact stated while driving 20 mph, the vehicle went into limp mode and would not exceed 25 mph. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed with the brake switch, cam shaft sensor, catalytic converter, and the crank shaft sensor needing to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure persisted. The contact took the vehicle back to the dealer a month later where it was diagnosed with the throttle body and the brake switch needing to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 90,317.

Trouble with transmission shifting and lights stop working at times.

My 2011 Jeep Compass failed inspection since it needs a catalytic converter replacement. When I checked to see if there was a recall, I found that there was one started in March of 2019, however, my VIN # does not qualify. Since I have the same problem as the recall, I feel that my vehicle should be added and that Chrysler should have to pay for the repairs.

Did not know that was a recall on thecatalytic converter they fix it they had the part in im woudering about the antilock brakes because my brake light comes on and the ads light because courtesy dodgejeep ram in conyers GA is charging me about 800. 00 hundred dollars plus 190. 00 for a battery I can't afford that. My car was on a city street when the brake light and abs light came on I thought the brake fluild was low courtesy Dodge said that it was ready before I could drive the Jeep off the lot the brake light came back on. Then they said it was the battery, now they telling me antilock brakes. I cannot afford to pay 1,190. 00 dollars.

Filled the 2011 Jeep Compass with gas and pulled out of gas station. Two seconds later my car completely shut off and the steering wheel locked up. I managed to get it partially to the side of the road by letting it roll and brake, but cars behind me were not prepared for this and 3 cars swerved out of the way at the last minutes before slamming into me.

Fire started spontaneously under the hood. Unable to control or stop the fire. Melted everything under the hood and fire department had to be called. No prior warning that there was any issue electrical or otherwise.

Marked by an audible whine and the illumination of the transmission overheat light, the cvt on the 2. 4l 4-cylinder engine in the 2011 Jeep Compass experiences significant and dramatic power loss. This is especially prevalent at sustained highway speeds creating a potentially unsafe situation. If the transmission overheats too much, the vehicle will not move until the transmission cools down. This issue first happened on my 2011 Jeep Compass in July 2014 and was temporarily rectified by Jeep. Their solution was to replace the cvt transmission fluid. However, this problem has returned this summer under highway use, especially on hot days. On Saturday, September 12, my family and I experienced not only the whine from the cvt, but significant power loss on the highway. Fortunately, having experienced this previously, I was able to pull the vehicle to the shoulder allowing the transmission to cool down without incident. Chrysler refuses to acknowledge the problem despite a plethora of evidence that this cvt transmission is defective. . Read more...

Transmission oil lights always come on when car drives over 70 mph at least 2 hrs in hot weather. Then car slow down and I have to pull over to let it cool off. It will do it 3-4 times during a long trip. It does every summer and the Jeep dealer never found the problem.

My 2011 Jeep Compass that I bought new for $23,000. 00 has 56,000 miles and would'nt start. It is not reliable. Many times I had a loss of power. Had it towed to the dealership and they charged me $900. 00 to fix it. They said I needed a new totally intergrated power module. They said that my computer wasn't telling the engine to start and that was why all the lights were on in the dash but the car wouldn't start and that was also why I had a total loss of power. I spent the money to fix it at the dealership. Not a week later I had the same problem!! I just spent $900. 00 to fix 3 yr old Jeep that I bought new foe 23 grand, so I would have something reliable for my 20 yr old daughter to drive while she was away at college and all that money was for nothing as my kid has a piece of junk that breaks down all the time. I looked online and saw all the problems that people are having with their Jeeps. And saw how chyrlser still hasn't done a recall. Please look into this. I lost alot of money on a car that is worthless I cannot have my daughter drive an unsafe car. I will have to sell it. Please look into this ASAP. It's just not right that this large corp won't stand behind their product. Thank you- jennifer.

I left work from downtown pittsburgh at 4:15 pm, and while crossing outbound on the vetrans bridge, my Jeep turned itself off. The steering became extremely tough, and I was barely able to get to the side of the road. I turned off the Jeep, turned it back on, and thankfully it started again. If traffic was moving faster, like it usually does, I would have caused a wreck.