Two problems related to transmission stuck in gear have been reported for the 2011 Jeep Compass. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
In my 2011 Jeep Compass that I purchased from dave syverson' s in albert lea minnesota in 2015 has had numerous issues with the transmission starting in less than a year from the purchase date. The first time was when I was coming home, up my gradual hill, when my car stopped being able to drive more than 10 mph and all of my gears were out up (p, n, d, r). It was "fixed" because my wiring to my transmission was completely corroded. Not once did the leaping of my car stop, the feeling of the car pushing through gears on it's in while in motion. In the winter months I took my car in to have the leaping looked at, the shop said there was nothing to fix. However this June I was driving north on highway 35 when an oil temperature gauge came on. I stopped, had it towed, the shop I had to go to checked transmission fluid and filter (after I called five times to tell them to check these things) they said it needed replaced. I drove my car to the Jeep dealer and it was replaced after two weeks of not having a car. My car was given a pretty clean bill of health. However last night (June 30th, 2017) I was driving home 8 miles and when accelerating from a red light it was like I was stuck in neutral and my rpms revved high but I was going no where. I pulled over and left my car in a safe spot. My transmission has clearly stopped working for whatever reason.
Power train issue - the vehicle would be at a stop and in first gear, when taking off and moving and shifting into second, once in second or sometimes even in first when vehicle moving the vehicle would come out of gear causing the whole car to jerk and feel as thought you had just been rear-ended. The other issue is sometimes the shifter would be in neutral and it would get stuck. This is when the vehicle was stationary in park or at a complete stop. You couldn't move it at all into reverse first or anything. Multiple times I would have to leave the vehicle and come back and try to put it in to gear and push clutch in etc. . . Until it would come unstuck. This vehicle dealership 20+ times for the drive train alone& the stick shift has been replaced-transmission worked on& they can't explain the shifter getting stuck in the neutral area. It is not really in neutral either. My car was starred with something the last time I brought it in by the mechanic because of all the issues. I want to say all the issues started about a year after I bought the car, first with the vehicle locking me out of the car. The security system seized and I couldn't start my car or anything and it had to be towed at about 9,000 miles. This car was bought brand new. The warranty is up on the drive train and all the dealership does is tell me everything reads find and we found no issues. They didn't even fix the stick shift going out of gear until I brought in multiple times and they finally had the service manager driving it because I brought it in so many times. It finally did it to the service manager and he immediately brought it back and had them fix it. I am not exactly certain of the time it first started - I can only give an estimate. I know it started about 6 months after I bought the car. I have had multiple issues with this car. I have another safety complaint in.