Six problems related to engine shut off without warning have been reported for the 2019 Jeep Compass. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
On 3 separate occasions now the car randomly shuts off while driving. This is a huge safety concern as once it was on the highway- the car shuts down and starts to decelerate- you loose power steering and power brakes and the car is hard to control- the last incident almost caused an accident- has been to the dealer 3 times and they are basically just throwing darts at trying to fix it. The first fix was just a computer update, the second fix was a thermostat and housing the third fix was an auxiliary battery?.
My 2019 Jeep Compass started having issues in September 2020. It shut off at a red light on highway 76 in oceanside, CA with my family in the car. Shortly after, it started becoming sluggish when pulling out of the driveway and backing into the street. Shifting between park and drive it stalls, the lights on the gear shift have since gone out. I have refused to drive or register my vehicle since oct. 2020 because I am terrified to drive it with my child in the car. I make my monthly payments on time and have been told to report my issues here. My 2019 Jeep Compass is a paperweight at this time.
The vehicle wont start occasionally. You can press the ignition, and it says its on, but the engine doesnt turn over. I have noticed it happens more often if you 3ngage the parking brake while your foot is on the brake peddle. To "correct" you have to take your foot off the brake, press the ignition button again until it shuts off, and then reapply your foot on the brake depressing it as far as you can press it and then press the ignition button again. There is a moment of hesitation and then it starts up. Additionally the car has shut off on me at an intersection with the auto start feature on, and wouldnt restart when I took my foot off the brake like it was supposed to. I had to follow the same procedure describe above to "correct" the problem. Because of this, I no longer run the car with the auto start feature because its unreliable. Its always been a bit of a rough start whenever I have left it on, causing me to wonder if its actually going to start.
Major issue! this is apparently known by Jeep as they have issued a recall. Yet it is happening to additional models outside the scope of the issued recall. 2019 Jeep Compass 2. 4l. The engine shut off without any warning while driving at approximately 25 mph. The vehicle is brand new with only 200 miles. I purchased the vehicle only 10 days ago. I took the vehicle back and returned it, which was quite the headache to get the dealer to do. I basically traded it in for a Jeep grand cherokee so to avoid the 2. 4l engine. I am out quite a bit of money in paying taxes, fees, registration, tile,etc twice due to this issue. In doing some research, this seems to be a fairly common problem in both the Jeep Compass and the Jeep cherokee in regards to the 2. 4l 4 cylinder engine. Jeep has issued a recall on the cherokee. They need to do the same on the Compass. Stay away from the 2. 4l 4 cylinder engine at all costs.
When I have to brake and come to a stop the car rumbles, then when completly stopped the car shuts off, then when I take my foot off the brake peddle the starter kicks in and starts the car in gear with a rumble and then I can go? it does'nt matter if on the high way or at a stop sign it rumbles, shuts off and restarts in gear. The car is (2) days old with 35 miles.
The Jeep Compass is equipped with a very dangerous ess start/stop system. First you must deactivate it every time you start the vehicle. Secondly when the vehicle shuts off at a stop light or stop sign, it feels more like it stalls than shuts off, a shudder goes thru the vehicle and the engine sputters and dies. Take your foot off the brake and maybe it will restart the vehicle, maybe not. Mine sputtered to life but had no power, very slowly the vehicle sputtered into the middle of an intersection and I thought the car was going to stall and quit in the middle of the intersection. (I have read about this happening to hundreds of Jeep Compass vehicles. Luckily I was able to get it to the side of the road and shut the car down. I waited about 10 minutes restarted the vehicle and turned off the ess system. This is a very dangerous system, and Jeep should be forced to recall it and fix it, or give owners a way to permanently deactivate it without having to unplug things under the hood that result in warning lights on the dash. Extremely poor and dangerous designed ess system. Please do not wait until someone dies to make them fix this!!!! it affects all 20117. 5 - 2019 model year vehicles equipped with the ess system.