2018 Jeep Compass

JUST STARTED VEHICLE AND PLACED INTO DRIVE. VEHICLE MOVED 5 FEET IN PARKING LOT AND STALLED. FAN AND ALL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS CONTINUED RUNNING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS LIT ON CONTROL PANEL. I PRESSED AND DEPRESSED THE IGNITION BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES. THE NOTHING HAPPENED. NO STARTING AT ALL. LEFT THE VEHICLE. PARKING LIGHTS AND ALL ELECTRONICS CONTINUED ON. I COULD NOT SHUT OFF. AFTER 10 MINUTES I WENT BACK TO VEHICLE AND PRESSED THE INGNITION SWITCH AND THE VEHICLE STARTED.

I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN MY AUTO STOP CAME ON. WHEN I LET OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR DID START BACK UP. I FINALLY GOT IT TO START AFTER A MINUTE. SOON AFTER I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY INITIATED MY EMERGENCY BRAKE BEFORE I EVEN FULLY STOPPED. ANOTHER ISSUE OCCURRED AFTER STARTING MY CAR UP MY SCREEN WAS FADED OUT AND AFTER DRIVING DOWN THE STREET FOR A MILE OR 2 MY SCREEN WENT COMPLETELY BLACK AND REBOOTED ITSELF.

BUYERS PLEASE BE AWARE. AESTHETICALLY THIS VEHICLE IS AWESOME. HOWEVER, IT IS HIGHLY CONCERNING WHEN A VEHICLE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR OLD HAS MASSIVE SYSTEM FAILURES.. MY ISSUES WITH THE JEEP COMPASS TRAILHAWK IS RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDST OF DRIVING. ALL SYSTEMS WOULD BE COMPLETELY DEAD. WHEN I PRESS THE BUTTON TO START THE CAR IT WOULD NOD NEVER START BACK UP. WHAT MAKES MATTERS WORSE IS THAT WHEN THE SYSTEM IS DEAD THERE IS NO POWER NO LIGHTS AND I AM UNABLE TO EVEN STEER THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. YESTERDAY WAS THE FINAL STRAW FOR ME . I ALMOST LOST MY LIFE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR MADE A FUNNY JERKING SOUND AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WENT DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH OTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT LEAST 60 TO 75 MPH. I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. I HAD TO COME OUT OF THE CAR INSTINCTIVELY I USED THE KEY FOB TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND USED THE VALET KEY TO OPEN THE CAR AND QUICKLY WENT BACK IN THE VEHICLE TO TRY TO RESTART ONE THE FIRST TRY I WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. IT TOOK ME 4 TRIES TO FINALLY GET THE VEHICLE STARTED. THIS WAS AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH MY AMBER LIGHTS ON. EVENTUALLY, WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED UP AGAIN AND I CONTINUED TO DRIVE HOME ONCE AGAIN WHEN I EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND THIS TIME CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE VEHICLE WENT DEAD AGAIN!! THIS TIME WENT I PUT IT IN PARK IT STARTED BACK UP AGAIN BUT WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE TO MOVE OFF THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AGAIN AND WAS BARELY MOVING . THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER AS LIVES WILL BE LOST IF SIMILAR SITUATIONS ARE BEING REPORTED AS I HAVE SEEN. NICE LOOKING COMPACT SUV BUT I DO NOT TRUST THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE HENCE WHY I WILL BE SWITCHING.

CAR HAS A KNOWN MECHANICAL DEFECT IN THE CAR CAUSING IT TO BURN OIL AT AN ACCELERATED RATE. CAUSES THE CAR TO STALL AND LOSE STEERING BRAKES, AND ALL COMPUTER OPERATED SYSTEMS. SERVICE BULLETIN # 09-007-18 REV A. WAS FAILED TO BE DISCLOSED AT TIME OF PURCHASE CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE UNSAFE TO BE DRIVEN. HAVE HAPPEN AROUND FEB 2019, JULY 2019 AND AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019. CAR WAS BOUGHT IN THE END OF NOVEMBER OF 2018. *DT *AS

THIS CAR BURNS OIL WHICH I WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT BY THE DEALER WHEN PURCHASING. THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS A PROBLEM (I HAVE SINCE BEEN TOLD TO CHECK IT EVERY 1000 MILES EVEN THOUGH THE MANUAL SAYS IT CAN GO 7500 W/O CHANGING), BUT THE REAL PROBLEM IS WHEN IT GETS LOW THE CAR JUST TURNS OFF. NO WARNING. LUCKILY I WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHEN IT HAPPENED, ALTHOUGH IT WAS AN INTERSECTION. I WAS WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD AND REQUIRED HELP FROM A PASSERBY TO HELP PUSH IT TO THE CURB. I COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON A FREEWAY WITH NO SHOULDER AS OFTEN HAPPENS ON HIGHWAY 1 WHERE I LIVE. THIS FEATURE IS DANGEROUS! SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT BECAUSE OF IT. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR SOME OTHER PROBLEM WHERE IT WONT START, WHICH IS ALSO DANGEROUS IN IT'S OWN WAY.

AUTO START/STOP DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY 100% OF THE TIME. PULLING UP TO A RED LIGHT THE ENGINE STOPS AND ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN BACK ON UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. CAN BECOME A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF THERE IS A VEHICLE RUNNING UP BEHIND YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE REFUSES TO START BACK UP.

WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AUTO START/STOP TURNED THE CAR OFF AS NORMAL. A FEW MOMENTS LATER THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH AND THE ELECTRONIC EMERGENCY BRAKE TURNED ON. I RELEASED MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE TO SEE IF THE CAR WOULD START BACK UP IT WOULD NOT. THE DASH READ OUT IN PARK AND START. I ATTEMPTED HOWEVER CAR WOULD NOT START. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WOULD NOT TURN OFF EITHER. I HAD TO CALL ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE FOR A TOW. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 11,400 MILES. THE CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP I AM WAITING ON THEIR INVESTIGATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO HERITAGE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OWINGS MILLS (LOCATED AT 11212 REISTERSTOWN RD, OWINGS MILLS, MD 21117, (866) 771-8050) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE OIL WAS LOW. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING TESTED FOR OIL CONSUMPTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V524000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000.

EVERY TIME I AM DRIVING MY CAR MY CAR WILL DO WHAT I CALL A "SPAZ OUT" MOMENT. THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS ALL COME ON AND A LOUD DING BEGINS. MY CAR DASH LIGHTS UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE AND EACH NOTICE POPS UP: TRANSMISSION NEEDS SERVICE, 4 WHEEL DRIVE NEEDS SERVICED. TRACTION SYSTEM NEEDS SERVICE, EMERGENCY BREAK NEEDS SERVICE. THEN THEY ALL GO OFF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON. I AM VERY WORRY FOR MY SAFETY AND OTHER IF THIS VEHICLE LOCKS THE WHEELS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY. MOST MY DRIVING IS ON THE HIGH WAY AT THE SPEED OF 70MPHS.

I STOPPED AT THE STOP LIGHT AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITH THE NORMAL FUNCTION OF AUTO START/STOP BUT WHEN I TOOK FOOT OF THE BRAKE THE CAR STALLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. AFTER WHICH THERE WAS LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND THE PARKING BRAKE WOULD STAY ENGAGED. THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING MADE IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD TO SAFETY.