2018 Jeep Compass

PISTON EXPLODED OUT OF MOTOR WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. VEHICLE HAS 7,769 MILES WHEN THIS HAPPENED. NO DUMMY LIGHTS APPEARED PRIOR, VEHICLE WAS IN 'NEUTRAL' TEMP RANGE, HAD AN OIL CHANGE JUST AT 5500 MILES AND SYNTHETIC OIL WAS PUT IN AS DEALER RECOMMENDED. I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT CHRYSLER WARRANTY HAS HUNG UP AND DENIED ANY OTHER ISSUES. I'M GLAD TO SEE OTHER HAVE ENGINE PROBLEMS AND I AM SEEKING LAWSUITS. ANY HELP ON THIS WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL AS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE RELATED TO KNOWN OIL ISSUES OR BLOWN MOTORS! THIS IS SUCH A SAFETY RISK I AM GLAD THAT MY FAMILY WAS NOT WITH ME. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS THAT NO ONE YOU CALL FOR YOUR FACTORY WARRANTY AND GET THEIR THIRD PARTY CALL CENTERS THAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU ALL PROPER INFORMATION, NOR ARE THEY NOTING ACCOUNTS PROPERLY.

JEEP COMPASS 2018 MILEAGE 5188 - ON FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2019 I WAS JUST LEAVING MY HOME TO GO TO WORK AT 7:45 AM AND I WAS ABOUT 1.5 MILES FROM MY HOME WHEN MY CAR JUST CEASED ON A MAJOR ROADWAY AND THE DASHBOARD SAID OIL PRESSURE LOW. I HAD OTHER CARS BEHIND ME AND WAS VERY LUCKY NO ONE HAD HIT ME FROM BEHIND AND I DID NOT GET SERIOUSLY HURT. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED DEALER HEALY CHRYSLER JEEP WHERE I BOUGHT MY CAR AND SPOKE TO A SERVICE MANAGER NAMED JEFF ROSCINO AND HE TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD TAKE THE CAR TO THE NEAREST DEALER TO ME AND HAVE MY OIL CHANGED. HE TOLD ME THAT THIS CAR'S MOTOR WAS INTRINSICALLY DESIGNED TO BURN THIS AMOUNT OF OIL. I HAD BROUGHT THE CAR TO YONKERS CHRYSLER JEEP WHICH WAS NEAREST DEALER TO ME AND THEY DID AN OIL CHANGE - SYNTHETIC OIL PUT 6 QUARTS OF OIL IN CAR - THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THERE WAS A VERY LITTLE AMOUNT OF OIL IN CAR. THIS CAR IS A BRAND NEW CAR AND SHOULD NOT BE BURNING OIL IT HAS 5,188 MILES ON IT - THERE IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW IN ENGINE AND ALSO A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THESE ISSUES BEFORE ME OR SOMEONE ELSE GETS HURT. SELLING A CAR TO PEOPLE WITH A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW IN THE ENGINE IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD HAD THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THEM HAD VERY LOW MILEAGE AND CAR CEASES AND DASHBOARD SAYS LOW OIL PRESSURE. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE OIL IN THERE CAR AS WELL. I CALLED JEEP HEADQUARTER ON SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2019 AND SPOKE TO REPRESENTATIVE AND SHE GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER AND TOLD ME SOMEONE WOULD BE CALLING ME BACK ON MONDAY, JUNE 24,2019. IT CAN

I WAS STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT AT A BUSY MULTI LANE INTERSECTION. WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN I ACCELERATED AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I TURNED VEHICLE OFF THEN ON BY STOP/START BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL VEHICLE ENGAGED. VERY SCARY. IT JUST BASICALLY STALLED. SEVERAL OTHER THINGS WERE AFFECTED SUCH AS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INDICATIONS THAT WERE NEVER ON BEFORE AND WILL NOT TURN OFF WHEN I GO ON/OFF OPTIONS FOR THOSE DISPLAYS. RUNNING LIGHTS ALSO SUDDENLY WILL NOT WORK. UPSETTING TO SAY THE LEAST. VERY DANGEROUS. I AM NOT SURE BUT THINK THE START/START FEATURE MAY BE INVOLVED AS I HAD IT ON. IT WAS AROUND 90 DEGREES OUTSIDE TEMP. VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 11,000 MILES ON IT.

THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MY CAR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND CAR WILL THROW ITSELF IN EMERGENCY BRAKE MODE AND ENGINE WILL TURN OFF. LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL IS GONE AS WELL. HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY LUCKY TO NOT GET IN AN ACCIDENT. DROPPED CAR OFF TO DEALER WHO BLAMED IT ON "LOW OIL." DUE TO "LOW OIL" LEVELS HOWEVER CAR IS ONLY 7 MONTHS OLD AND JUST 4K MILES. HE RECOMMENDED I CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 750 MILES! 750! A STANDARD CAR IS EVERY 5,000 MILES. THE FACT THAT MY OIL CHANGE COULD BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR BETWEEN MY ENGINE TURNING OFF MID DRIVE AND GETTING IN AN ACCIDENT IS ABSURD. WHILE RESEARCHING THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR CASES WITH THE SAME CAR. PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN IN ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE CAR STALLING ON HIGHWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. DO NOT RECOMMEND. LEGITIMATELY SCARED TO DRIVE. SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE ROAD!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, MAKING TURNS, OR SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE STALLED. SEVERAL WARNING INDICATORS, INCLUDING THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL, ILLUMINATED. ALSO, THE GEAR SHIFTER BLINKED RED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ARRIGO DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM SAWGRASS (5901 MADISON AVE, TAMARAC, FL 33321) WHERE THE SERVICE MANAGER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND THE FAILURE WAS DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A MALFUNCTIONING COMPUTER MODULE. THE COMPUTER MODULE WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE STALLING FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER SEVERAL UNKNOWN RECALLS AND TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS. RECENTLY, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE PUSH TO START BUTTON WAS PRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO TURN OFF. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AS THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT RUNNING FOR OVER AN HOUR WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT A LEAD SPECIALIST WOULD CALL HER BACK. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH SOUND SYSTEM SHUTTING OFF AND NOT COMING BACK ON, ALSO TOOK CAR IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD MY CAR HAD VERY LITTLE OIL ALMOST OUT AND NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AT ALL AND IT WASN'T EVEN TIME FOR MY OIL CHANGE, I WAS EARLY. AND NOW MY START/STOP LIGHT CAME ON AND DEALER STATES NO PROBLEM IT JUST WANT WORK PROPERLY.. GAS MILEAGE IS HORRIBLE AND I HAVE TO HAVE OIL CHANGED AND CHECKED MORE OFTEN DUE TO KNOWN ONGOING ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL. I HAVE ONLY 17K ON MY VEHICLE AND PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM. DONT BUY JEEP COMPASS.

I PURCHASED THE COMPASS BRAND NEW AND HAVE ONLY 4,600 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. WHEN I WAS PULLING UP TO A STOP SIGN AT A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION, THE "LOW OIL PRESSURE" LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT MOVE. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THIS IS "HOW THE ENGINE IS DESIGNED TO FUNCTION" AND RESOLVED WITH AN OIL CHANGE. THE OIL SHOULD NOT BE SO LOW THAT ENGINE CUTS OFF. ALSO, THIS "SAFETY FEATURE" IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AS IT GIVES NO WARNING AND CUTS OUT WHILE DRIVING. THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED!!

BOUGHT BRAND NEW. WITH 4700 MILES PUT ON IT, IT HAD LOST OIL AND STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING. WE TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE BOUGHT IT. COME TO FIND OUT, IT BURNS OIL AT AN ACCELERATED RATE. MANY VEHICLES WITH THIS MOTOR, 2.4L MULTIAIR, ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. ENGINES ARE HAVING TO BE REPLACED, WHEN THEY ARE STILL NEW. WHEN RUNNING LOW ON OIL, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUTS DOWN WITH NO WARNING, LIGHTS, INDICATING ITS OUT OF OIL AND THAT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. IF ON A HIGHWAY OR WHEREVER THERE IS HEAVY TRAFFIC. DEFINITELY SEE A BAD ACCIDENT HAPPENING. A NEW CAR SHOULD NOT BE BURNING OIL AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS.JEEP/FCA SEEM LIKE NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS. I CALLED JEEP RIGHT BEFORE WRITING THIS, AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP HASN'T HEARD ABOUT IT. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I GOT IT HAS REPLACED 15 OF THESE MOTORS ALREADY. THANKYOU

ENGINE BURNING WAY MORE OIL THAN IT SHOULD, THE VEHICLE THEN WILL SEIZE AND SHUT DOWN. THIS CAN BE AT ANY POINT WHILE DRIVING AND GIVES NO WARNING AS TO WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. JEEP WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY ABOUT THIS HAZARDOUS ISSUE IN THEIR ENGINES YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CHECK YOUR OIL ALL THE TIME TO MAKE SURE IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP WILL HAVE YOU COME IN FOR A CONSUMPTION TEST AND EVEN PUTTING A CLAIM INTO JEEP CORPORATE, THEY WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE HOW BAD OF A PROBLEM THAT IS. THEIR NEEDS TO BE A RECALL OR FIX SOON OR THEIR WILL BE LAWSUITS UNFORTUNATELY WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS.