2018 Jeep Compass

I TAKE MY VEHICLE IN FOR REGULAR OIL CHANGES, HOWEVER, ON TWO OCCASIONS THEY SERVICE TECHNICIANS HAVE NOTIFIED ME THAT MY OIL IS ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT. I HAVE BEEN GETTING MY CAR SERVICES AT THE JEEP DEALERSHIP. FOR SOME REASON, MY CAR APPEARS TO BE CONSUMING RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS OF OIL AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY. THE JUST KEEP TELLING ME TO COME BACK TO GET ANOTHER OIL CHANGE. I'M GOING THROUGH SEVERAL QUARTERS FULL SYNTHETIC QUARTS EVERY THOUSAND OR SO MILES. THE VEHICLE IS NOT LEAKING OIL ANYWHERE; AS I PARK IN THE SAME SPOTS AT WORK AND AT HOME AND HAVE SEEN NOTHING LEAKING. I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED FROM THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS A *SEPARATE AND UNRELATED ISSUE* TO THE ELECTRONIC ISSUES THAT ARE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WITHOUT NOTICE, WHILE IN MOTION.

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION IT WILL STALL. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE I WAS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AMIDST TRAFFIC, IN INTERSECTIONS, AND ONCE ON A FREEWAY. ON ONE OCCASION I WAS BRAKING TO STOP AT AN OFF RAMP OF AN INTERSTATE. ANOTHER TIME I WAS TURNING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. THE OTHER TWO TIMES I WAS IN MOTION ON A STRAIGHT ROAD. IN ALL THESE INSTANCES I RECEIVED ALERTS THAT MY AUTO START NEEDED SERVICING EVEN THOUGH THE DEALERSHIP JUST LOOKED AT IT AND CLEARED THE ERROR/CODE. IT WAS A MIRACLE I WASN'T HIT WHEN THESE EVENTS OCCURRED. THE EVENT HAPPENS IN THIS ORDER: GAS PEDAL STOPS WORKING, SO THE CAR BEGINS TO COAST BUT CANNOT ACCELERATE. ALL THE ENGINEER WARNING LIGHTS POP UP AT ONCE. CAR BEGINS TO BEEP (I ASSUME BECAUSE OF THE WARNING LIGHTS), STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, PREVENTING YOU FROM COASTING YOUR CAR TO THE SHOULDER, THEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGES SO YOU ARE STUCK WHERE YOU ARE. YOU ARE UNABLE TO START THE CAR OR MOVE THE CAR AND YOU ARE STUCK EXACTLY WHERE IT DIED. AGAIN, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY, IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS, AND WHILE ON A REGULAR ROAD. WITHOUT WARNING - THE CAR JUST DIES. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES YOU CAN START THE CAR UP AGAIN WITHOUT ISSUE, BUT YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE CAR LETS YOU DO IT AND YOU NEVER HAVE A WARNING FOR WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN TO PUT YOURSELF IN A SAFE POSITION ON THE ROAD. IT'S A DANGER TO THE DRIVER AND SURROUNDING VEHICLES. HONESTLY, IT'S TERRIFYING.

THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING WHILE IN MOTION, WE EXPERIENCED THIS 3 TIMES IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WE ALMOST GOT REAR-ENDED BY A SEMI TRUCK WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET, LUCKILY THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL AROUND US HONKING HIS HORN THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH. I CALLED JEEP/ CHRYSLER CORPORATE TO EXPRESS THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND THEY ADVISED THAT "THE ENGINE WAS DESIGNED TO SHUT OFF WHEN THE OIL WAS LOW TO PROTECT ITSELF". I REPLIED THAT THE VALUE OF AN ENGINE DOES NOT COMPARE TO THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY OR OTHER MOTORIST. THE DEALERSHIP TRACED THE ISSUE BACK TO THE OIL CONSUMPTION ON THE 4 CYLINDER ENGINES, THEY CLAIM THAT THROUGH THEIR OWN GUIDELINES IT IS OK FOR THE JEEP COMPASS TO BURN 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 2,000 MILES (SEEMS HIGH). THE ENGINE BURNS THROUGH OIL AT AN ALARMING RATE AND IS DESIGNED TO SHUT OFF WHEN THE OIL IS LOW. THE 2018 JEEP COMPASS DOES NOT HAVE AN OIL PRESSURE GAUGE SO DRIVERS DO NOT HAVE A WARNING AS TO WHEN THE VEHICLE MAY POTENTIALLY SHUT-OFF. I COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT AS WELL AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS FOR ME TO CHECK AND ADD OIL EVERY TIME I PUMP GAS, SOMETHING YOU DON'T EXPECT TO DO ON A NEW VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE BUT HIS HANDS WERE TIED UNTIL CHRYSLER ISSUES A RECALL.

AFTER STARTING CAR AND DRIVING FOR 2 MINUTES EMERGENCY BREAK ENGAGES AND CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE IN MOTION, UPON TURNING OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTING WHILE TURNING RIGHT THE LOW PRESSURE SENSOR APPEARS THEN DISAPPEARS AND SERVICE ENGINE WARNING COMES ON CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF WHILE IN MOTION WITH NO WARNING AFTER THE ALARM DISAPPEARS OFF DASH. THIS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN BUSY INTERSECTIONS. IT ALSO OCCURRED WHEN THE CAR GOT TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP.

I BOUGHT THE COMPASS WITH 136 MILES ON IT. AROUND THE 4500 MILE MARK MY JEEP DIED AS I WAS ACCELERATING ON A STRAIGHT, 25 MPH STREET SEGMENT AFTER MAKING A TURN 30 FEET PRIOR. AFTER BRINGING THE JEEP IN IMMEDIATELY FOR SERVICE, THE TECHNICIANS FOUND NOTHING WRONG. TWO DAYS LATER I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT ONTO A BUSY ROAD. A LOG TRUCK WAS COMING BUT I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO PULL OUT AND ACCELERATE WITHOUT CREATING A NEED FOR THE LOG TRUCK TO BRAKE. AS I BEGAN TO PULL OUT, MY JEEP DIED WITH THE NOSE SLIGHTLY INTO THE LANE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY NO ACCIDENT FOLLOWED. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE JEEP STARTED AFTER A MINUTE AND DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE SERVICE CENTER. THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO LOW OIL AND THAT IT WAS AN ENGINE PROTECTION FEATURE. HEY JEEP/CHRYLSER...HOW IS AN ENGINE PROTECTION FEATURE THAT PROVIDES NO WARNING A BETTER OPTION THAN THE VEHICLE STALLING IN THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC? SINCE THOSE INCIDENTS, I NOTICE I BURN OIL FAST AND SPEND MORE MONEY CONSTANTLY POURING OIL INTO MY JEEP THAN I DO ON MY 2005 SILVERADO WITH OVER 115,000 MILES. EITHER INSTALL A SENSOR THAT ALERTS THE DRIVER OF A LOW OIL CONDITION PRIOR TO THE JEEP STALLING IN TRAFFIC OR RETHINK YOUR DESIGN! WHAT IF IT WAS YOUR FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE? NOW MY JEEP HESITATES WHEN I NEED TO ACCELERATE, BUT DOES NOT STALL SINCE I ADD A QUART FREQUENTLY.

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I'VE OWNED A 2018 JEEP COMPASS FOR 2 MONTHS I BOUGHT IT WITH LESS THAN 50 MILES ON IT. AT 3500 MILES THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF RANDOMLY. YOU HAVE TO PUT THE JEEP IN PARK TO RESTART THE CAR. THE CAUSE OF THIS IS THE JEEP CONSUMES OIL AG A RATE OF A QUART PER 1000 MILES AND THE JEEP IS INSTALLED WITH A FAIL SAFE THAT KILLS THE MOTOR SO IT DOESN'T HARM THE MOTOR BUT WILL LEAVE YOU STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE ONLY WAY TO RESTART THE CAR IS TO PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTART IT.THERE IS NO LOW OIL WARNINGS OR OIL CHANGE INDICATORS. THE RECOMMENDED OIL CHANGE IS 5000 MILES

WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT, MY CAR SHUT OFF INSTANTLY, NO WARNING. THANK GOD I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY OR THAT A CAR WAS NOT DRIVING BEHIND ME! MY HUSBAND CHECKED THE OIL AND IT WAS EXTREMELY LOW. CAR ONLY HAS, 2,840 MILES ON IT. BOUGHT THE CAR NEW ON, 6/30/2018, WITH ONLY, 28 MILES ON IT. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE OIL WAS EMPTY AND THE ENGINE IS BURNING OIL. HE SAID THIS IS HAPPENING WITH THIS MODEL AND OTHER JEEP/DODGE VEHICLES WITH THIS MOTOR. THE MECHANIC DID AN OIL CHANGE AND STATED TO BRING THE CAR BACK AFTER 500 MILES TO CHECK THE OIL AGAIN. HE STATED IF THE OIL LOST HAPPENS AGAIN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE, WITH THE SAME TYPE OF ENGINE AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. I THINK THIS IS ABSURD FOR A NEW VEHICLE WITH SO LITTLE MILES ON IT! FIAT/CHRYSLER IS NO HELP AND WILL NOT GIVE ANY OPTIONS OTHER THAN REPLACING THE ENGINE. SHAMEFUL AND SHOWS THEY DO NOT VALUE THEIR CUSTOMERS TIME NOR FEELINGS. THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE CARS WITH THESE SAME DEFECTED ENGINES. IF YOU SEARCH, JEEP BURNING OIL, YOU WILL FIND A TON OF COMPLAINTS.

THE VEHICLE HAS 1700 MILES AND STALLED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. TOOK 15 MIN FOR IT TO START BACK UP. THE FIRST TIME WITH 300 MILES THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE BATTERIES WERE BAD. *BF CONSUMER VEHICLE STALLED TWICE AND WAS TOWED. THE FIRST WAS DUE TO PRIMARY AND AUXILLARY FAILING AND PRIMARY BATTERY TERMINAL WAS NOT SECURED TO THE LEAD. BOTH BATTERIES WERE REPLACED. THE SECOND TIME IT STALLED WAS DUE TO STARTER AND ALTERNATOR CABLES AT THE BATTERY FUSE BLOCKED OVERTIGHTENED WHICH CAUSED DAMAGED TO BATTERY POSITIVE TERMINAL. FUSE BLOC WAS REPLACED ALSO DURING BOTH INCIDENTS, STEERING WHEEL WAS INORPERABLE.*JB

I PURCHASED A A BRAND NEW JEEP COMPASS AND 12 DAYS LATER IT WENT HAYWIRE. I WAS DRIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AT A SPEED OF NO MORE THAN 20-35MPH. THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND MPG ON SPEEDOMETER READ 99MPH THEN SKIPPED TO11MPH AND I WAS PRACTICALLY AT A STAND STILL. I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE VIDEO OF THIS. THE NEXT DAY THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF AND I FIGURED I'D TAKE IT IN THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS DAY (MONDAY). WELL I DIDNT MAKE IT TO MONDAY. THE VERY NEXT DAY, SUNDAY, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME THEN WHIILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS A MESSAGE ACROSS THE DIGITAL DASH STATING, "PLEASE PULL TO SAFETY, VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN SOON". THEN EVERY LIGHT ON THE DASH LIT UP AND THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO SHOW WEIRD NUMBERS. IT LOOKED LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE THERE WERE SO MANY LIGHTS. THAT MESSAGE WAS ACCURATE BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY DID. IT SHUT DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL TO SAFETY. I WASNT ABLE TO CAPTURE VIDEO AS I WAS SCARED TO DEATH. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS LATER TOLD THEY COULDNT RECREATE/REPRODUCE THE ISSUE. SO, AFTER REFUSING TO TAKE IT BACK HOME, THEY DECIDED THEY'D HAVE ONE OF THE TECHNICIANS DRIVE IT HOME TO SEE IF WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. NEEDLESS TO SAY 7 MOS LATER THEY STILL HAVE MY CAR AND NOW IT JUST DOESNT EVEN START.